17 MARCH 1888, page 3

The Duke Of Argyll Made A Remarkable Speech At A

Unionist meeting at Cambridge on Wednesday. He described his own visit to the field of Bannockburn, and how he could not help shouting with joy when he recalled the victory of......

Mr. Gladstone Has Written A Letter To Mr. Watson, Of

Roch- dale, declining to commit himself to any revised scheme for Irish Home-rule, on the ground that to do so would require him to part with his own liberty of judgment, while......

New York Has Been Visited By A Storm So Severe

as to be an event. Early on the morning of the 12th inst., a fall of snow commenced which lasted for thirty hours, and aided by a terrible wind, nearly suspended communication.......

Mr. Bright Has Rather Overshot The Mark In An Attack

of his on the Thirty-seventh Article for saying,—"It is lawful for Christian men, at the commandment of the Magistrate, to wear weapons and nerve in the wars." This amounts only......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

Consols were on Friday 101i to 1011.......

The Emperor Of Russia Believes It May Be True That

the strength of Russia consists in isolation from the West, and, according to a Viennese account, said to be accurate, he has adopted a new and singular plan for confirming the......

The Incompetence Of The House Of Commons To Deal With

Indian questions came out strongly on Tuesday. Some Mem- bers wished for a debate on the coat of the frontier policy, a most important subject, needing discussion, and they......