17 MAY 1879, page 2

Tuesday's Debate On The Prerogative Of The Crowli Was...

confused, and not a little significant of the vast social authority which the Crown retains, and the un- easiness felt even by the most advanced Liberals in handling it. Mr.......

The Strike Of The Durham Colliers Has Ended, The Men

and masters submitting to an arbitration which has awarded a re- duction of 84 per cent. The coal trade is, however, threatened with another and still more serious movement. The......

The German Government Apparently Deems Itself Fairly...

fidelity of Alsace-Lorraine, and an incomplete autonomy will at once be conceded to the province. A Stadt- holder will be appointed by the Emperor, who, with a "Pro- vincial......

The Speeches On The Other Side Were Not A Little

odd. Lord Robert Montagu spoke for two hours in a House often small enough to be counted out, dividing his speech pretty equally between an attack on Cabinets and a panegyric on......

The Latest Telegram From Bombay (may 14th) Does Not Read

pleasantly to Anglo-Indians, but it may be less ominous than it appears. It is stated through Reuter that gang robbery is. very rife in the neighbourhood of Poonah, and that on......

The Viennese, It Is Stated, Are Making A Fuss Over

the con- vention between Austria and Turkey as to the occupation of Novi Bazar. In that instrument, although it is admitted that the Austrian Government is in occupation of......

French Papers Have Been Fall Of A Dispute Which Has

occurred in the Cabinet, and which will, it is said, lead to the retirement of M. Waddington from the Premiership, in favour of M. Le Royer, and the resignation of M. Lepere,......