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The Debate, First On The Address, And Then On The

report on the Address, has crawled on during the week, but without eliciting any very remarkable speeches, with the exception, perhaps, of that of Mr. Sexton, the Home-ruler,......

Lord Randolph Churchill, However, Did Take A Very...

view of Ireland, and a still more desponding view of the prospects of this Government, which he expressed with that triumphant insolence of style which he has made his own. He......

News Of The Week

T HE Parliamentary sky grows clearer. Last week, many Tories and some Liberals believed that the Government would be wrecked on the Closure, and the Times declared on Saturday......

Mr. Phinket, On Monday, Directed Much Of His Criticism,...

was close and detailed, to the cases dealt with by the Sub-Commissioners under the Land Act. Mr. Chamberlain, in replying to Mr. Gibson, pointed out that after the prosecution......

All The Information Published This Week Leads To The Conclu-

sion that France has accepted Lord Granville's advice to manage the Egyptian question through "the concert of Europe." Sir Charles Dilke, on Wednesday, expressed in the House......

The Debate On The Address Collapsed On Tuesday Night, Some-

what unexpectedly. Mr. Sexton, who would be the recognised leader of the Parnellites, but for his feeble health, delivered to a rather thin house a lengthy speech, said to have......