18 SEPTEMBER 1886, page 6

The Inquiry Into State Expenditure. Millions A Year, Or "

inspect " the daily life of a people without an army of costly functionaries—and it is also true that much of the new expenditure, for example that of the Telegraph Department,......

The Revival Of Obstruction.

D URING the past week, obstruction in the House of Commons has been in full swing. It began, it is true, on the Irish votes, under the pretext of discussing local griev- ances......