19 AUGUST 1876, page 1

Of Course Speculation Is Rife As To The Cause Of

Mr. Disraeli's partial retirement, but we believe the simplest explanation to be the nearest to the truth. The Premier's health has been failing for some time, he has become......

No News Has Arrived From Servia This Week, The Turkish

Gene- ral opposite l3anja being apparently occupied in collecting sup- plies, which begin to fail his army. The Montenegrins, however, have had another and an important success.......

Mr. Disraeli In Reply Made The Last Speech He Will

ever make in the House of Commons. It was one of the feeblest of his career, but one of the most characteristic. He quizzed Sir William Harcourt on his " Rhodian rhetoric,"......

A Very Thin House Attended To Hear The Debate Which

Mr. Ashley raised on Friday week on the Bulgarian atrocities, but it was an important debate. It will help men to ascertain their own real opinions. Mr. Forster, while severely......

News Of The Week.

P ARLIAMENT was prorogued on Tuesday, the 15th inst., by Royal Message, in which the Queen is made to say that her efforts to bring about a settlement of the differences between......

The Premier Had Reserved A Great Surprise For The Last

days of the Session. It was announced on Saturday that Mr. Disraeli had taken the title of "Earl of Beaconsfield," and would not again appear within the House of Commons, where......

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any case.......

The Daily News Of Friday Publishes A Further Series Of

tele- grams from Philippopolis, dated the 9th, 10th, and 11th insta. They are almost too horrible to read. The writer, who has hitherto proved most accurate, affirms that the......