19 MARCH 1881, page 2

To This Speech Sir W. Harcourt Replied By Congratulating...

Randolph on having proved the infinite divisibility of matter by the dissolution of the Fourth Party into its elements, and on giving his final kick in the spring to the very......

It Is Believed That The Negotiations Between Sir Evelyn Wood

and the Boers are about to terminate in a peace. Sir Evelyn informed the correspondents on Wednesday that the Boers had accepted almost all the British terms, but some points......

On Thursday, Mr. Gladstone, When Questioned By Colonel...

to whether it might not be well to strengthen the Standing Order against Obstructives in the same direction as Mr. Dillwyn has proposed to strengthen it,—that is, by suspending......

The Negotiations At Constantinople May Be Profoundly...

Russian catastrophe. At present, however, they halt. The Porte has informed the Ambassadors officially that it will cede Thessaly up to Mount Olympus, and some small terri- tory......

Mr. Gladstone On Wednesday Brought Forward The Vote In Aid

of the Indian Treasury for the Afghan war. He proposed to remit the loan already granted of £2,000,000, and to grant six annual payments of £500,000 more, making £5,000,000 in......

Financial Credit Was Once Supposed To Be The Attribute Of

monarchies, but it is rapidly accreting to Republics. The Government of the United States now raises money at ai per cent., and the now three per cent. French Loan of......

An Atrocious But Clumsy Attempt Was Made On Wednesday Night

to blow up the Mansion House. At half-past eleven a policeman noticed smoke and fire proceeding from a box placed in a reeess in a window beneath the Egyptian Hall. He ran up,......

In The Moral Sense, However, It Was Gained, For At

the instance of Sir Stafford Northcote, who was by no means anxious to have the responsibility on his shoulders of preventing Parlia- ment from taking the Supply Votes within......

The Third Reading Of The Peace Preservation Ireland Bill Was

taken on Friday week, Mr. Parnell making a final protest against it, and Lord Randolph Churchill delivering what he- termed his final kick. He complimented Mr. Forster on his......