19 MAY 1877, page 2

The Division On Mr. Gladstone's Resolutions Was Taken On...

day, after five nights of debate, during which the utterances of the dominant party, and especially of the representatives of the Government, became daily more moderate and......

Upon Monday, The Duke Of Argyll, Who Has Been Ill

an& absent, made a remarkable speech in the Lords. The facts he- stated are now historical, but they are of importance to a fair comprehension of the conduct of the Foreign......

Lord Hartingtoa's Speech Was In Parts Unusually Vigorous...

He showed that the Government had traded on the menaces of Russia as a means of coercing Turkey, and then had I turned round on Russia for doing what they had all along known......

Mr. Walter, On Friday, Made A Noteworthy Speech In Defence

of the Resolutions, or rather of the policy of coercing Turkey, which he justified by the precedent set by England and France in forcibly separating Belgium from Holland. He......

The Speeches On Friday And Monday, On The Government Side,

with the exception of Sir Stafford Northcote's, were compara- tively of minor importance. Mr. Bourke spoke of the idea that her Majesty's Government would abandon neutrality,......

Mr. Gladstone, In Summing Up The Debate, Exerted Himself To

show that England had repeatedly interfered with independent countries in order to produce results acceptable to the world, his principal instances being Belgium in 1832 and......

The Burials Question Will, It Is Now Clear, Soon Be

settled, pro- bably this Session. On Thursday night, on the Bill going into Committe in the Lords, Lord Granville withdrew his amendment in favour of one drawn up by Lord......