The House Got Into A Curious Mess On Friday Week
on a proposal by Mr. Bradlaugh to require the Speaker to call Members elected at by-elections to the table to take the oath, "unless the House otherwise resolve." His object was......
Sir H. Parkes, Premier Of New South Wales, Has Telegraphed
to the Colonial Office a despatch which, to speak plainly, insists that the Mother-country shall obtain a treaty from China prohibiting the emigration of Chinese to Australia.......
Mr. W. H. Smith On Tuesday Introduced His Resolutions On
"Imperial Defence." His object was not to obtain money for Imperial Defence, but to strengthen the squadron to be per- manently maintained in Australian waters under an......
Lord Salisbury, In Reply, Made The Remarkable Statement...
had never heard of Lord Wolseley's opinion before, but answered, on the whole, in a conciliatory spirit. He denied that his own Government had neglected defence in order to save......
There Has Been Trouble With Lord Wolseley. The Ad-...
recently, at a dinner given to Sir John Pender, made some remarks implying that England was not safe in the event of invasion, and attributing her insecurity to government by......
There Have Been Two Sharp Skirmishes This Week About The
salary of Mr. King-Harman, the Irish Parliamentary Under- Secretary by whom Sir George Trevelyan's political brain is so painfully haunted. On Monday night, Mr. Heneage, a......
On Monday Evening, Too, There Was A Still More Ostentatious
piece of obstruction,—the debate which arose on Mr. Healy's attempt to declare the letter from Mr. Am/0ton, an Irish Resident Magistrate, announcing the conviction of Mr. Dillon......
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