1 AUGUST 1874, page 2

On Thursday, The Names Of The New Charity Commissioners Were

mentioned, when it became obvious that Mr. Disraeli had wisely insisted on having as little change as might be in the temper of the Commission. The new Charity . Commissioner, .......

The Select Committee Of The Mime Of Commons Appointed To

inquire into the principles and practice regulating the purchase and sale of materials and goods in the Public Departments has made its report, the pith of which is that the......

Lord George Hamilton Moved On Wednesday The Second Read- Ing

of the India Councils Bill in a speech for which he was specially complimented by Mr. Disraeli, but which contains, as reported, only two new facts. Lord Salisbury did not say......

The Irish Members Have Quite Rightly Entered This Weeks Vary

strong - protest against including Acts which are grave- Constitu- tional anomalies,—like the Irish Coercion Acts,—in-the" Omnibus' class of Bill called the Expiring Laws......

Mr. Cross Has Kept One Of The Ton , _promises. On

Friday he moved Resolutions providing that whenever a private Bill contained powers of eviction, extending to more than - fifteen houses occupied by labourers, the promoters......

The Strike Of The Agricultural Labourers May Be...

The farmers of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk have held out with the obstinacy characteristic of their class, and the Union funds are so near exhaustion, that their Committees have......

Mr. Disraeli Expressed His Desire, After A Warm...

day week, that the Members of the House might be able to part "in tolerable good-humour with one another ;" but certainly on Tuesday he himself seemed desirous to promote a......

Portugal Has, We Believe, Given Up The Macao Coolie Trade.

At least, she says so, and the Governer of the settlement has prohi- bited it by proclamation. Nevertheless it appears, according to the Journel Officiel, that on Tune 8 the......

Tuesday's Committee On The Public Worship Regulation Bill...

giving an appeal to the Archbishop when, and only when, the 'Bishop exercises his discretion to stop litigation, in negativing Mr. Cowper-Temple's proposal that a meeting should......