20 FEBRUARY 1886, page 8

Prince Bismarck's Defeat.

T HE reconciliation between the Prussian Government and the Vatican has made another, and a most important, step forward. It is still some way from being complete, but for the......

The "house Of Laymen."

T HE meeting of the "House of Laymen" to aid the deliberations of Convocation is an interesting experi- ment, in spite of the facts that it is not a "House," and is not a......