21 JUNE 1879, page 2

Two Debates Have Been Raised This Week Upon The Indian

Con- stitution,—one in the Commons, on Monday, by Sir W. Harcourt, and one in the Lords, on Thursday, by Lord Northbrook. Both condemned in the strongest manner the method in......

The Foreign Office And Mr. Molder Have Managed...

Portugal with some ability. Under one Treaty, referring to South Africa, the British Government, though it does not obtain Delagoa Bay, does obtain full use of that port, and......

The Cassagnac Scene In The Chamber Of Deputies Last Week

was followed by a still more violent Cassagnac scene last Monday. It was deliberately provoked by M. de Cassagnac, who began a speech in relation to M. Jules Ferry, by saying, "......

Sir W. Harcourt Tried To Push His Argument Further, And

denounce the absolutism which declared the Afghan war, without consulting Councils, but we conceive he is abso- lutely wrong. Not only is the Secret Committee, which is......

A Most Disgraceful Story Comes This Week From Pennsyl-...

The sufferers by the Pittsburgh Railway riots, two years ago, claim £800,000 damages from Alleghany County, in which the riots occurred. The claim is allowed, but the county is......

On The Following Day, It Appeared That The Account Of

the last incident, M. de Cassagnac's denunciation of the Government as " infamous," and M. Gambetta's hasty and inaccurate retort, had been suppressed in the Official Journal;......

The National Assembly Of France,—i.e., The Chamber Of...

Senate sitting in one body,—met on Thursday to consider the amendment of the Constitution, in relation to the return from Versailles to Paris, and decided by a majority of more......