21 MAY 1881, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

ENGLAND AND FRANCE. T T is impossible to speak too strongly of the conduct of those members of the Tory party who, with the Morally Post as their organ, and a connection of Sir......

The Prospects Of The Land Bill. A Fter Eight Days' Debate,

the House of Commons has accepted the principle of the Irish Land Bill by an im- mense majority. In spite of the defection of Mr. Parnell and his 28 friends—who are, before all......

Mr. Gladstone On The Land Bill.

The first question Mr. Gladstone approached was that of con- fiscation and compensation. Where there was confiscation, he admitted and maintained that compensation ought to......