22 JULY 1871, page 1

News Of The Week.

T HE week has been marked by what is called "a constitutional crisis." The Lords on Monday passed a vote intended to be equivalent to a rejection of the Army Bill, and on......

The Duke Of Argyll Quite Appreciated The Sub-tone Of The

debate, the dread entertained by the House of abolishing Pur- chase, and made in reply a most able speech, by very far the most convincing one he ever made in his life, one......

Lord Salisbury Closed The Attack Upon The Bill In A

speech of singular acrimony and singular poverty of political capacity and prudence. He urged that the House would not be afraid to re- ject the Bill on the ground that, if the......

The Lords Have Avoided Voting For Purchase, But The Speeches

of the majority all show that their wish was to protect that mode of promotion. The Duke of Rutland's point, for example, was that purchase and professional education were quite......

The Only Tory Peer Of Consequence Who Broke Fairly Loose

from the ruck was Lord Derby, who, in the most serenely sensible and annoying manner warned the Peers to take care leet they made fouls of themselves. He disposed of the......

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