22 MAY 1886, page 3

A Child Was Born To The Queen-regent Of Spain On

the 17th inst., and, to the delight of Spaniards, proved to be a boy. Under a law passed to confirm the Regency of Queen Christina, the infant is born King of Spain, and will......

The Greek Affair Has Ended Oddly. It Was Known That

the Greeks, seeing no chance of success, would give way about dis- armament; but it was supposed that the Chamber would support M. Delyannis, and that the majority would either......

The Government Has Met With Unexpected Opposition To Its...

proposals on Procedure. The Committee has been reasonable enough about hours of meeting and details of that kind ; but as regards the Closure, without which all arrangements can......

The Temper Of The House Of Commons Is Growing Hot

over Home-rule. In a debate on Thursday night over the renewal of the Arms Act, Mr. Parnell demanded that the Act should be applied to Loyalists and Nationalists alike; and......

It Is Refreshing To Find So Sound A Radical As

Mr. Lyulph Stanley taking up such solid ground against the Government's policy for Ireland as he took up in his letter to Mr. Bodden, of Oldham, published this day fortnight in......

The Duke Of Braganza, Crown Prince Of Portugal, Was On

Saturday betrothed to the Princess Amelie, daughter of the Comte de Paris. The reception afterwards was, of course, attended by all the leading Legitimists and Orleanists in......

The Annual Meeting Of The Metropolitan Association For...

Servants was held at Grosvenor House (the Duke of Westminster's) yesterday week, Sir Baldwyn Leighton in the chair. The chairman made an earnest appeal on behalf of the Society,......

Mr. Louis Jennings (m.p. For Stockport) Raised A Debate On

the subject of Fair-trade yesterday week, in a speech in which he kindly offered the Chancellor of the Exchequer an additional :29,000,000 of revenue, if he would only impose a......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent. Console Were On Friday 101*

to 1014g.......