24 MARCH 1883, page 3

Mr. Smith, The Member For Westminster, Has Brought Sir W.

Harcourt down on him. Mr. Smith, in a speech to his electors on March 19th, taunted the Liberal Government with having brought matters "to such a pass that they could hardly......

The Government Has Appointed A Royal Commission To...

the condition of the " Crofters," or small tenants, in the Highlands and the Hebridean Islands, especially Harris, Skye, and Lewis. Something like famine is approaching there.......

Mr. Bright Addressed The Students Of Glasgow University...

as the Lord Rector of their choice, in an address marked by some magnificent passages of his familiar style of eloquence. His subject was the misery and cost of the useless wars......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

Consols were on Thursday 102 tea 10n.......

A Memorial, Signed By Influential Clergymen, Of Whom The...

of Dover, the Bishop of Newcastle, and the Bishop Designate of Truro (Canon Wilkinson) are apparently the most important, is to be presented to Mr. Gladstone against the......

Mr. Bright Maintains That Since The Beginning Of The...

£4,414,000,000 sterling have been spent by this country upon war; but we suppose that he includes in this all the expenditure which is more or less precautionary against attack,......

The Catholic Bishops Of The West Of Ireland Have Been

press- ing the Government to discourage emigration and to mitigate the distress of the present unfavourable season, by making advances to tenants in the distressed districts of......

There Was A Sharp Debate On Tuesday As To The

rules to be followed by the Grand Committee on Trade to which the Bankruptcy Bill is to be referred, Mr. Raikes especially desiring to know whether the Chairmen of these Grand......