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Lord Salisbury, After Condemning The Course Taken By The...

in the matter of the Suez Canal, which he said left not only a financial monopoly, but a political monopoly to M. Lesseps .(who does not, nevertheless, own the Cape route), de-......

Mr. Shaw Lefevre Should Look Still More Narrowly Into The-

proposal of the Metropolitan Railway to connect Praed Street. with Westminster. The line would be invaluable, if it could be made without too much destruction, but it is to......

The War Between France And China Appears To Be Drawing

very near. Admiral Conrbet has received his reinforcements. and very decided instructions, and the French Government fully hope to receive a telegram to-morrow announcing that......

M. Challemel-lacour Has At Last Resigned The Foreign...

France, and has been succeeded by N. Jules Ferry. There- never probably was a Minister about whom opinion was so unanimous. M. Challemel-Lacour, by the consent alike of friends......

The Liberals Have Lost York By A Narrow Majority. The

vote for Mr. Milner (Conservative), was 3,91.8; for Mr. Lockwood (Liberal), 3,927; majority, 21. The poll of the Conservative is eleven less than * that polled by Mr. James......

The Tories Are Evidently Going To Resist The Municipal Bill

for London with their whole strength. The Lord Mayor, a typi- cal Tory, on Monday made to the Turners' Company the bold and foolish speech criticised elsewhere, in which he......

The Nationalist Candidate Was Returned For Limerick...

by a crushing majority over the Conservative. The poll was,—Mr. M'Mahon (Nationalist), 922; Mr. Spaight (Con- servative), 473; majority, 449, or very nearly a majority of two to......

Mr. R. Murray Smith, Agent-general For Victoria, Has Made An

able attempt to "draw" Lord Derby upon the annexation of New Guinea and the Western Pacific Islands, but has not quite succeeded. Mr. Murray Smith asked to be informed on what......