25 FEBRUARY 1882, page 5

The Debate On The Closure.

N O one could properly quarrel with the tone of the Con- servative Leader in relation to the Closure. It is impossible to conceive a more temperate speech than that made by Mr.......

Topics Of The Day.

THE LORDS' COMMITTEE ON IRELAND. A RE the Lords " fey ?" The Upper House has committed many imprudences in our time, and has repeatedly dammed up the flood of opinion by a......