26 APRIL 1884, page 2

The Motion For Adjournment Had No Sooner Been Negatived, And

the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair, to go into Committee of Ways and Means, moved, than Mr. O'Brien sprang to his feet and made a most furious onslaught on Mr.......

On The Subject Of The Reduction Of The Rate Of

interest, Mr:. Childersremarked on the very rapid rise in value of the Two- and-a-half per Cents., which had risen from 86 to 91 in two years' time, though Three per Cent.......

On The Subject Of The Waste In The Gold Currency,

Mr. Childers proposed immediate action. He proposes to issue a new token half-sovereign, intrinsically worth only 9s., by which all the existing half-sovereigns would be......

Naar Pasha, In A Conversation With The Correspondent Of The=

Times, at Cairo, has given his impression of his own position as. head of the Egyptian Ministry. It is widely different from the English-conception of it. He does not intend to......

The Sultan Has Been Entertaining The Heir Apparent Of...

Prince Rudolph, and his wife, and life in Constanti- nople for a week has been a chapter from the "Arabian Nights." Some £200,000 have been spent on the festivities. A special......

Mr. Childers Further Gave A Most Encouraging Account Of The

steady rise in the yield of each penny of Income-tax, and also of the progress made in the reduction of Debt; and then he passed to the future. He declared his wish to deal soon......

Mr. Childers Had, Of Course, No Room For The Remission

of taxation ; but his speech closed with two remarkable proposals, which will make it memorable as a Budget speech. The yield of the Revenue as compared with the Estimates had......

For The Coming Year, Mr. Childers's Estimates Were As...

:— Estimate of Expenditure.-1884-85. Estimate of Revenue.-1884-85. Total Charge for Debt S31,104,000 Customs £19,850,000 Army (including some Hamm - 25,800,000 Charm , of Forces......

The Government Sustained A Rather Severe Defeat On...

Lords had sent down Lord Carlingford's- Bill enabling the Privy Council to forbid the import of cattle from any country infected with foot-and-month dis- ease, with an amendment......