News Of The Week.
T HE Government has resolved eithet to defend Khartoum, or provide that its evacuation shall be accomplished with- .out bloodshed. It has accordingly invited General Gordon,......
Sir Charles Dilke Made A Spirited Speech To His Chelsea
con- stituents at the Kensington Town Hall on Tuesday. He pointed out that Lord Salisbury had rested his hopes of a speedy Con- servative reaction on the fact that in 1880 the......
In Relation To Ireland, Mr. Lefevre Did Not Think That
there would be any British party in the House of Commons willing to leave Ireland to herself. Her relative importance in the Empire, as measured by population, has steadily......
Mr. Shaw Lefevre, The First Commissioner Of Works, Made An
interesting speech at Manchester on Wednesday, which he devoted chiefly to sketching the principles of such a Redistribu- tion Bill as he thought it possible to get through the......
As To The Prospects Of The Session, Sir Charles Dilke
inti- mated that both the Franchise Bill and the Government of London Bill would be passed at once ; that the latter would probably be carried, on the ground that the Lords......
It Is Impessible To Judge From The Telegrams Whether Khar-
toum will hold out, and indeed all depends upon the reception of this news. If, when it is received, the disaffected are cowed, and Colonel Coetlogon decides to wait, there will......
