27 AUGUST 1881, page 1

At The Sitting Of The House Of Commons On Saturday,

there was another discussion on the rearrest of Michael Davitt, which Mr. Parnell condemned, as not justified by anything Mr. Davitt had done since he was discharged with a......

For A Party Which Professes Itself So Eager For Another

general election, as an event certain to improve its own prospects and perhaps to ruin ours, the Tories are certainly showing apathy at the by-elections. That Mr. Herbert......

The Reports Of President Garfield's Condition Are Very...

swelling in the gland of the throat has been lanced, with no visibly bad result, but all that can be said is that his state at the last accounts is "faintly encouraging." We are......

News Of The Week.

T HE weariest Session of the century closes to-day, after achieving one of the greatest and most laborious of legislative feats. The Queen's Assent was given on Monday to the......

Yesterday Week Was Occupied In The House Of Commons In

a series of wrangles between the Government and the Irish Members with respect to the Irish Administration,—the excuse being the various votes in supply for Irish purposes.......

The Weather Of The Week Has Been Disastrous, And If

it continues even a little longer, the harvest, which it had been hoped would reach, at least, an average, will be nearly or quite as bad as those of some recent years. Ireland,......

The Review Of The Scottish Volunteers On Thursday Was A

grand spectacle, of which half the picturesqueness was spoiled by that miserable weather to which the Queen, on great occasions, is so little accustomed. The rain began to fall......

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