27 JANUARY 1877, page 1

The Scheme Which We Described Last Week For Getting Congress

out of the scrape of a doubtful Presidential election is most likely by this time law. On Wednesday night the Senate debated the scheme all night, and at seven o'clock on......

Much News Has Arrived About The Indian Famine, Most Of

it confirmatory of the account we gave last week. Pro- fessor Monier Williams, who writes from Madura, gives a painful account of the starving crowds in Madras (city), where......

Sir Stafford Northcote Did Not Dwell Much On Ihome Politics,

but in his Wednesday's speech he did say that though the Government had been taunted with encouraging " permissive " legislation, he thought that what was referred to should be......

News Of The Week.

A LULL has occurred, as we expected, in the Eastern Question. The Conference has broken up, the Turkish Delegates not even taking the trouble to attend the last sitting, and the......

Sir Stafford Northcote Made Two Speeches At Liverpool On...

and Thursday, on the most important element of Which—the criticism on the Eastern Question—we have else- where commented at length. His tone was submissive. He regretted that......

Mr. Gladstone On Monday Made A Speech To The Frome

Liberal Association, which had presented him with an address, in which he stated that although Lord Salisbury had done his best, the Tory party had not yet vindicated the claims......

It Is Stated That The Warlike Party In Constantinople, Which

desired to begin war at once, has been defeated, and that Turkey has recommenced private negotiations. That may be true, and yet Turkey may commence the war. The pressure on the......

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The Duke Of Buckingham, Who Was Reported By The Times'

Calcutta correspondent to intend a tour through the North-West, has returned to his post in Madras.......