2 AUGUST 1884, page 1

The Meeting Held On Tuesday At The Westminster Palace Hotel,

to concert steps for what is called the federation of Eng- land with her Colonies, with Mr. W. E. Forster in the chair, was a successful one, the leaders talking nothing but......

If We May Judge By The Experience Of The Last

week, an autumn of agitation is a very formidable prospect for journal- ists. Not only is it impossible to count the number of speeches, but the number of great meetings is......

News Of The Week.

T HE Conference on Egyptian Finance had come to no decision yesterday, but it is hoped that one will be announced to-day. The rumour is that England has proposed a temporary......

Manchester Had A Very Wet Day Last Saturday For Its

Reform demonstration, so wet a day as to test the zeal of the people to the utmost; and their zeal stood the test. We publish else- where the evidence given by a keen observer......

Mr. Bright Spoke With Much Of His Old Fire, Throwing

the vast audience into an uproar of delight by likening the affection of the Lords for household franchise in the counties to the ostentatious affection lavished on Rob the......

There Is No Intelligence Of Any Value From Egypt, Though

the Mudir of Dougola, as usual, has been doing the most wonderful things, and professes to be in possession of a letter from General • .Gordon, in which General Gordon asserts......

But There Is A Second Step, Which May Be Taken

at once. Four of the seven Australasian Colonies,—Victoria, Queens- land, Tasmania, and Western Australia,—have now, by unani- mous, or all but unanimous, votes of their......

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