2 JUNE 1883, page 2

The Government Bill For Tenants Is, At All Events, A

success in one respect. All parties accept it as a reasonable compro- mise. On Tuesday, the Bill passed its second reading without a division, and, as Sir M. Hicks-Beach said,......

We Have Spoken Of The Plague Of Questions Elsewhere, But•

must add here that Thursday nighb illustrated the very grave disposition of Members of the House of Commons to counten- ance the disgraceful waste of time which these idle......

A Small Disaster, Which May Have Great Consequences, Has...

French arms. Captain H. Riviere, a Naval officer of distinction, about April, 1832, succeeded in capturing the citadel which dominates Hanoi, the capital of Tonquin. Here he re-......

At Yesterday's Sitting Of The Grand Committee On...

was threatened in the interest of the country bankers on a vital point of the Bill; and the Government are likely to be defeated on the point, unless mercantile men and the......

The Point Of First Importance In The Tonquin Affair Is

the attitude of China, which is still uncertain. The Chinese Embassies in Europe all say China will defend Tonqnin, but the Court of Pekin is slow to take great resolutions. The......

On Monday, Mr. Cowen Renewed, And On Thursday Resumed, His

attack on Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, in relation to Lord Granville's supposed congratulations to Mr. Errington on the- occasion of the Papal letter to the Irish Bishops ; and, on......

Lord Salisbury Made One Of His Acrid Speeches To The

South- wark Conservative Association on Wednesday, at the Town Hall, Bermondsey, occupying the greater part of his speech with one- of those violently partisan reviews of public......