2 JUNE 1883, page 3

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......

The House Of Commons On Wednesday Affirmed The Im- Portant

principle that, as regards Sunday closing of public- houses, each county shall give its own decision. At least, it passed the second reading of a Bill shutting all such houses......

Mr. Maccoan Brought A Question Of Privilege Before The House

of Commons on Thursday, in the shape of a challenge from Mr. O'Kelly, which had arisen out of a reference made by himself in an Irish speech to Mr. O'Kelly's suspension in......

All Who Are Interested In The Church Controversies Of The

day should read the two remarkable articles published in the Fortnightly for June, by Professor A. V. Dicey and the Rev. Malcolm MacColl, The Legal Aspects of Disestablishment "......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

Consols were on Friday 102 to 1021.......

Mr. Auberon Herbert May Take Rank With The Best Phrase-

makers of the day. His letter to Monday's Times, headed " Some More Political Generosity," contains some of the best (and worst-applied) rhetoric we have read for a long time.......

The Pall Mall Gazette Publishes A Letter From " Stepnialc,"

the Nihilist author of "Underground Russia," upon the position of the party during the recent coronation. The letter was -written on May 24th, but the writer prophesies an......

But Those Who Are Disposed To Echo Professor Dicey's Sneer

should read Mr. MacCall's extremely able paper. There they will see that it is in no way the refusal to obey the law which excites sympathy, but the refusal of a man in earnest......

Hereupon, Though Later In The Evening, Sir H. Maxwell Asked

permission to move the adjournment of the House, in order to enter on a full discussion of the subject, but was supported by only thirty-nine Members in so doing. A fortieth,......