3 MAY 1879, page 3

*the Hillmen Who Own The Khyber, And To Whom, According

to the late surveyor, Captain Scott—whose most instructive ac- count of the Afghan hills, published in this month's Blackwood, should be read by every Member of Parliament—we......

Facts Seem To Make Little Impression On The Community. The

public are very indignant at a suspicion that arms, and especially powder, have been sold to Zulus, and Liberals are violently accused of having granted self- government to the......

The Duke Of Cambridge, In A Speech At Fishmongers' Hall

on Wednesday, lauded the efficiency of the British Army, and gave in proof of it one of the oddest pieces of evidence we remember to have read. He said that Isandlana occurred......

Lord Bateman On Tuesday Brought Forward His " Recipro- City

" resolution, so long expected, in a speech which, so far as it could be called an argument, was an argument for taxing goods imported from any country which taxes ours. The de-......

The Calm Persistency Of The Hapsburgs Has Beaten The...

skill of the Turks, and the Convention about Bosnia has been signed. The final arrangement is a cession, with a nominal sovereignty reserved to the Sultan. The province,......

Even The Patient Peers Are Beginning To Weary Of The

Govern- /limb's steady refusal to explain what it is doing anywhere. On Intinraday Lord Lansdowne remarked that, as Mr. Rivers Wilson had been recalled, he should like to know......

The House Of Commons, On Friday Week, Decided By A

majority of 180 to 11 that Sir Bryan O'Loghlen's acceptance of the Attorney-Generalship of Victoria vacated the seat for Clare,—a vote the more to be regretted, because in form......

Consols Were On Friday 981 To 98}.

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