4 APRIL 1868, page 1

The Great Speech Of Monday Was Lord Cranborne's. Lord...

speech, he said, had kept the policy of the Government veiled in a thicker mist of ambiguity than any Delphic oracle's utterance. He satirized the ambiguous admission of Lord......

If Lord Stanley Were Not Very Fortunate In Rallying His

party, the legal advisers of the Government,—Mr. Brett, the Solicitor- General, who spoke the same evening, and the Irish Attorney- General, who spoke on Tuesday,—were still......

The Great Debate On The Irish Church Began On Monday

with a singularly sober and statesmanlike speech from Mr. Gladstone, not without eloquence and not without playfulness, but mainly distinguished by its lucid, practical......

News Of The Week.

TT ought to be an offence for Members of Parliament to end a great division on Friday night. What is the use of Parliament except to furnish materials for the journals ? and how......

The Only Speeches Throughout The Debate Which Had, Up To

Thursday night, won any enthusiasm for the Government, were Mr. Hardy's on Tuesday, and Mr. Henley's on Thursday. Mr. Hardy, in effect, answered Lord Stanley. He pledged himself......

Lord Stanley Followed Mr. Gladstone In A Speech Devoid Of

all his usual force and lucidity, harping perpetually on the ambiguity of Mr. Gladstone's resolutions, though compelled to admit that his speech had practically removed that......