5 AUGUST 1876, page 1

From Constantinople We Hear Of Nothing, Except The Slow...

of the Sultan, and the difficulty in proclaiming his successor. Murad is either already dead, or so prostrated as to be unable to give any orders whatever, or even to understand......

The Long-expected Debates On The Eastern Policy Of The...

ment came off in both Houses on Monday night. We have analysed the discussion in the Commons—which was principally remarkable for an exhaustive and most statesmanlike speech......

We Purposely Omit References To Small Actions, Which Only...

readers without military maps, but it is admitted on all hands that Prince Nikita has gained an important victory. He succeeded in inducing Mukhtar Psalm, with sixteen......

News Of The Week.

N EXT week ought to bring important news from Servia. Eyoob Pasha and his Prussian adlatus • finding, or be- lieving, it impossible to force the defences of Alexinevatz, are......

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The Ultras On Both Sides Of The House Are Growing

furious over the Education Bill. A powerful deputation of Radicals, Parlia- mentary and Provincial, waited on Lord Hartington on Wed- nesday, to urge him to reject the Education......

No Date Has Yet Been Officially Fixed For The Rising

of Parlia- ment. On Monday night, Mr. Disraeli, being reminded by the Marquis of Hartington that he had promised to make a state- ment relating to public business, announced......

This Was Expected, But Either Encouraged By This Victory, Or

in pursuance of some secret understanding, Lord R. Montagu moved an amendment, the effect of which would have been to make the 25th Clause compulsory, and create a burning......