5 MAY 1866, page 1

The War Seems Coming Upon Us Fast. There Must Be

a secret at the bottom which is still preserved, but towards the end of April the Kaiser, whether irritated, as we think, by what he deemed a challenge, or suddenly seized with......

Both Mr. Disraeli And Mr. Gladstone Made Speeches Of Great

power at the close of the great Reform debate. Mr. Disraeli kept• close to his argument, and showed with unanswerable force that in a redistribution of power between class and......

It Had Been Known For Some Time That The Budget

would not show so flourishing a prospect as we have been accustomed to for the last few years, but the result was far from unfavourable. Mr. Gladstone showed that the......

News Of The Week.

T HE House was thronged on Monday to hear Mr. Gladstone make his promised statement as to the course the Cabinet would pursue. He announced that the Government accepted the vote......

There Were One Or Two Amusing Points In The Statement.

Mr. Gladstone's commiseration for the fate of pepper in having been so long subject to a duty of 200 per cent., and having always been hustled out of the field by some more......

The Estimates Of Expenditure And Revenue Will, Then, If Mr.

Gladstone's proposed changes are adopted, stand as follows :— EXPENDITURE. Interest and Repay- REVENUE. Customs, diminished as £ ment of Debt 26,642,000 proposed 20,928,000'......