6 APRIL 1872, page 1

News Of The Week.

T HE event of the week has been the demonstration in Man- chester in honour of Mr. Disraeli. It was a very striking affair, thousands assembling to welcome him at the station,......

After A Curious And Obsolete Homily On The Danger Of

a standing army commanded by purely scientific officers to English freedom, in- tended to soothe the Lord-Lieutenants, who are aggrieved at seeing their influence over the......

Mr. Stansfeld Made A Speech At Halifax On Wednesday While

Mr. Disraeli was speaking at Manchester ; and what he said would certainly go to some extent to confirm Mr. Disraeli's imputations on the ambiguous position—not of Mr.......

The Agricultural Strike Extends. We Have News Of Large Com-

binations in Cambridgeshire, where the labourers are very badly off ; and Lincolnshire, where they seem to be singularly success- ful; and Herefordshire, where they ask for more......

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Mr. Disraeli Spoke For Three Hours And A Quarter On

the Throne, the Peers, the Commons, Church and State, Noncon- formity, Education, the Army, the Admiralty, and our recent Foreign Policy, and handled all his subjects with his......