6 APRIL 1878, page 2

A Very Large Deputation Of 350 Liberals, Representing 117...

and more than 100 towns, waited on Wednesday on Lord Granville and Lord Hartington, to impress on them the- necessity of action in the present crisis. Their views were em-......

A Great Crime Has Been Committed In Ireland. Lord Leitrim,

a wealthy Peer, noted for the sternness with which he governed his tenantry—who sat, however, at low rents—and for his hatred of the Irish Land Act, was on Tuesday morn- ing......

The New Moderation Of The French Chamber Of Deputies...

be some consolation to the •Constitutionalists in the Senate for the sacrifices which they have made to bring about practical harmony between the two Chambers. The three......

Lord Salisbury Has Accepted The Foreign Office, Mr. Hardy...

the India Office and a Peerage before the end of the Ses- sion, and Mr. F. Stanley accepts the Secretaryship for War. There is, therefore, only one new member of the Cabinet,......

To Meet This Rather Formidable Sum, Sir Stafford...

are simple. He adds 2d. to the Income-tax, which ought, he says, to produce about £3,000,000 within the year, and £600,000 more in the next financial year ; and puts 4d. extra......

One Of The Most Important Points Of The Budget Speech

was Sir Stafford Northcote's complaint of the rapid growth of the system of borrowing from the Government for local purposes at a low rate of interest, a system which has......

The Answers To The Deputation Were Not Very Encouraging._...

Granville, in a speech we have described elsewhere, showed how impossible it was for an Opposition to stop a Government resolved on war ; and Lord Harlington, though he......

The War Has Not Altered The Turks. The Times Of

Thursday publishes a shocking account of the atrocities perpetrated on some insurgents near Volo, in Thessaly, on the slopes of Mount Pelion, written by its own correspondent,......