6 AUGUST 1887, page 1

Sir Edward Watkin A On Wednesday Moved The Second Reading

of his Channel Tunnel Bill, which provided only for the con- tinuation of the experimental works, the Company hoping that if they can go on far enough with their works, the......

The Naval Manosavres In Which The Fleet Has Been Engaged

since the great Review, have been attracting considerable public interest. The attacking squadron under Admiral Fremantle at first carried off all the honours. On Tuesday......

News Of The Week.

T HE Irish Land Bill passed through Committee on Wednes- day, after two or three days of additional discus. sion, in which no very momentous change was made. The most important......

Mr. Gladstone Made A Great Speech This Day Week, At

the Farringdon Street Memorial Hall, to the Council of the Liberal and Radical Union. He asked, first, who it was that was resisting the emancipation of the Metropolis by the......

Then Mr. Gladstone Went On To Calculate That The Popular

majority against Home-role was one of about 76,000 votes; that if 150,000 votes could be brought round to Home-rule, the Liberal Party would obtain a working majority ; that......

Sir Edward Hamley Enlarges On This Argument In An Able

letter to Thursday's Times, which he would have delivered as a speech but for the appeal of the Government to shorten debate. To make the tunnel would be, he says, to increase......

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