The German Chancellor Has Sustained Another Heavy Defeat....
leader of the Centre, on Wednesday moved the repeal of the last relic of the Falk Laws, the Act authorising the Government to intern priests guilty of " unlawfully exercising......
Mr. Gladstone, Who Replied To Mr. Courtney, And Began With
the expression of his great regret at the loss of so able a colleague, remarked that General Garfield, though a good man and a martyr, was hardly so convincing an example of......
M. Ferry's Ministry Has Decided To Make A Bid For
peasant votes by raising the duty on corn, now so low as to be useful chiefly for statistical purposes, to four times its amount—that is, to 2 fr. GO e. per quintal, or 12 per......
The Under-secretary For The Colonies On Thursday...
of the coolies in Trinidad. His account makes the affair better, but proves the necessity for the independent inquiry which is at once to be instituted. It appears that as bands......
The Colonial Office Has, It Is Understood, Rejected The...
agreed to by the Cape Ministers and the Administrators of Goshen for the settlement of Bechuanaland, considering them insufficient even if sincere. This view of them is......
It Is Not Yet Known Whether The Powers Have Accepted
Lord Granville's proposals for the settlement of Egyptian finance. It is, however, known that they will be guided by France, and that France would reject the proposals ; but......
In The House Of Lords, On Thursday, The Franchise Bill
passed through Committee without amendment; and in all pro- bability it will have passed its third reading before this journal is in our readers' hands. In the House of Commons......
M. Ferry's Bill For The Reorganisation Of The French Senate
has been defeated, the Chamber having on Tuesday adopted M. Floquet's proposal to elect all Senators by Departmental household suffrage. The vote was 267 to 250, and it was at......
The Nile Expedition Is Now Concentrated At Dongola ; And
Lord Wolseley has issued a General Order, telling the troops that the " glorious mission " entrusted to them by the Queen is the relief of General Gordon and his garrison, and......
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