6 MAY 1882, page 1

After Some Badgering Of The Prime Minister By Sir H.

D. Wolff, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Mr. Gibson, and others, as to the source of the information on which the political prisoners had been released, which Mr. Gladstone declined......

Mr. Gladstone, In Commenting On This Explanation,...

negotiation or transaction of any kind with the released prisoners. The Government were convinced that there was evidence that if released they would no longer use their......

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The Official Announcements Were Made On Tuesday, In The...

by Lord Granville, and in the Commons by Mr. Glad- stone, who told the House that the Government, acting upon information and on its responsibility, but " without any nego-......

On Thursday Night The First Great Sensation Was Caused By

Lord Kensington, who moved for a new writ for the Northern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the room of Lord Frederick Cavendish, who had accepted the office of......

News Of The Week

T HE week has been one of much political excitement. It was whispered on Monday, and known on Tuesday, that the Government intended to abandon Coercion, to release the political......

Then The Winds Broke Loose. Sir S. Northcote Was Moderate ,

making it his chief point that, while persons accused of "crime" were left in prison, persons "reasonably suspected of treason- able practices," like two of the arrested......