7 APRIL 1883, page 2

The Attorney-general's Proposal, Introduced On Monday, To...

in criminal cases—though open to some objec- tions, the most serious of which are that juries may rely too much upon the Appellate Court to correct their own errors and that the......

Mr. Chamberlain Moved On Tuesday That A Committee Of Five

Members should be appointed to form, with five Peers, a Joint Committee of both Houses to inquire into the expediency of sanctioning the Channel Tunnel. Mr. Gladstone explained......

After The Oratory Of Lord Salisbury And Mr. Gibson,...

plunged yesterday week int) that of Lord Bo:ebery and Mr. Chamberlain, Their addresses took the form of speeches to the Birmingham Junior Liberal Associ- ation, delivered in the......

Mr. Chamberlain Congratulated The Conservative Banqueters...

trumpeters, and, above all, on their peacocks,—and generally on " the mediaeval mummeries which formed the fitting reception for a statesman who was two- hundred years behind......

Although The Operation Of The Bill Is Limited To Capital

cases, Sir H. James admitted that he hoped to proceed much further by degrees, and the debate turned almost exclusively upon the general principle. The Tory lawyers contended......

The Ameer Of Afghanistan Is Very Anxious To Visit Lord

Ripon, and the Times contends strenuously that the visit should be allowed, and that the Ameer's requests should be heard in a. " sympathetic " spirit. The Ameer, it is alleged,......

A Serious Debate On Foreign Policy Was Raised On Tuesday

by Mr. Jacob Bright. He objected to a design attributed to the Foreign Office of recognising Portugal as Sovereign on the Congo, the giant river which it is now known flows from......