7 FEBRUARY 1880, page 2

While We Have Steadily Upheld The Claim Of The Present

majority on the London School Board to public support, on the ground that they have done their difficult work exceedingly well, we cannot blind ourselves to the fact that if......

Sir Stafford Northcote, In His Reply, Acknowledged, As We...

shown elsewhere, that the Government have as yet no policy for Afghanistan, but stated that as regarded Greece, the British and French Governments hoped to proceed by Inter-......

The Debate In The Commons On The Address Was Very

flat. Colonel Moray, the mover, made an ordinary speech, and Mr. Corry read a sort of pamphlet, so acrimonious that Lord Hartington rebuked him for a violation of the usual......

In His Letter To Yesterday's Times, Mr. Sullivan Supports...

charges thus. He shows that many of the Irish Tories, dis- gusted by the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church, did declare that, since an "essential and......

Lord Beaconsfield Replied To Lord Granville Very Feebly....

very little, and seemed to care less, about the questions put to him. In relation to the asserted misconduct of our troops in South Africa and the executions in Cabal, he......

Mr. Sullivan, In Speaking At Liverpool On Tuesday, Made Some

very startling assertions respecting the intrigues of the Conservatives with the Home-rule party, which he reiterated in a formal letter to the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday......

The First State " Convention " Of The Republican Party

in America to nominate a candidate for the Presidency is that of Pennsylvania. It was held this week, and attended by 246 members. It was at first believed that General Grant......

After A Short Speech From Sir C. Dilke, And A

statement by Mr. Cross that he hoped to announce the result of his nego- tiations with the Water Companies in a few days, the rest of the sitting was occupied by a contest......