12 APRIL 1884, page 1

As To The Charge That This Measure Was A Mere

party measure, intended to secure the Liberals in office, what could be more absurd than to say so, when agricultural boroughs certainly return as many Conservatives as......

The Adjourned Debate On The Franchise Bill Was Resumed On

Monday by Mr. Stuart Wortley, who devoted himself to the rather barren task of proving that the Liberals could not possibly care for a Franchise Bill, which they had waited four......

Mr. Goschen's Was The Last Important Speech In The Debate.

He announced his intention of voting against the Bill. The Government had not given him the pledge he hoped for, to represent minorities in their Redistribution Bill ; the new......

Telegrams And Letters Have Been Received From Khartoum...

April 1st. Up to that date, the Arabs were attacking General Gordon with little success, the General shelling them from the steamers, and they not having the confidence for an......

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News Of The Week.

I T was announced at the beginning of the week that Nubar Pasha had resigned, declaring that he could not work with Mr. Clifford Lloyd, who reduced him to a nullity, and that......

On The Question Of Redistribution, The Prime Minister...

that that matter could not possibly have been dealt with in the same Bill as the Franchise, without leaving an Imperial question—which the Government intended to deter- mine as......