The Right Hon. J. G. Dodson Made An Effective Speech
to his constituents at Chester on Thursday. He pointed out that Mr. Lowe, in bis five Budgets, had remitted taxes beyond what he had imposed to the amount of £12,951,000, while......
By Far The Weightiest Contribution As Yet Made To The
Afghan question is Lord Northbrook's speech at the corporation dinner at Winchester on Monday night. It is a speech of the weight of which only a careful perusal can give an......
This Government Is Most Unlucky. On October 6th, When The
latest letters left Pietermaritzburg, in Natal, war with the Zulus was evidently expected ; and according to a telegram from Cape Town, dated October 22nd, a British detachment......
Little News Has Arrived This Week From Northern India. The
Viceroy descends from his eyrie at Simla on the 19th, and settles himself for the winter at Lahore, in order to be nearer the scene of operations, which commence, according to a......
Mr. Evarts's Despatch Of September 28th Last, On The New-
foundland Fishery quarrel, was published on Tuesday, and is a very temperate and reasonable document. He brings out one important point, of which we were not aware when we wrote......
Mr. Butt, M.p., Is Now In Full Controversy With The
more virulent Home-rulers, and a pretty quarrel it seems likely to be. Mr. Butt thinks that Mr. Parnell and his friends wish to exclude him from Parliament, which Mr. Parnell......
Sir James Stephen Complains, In A Letter To The Times,
that Lord Northbrook has misrepresented his views as to the obliga- tions of justice in our dealings with Asiatic States. He declares that he holds justice to be the very......
The Manifesto Of The Conservative Members Of The French...
to the Senatorial electors appeared on Wednesday. It is a weak paper, and shows that the Conservatives are at a loss for a rallying-cry. They charge the Liberals with intending......
A Committee Has Been Formed, With Lord Lawrence As Chairman,
and including many Members of Parliament, to protest against a declaration of war with Afghanistan, before Parliament has been consulted. This Committee, which sits at the......