18 OCTOBER 1879, page 1

In His Speech At Clitheroe, Mr. Cross's Object Was To

urge the claims of his friend Mr. Assheton to be again returned at the next election, and consequently he dwelt generally on the claims of the Conservative Administration to the......

News Of The Week.

T HE British flag flies on the Bala Hisser. After their defeat at Chartisiab, the Afghan soldiery, 110W Bald to number 7,000, took up a strong position on the hills above the......

It Is Announced That Lord. Derby Has Invited Lord Hartington

to stay at Knowsley, on the occasion of his political visit to Lancashire, at the end of next week. This invitation is under- stood to mean that Lord Derby now identifies......

Then Occurred A Strange And Striking Scene, One For Which

we can recall no precedent in Indian lust er .. y General Roberts appeared on the balcony of the palace, and through interpreters proclaimed to the crowds below the British......

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To Say That Mr. Cross Has During The Week Been

starring it in Lancashire would be unjust to Mr. Cross, for he does not star it anywhere; but he has been plodding it in Lancashire,—playin g, not ineffectively, the plain,......

In The Midst Of All This, Where Is That Most

wretched of man- kind, "our ally," Yakoob Khan, in whose nam e we are fighting, whose flag has been superseded in his own capital, and whose palace is occupied by the General......