22 AUGUST 1885, page 10

The Australasian Federation Act.

W E have given credit,—not, we think, more than was deserved,—to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach for finding time to pass the Australasian Federation Act through the House of Commons in......

The Hillman Lunacy Case.

T HE case of " Hillman v. Crosskey," which has just been tried at Lewes, brings out the defects of the existing Lunacy Law in a way which is all the more striking because of the......

The Agrarian Trouble In Italy.

I TALIAN papers report extensive strikes, accompanied in some instances by serious disturbances among the agri- cultural labourers of several districts in North Italy ; and......