28 FEBRUARY 1880, page 2

The Indian Government Is Very Lucky. Sir John Strachey...

his Budget on Tuesday, and, as usual, the reporters are utterly puzzled by the system of presenting the accounts of three years at once, the perfected accounts of 1878-79, the......

The North-german Gazette And The Berlin Post Have This Week

published articles intended to show that the Russian Government, in fortifying Poland, is endeavouring to con- vince the Russian people that there is danger from Germany. The......

General Grant's Chances Of The Presidency Increase From...

day. The Republicans of Pennsylvania have already in- structed their delegates to the National Republican Con- vention, now fixed for June, to vote for him ; and on February......

Yesterday Week, The Duke Of Argyll Raised Once More The

great question of the policy of the Afghan war, in a speech of great force and no little closeness of reasoning, which, however,. instead of confining itself to the newer......

Lord Cranbrook's Reply Was Very Feeble. He Merely...

old charge that Lord Northbrook and the Duke of Argyll , cannot be trusted to know the drift of what they themselves did in 1873, and that to his mind they did, in effect,......

However Gravely The House Of Commons May Condemn The...

of Mr. Plimsoll, it is at least obvious enough that he has learnt the secret of pulling the strings which move the Government. His first great outburst certainly passed a Mer-......

In The Debate Which Followed, Mr. Dillwyn Stated That He

in- tended to move, in relation to the second resolution, that the rule adopted be adopted as a Sessional Order only, not as a Standing Order, till the experiment had been......