2 APRIL 1881, page 1

News Of The Week.

T HE event of the week has been Lord Beaconsfield's serious illness from "bronchitic asthma,"—a complication of asthma with bronchitis. It has produced a profound sensation. 'On......

The Freiheit, A Small German Journal In London, With A.

circulation, it is said, of 300, recently published an article exulting ferociously in the assassination of the Czar, and recommending a similar deed every month, and hoping......

Lord Cairns Made A Slashing Attack On The Government On

Thursday, in relation to the negotiations in the Transvaal. Ho maintained that the terms of the Queen's Speech promised a restoration of authority which had not been effected,......

Lord Kimberley's Reply Was Very Powerful. He Showed That The

annexation of the Transvaal was effected on imperfect information, and probably would not have been effected, if we had known three or four years ago all that we know now; that......

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The Eastern Question Has Once More Reached A Critical Stage.

The Powers, hampered by the secret designs of some among 'them, and by a dread of letting the waters loose, have, it is asserted, receded from the Berlin decision. They have......

The News From The Transvaal Is At Once Uncertain And

dis- agreeable. Colonel Winslow, in command at Potchefstroom, surrendered that post, under stress of famine, on the 21st of March, before the relief trains could arrive. The......