5 JUNE 1886, page 5

Mr. Chamberlain's Speech.

M R. CHAMBERLAIN'S speech of Tuesday settled for the present the fate of the Home-rule Bill. That speech was not only the best he ever made, and the most effective yet delivered......

The Latest Rumour.

T HE Daily Telegraph of Friday has given currency to a rumour which we sincerely hope is not true. It is that the Government, if defeated on the second reading of the Home-rule......