Parliament Met On Thursday, The Queen's Speech Touching...
Afghan war as the cause of the Session, and hardly referring to any- thing else. In the House of Lords, Lord Ravensworth, who once sat, as Mr. Liddell, and then as Lord......
Lord Granville Postponed To Next Monday The Discussion Of...
policy of the Afghan war, but asked for explanations on tho two points which have attracted so much attention lately,—the incorrect history of Lord Cranbrook's despatch ; and......
By Thursday, However, The Clouds Had Cleared Away. The...
had been defeated in the Khyber by a force sent from Jumrood, General Maude had reached Peshawur, and communi- cation between that city and Dhakka was again safe. Lord Lytton,......
News Of The Week.
• T HE week opened with bad news from Afghanistan. The corres- pondent of the Daily News reported the closing of the Khyber between Jumrood and Ali Musjid, by Hillmen, who beat......
All The Telegrams Speak Of The Personal Bravery Of The
Afghans, and of their accurate though slow fire, while all indicate that they lose heart when they see their line of retreat cut off. This, their peculiarity also in the old......
The Marquis Of Salisbury Was Even Less Happy In His
ex- planations than Lord Cranbrook, and made a most jesuitical apology for a very successful jesuitical attempt to mislead the House of Lords as to the Afghan policy of the......
