14 APRIL 1883, page 8

The New Aspect Of The Affirmation Bill.

W E are not particularly well pleased—except so far as the change promises a speedier, though a scantier measure of justice—with the decision of the Government that what is......

The Grand Committees. T He Important Experiment Of...

work of the House of Commons to Grand Committees has now been on trial for a week. The Standing Committee on Trade meet on Mondays and Fridays, the Standing Com- mittee on Law......

France And Germany.

T HE discussion which has been raging this week upon the Continent as to the alleged Tripartite Treaty between Germany, Austria, and Italy, has thrown a flood of light upon......