16 SEPTEMBER 1871, page 7

The Irish Legislation Of Last Session.

A FTER two Sessions almost wholly occupied with Irish affairs, Parliament in 1871 gave itself heart and soul to Great Britain—not with very great results, unless the Abolition......

The Combined Squadron.

A DMIRAL YELVERTON'S cruise from Cork Harbour to. the Tagus has furnished a partial answer to the over- captious critics who think small things of the modern seaman and detest......