News Of The Week
-V ERY little news of importance has arrived from Egypt this week. Osman Digna is said to have fled, but the report is unconfirmed, and General Graham is fidgetting about with......
Admiral Hewett, Apparently Under Some Impression That...
a rebel, or irritated by the slaughter of two messengers, who, for aught he knows, may have been executed as spies, or killed by mistake, issued a proclamation offering a reward......
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There Was A Discreditable Debate In The House Of Commons
on Saturday. Mr. Laboachere, during a discussion on Supply, suddenly made a speech attacking the whole policy of the Government in Egypt as "a policy of grab," and moved that......
So Soon As This Scene Was Over, The Irish Extremists
devoted themselves, during the greater part of Saturday night, to that minute criticism of certain Votes in Supply by which they appear to think that they earn popularity in......
After The Vote, A Somewhat Remarkable Parliamentary...
William Harcourt remarked in a stage aside that "that dirty trick had failed," a remark of which Sir Michael Hicks-Beach was so foolish as to take notice. He had no sooner......
Mr. Gladstone Has Been Unwell All The Week With A
cold, and has lost his voice, which prevents him from attending the House or Cabinet Councils. He is not, however, ill, and bat for the chilly winds might be in his place in......