News Of The Week.
M R. DISRAELI has been playing a curious game with regard to Mr. Fawcett's clause on the Corrupt Practices' Bill throwing the cost of hustings, polling-booths, and other......
Mr. Gladstone, Who Was Invited To The Ceremonial, Was Unable
to attend ; but on the following day he received an address from the Corporation of Romsey, and made a speech, in which he eulogized Lord Palmerston's preference of public duty......
We Have Elsewhere Explained That The Platform Accepted By...
Convention of American Democrats is a platform of State sovereignty as well as of repudiation. Upon this latter point the Republicans themselves seem shaky. A resolution......
Mr. Ayrton Avenged The Blow. When The House Met On
Tues- day in the evening to discuss the Metropolitan Cattle Markets' Bill, Mr. Ayrton at once called attention to the empty state of the House. Being a resumed sitting,—the......
Yet After This Curious Prelude, What Did Happen Was...
Lord Advocate first gave notice of his intention to extend Mr. Fawcett's new proviso to Scotland, which threw everybody off their guard, and only late on Tuesday night did the......
The Two Strongest Amendments To The Bribery Bill Were Lost
on Saturday. Sir F. Goldsmid proposed that when a victorious candidate was unseated for bribery, his non-bribing competitor, if supported by a third of the electorate, should......
At The Inauguration Of The Romsey Monuments To Lord Palmer-
ston on Tuesday,—namely, a statue in bronze, by Noble, situate in the market-place, and said to be admirable, and a stained-glass window in the Abbey representing various......
