7 NOVEMBER 1885, page 1

Lord Grey Is A Very Able Man, But There Is

no man of his ability whose lead is so inauspicious ; and we hold that his usual destiny,—to initiate a thoroughly unwise movement, for which, nevertheless, many very plausible......

The Times Of Friday Intimated, As If From Information, That

the Chinese Government would, on the whole, prefer that Great Britain annexed Barmah. That is possible, because the Chinese would gain by the enlarged frontier duties, and......

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Mr. Gladstone, In His Letter On Disestablishment To Mr....

Smith, has quite truly described the great panic which is being stimulated concerning Church defence as a Tory manoeuvre intended to divert attention from the issues 110w before......

Lord Hartington Made Two Admirable Speeches At Belfast,...

speeches at once conciliatory towards the Irish Party, and firm on behalf, not merely of the Union, but of that just treatment of all classes in Ireland which the Union can......

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News Of The Week.

T HE Czar has at last announced his personal hostility to the Prince of Bulgaria to the whole world. Irritated by his independence, and probably by other causes of which we know......