No dis-sentient voice will break in upon the tribute or admiration, in ...

No dis-sentient voice will break in upon the tribute or admiration, in which foes, we are ante, will cordially join with friends, that must he paid to LORD BEACONSFIELD'S high courage, his unswerving purpose, his imperturbable temper, and his versatio mastery of Parliamentary tactics.

His Dratorieal gifts, though not comparable for artistic effect and passionate power with those of Mr BRIGHT, or even with the accomplished fluency and skilful command of facts in which Mr GLADSTONE is unrivalled, were, perhaps, rarer than either, and will not soon be matched again in the Homes of Commons.

From The Times, 20 April 1881 THE FALL OF KHARTOUM - The following telegram has reached Sir Evelyn Baring from Lord

Wolseley “Korti, Khartoum fell on

the 26th, Sir C. Wilson arrived at Khartoum on the 25th, and found the place in the hands of the enemy. He retired, under a heavy fire from the river bank.

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