11 MAY 1889, page 1

The Fete Of The Revolution On Sunday Went Off Fairly

well at Versailles, though a colonist from Martinique named Perrin,fired at President Carnot. He says he fired blank- cartridge, wishing only to call attention to his wrongs ;......

News Of The Week • T He Cross-examination Of Mr. Parnell

yesterday week before Sir James Hannen's Commission, elicited from him that in declaring in January, 1881, that secret societies had ceased - to exist in Ireland, though he had......

On Tuesday Night, The Liberal Unionist Club, With The Warden

of Merton (the Hon. George Brodrick) in the chair, entertained Lord Derby at Willis's Rooms. Mr. Brodrick, in proposing the toast of the evening, said that the Home-rulers, when......

A Telegram From Vienna Of May 6th Announces That The

Czar intends to have himself crowned as King of Poland, and that the laws, or rather, administrative ukases, now pressing so heavily on the landlords in Poland and the Baltic......

The French Chambers Meet Again Next Week, And The Budget

remains to be passed ; but it is hoped there will be no more serious divisions, as opinion will not approve any interrup- tion to the Exhibition, which was formally opened on......

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