12 DECEMBER 1885, page 6

Inside Mr. Parnell.

W E should like to know what Mr. Parnell thinks of it all. That he exults a little, or even much, may be assumed even of a secretive character like h's, for it is not possible......

The Distribution Of Parties In Greatbritain.

T HE statistics of the new electoral returns are very curious. They certainly seem to show that Liberalism and Con- servatism run in veins, like seams of coal, or chalk......