12 DECEMBER 1891, page 2

The French Senate, Supposed To Be So Conservative, Is On

clerical matters as Radical as the Chamber. There was a, great debate on Wednesday as to the attitude Government ought to adopt towards the Bishops who treat it with dis-......

The Meeting Of The Eighty Club On Wednesday Was Rather

remarkable for the extreme moderation of its tone. Dr. Spence Watson, the chief guest, was as moderate and reason- able as Liberals used to be before the split in their ranks,......

Mr. Goschen Was Very Happy Also In His Criticism On

Sir William Harcourt's phrase that "Home-rule has a reflexive and a reciprocal influence on other questions." Mr. Goschen thought that that was a suggestion intended to......

The Americans, We Suspect, Are Making Up Their Minds Ta

check immigration if they can. An acute observer on the spot prophesied this change of feeling in our columns twenty years ago ; but it has required a new generation to make it......

Mr. Dillon And Mr. O'brien Made Speeches At A Great

Mayo demonstration at Ballaghadereen last Sunday, Mr. Dillon admitting (very reluctantly) that there were "germs of good" - in the Congested Districts Act, which he clearly sees......

Lord Cross Made A Speech At Hanley Yesterday Week, In

which he gave the reins to his political scepticism with an abandon not usual in so fair and prudent a politician. He said he believed there was "only one man" in the Liberal......

The Death Of Dom Pedro, Lately Emperor Of Brazil, Oat

Saturday morning, though of no political importance, deserves record on account of his unique personality. He was a man of insatiable curiosity, always wanting to know the......

The Gladstonian Managers Have Summoned A Conference Of...

all England, which met on Thursday in the Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street. Some four hundred dele- gates attended, and though they were all Gladstonians, and most of them......