13 JANUARY 1883, page 2

Mr. Lyon Playfair Has Announced His Intention On The Meet-

ing of Parliament to resign his post as Chairman of Com- mittees, mainly on the ground of ill-health, partly, no doubt, that a new Chairman may start fair with the new Rules of......

Several Papers, Notably The Standard, Pay Groat Attention...

rumours, one of which is that the Vatican has been con- vinced by its agents that war is immediately at hand_ Thetheory is that Austria is about to take steps in the Balkan......

We Trust That The Statement Of The Times' Correspondent -...

Paris as to the attitude of the Right in regard to the election of Judges is inaccurate. • This writer, who usually knows well what the Orleanists will do, asserts that the......

The Archbishop Of Cashel, Dr. Croke, Is, Consistently...

all in his power to promote disorder in Ireland. He is not connected with the borough of Mallow, but he has written a letter supporting strongly the candidature of Mr. O'Brien,......

Sir Henry James Also Pointed Out The Probability That The

extension of household franchise to the counties might in- volve the abandonment of the 40s. freehold qualification. It would not be easy to accept a residential household......

Death Is Busy With The French Heroes Of 1870. Gambetta

was still unburied when, on the 4th inst., General Chanzy sud- denly expired from apoplexy at Chilons, where he held a divisional command. He was hardly fifty, and might have......

Spain Has Been Going Through The Throes Of A Crisis -

not very intelligible to outsiders, the history of which we believe to be this. The King, true to his policy. of allow- ing all parties to reach office, wished S. Sagasta to......

The Attorney-general, Sir Henry James, Made A Very...

at Bridgwater on Wednesday. After an eloquent tribute to Mr- Bright, and a sharp criticism on the refusal of the extreme Irish party to co-operate in any way with Mr. Gladstone......

England Appears To Be Equally Well Served By The -rich

and the poor. When Professor Palmer undertook his mission into- the Desert " to buy camels," he was accompanied by. Captain W. J. Gill, R.E., who had orders to interrupt the......