14 AUGUST 1875, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

THE O'CONNELL CENTENARY. T HE Fates, as usual, have been unkind to Ireland about this Centenary. It was to have been such a grand celebra- tion, and it came to so very little.......

The Leader Of Opposition.

I N the formal debate on the second reading of the Appro- priation Bill, Lord Hartington for the first time assumed the functions as well as the place of Leader of Opposition.......