16 JUNE 1888, page 2

Mr. Parnell Gave A Banquet On Wednesday, At The Cafe

Royal, to the martyrs of his party,—in other words, the ex-prisoners,--in honour of whom a considerable number of the Parnellites assembled, the object of the banquet being, no......

The Contest Next In Importance Was Over Co-optation. As The

Bill stands, the Councils have power to increase their number by one-third, choosing any municipal electors in the county. Mr. Stansfeld, however, moved on Monday that all......

A Ministerial Crisis Of Importance Is Reported From...

Stambouloff, the Premier, is believed to be the only man who can govern the Principality in defiance of Russia, and he has resigned. The cause is the sentence on Major Popoff,......

There Has Been Within The Last Week A Great Discharge

of letters intended to affect the election for the Ayr Burghs. Mr. Gladstone began it by writing to a correspondent on the Ayr election in a sense unfavourable to the attitude......

Mr. Gladstone Seized On This Letter, And Replied To It

in one dated June 12th, which he sent simultaneously to Lord Hartington and to the newspapers, where it was published on Wednesday. In this letter, Mr. Gladstone reasserts that......

A Third Conflict, Not Yet Settled, Has Arisen Over The

electoral term in County Councils. The Government propose in the Bill that the county elections shall be triennial ; but on Tuesday Mr. Shaw-Lefevre proposed that one-third of......

The County Government Bill Has Been Under Discussion All The

week, with some results of importance. It was known before the debate began that all boroughs with a population of 50,000, and six or seven historic places—Canterbury, for......