17 NOVEMBER 1883, page 6

Lord Ripon. T Hat Lord Ripon Should Be Attacked By Those

who dis- approve the Ilbert Bill is natural enough, for the dis- pute which underlies that question rouses very fierce antagon- isms, as well of modes of thinking, as of caste,......

The Cheerfulness Of Politicians.

T HE celebration of Mr. Shaw Lefevre's twenty years con- nection with Readin g has not only plenty of special political interest of its own, but it g ives a bri g hter......

Germany And Spain.

-TYIN G ALFONSO of Spain recently visited the German Emperor at Hombur g , received at his hands the hi g hest honour he could confer, and was treated in all respects as the......