19 MARCH 1887, page 2

On Thursday, Mr. Gladstone Made A Great Speech To The

Yorkshire Home rulers, at a dinner given to him and them by Mr. Barran, M.P. for the Otley Division of Yorkshire. The chief note of the speech was a serene, almost majestic con-......

The Appointment Of Mr. Wrench On The Irish Land Com-

mission, in the place of Mr. Vernon, deceased, may be a very good one, but certainly will not gratify national feeling in Ireland. Mr. Wrench is, we believe, an Englishman who,......

M. De Lesseps, For Years The Most Popular Man In

France, he having accomplished a great work which also brought in great dividends, is a little out of favour just now. He has recently visited Berlin, nominally to invest M.......

Sir George Trevelyan Spoke Several Times In The Course Of

the Liakeard meetings, once in favour of submitting the financial estimates of the Government to the revision of Select Com- mittees—a plan in support of which he had much to......

Late On Tuesday Week, A Riot Occurred At Youghal, In

which the police were severely handled, and in the consequent fight they bayonetted a fisherman named O'Hanlon. It was expected that another riot would occur, and Captain......

General Boulanger Is Playing To The Gallery Again. He Had

addressed a letter to the Commission on Army Reorganisation, urging that the system of allowing men who intend to be officers to serve a year as cadets was opposed to democratic......

A Murder Of A Peculiarly Dangerous Character Has This Week

shocked London. Mr. David Samuel, a dairyman; has a small shop in Kentish Town, and on Friday week, at 3 o'clock, he left it to go his rounds. Shortly after, three men drove up......

It Is Understood That The Bulgarian Regents Will Summon The

Great Sobranje, in order to renew their powers ; and it is rumoured that they may make much larger proposals. They are tired, it is said, of Russian intrigues, which cannot be......

The French Agriculturists Are Forcing The Government...

road of Protection. They have already an import duty of 3 fr. per quintal on wheat, equal to 5s. 61. a quarter; but they declare it is not sufficient. The Government resisted......