1 MAY 1880, page 3

The Merchant Taylors Conferred The Freedom Of The Company On

Wednesday, on Lord Cranbrook and Sir Stafford Northcote, both of whom appeared to think that those who, being dead, yet speak, should speak chiefly to give utterance to the......

Mr. Shaw Is Far More Moderate. In His Speech To

a meeting of his section of the Home-rulers, at Dublin, on Tuesday, he expressed the fullest confidence in the new Government, which, in particular, would settle the franchise......

The Birmingham Post Repeats And Credits A Rumour That Lord

Hartington, on his entry into office, discovered that the recent "prosperity budget" from India was erroneous, that the cost of the Afghan war had been underrated, and that a......

Mr. Parnell, Who Will, It Is Believed, Sit On The

Tory side of the House, and be accepted, we trust, as a Tory ally, has -developed his land scheme for Ireland. He denounces fixity of tenure as only an "attractive phrase." He......

The Pall Mall, Which Has Been Telling Us For We

do not know how long that the return of Mr. Gladstone to power would extinguish England in the councils of Europe, is now telling us that the change in the British Government is......

Consols Were On Friday 95 To 5911.

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The Dispute Between The Porte And The Montenegrins. Is Not

over, and may become serious. The Sultan signed the decree conveying to Montenegro the ceded lands, and his Commander-in-Chief on the spot, Moukhtar Pasha, evacuated, them ; but......

Sir Stafford Northcote Also Was Very Anxious To Seem Wholly

undismayed. He dwelt, somewhat injudioiously, we think, on the success his Governinent had had in keeping the majority undiminished throughout the six years of office, for now......

'the Daily .news, In A Very Interesting Table Compiled For

its issue of Thursday, shows that out of about 2,500,000 electors who had the opportunity of voting in the general elec. tion,—i.e., in constituencies where contests......