21 FEBRUARY 1874, page 1

Mr. Gladstone Has, As Usual With A Retiring Premier,...

the names of a small number of politicians to Her Majesty for peerages. Mr. Cardwell; of course, stands first, both in rank and claims, the only puzzle being to understand why,......

It Is Generally Admitted That Mr. Gladstone Will, For The

present at least, retire from the leadership of the Liberal party. He has long been in need of rest, and the opportunity is new before him. Of course he will speak on the......

We Give Elsewhere The Latest Rumours As To The Tory

Cabinet, most of which appear to us to' be almost certainly correct. The only great office left' unfilled is the Home Secretaryship, about which there may have been recent......

We Commented Last Week On The Extraordinary Completeness...

and Cornwall,—the mining counties, and even in East Cornwall, we have since lost again the seat which in 1868 we won back,—there are very feweeats which the Liberals have won by......

News Of The Week.

W E calculate the exact result of the elections, now complete, to be as follows :— ENGLAND. Liberals. Conservatives. Counties 27 145 'Universities 1 4 Boroughs 145 137 Total.......

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