22 DECEMBER 1894, page 2

The London Elections Of Saturday And Monday, For...

Guardians, have not justified the hopes of the Radical party. The Moderates hold, out of all the Vestries, three to two, including—which is the significant fact—districts like......

The Death Of M. Burdeau Left The Presidency Of The

French Chamber vacant, and on Tuesday M. Brisson was elected President by 249 votes, against 213 given to M. M6line. The Paris correspondent of the Times, who is rather too......

Lord Salisbury, In A Letter Addressed To The Secretary Of

the Cirencester Constitutional Club, published in Tues- day's papers, again puts forward in strong terms the Referendum view of the functions of the House of Lords. If the House......

Italy Has A Parliamentary Crisis Of A Serious Kind. After

excited debates, during which all the fractions of the Opposition fused themselves, Signor Giolitti, the late Premier, produced an envelope full of documents which, he said,......

As We Expected, Mr. Gladstone Has Intervened In The Armenian

question, of course with a statesman's moderation. At a public meeting in St. Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross, held on Monday, a letter was read from him to the Secretary of......

But The Most Important Point Of Mr. Macewan's Speech Was

his demand not for a weaker, but for a much stronger and more effective Second House of Legislature than the House of Lords. He thought the hereditary principle obsolete, and......

On Monday Mr. Macewan, The Member For The Central Division

of Edinburgh, delivered a most remarkable speech, in which he declared that the Irish Home-rule Bill of 1893 is " dead ; " that no such Bill can be carried in "this genera-......

On Monday Mr. Bryce, In Addressing A Meeting Of His

constituents, sketched the course of the next Session. The Government hoped to have a Factories Bill and a Bill for conciliation in trade disputes, a Bill to deal with the......