23 FEBRUARY 1884, page 2

In The Resumed Debate Of Wednesday, On Mr. Parnell's...

to the Address, Mr. O'Connor Power made a very remarkable speech, in which he insisted on the anomaly of Land Leaguers denouncing the intimidation practised by Orangemen, and......

A Letter From Mr. Bradlaugh Was Read By The Speaker

on Thursday, declaring his intention not to present himself to take the oath until after the Law Courts had decided the question of his liability to the penalty incurred for......

Mr. Henry H. Howorth, Writing In The Name Of The

Man- chester Conservative Association to last Saturday's Times, urges the abolition of the dual control, and the choice of Lord Salisbury as the head of the party. We have......

Lord Dunraven, On Monday, Had The Incredible Folly To ,...

to weaken Lord Spencer's authority in Ireland, by moving in the House of Lords a resolution which condemned the Government (including, of course, the Irish Lord Chancellor, Sir......

Very Little Was Said By The Rank And File In

this debate worth hearing, no new man made a mark, and we must confine our- selves to the leading speeches. Sir Charles Dilke, Mr. Childers, and Lord Hartington, as we have......

On The Other Side, The Strongest Speeches Were Made By

Sir R. Cross, who avowed openly that he advocated a Protectorate ; by Mr. Gibson, who believed that the instructions of Government to General Gordon were framed to avoid......

The Best By Far Of The Critical But Not Hostile

speeches of the debate were Mr. Forster's, mentioned last week, and Mr. Goschen's, delivered on Tuesday night. He dwelt on the " stupendous " difficulties which had environed......

Mr. Marriott, Who Voted With The Tories On Wednesday Morn-

ing, has applied for the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, and a new writ for Brighton was moved for on Thursday. The Liberals of Brighton are putting forward Mr. Robert......

The So-called Religious Party In The House Of Commons Are

gradually raising Mr. Bradlaugh into the position of a sort of standard-bearer of the right of constituencies to elect whom they please, and are so overcoming the effects of the......