24 JANUARY 1874, page 7

The Lesson Of Carthagena.

I T is a pity that in the rapid current of events all over Europe the defence of Carthagena should be so rapidly forgotten, for it presents points of most substantial interest.......

Lord Northbrook's Coup D'etat.

T ORD NORTHBROOK is in earnest now; that much at least is clear. The telegrams of Wednesday, received in Lon- don with so little attention, really signify that he has exerted......

The " Quarterly " On The Irish Libirals. Ithe Quarterly

Review, which, like most other Conservative _L organs, is becoming very much subdued in tone, as the possibility of a Conservative majority at the next general elections begins......