26 JANUARY 1884, page 2

Mr. W. H. Smith Attended A Great Meeting In Dublin

on Thursday, and made what is for him a fiery speech. He entirely opposed reduction of the franchise. It must be extended to Ireland, and if extended to Ireland, it would......

In Relation To Ireland, Mr. Lefevre Did Not Think That

there would be any British party in the House of Commons willing to leave Ireland to herself. Her relative importance in the Empire, as measured by population, has steadily......

The French, As Yet, Are Not Unfortunate, Though They Are

not successful, in their colonial enterprises. They have Tunis, and the capitulations, the point on which Europe has a legal right to resist them, have this week been given up......

King Alfonso Has Taken The Bull By The Horns. Convinced,.

as he alleges, that the Liberal party in Spain is too divided for united action, and that part of it, at least, is not honestly monarchical, be has passed over S. Sagasta, the......

Lord Randolph Churchill Made An Extremely Clever And...

speech at Blackpool on Thursday, which will not improve his reputation with the constituencies for political sincerity. The parties led by Mr. Parnell and Mr. Gladstone, said......

As An Economical Speech, Lord Randolph's Was Almost As...

as it was in its political imputations. "Your iron in- dustry is dead, dead as mutton ; your coal industries, which depend greatly on the iron industries, are languishing ; your......

The Conservative Counter-policy On The Question Of...

not, and never will be, very important, since every one knows that the Conservatives in Opposition take one view of Reform, and adopt a very different view directly they attain......

It Is Said That The Number Of Workmen Oat Of

employ in Paris begins to alarm the Government. They exceed 100,000 in number, and tell the Red Deputies that if not assisted they will revolt. We have given elsewhere reasons......