27 JANUARY 1872, page 1

Of The Incidents Of The Conference We Can Mention Only

a few salient features. Mr. Richard, after quizzing with some vivacity the newspapers opposed to his policy, especially this journal, and dealing a hard blow at Mr. Matthew......

Mr. Bright Has Written A Very Important Letter To The

O'Donoghue, absolutely disclaiming all sympathy with the Home- Rule cry for Ireland. Hearing that some persons had spoken of him as an advocate of " what is termed Home Rule in......

The Agitation In Paris And Versailles During The...

of uncertainty appears to have been extreme. The Con- servatives, who have a majority, endeavoured to find a successor to M. Thiers, and proposed to Marshal MacMahon to assume......

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Mr. Disraeli Seems To Have Fixed The Easter Week For

stu mping Lancashire in the Conservative interest. We hope he will find occasion to announce in it the conclusion to which he came long ago, but which he has just formally......

The Great Nonconformist Conference Has Been Held This...

Manchester, attended by some two thousand delegates, and so far as enthusiasm and unity of purpose go, has been what they would regard as a great success. The principles to be......

News Of The Week.

T HE Prime Minister has issued his Circular to the Liberal party, and tells them that " immediately after " the Address and the debate on it, to take place on Tuesday, the 6th......

There Has Been A Crisis At Versailles. M. Thiers, After

address- ing the Chamber seventeen distinct times in favour of a tax on raw materials, at last declared on Friday week that the debate must end. The Chamber was in wild......