28 SEPTEMBER 1889, page 4

Mr. Gladstone's Latest Speech.

I F it were not disrespectful—for we have little patience with disrespect towards a statesman still so great— we should say that Ireland, which was Mr. Gladstone's subject, had......

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THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. T HE French habit of demanding a second ballot when- ever a candidate fails to obtain a majority of all the votes polled, impairs the dramatic effect of a......