2 OCTOBER 1880, page 2

All The News Received This Week From Basutoland Is Unfavour-

able. The entire tribe must have risen, for a force which, on the 21st ult., attacked the camp of the Mounted Rifles at Court- house numbered 7,000 warriors. They charged......

Mr. Parnell Delivered His Weekly Speech On Sunday, This Time

at New Ross. It was noteworthy for a statement that assassination was "unnecessary and prejudicial," where the farmers were organised ; for a blank rejection of all concessions,......

The Twentieth Church Congress Met On Tuesday At...

the presidency of the Bishop of Peterborough, who delivered a most eloquent address. Its main drift, on which we have commented elsewhere, was that Congresses were the out- come......

Some Documents Have Been Published In Paris Which Show...

that M. de Freycinet, who, it must not be for- gotten, is a Protestant of the sincere kind, had good reason to believe that the Pope was favourable to a compromise with the......

Affairs In Ireland Do Not Improve. On The One Hand,

Orangemen are cheering the incendiary speeches of the Rev. Mr. Kane, who threatens that they will rise 200,000 strong, and settle Irish difficulties with lead ; and on the other......

The Most Significant And The Most Painful Fact About This

case is the evidence it affords of organised terrorism. For days before the murder, Lord Mountmorres and his people had been placed under ban. His cook was driven away by......

Mr. O'shaughnessy, Member For Limerick, And Hitherto Re-...

moderate, has openly joined the Land League, in a letter to Mr. Parnell, in which he declares that his "principles are based on goodwill to the landlords who will give their......

We Do Not Understand Why, If Candaliar Is To Be

handed over to Abdurrahman, its evacuation should be so much de- layed. It is found impossible to collect any store of provi- sions, and the cost of maintaining 13,000 men to......