31 JANUARY 1874, page 1

News Of The Week.

1 - 1VERYBODY is in a fuss. Parliament was dissolved on 4 Monday. The earliest polls in the boroughs will take place next Tuesday (February 3),' and the lateit probably on......

Mr. Gladstone's Address To The People Of Greenwich Has Been

alesclibed by his political rival as a " prolix " document. It is no .doubt long, but,—in this respect unlike the Wednesday address at Blackheath,—it is very stately, and......

We Have Described The Rest Of Mr. Disraeli's Address Else-

where, but he seems inclined to make the Dutch treaty, ceding our right to prevent Holland from making, conquests in Sumatra, the basis of a formidable attack. We think it will......

The Addresses Of The Various Secondary Members Of The...

have not been very remarkable, except Mr. Lowe's to the electors of the University of London, which was really a brilliant and epigrammatic reply to Mr. Disraeli's ; and as such......

In Mr. Forster's Address To Bradford, Published On Saturday,

he merely - refers to his representation the borough for thirteen years, but on Monday he made his electors a long speech, in which he explained that the Dissolution was really......

The War On The Gold Coast Is Referred To Apologetically

as " un- happy," and as warning us not to enter without the greatest care into " equivocal and entangling engagements ;" and Mr. Gladstone expresses a hope that after the war is......

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