3 NOVEMBER 1883, page 2

Mr. Murray Smith, Agent-general For Victoria, Publishes A...

from Mr. Service, Premier of that colony, convoking a " Con- vention " of the Australasian Colonies at Melbourne on Novem- ber 25th. Each colony is to send four delegates, and......

London Has Been Disturbed This Week By A Great Crime,

the' motive of which is still not ascertained. At a few minutes be- fore eight on Tuesday evening an explosion shattered the end carriages of a train travelling from the......

Sir Charles Dilke Has Made Four Speeches In Scotland This

week, but the speeches are hardly up to the mark of his old Chelsea addresses, and it seems to us that he feels more or less fettered by his position as a junior Member of the......

Sir Henry James, At Dumfries, Chiefly Set Himself To Refute

Mr. Gibson's fallacious representations of the comparative finance of the two Governments, which he did with uncommon ability and precision. Also, in the latter part of his......

Mr. Courtney, At Liskeard On Monday, Distinguished His...

vehemently opposing any attempt to touch reform in the next Session. He wished to see the County Government Bill passed first, and he spoke of the resolutions of the Leeds......

Mr. Goschen's Confession Of Political Faith In Edinburgh...

was very striking, and in many ways very con- tagious. He is perfectly right in asserting that moderate Liberals lose influence by want of enthusiasm for their own moderation,.......

He Declared That Mr. Gladstone's Government Had...

its first object to discourage and dishearten the English race all over the world, and to fill all who are opposed to them with "wild and unlawful hopes." The Government were......