5 DECEMBER 1885, page 2

Mr. Gladstone's Letter To The Electors Of Midlothian,...

for their magnificent support, does not quite strike the key we should have wished. It breathes the spirit of an elec- tion contest rather than the spirit of high statesmanship.......

As Regards That Same Villa Population, It Would Not Appear

that the grant of household suffrage has, as yet, made any great difference to suburbanity. Only a single division of any of the home counties, properly so called, has as yet......

In Ireland There Can Hardly Be One Liberal Member. Cer-

tainly, he has not yet been elected. The Liberal, Mr. Dickson, was defeated in Mid-Antrim by a Conservative, Mr. O'Neill. The Liberal, Mr. Walker, was defeated in the Northern......

The Facts As To The Numbers Of The Popular Vote

are very curious, and show that subdivision of the large boroughs and counties has succeeded in giving a very effective expression t . the views of minorities. The Conservatives......

The Servian War With Bulgaria Drags. The Prince Of Bulgaria

captured First on November 27th, but was there met by a General in the Austrian service, who asked him in the name of the Emperor to agree to an armistice, hinting that if he......

The Metropolis Has Turned Out Much More Tory Than The

most Tory wire-puller could have hoped. There are sixty-one boroughs, returning sixty-two Members, which may be properly caii . Metropolitan, including, of course, Hampstead,......

The Germans Had A Scene In Their Reichstag On Tuesday.

It appears that the astounding stories of the expulsion of thou- sands of Poles from East Prussia and Silesia are true, and the Polish Deputies, supported by the Centre, rose to......

Besides The Liberal Ex-ministers Whose Rejection We...

Mr. W. S. Caine, formerly Civil Lord of the Admir- alty, has been rejected in the Tottenham division of Middlesex, Mr. Evelyn Ashley (formerly Colonial Under-Secretary) in the......

It Is, Perhaps, As Well That A Representative Of The

Crofter movement, which has obtained great influence in the Highlands, should be returned to Parliament. Mr. Macdonald, whom the cottagers have made Member for Ross and Cromarty......

This Expulsion Is One Of The Most Deplorable Events That

have occurred in modern Europe, and might form a precedent for outrages such as have rarely shocked modern civilisation. Austria, for example, might expel half - the population......