5 MAY 1883, page 2

At The Meeting Of The Wordsworth Society, On Wednesday,...

was held in the Deanery, Westminster, Mr. Matthew Arnold presided, and delivered one of his eloquently humorous and humorously eloquent speeches on the genius of Words- worth.......

Egypt Has Probably Been Delivered From A Serious Danger By

the victory which Colonel Hicks, in command of the force in the Soudan, has gained over the followers of the Mahal. He was attacked on his march to Obeid by about 4,000 men, but......

Mr. Gladstone Opened By Remarking On The Strange Device...

by the Conservatives for a new Conservative journal, —a picture of the beautiful clock tower and clock of the Houses of Parliament. It was curious because, the merit of a clock......

The National Liberal Club, Which Was Opened On Wednesday...

great éclat by a magnificent banquet at the Westminster Aquarium, where some 1,900 members, representing at least 400 English towns, sat down together, showed that it understood......

Two Remarkable Incidents Have Occurred In The Course Of The

Irish trials. Fitzharris (" Skin the Goat"), the carman who drove the murderers of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke, has been acquitted by the jury. Nobody doubted his presence......

The Irish-american Convention At Philadelphia On Friday...

a number of resolutions, declaring, among other things, that the English Government" has no moral right whatever to exist in Ireland "—the consent of the majority of Irish......

Mr. A. Sullivan Has, It Is Said, Stated That, While

the League does not contemplate warfare, which is outside its organisation, it considers warfare for Ireland as lawful as the warfare for the Thirteen Colonies. The League,......