7 DECEMBER 1889, page 18

Mr. Balfour Spoke At Partick, In Lanarkshire, On Mon- Day;

at Glasgow on Tuesday ; at a great banquet in the Waverley Market, Edinburgh, on Wednesday, where the tables were laid for 2,700 persons,—and a very brilliant speech it was,......

The Sultan, Says The Birmingham Post, Is About To Have

his treasure valued, and has asked for the services of an expert from London. He cannot raise money sufficient for the ex- penditure of the Palace, and is inclined to utilise......

On Tuesday, At The Manchester Conference, Sir William...

to get in a little speech before his leader spoke. It was devoted to showing how little the Conservatives and Liberal Unionists could agree upon. They could not agree on a name,......

In Mr. Gladstone's Second Speech, The Speech Of Tuesday, He

returned to the attack on the Liberal Unionists with all his old ardour, accusing them of having prevented the Tories from embracing Home-rule,—it would indeed be a meritorious......

In His Fourth Speech, To The Great Concourse Of Ten

thousand persons packed into Waverley Market on Thursday, Mr. Balfour set himself to reply to Mr. Gladstone, but did not find very much to reply to, as he declined to go again......

In The Speech At Glasgow, Mr. Balfour Echoed Sir William

Thomson's reproach to English politicians, that they are too impatient in looking for the fruits of a wise and firm policy in Ireland. We are reaping some of the fruits of that......