7 JANUARY 1888, page 17

The Good And Bad Sides Of Political Agitation.

D URING this comparative lull in the whirlwind of political agitation which the last fortnight has brought us, we can at least form some impression of the good and the evil......

Winning Winchester.

W E cannot say that we attach the same importance to the greatly increased majority by which the Unionists have carried Winchester, that the Home-rulers gave out that they would......