8 DECEMBER 1883, page 1

Lord Hartington, In His Speech This Day Week At Accrington,

stated that, in pointing out some of the difficulties attending a Franchise Bill at Manchester, he had expressly said that he did not suppose them insuperable ; but now he......

News Of The Week.

I T is by no means certain that M. Ferry is to win, after all. The result of the division on the Vote of Credit, taken on Friday, has not yet reached us ; but it was believed on......

It Is Almost Impossible To Understand The Motives Of M.

Challemel-Lacour and M. Ferry in thus deceiving the public. They cannot have wanted a war with China, yet they did all they could to provoke one, and this in the teeth of their......

Sir John Lubbock, Who Spoke After Lord Hartington, Made An

admirable joke, in the opening of his speech. He said that the great cataract of invective to which the Government had been exposed, and to which Lord Hartington had referred,......

With Regard To Our Foreign Relations, Lord Hartington...

that there is none of that coolness between England and Germany which the Conservatives delight to suppose and to condemn. This was what he said :—" Our relations with Ger- many......

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