17 MAY 1890, page 2

The Unionists Sustained A Severe Defeat In East Bristol On

Friday week. They never had a chance of carrying the seat, the Gladstonian majority in 1886 having been 1,736; but this was increased on the 9th inst. to 2,875, even if we do......

Lord Derby Commented On The Growing Reluctance Of The...

to make the Irish Question the subject of their attacks on the Government. Instead of this, they reproach the Liberal Unionists with having deserted their leader, whereas the......

The Bulgarian Government Has At Last Brought Major...

his fourteen companions before a court-martial. The charges substantially are that they accepted bribes from Russian agents to assassinate or kidnap Prince Ferdinand and M.......

Mr. Goschen On Wednesday Made A Speech At Northampton, In

which he urged the electors not to forget the great issue between the majority and their opponents, and pressed above all the external danger in which the concession of a......

Mr. Stanley Was On Tuesday Presented With The Freedom Of

the City, and made a speech, on part of which we have commented elsewhere. In this section he was very angry with the English for their want of enterprise in taking territory,......

Mr. Gladstone On Monday, On The Occasion Of An Address

to Mr. T. B. Potter, presented by the Cobden Club, in Prince's Hall, Piccadilly, pronounced a eulogium on Free-trade, marked by three observations of some importance. He was......

The New German Government Explained Its Colonial Policy...

Reichstag on Tuesday, when General von Caprivi declared in substance that the wish for Colonies had been fanned in order to warm up national feeling; that be did not at all care......

Coming To The Substance Of His Speech, Lord Hartington...

Parliamentary discussions on the morality or immorality of the National League's proceedings. They were revolutionary proceedings, and the law should, of course, be strengthened......