18 JANUARY 1890, page 2

Mr. T. W. Russell Made A Very Able Speech At

Nottingham on Tuesday, in answer to the speech delivered by Mr. Parnell in the same town on December 17th. He dealt chiefly with Mr. Parnell's charge that the initial blunder of......

Mr. Henry Fowler, Speaking To The Electors Of East Wolver-

hampton on Monday, was not nearly so mere a partisan in his tone as Mr. Bryce. His chief endeavour was to show that Mr. Goschen should relieve the pressure on labour rather than......

If The Statements Made This Week As To The Pressure

placed by the French peasantry upon their Deputies are true, France needs a great financier even more than Russia. The Govern- ment has to raise an immense loan in order to fund......

Mr. Bryce Is Losing His Impartiality Of Tone. His Speech

at Canterbury last Monday might almost have been delivered by Sir Walter Foster. He denied almost all obstruction on the part of the Opposition, except in the case of the Crimes......

Lord Selborne Made An Admirable Point In His Speech At

Alton on Monday, in reference to Mr. Gladstone's reproach to Lord Hartington and the Liberal Unionists, that by leaving him they had shifted the centre of gravity of the Liberal......

There Is In Some Ways A Striking Analogy Between The

Russian and Indian Budgets. In both, the Budget has grown in import- ance,—that of Russia having doubled in twenty years, and now approaches £90,000,000; while that of India has......

It Is A Pity That Lord Derby Does Not Write

leading articles. What admirable leaders portions of his speeches would make ! Take, for instance, the short speech de- livered at Liverpool on Thursday, a perfect model of......