2 OCTOBER 1869, page 5

- The French Political Play—tragic Or Tragi-

COMIC? - TT is related of a tragedy-writer of the First French Empire —Lemercier, if we recollect aright—that when, although 'known to be opposed in politics to the Empire, he......

Topics Of The Day.

THE FORGOTTEN POINT IN THE IRISH LAND QUESTION. TSOLATED ministers, Lord Hartington, the Earl of Claren- don, Mr. Cardwell, have all been firing off speeches on the Irish Land......