22 MAY 1880, page 2

The Sandwich Election Was Virtually Settled Before There...

Liberal candidate in the field. It appears that the Con- servative candidate, Mr. Crompton-Roberts, had very early secured Committee-rooms in almost all the public-houses, and......

Lord Lytton Has Carried Out His Policy Of Forming Candahar

into a separate State. On the 11th inst., Shere Ali, the- new Prince, or Wall, or Khedive, or whatever he is, was publicly saluted as independent in the name of the Empress' of......

The Lord-advocate Has Lost His Election For The Wigtown...

by a majority of 23 (656 voting for the Conservative, Mr. Mark Stewart, against 633 for the Lord-Advocate). The Lord-Advocate's majority last month was not very large, he having......

Mr. Forster, Replying To The Irish Demand For A Promise

to investigate the land question, said that no statesman who had. given any attention to Irish subjects doubted that the attempt to improve Ireland always brought you back to......

Mr. Parnell Has Been Elected Sessional Chairman Of The Home-

rule party in Parliament, by a majority of 21 against 18 for Mr. Shaw. Mr. R. Power (not Mr. O'Connor Power, as has been erroneously supposed, for he was absent, and wrote a......

Mr. Plimsoll Is About To Vacate His Seat At Derby,

in order that the Home Secretary, Sir William Harcourt, may regain his place in Parliament, partly because he feels grateful to Sir- William Harcourt for former support in the......

The New Bill Making The Enforcement Of The Old May

laws among the Catholic clergy in Prussia optional on the part of the- Government of Prussia was introduced into the Prus- sian Diet on Thursday, and is quite a unique fragment......

The Expected Meeting Of The Leading Members Of The Con-

servative party was held on the 19th inst., at Bridgewater House. Some 500 invitations had been issued, all defeated candidates being included, but only 400 attended, and the......