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The Monmouthshire Liberals,—monmouthshire Is At Present...

of over three thousand persons in Woodfield Park on Monday, Mr. M. W. Moggridge in the chair. Mr. Moggridge pointed out that this was no picnic, as no refreshments and no......

Mr. Gibson, Who Spoke In The Drill Hall, At Halifax,

on Monday, to about five thousand people, asked his audience,— " Have not the Tories held their own in this war of platforms ?" We should reply, undoubtedly they have ; but......

Scotland, At Least, Is Not Showing Any Sign Of A

disposition towards reaction. The Ross and Cromarty election, indeed, may not cause much surprise. There has not been a contest there since 1852, and we suppose that the attempt......

On Thursday Sir Michael Hicks-beach Addressed A Large...

in Leigh Park, near Portsmouth, and dilated, as usual, on the monstrous injustice of attributing to the Peers!any wish to resist household franchise in the counties. All they......

Lord Cowper, Who, In A Letter To Monday's Times, Calls

him- self a good Liberal, declares it to be the duty of the Government to bring forward the Redistribution Bill in the Autumn Session, as well as the Franchise Bill. His......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

Consols were on Friday 100i to 100i.......

The Case Of George Ralph, Who Died Of Cholera On

Monday evening at Birmingham, having been first seized with the attack on Friday week, has spread some dismay in that town. It is a great question whether the cholera was of the......

On Tuesday We Find That Five Great Meetings Were Held

on the Rejection of the Franchise, one large one at Bolton, addressed by Mr. Chaplin, and one small one at Helms- ley, in Yorkshire, on the Conservative side; the other three in......

On Monday A Conservative Meeting Was Held In The Grounds

of the Lewisham Conservative Club, numbering several thousand persons ; and at Earlestown, in Lancashire, a very much larger Liberal demonstration was held, addresses being......