29 JANUARY 1881, page 5

An Unexpressed Feeling About Ireland.

"N 0 pessimist view of English politics is ever accurate." That is the earliest political dictum we can recall, and thirty years of daily watchfulness have hitherto only......

Topics Of The Day.

MR. FORSTER'S PROPOSAL. M R. FORSTER'S speech on Monday night was admitted by both friends and foes to have been a very powerful speech ;—his friends holding that his enthusiasm......