... THE FUTURE OF LORDDUFFERIN The Belfast Igolthcm Whig London correspon- dent the present Government be in office whew, Lord Dufferin returns from India he will be^nade Foreign Secretary, and Sir Michael Hicks-fcea'Ch will take Lord Stanley cf ) Preston's ...

... LORD ABERDARE AND THE SUNDAY CLOSING ACT. [SPECIAL TKLEGRAM TO THE ECHO.] I The London correspondent of the Northern Whig to-day, says, should Lord Herschell decline the chairmanship of the Royal Commission on the working of the Welsh Sunday Closing ...

... induce the Whigs to support a scheme at all likely to prove acceptable to the Irish party. The aim, therefore, is to induce Mr Gladstone to cousent to such modifications as will ensure a majority sufficient to outweigh Con- servatives and Whigs combined ...

... LETTER FROM MR GLADSTONE. Excommunication of the Whigs. The following is the copy of a letter which Mr Gladstone addressed to his supporters yesterday 10, Downing-street, May 25th. Dear Sir,—It is proposed to hold a meeting at the Foreign Office on Thursday ...

... I THE ROCKFERRY MURDERER. I A containing 9.°°° si*°»turss. 'Whig those of several members of Parliament, bag been forwarded to the Home Secretary pray for the commutation of the death sentence passed on the man Travis for the Rockferry Murder. The foreman ...

... be be. cime an adherent of Lord Palmerston's party. On she acces- sion of Lord John Russell he cut his connection with the Whig's, and has since been a steady supporter of the Conservative party. He was the first Education Minister in a Tory Government ...

... RUMOURED APPOINTMENT FOR MR SEXTON. The Dublin Inde»*nfent says: — A fresh J element of disturbance in the camp of the Irish I Whig party is the rumoured acceptance by Mr I Sexton of the Resident Commissionership of the National Board of Education, about ...

... independence. He is, of course, aware of the nature of recent negotiations, and is prepared to go into the same lobby with the Whigs and Conservatives when the eventful division occurs; but be has taken no part in any consultation with ft view to joint action ...

... THE ENTERPRISE OF CARDIFF. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE ECHO. I The London correspoudent of the Belfast Northern Whig to-day says :—Cardiff, in the matter of enterprise and commercial and industrial development, may be fairly called the Welsh Belfast. Your ...

... problem and to conciliate the Irish people, the new native party will most willingly co-operate, be the initiative taken by Whig or Tory, the people of Ireland are sick of the war of centuries, and their anxiety to have it made a permanent peace is only ...

... would influence the votes of many members of the Liberal benches. At present, however, nothing is known as to the views of the Whig leader in this respect. It is considered probable that, in ease an alternative scheme for the settlement of the Irish Question ...

... PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND I RECALLED. SEPTEMBER 23RD. I 1710-(A.an).-On the overthrow of the Whig Ministry, Lord Cowper, who WM Lord Chancellor for the first time, retired much against the wishes of the Qiieen. 1720—(George I.).—Tbe.Bank of England agreed ...