The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1890-04-19 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

NOTES OF THE WEEK.  .otty g Id the no,  rhethe ie is al spite  irroun,  der t 1 :via :ount  3ia N 5 ibtle apatl face  [B. I Plus Ay  "GALLANT LITTLE WALES" did its duty in the Carnarvon Boroughs election by returning the Liberal candidate, Mr. Lloyd George. The Liberal victory is this Welsh constituency compensates for the defeat at Ayr, The late member, Mr. Swetenham, was one of the three Tories who held seats in Wales. There is now only two Conservative and one Liberal Unionist Members of Parliament in the whole of the Principality. Probably after the next General Election the number will be reduced to something less than microscopic proportions. Wales is intensely Liberal and has long recognised that many of the urgent reforms required by the people can only come as the gift of the party of progress Although the majority in the Carnarvou Boroughs was small there can be no doubt of the significance of the issue. Mr. Ellis Nanney was admittedly the strongest man available to fight the Conservative battle. If local interest could have any weight he had the pull over Mr. George, who is merely a solicitor practising is the small town of Criccieth. Mr. Lloyd George, however, has a strong grip of Welsh questions, is a thorough Home Ruler, and just the kind of man to satisfactorily represent a Welsh constituency.  A REMARKABLE SCENE was witnessed Ireland last Saturday. Readers of recent Irish history will know all about the struggle between Mr. Smith-Barry and his Tipperary tenantry. Mr. Smith-Barry represents an English constituency ia Parliament and has been a conspicuous member of the Irish landlord combination. He was accused of being the head of the syndicate which bought or was to buy up an estate on which there had been evictions and manifold troubles. Mr. Smith-Barry has in fact incurred the odium of his owe and the Irish tenantry generally. Disputes began in the town of Tipperary where this gentleman owns shops and property. It has been war to the knife between the landlord and his tenants since. Then arose that singular movement for forming a "new Tipperary" side by side with the old town, and here Mr. Smith-Barry's former tenantry have flocked in houses of brick or wood, provided themselves with a market hall and an arcade of tradesmen's shops. The houses in old Tipperary are standing empty and Mr. Smith-Barry has been badly worsted in a struggle for which he alone appears to be mainly responsible. Great enthu-iasm prevailed at the opening of the new town on Saturday by Mr. O'Brien. Several English ladies and gentleman attended and were warmly received. This sucessful action of the Tipperary tenants is another proof of the unfailing resource of the social movement in Ireland in effecting objects upon which the people set their minds,  THE Exottan PEOPLE are almost universally supposed to be phlegmatic, a trifle dull, and not at all sentimental. If that were once a correct estimate of the national character times must have changed. The English now take a lively interest in everything, and more especially in its murderers. There was, for instance, the case of Mrs Maybrick, and more recently that of the brothers Davies. While the fate of these criminals was under consideration, far more scions and important matters failed to claim public attention The newspapers are a  [aim , tho hat.  PINY Mr. •tion 3day SUM  uty by Nfr.  is for Kr. ries  iue. the ;en  ge, ia qi of  ent :he  at. he Lip ons