There Was A " Breach Of Privilege" Case In The
House of Commons on Thursday. Lord Wolmer, on Tuesday last, said at a banquet given by Unionists that, as the Irish Members must be supported by the Party now in power, Mr.......
On Saturday, The House Of Commons, By 234 Votes To
119, • rejected Mr. James Lowther's amendment in favour of legis- lation to restrict " the immigration of destitute aliens into the United Kingdom." Mr. Lowther stated that,......
Bank Rate, 211 Per Cent.
New Consols (21) were on Friday 94.......
Is There Not Some Confusion Of Mind As To The
moral weight of the charge made P That a Member should not take a bribe, or a party be supported by foreign money, is perfectly clear ; but why should not rich politicians......
The Duke Of Devonshire, Speaking On Tuesday At A Dinner
in St. James's Hall, given by the Liberal Union Club in honour of Lord Wollner, declared that the new Home-rule Bill "fails in every respect to meet almost every one of the......
The Bill To Amend The Building Societies' Acts, Brought In
by Mr. Asquith and Mr. Herbert Gladstone, is a step decidedly in the right direction, as recommended in this journal (January 21st). It aims at assimilating, on various points,......
We Do Not Think That Foreign Opinion Will Much Affect
the fate of the Home-rule Bill; but it is interesting to see how the new plan strikes foreigners at first sight. The Americans are favourable, conceiving that the rights granted......
The French Ambassador In London, M. Waddington, And The...
Ambassador in Paris, Lord Dufferin and Ave, have this week defended themselves in public against calumnies. M. Waddington, attending the annual dinner of the French Hospital on......