At Presteign, Radnorshire, On Saturday Last The Duke Of...
made a speech which, though devoted mainly to education, contained a personal passage of considerable interest. He began by a retrospect which he said could not but remind him......
Lord Russell Of Killowen On Thursday Brought In His Bill
for assimilating the giving or taking of illicit commissions to other kinds of fraud. It is a very stringent Bill, enabling a Judge to give a witness who speaks the truth a......
On Friday, April 14th, Mr. Chamberlain Made A Sympathetic...
to a deputation which desired him to prohibit the intro- duction of spirits into districts of West Africa where liquor had not yet been introduced. Though, as he said, neither a......
Mr. Balfour In His Reply Had Little Difficulty In Showing
the absurdity of the pleas raised against our defensive expenditure. Specially good was his chaff of the Member who had suggested that we only armed for purposes of aggression.......
On Tuesday, At The London Diocesan Conference, The Bishop Of
London gave an address of great power and insight. We despair of giving a true impression of its value in a short note, but may point out that the Bishop showed an......
There Was A Sharp Discussion In The Commons On Thursday
as to the propriety of reducing the Sinking Fund by £2,000,000, Sir William Harcourt accusing the Government of "financial poltroonery" in throwing burdens upon their......
The Vienna Correspondent Of The Times Gives In His 'letter
published last Saturday a long analysis of the Pastoral Letter which the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna has issued against those who are urging a secession from Rome. It is in......
It Was Stated At A Recent Meeting Of The Metropolitan
Gardens Association that the Middlesex County Council had promised £12,000 towards the purchase of the Donis Hill Estate,—Lord Aberdeen's house where Mr. Gladstone so often......
Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent. New Consols (21) Were On
Friday 1104.......