22 FEBRUARY 1896, page 3

Mr. Sexton Persisted In His Refusal To Accept The Chairman-

ship of the Irish party, in spite of an apparently very straight- forward and cordial assurance from Mr. Healy that Mr. Sexton would receive his willing and loyal support. In......

The Brussels Correspondent Of The Times Describes In The...

of Tuesday, February 18th, an interview with M. Paul le Marine], Inspector of the Congo State, who has recently traversed the territories belonging to King Leopold. He admits......

Professor Courthope Delivered Last Saturday His Inaugural...

Chair of Poetry in the University of Oxford on the subject of "Liberty and Authority in Matters of Taste." Professor Courthope is not only learned in English literature, but be......

The Price Of Consols, Which We State Below, Is, We

believe, the highest ever yet recorded, and in the face of the situation of foreign affairs, and the certainty that the surplus will be given to the Navy, is simply amazing. Its......

On Saturday Last Lord Lansdowne At The Queen's Hall...

an address to the Queen's (Westminster) Volunteers, in which he dealt with the good service done by the great firms,—" such houses as the Trollopes, Shoolbreds, and Broadwoods,"......

At A Meeting Of The Irish Party In Dublin On

Tuesday, Mr. Justin McCarthy moved the election of Mr. Dillon as chair- man, to which motion Mr. Healy moved as an amendment that one more effort be made to secure the services......

Parties In The South American States Stop At Nothing In

their contests, and enable us to understand what must have been the condition of Rome just before the Republic sub- mitted to an Emperor. On February 2nd, while the President of......

The Railway Returns For The Second Half Of 1895, When

compared with the same period of 1894, are exceedingly satis- factory. The gross receipts have increased by 21,295,000, or 39 per cent., while the extra expenditure has only......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

New Consols (2!) were on Friday, 109.......