3 OCTOBER 1896, page 2

On Tuesday (michaelmas Day), In Accordance With The...

the Liverymen of the City assembled at the Guildhall, and returned to the Court of Aldermen two gentle- men as candidates for the Chair,—Alderman Faudel-Phillips and Colonel......

After A Long Discussion The New Tunisian Treaty Between...

and Italy (nominally between the Bey of Tunis and Italy) was signed, literally at the eleventh hour. The old treaty expired at midnight on Tuesday, and the French Foreign Office......

The Revenue Returns For The Past Half-year, Which Were...

on Thursday, are fairly satisfactory. During the six months there has been an increase of 21,262,000 over the amount contributed in the same period last year. The only......

Mr. Bryce And Mr. Asquith Both Spoke On We _iiv_liday

upon the Eastern question,—the former at Aberdeen, the latter at Leven. Mr. Bryce's speech is important, not so much from his position as a former Cabinet Minister as from his......

Though We Have Not Yet Got Khartoum, We Have Captured

the holy island of the Mahdists,—Captoo, the place where the Mahal was born. The officer of the Intelligence Department who visited it reports that "a small wall of tasteful......

There Is No Special News From The Soudan Except That

the Sirdar has sent the North Staffordshire Regiment to Cairo, and has also sent one of his black regiments down the river. This is an almost conclusive proof that the......

Mr. Asquith Commenced With A Long Speech On The Release

of the dynamitards, the pith of which is that the release was quite right if the prisoners' health was the real reason ; and then proceeded to Armenia. He stated his belief that......

The Bishop Of Peterborough Made A Striking Address On...

at the Diocesan Conference at Northampton. After dealing with the education question and speaking of the evils that spring from international jealousies a propos of Armenia, he......

The Accounts From India Are Most Unfavourable. The Crops Of

last year in the North were insufficient for want of rain, and this year there is danger of actual famine. The price of grain in the Punjab has risen from an average of 32 lb.......