10 DECEMBER 1898, page 3

Details Are Given In The Daily Mail Of Wednesday Of

an invention which fills us with dismay. According to the account furnished by the inventor, his new phonographic voice-trumpet magnifies musical and vocal sounds in such volume......

On Tuesday Sir Henry Campbell-bannerman Made A Speech At...

which was notable for its very plain speaking about Home-rule. The Liberal party, he said, were neither blind, deaf, nor idiotic. Two heroic attempts had been made within the......

The Ideal London Sketched By Mr. Frederic Harrison At...

Hall last Saturday is an interesting rather than an attractive Metropolis. To reduce the present wilderness of houses to a reasonable size—a third or a quarter of the present......

The New Buildings Of The London Library Were Opened To

the public on Monday with a modest but well-attended ceremonial. As we have said elsewhere, we think the Com- mittee of the Library should have erected a new building on cheaper......

Mr. Chamberlain Made A Spirited And Outspoken Speech At...

on Thursday. He maintained that the present Government, though not perfect, was an excellent one, and elicited much laughter by asking if the Opposition could provide a better.......

The Report Of The Secretary Of The American Treasury, Mr.

Gage, published this week, recommends that a new American seagoing merchant-fleet shall be built up,—presumably by means of bounties and exclusive rights and privileges, and the......

Upon The Latter Subject Mr. Chamberlain Was Resolute And...

He admitted that there were still great differences with France, but evidently thinks that the way to settle them is to speak frankly, and insist that the policy of pin-pricks......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

New Consols (2!) were on Friday, 110-1.......