11 JULY 1896, page 3

At The Hotel Metropole On Wednesday Evening Lord Rosebery...

a bright and amusing speech to past and present members of the London County Council. Three distinct waves had passed over the country. The first was the great movement for......

The Reply Made By Mr. Charles Villiers To The Address

presented to him by the Cobden Club to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the repeal of the Corn-laws, published in last Saturday's papers, is a most interesting and......

Sir William Harcourt Delivered An Exultant Speech On...

Holloway Hall, Islington. "Great majorities," he said, "have a knack of falling in pieces, and the heavier the majority the heavier its fall." Champion giants are "usually men......

Mr. Chamberlain On Wednesday Also Spoke On Municipal...

a dinner given to celebrate the conferring of the title of Lord Mayor on the Chief Magistrate of Birmingham. Municipal success depended, he said, on three things,—(1) the......

On Tuesday England Witnessed A Very Interesting And, To...

who love and feel proud of our race, a very touching incident, —the landing on our shores of the officers and men of the Honourable Artillery Company of Boston, the American......

It Was Announced On Monday That A Peerage Is To

be con- ferred on Sir Hercules Robinson. The honour is well deserved, and we are glad to think that it does not mark the close of a useful career, for the Governor of Cape......

We Regret To Notice The Death Of Sir John Pender,

a man to whom human progress upon its modern lines owed much. Acquiring very early a large fortune in the piece-goods trade, Mr. Pender devoted himself to trans-oceanic......

The Clergy Have, We Think, Some Grounds For Their New

grievance against the Government, which was the subject of discussion in the Upper House of Convocation on Thursday. They are as dependent upon agricultural prices as the......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

New Consols (21') were on Friday, 113. a......