11 MARCH 1905, page 3

At The Evening Sitting On Wednesday Mr. Winston Churchill...

: " That, in the opinion of this House, the permanent unity of the British Empire will not be secured through a system of Preferential duties based upon the Protective taxation......

Mr. Balfour, Who Followed, Asserted That The Principal...

directed, not against Mr. Chamberlain, but against his own Edinburgh speech, a speech of " unimpeachable lucidity." He did not quarrel with the proposition that we ought not to......

The Appointment Of Four New Bishops Has Been Announced...

the week. The Rev. Pritchard Hughes is made Bishop of Lla,ndaff ; Dr. Gibson, the Vicar of Leeds, becomes Bishop of Gloucester in succession to Dr. Ellicott, who has resigned ;......

Lord Rosebery Made A Powerful And Useful Speech At The

annual dinner of the City Liberal Club on Thursday night. After dealing with the question of the attitude of the Liberal party to the renewal of the Japanese Alliance almost......

No Doubt The Irish Extremists Will Be Annoyed By Thie

utterance. No doubt also it can be said, and truly said, that Lord Rosebery now only speaks for himself. This, however, does not render his words less sound or less important.......

Mr. Chamberlain, Who, Like Mr. Lyttelton, Complimented...

on the ability of his speech, took the line that the debate was gratuitous and useless. It was wasting time to put his views before the House of Commons until be had converted......

Mr. Balfour Announced In The House On Monday Afternoon That

Mr. Wyndham had resigned office, and that he had reluctantly accepted his resignation. The Prime Minister explained that while Mr. Wyndham was unable at present owing to......

Bank Rate, 2i Per Cent.

Consols (24 per cent.) were on Friday 914.......