11 MAY 1912, page 3

We Record With No Small Satisfaction The Fusion Of The

two branches of the Unionist Party brought about by the amal- gamation of the National Conservative Union and the Liberal Unionist Council, and we trust that this amalgamation......

Every Lover Of Poetry Must Have Been Delighted With The

honours done to Browning throughout the country during the past week. Browning's great and outstanding quality is his knowledge of human nature. The enthusiast who addressed him......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 31 Per Cent.

May 9th, Consoli (20 were on Friday 78i1--Friday week 74.......

The Speeches At The Royal Academy Banquet Call For Little

comment. The best was that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who deplored the prosaic and drab-coloured surroundings in which our statesmen and administrators and public servants......

It Is The Commonest And Most Legitimate Of Parliamentary...

to amend a Bill in Committee and then to vote against the Third Reading. Though one objects to the Bill as a whole, if it must pass it had better pass in its least bad form. An......

In Truth Browning Had All The Merits Of A Great

poet except one—assuming with Milton that poetry to be complete must be "simple, sensuous, passionate." Every line he wrote is instinct with passion, and the appeal to the......

Sir Edward Grey Was Entertained To Dinner By The Press

gallery on the evening of Friday, the 3rd inst., and, in responding to the toast of his health, made a genial speech. It was a formidable ordeal, he observed, to stand up before......

Mr. Asquith, Who Dined With The Central Association Of...

and the Association of English Country Bankers on Wednesday night, dealt in his speech with the fall in Consols and with industrial unrest. After noting amongst other factors in......

We Have Dealt In A Note To A Letter From

a correspondent with the problem of Ulster, but may point out here our regret that Mr. Bonar Law did not boldly meet the hints dropped by the Government speakers as to their......