13 AUGUST 1887, page 3

The Smouldering Hostility Between France And Germany Is...

out puffs of flame and smoke. Thirty French officials living on the German side of the border have been given notice of expulsion from German soil ; and, on the other hand, a......

The Report Of The Committee On Perpetual Pensions...

Mr. Bradlangh recommends that no more such pensions be granted, and that all sinecure offices to which salaries are attached, and all existing pensions, shall be determined. In......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

Consols were on Friday 101f to 10ii.......

Mr. Labouchere Moved The Adjournment Of The House On...

to call for explanations on our Egyptian policy, and thereby wasted a good deal of the time of the House, without even gaining the support of his own leacters,—Mr. Bryce very......

General Boulanger Is Determined Not To Let The Public Lose

sight of him. Daring the past week, he has sent two letters intended to glorify himself, to the papers. In the first, addressed table seconds, he states that when insulted by M.......

This Appears To Be An Age Of Insect Pests. We

are assured that the Hessian fly has now made a firm lodgment in our wheat and barley, and that the most we can hope is to keep it clown by carefully destroying the dabble of......

Mr. Dillon, Who Seconded Mr. Labouchere's Motion, Of...

the side of France, and scolded the British Government for its disregard of the French views. "France," he said," was covered with insult." Those who read the despatches, unless......

General Sir John Adye, Writing To Wednesday's Times,...

that the pattern cutlass-bayonet now complained of had been tried as early as 1869, and was highly approved by the Admiralty in February, 1870, whereas he himself was not......