14 NOVEMBER 1903, page 3

The Usual List Of Birthday Honours Was Published On Mon.

day. It is not this year an interesting one, but it is directed• by a motive that ought to be cordially appreciated. There is. no peerage conferred, and the two baronetcies—to......

The Death Of Lord Rowton, Which Took Place In London

on Monday, will be a source of deep regret, not only to his many friends, but to all who are interested in philanthropic work in London. His life may not inaptly be said to have......

Lord Goschen Addressed The Members Of The Liverpool...

Commerce on Friday week on the subject of " Tariffs—Protective, Preferential, Retaliatory." We cannot even attempt a summary of his exhaustive and masterly dissection of Mr.......

Another Death This Week Must Be Noticed, That Of Mr.

George Brodrick, until a few months ago the Warden of Merton College, Oxford. Mr. Brodrick leaves a host of friends, both of his own and of the present generation, who were......

The Guests At The Annual Guildhall Banquet Of November 9th

were addressed, among others, by the Premier, the American Ambassador, and the Lord Chief Justice. Of Mr. Balfour's graceful, eloquent, and evasive speech we have perhaps said......

Mr. Asquith Made Another Excellent Speech At Worcester On...

After pointing out that up till now not a single one of the score of Parliaments in our self-govern- ing Colonies had passed a resolution in favour of the new policy, he passed......

Mr. Winston Churchill And Lord Hugh Cecil, Joined By Two

other M.P.'s, Mr. Guthrie and Mr. Hatch, held a very successful Free-trade meeting at Birmingham on Wednesday, Mr. Moore-Bayley, the president of the Central Birming- ham......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

Consols (2 per cent.) were on Friday 87k.......