16 DECEMBER 1899, page 3

Lord Rosebery, Who Presided At A Lecture On " The

Parlia- ments of the Queen" at Epsom on Wednesday night, made a pleasant speech on the House of Commons. Endorsing the lecturer's view as to the decorousness of the present......

It Is Difficult To Imagine A. Better Speech Under Existing

cir- cumstances than that delivered by the Duke of Devonshire on Thursday at York. It was firm and spirited without a touch of braggadocio, or even irritation. After dwelling on......

Useful In Accumulating Reservoirs Of Capital, Should Be...

because they are exclusive, intellectually arrogant, and as a rule Theists. If any Sovereign might be expected to dislike them it is the Emperor of Austria, who is ultramon-......

On Friday Week (december 3rd) Mr. Chamberlain Delivered...

address to the Birmingham art students. Art schools could not hope to manufacture geniuses, but they could help the workers in the appropriate trades and crafts to do their......

English Journalism Has Suffered, Though We Most Sincerely...

believe only for a time, a very severe loss in the resignation by Mr. Lathbury of the post of editor of the Guardian. Mr. Lathbury's coolness, good-sense, and inde- pendence of......

The Annual Meeting Of The General Committee Of The National

Liberal Federation was held on Wednesday in the Memorial Hall, Manchester, with Dr. Spence Watson in the chair. Two resolutions on the war were submitted by the Executive......

The Socialists Of France Have Come To An Important Resolu-

tion. They are divided into no less than five sections, but they have all agreed to appoint a regulating Committee, which for one year shall dictate the polioy of the party in......

Bank Rate, 6 Per Cent.

New Consols (2) were on Friday 1011.......