16 FEBRUARY 1889, page 3

The Same Correspondent Sends Us Father Macfadden's Own...

his arrest, from which it would seem that he was for some time unaware of the existence of any mob or of any violent conduct on the part of his people, and that Inspector Martin......

A Number Of Rumours Have Been Transmitted To London This

week from St. Petersburg. According to them, the Ameer of Afghanistan is on the frontier with 30,000 men ; he demands the surrender of Ishak Khan, now in Samarcand, and he has......

On Monday, The Mikado Granted A European Constitution To The

people of Japan. It is based, according to an over-brief telegram, upon the " German" system, by which we presume that of Prussia is intended ; and the whole executive power is......

A Correspondent Of The Times, Writing From Zanzibar, Makes A

statement about German action off the East African Coast which we quote textually. " The German war-ships," he says, " have been steaming two miles from the mainland coast at......

General Sir Lintorn Simmons Writes To The Times A Long

letter, published on Tuesday, upon the best plan of organising the defences of the country both military and naval. His idea is that there should be a separate Ministry of......

The Coroner For East Surrey, Mr. A. Braxton Hicks, Writes

to the Times denouncing the practice of insuring children's lives to pay the expenses of their burial. He says the insurances act as a temptation to the parents to neglect them,......

The London County Council Held A Second Meeting On Tuesday,

to elect its permanent Chairmen. Somewhat to the surprise of the meeting, Lord Rosebery's nomination was opposed, principally by the two arguments that he was an orator, and......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

New Consols (24) were on Friday 981 to 99.......