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Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent. Consols (2i Per Cent.) Were

on Friday 90i.......

We Note With Great Satisfaction The Appointment Of Mr. J.

W. Ma.ckail to succeed Dr. A. C. Bradley as Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford. Winners of the Newdi- gate have not invariably' distinguished themselves in after......

A Most Formidable Indictment Of The Administrative...

Congo Free State has just been published in the shape of a volume by M. Felicien Cattier, a Professor at the University of Brussels, and a well-known authority on Colonial......

We Desire To Call Attention To The Short But Most

cogent letter on the true significance of the crisis in the Unionist Party which Lord George Hamilton contributed to Monday's Times. The real issue, as he justly contends, is......

Though The Details Of The Construction Of The...

been wisely kept secret, it is understood that she will carry ten 12 in. guns and eighteen quick-firing weapons of a new pattern. No previous battleship has carried more than......

Thursday's Papers Contained The Announcement That Sir...

resigned the editorship of Punch, and that be will be succeeded by Mr. Owen Seaman, who has occupied a prominent place on the staff of Punch for several years. Sir Frank proved,......

At Midday Last Saturday The Dreadnought,' The Most...

of war that has ever taken the water, was launched at Portsmouth by Sing Edward. In spite of the bad weather, the ceremony was witnessed by immense crowds, and the launching of......

The New Parliament Was Opened On Tuesday By Royal...

the only business transacted being the election of the Speaker. Sir Wilfrid Lawson in moving that Mr. Lowther "do take the Chair in the House as Speaker" summed up his......