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The New Government Is Evidently Determined To Proceed...

increase of the Navy. The Estimates provide for the commencement of seven new battle-ships of the first class, six cruisers of the first class, and two sloops ; while the number......

Mr. Powell, The Governor Of The Bank Of England, At

the General Court held on Thursday, made a very unsatisfactory statement. He admitted that the late cashier had "seriously exceeded his authority," and had committed grave......

The French Budget This Year Will Be Even More Difficult

than the English. The one thing the Ministry cannot do is to check the ever-increasing expenditure caused by the- pressure of local and departmental importunity, and this. year......

Mr. Goschen Made A Telling Speech On Wednesday To The

East Islington Conservatives in the Highbury Athenaeum. He expressed the satisfaction he felt in having a Prime Minister with whom the honour and interests of the country are......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent. New Consols (21) Were On

Friday 991.......

The Anarchists Have Planned, But Not Carried Out, Another...

explosion in Paris. On Thursday afternoon, a man, believed to be a Belgian Anarchist, named Pawel, ascended -the steps of the Madeleine, and tried to enter the great door.......

It Has Long Been Known That, In Spite Of His

extraor- dinary activity, many Germans feel apprehension as to their Emperor's health. He is said to be liable to attacks of ear- ache, which indicate deep-seated disease, and......

The German Reichstag Has Accepted The Commercial 'treaty...

The vote on the first Clause was accepted as crucial; and while all Agrarian Conservatives except four voted against the Government, two-thirds of the Centre supported the......