17 SEPTEMBER 1898, page 3

It Was Announced On Monday That The Secretary For War

had decided to restore to Colonel Frank Rhodes his commis- sion and rank in the Army. As our readers know, we have little sympathy with Mr. Cecil Rhodes and his methods in South......

Another Striking Paper, Read By Mr. Fitzgerald Marriott...

Anthropological Section, had reference to the secret societies on the West Coast. "The science of life and death was taught in the highest of these societies, and even hinted at......

The Chief, Or Rather The Most Popular And Exciting, Event

in the meeting of the British Association at Bristol this week has been the strange tale told by M. de Rougemont, who declares that he lived for thirty years among cannibal......

M. De Rougemont's Regular Paper Was Read At The Meeting

of the Geographical Section on Monday, and described how he was shipwrecked in the year 1865, and how he wandered about the northern part of the Australian Continent for many......

Our West Indian Islands, Always Unlucky, Have Been...

a terrible hurricane, which occurred last Sunday. In St. Vincent the whole island has been swept bare of crops as well as buildings, and twenty thousand people are destitute and......

The Bishop Of Rochester Writes An Admirable Letter To...

Times in regard to the "controversies on teaching and practice in the Church of England." We are glad to see that though to a certain extent he appears personally to support......

A Very Interesting Paper Was Read By Miss Mary Kingsley

before the Anthropological Section on Tuesday, the sub- ject being the law and nature of property among the peoples of the true negro stock. The three kinds of property existing......

We Publish In Another Column A Powerful Letter From "a.

V. D." pointing out that it is an imperative necessity that the present Government, if it is to do its duty as guardian of the Union, should give England its fair share of......

Bank Rate, 21 Per Cent.

New Consols (2f) were on Friday, 1091........