18 FEBRUARY 1911, page 3

On Thursday Mr. Asquith's Motion Taking Over The Whole Time

of the House until April 13th was carried by a majority of 78. He announced that only one day would be given to the first reading of the Parliament Bill, which is to be taken on......

The Election Of A Professor Of Poetry At Oxford In

succession to Mr. blacken took place on Thursday. The President of Magdalen, Mr. Warren, was chosen. He received 174 votes, and Canon Beeching 147. The electors had a very......

We Have Dealt With The General Question Elsewhere, And Can

now only refer very shortly to Mr. Redmond's speech, which, like that of the leader who follows him, was a speech of fine sentiment and fine promises, and threw no light on the......

Mr. Mackinnon Wood, The Under Secretary For Foreign...

an interesting address on the Declaration of London at the City Liberal Club on Friday week. If Great Britain, he argued, declined to ratify the instruments creating the......

On Sunday Mr. Philip Snowden Gave An Address At Nelson

upon the House of Commons, which he described as "an institution fearfully and wonderfully made." The time given to the discussion of Estimates was altogether inadequate. There......

The Poll Of Cambridge University, Concluded On Thursday,...

the return of Sir Joseph Larmor, the official Unionist candidate. The figures were Larmor 2,308, Cox 1,954, Page 332. Though we do not doubt that Sir Joseph Larmor will worthily......

We Regret To Record The Death Of Colonel Eustace Balfour,

Mr. A. J. Balfour's youngest brother. Colonel Balfour was best known, perhaps, as an indefatigable Volunteer. He com- manded the London Scottish for about seven years, and in......

Lord Curzon Spoke At The Annual Dinner Of The United

Club on Friday week on the Parliament Bill and the Unionist Scheme for the Reform of the House of Lords. Throughout the struggle-that was in prospect he hoped the Unionist Party......

On Tuesday Lord Lansdowne Unveiled The Statue To The Late

Duke of Devonshire in Whitehall, and in a speech after- wards paid an eloquent tribute to his memory. Three characteristics, Lord Lansdowne said, were conspicuous in him :— "In......

Rank Rate, 34 Per Cent., Changed From4 Per Cent. Feb.

16th Consols (21) were on Friday 801—Friday week 801.......