19 JANUARY 1901, page 7

M. De Witte's Budget. T He Mani= Finance Minister Has Been

in the habit for some time of making the publication of his yearly Budget the occasion for a general political mani- festo, in which he not infrequently strays into the domains......

Bishop Creighton. T He Death Of The Bishop Of London Removes

from the English Episcopate the one figure which had the faculty of exciting public interest. Ordinarily speaking, Bishops are rather wanting in this characteristic. The best......