20 DECEMBER 1902, page 3

We Regret To Record The Continued Serious Illness Of The

Archbishop of Canterbury. We trust that there is still some chance of improvement, but the latest bulletins seem to render hopes of any such change very faint. The age of Dr.......

The Uganda Railway Has Attracted A Good Deal Of Attention

during the week, partly owing to Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain having travelled by it some three hundred miles from the coast, and partly because of the debate in the Lords on a Bill......

On Wednesday The Kenyon-slaney Subsection, As Redrafted...

Chancellor and passed by the Lords, provoked a vehement protest from Lord Hugh Cecil. He declared that it violated trust-deeds, censured the clergy, impugned the integrity of......

On Thursday The Education Bill And The London Water Bill

and some minor measures received the Royal Assent, and Parliament was at once prorogued. The King's Speech was long but formal, except for the passage in which the King alluded......

The Amendment, Which Met With Considerable Support On The...

benches, was left open by Mr. Balfour, and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman recommended his followers to support it, though he admitted that by its acceptance they weakened their......

The Education Bill Was Read A Third Time In The

House of Lords on Monday, after Lord Spencer had uttered a. final protest against the principle of the measure, while giving his assurance that he would endeavour to do his best......

Thursday's Newspapers Contain A Letter Written By Mr....

Mr. Henniker Heaton dealing with the difficulty met with by Volunteer officers in complying with the new Regulations. Mr. Brodrick defends the new Regulations on the ground that......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

New Consols (2f) were on Friday 92f.......