20 FEBRUARY 1892, page 3

At A Meeting Of The Ulster Members On Tuesday, Colonel

Eaunderson and his colleagues passed a resolution strongly urging the Government " to confer upon the Chief Magistrate of the City of Belfast the style and title of Lord Mayor."......

The Extravagance Of Il Mercier, The Premier Of; French...

was not, it appears, confined to his dealings with;con.- tracts. M. Hall, the Treasurer of the Province, declares that during his five years of rule, the Debt increased from......

In Monday's Daily News, Mr. Clifford, Of Charlbury,...

gives a most interesting account of his town. It con- tains 1,500 inhabitants, and covers 2,700 acres. These are owned, not by one big man, but by 152 small ones. Some 110 acres......

Mr. Wigham Richardson, In His Address To The North-east...

Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, reported in the Newcastle Daily Journal of Monday, noticed a new method of smoke-consumption which may be of the utmost im- portance.......

Sir Provo Wallis, Admiral Of The Fleet—the Naval Rank...

to that of Field-Marshal—and the senior officer in the Navy, died at his house near Chichester on Saturday, having attained the great age of one hundred years and ten months.......

The Deaths From Influenza In London During The Week Ending

last Saturday were down to 183, as against 314, 436, and 506 in the three preceding weeks. The deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs, which had been 1,465, 1,162, and......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

New Consols (2!) were on Friday 951.......

There Seems To Be A Widespread Prevalence Of Distress From

drought this year. The Russian famine is due primarily to' that cause, and distress from want of water is now reported from Galicia. The droughts in the drier sections of Aus-......

At A Meeting Of The Royal Statistical Society, Held On

Thursday at the Museum of Geology, Jermyn Street, Mr. Price, the Treasurer of Oriel, gave some very curious figures, drawn from the College accounts, as to the extent of the......