20 JANUARY 1894, page 2

Sir George Chesney Delivered, On Tuesday, Before The...

Club, Piccadilly, an interesting address on "The Defence of the Empire." He maintained that Great Britain, which was exposed to attack over a long line of communications,......

The Indian Government, After An Unexplained Delay—...

the illness from which, we are glad to see, Lord Kimberley is recovering—has decided finally not to place an import duty upon silver. It is apparently afraid of interfering with......

On Wednesday, At Leicester, The Annual Address Of The....

Mr. Pickard, M.P., was read to the Conference of the- Miners' Federation of Great Britain by Mr. Woods, M.P. Mr.. Pickard congratulated the Federation upon having obtained a......

The Times Of Wednesday Contains A Curious Article On The

Duke of Coburg's nationality. Has he become an alien in law by succeeding to a German throne ? Down to the Naturalisation Act of 1870, a double nationality was perfectly......

Upwards Of Ninety Radical Members Have Signed A Memo- Rial

to the Chancellor of the Exchequer asking him to prepare a Democratic Budget, and so "adjust the burden of taxation according to ability to bear it." They consider that duties......

A Correspondent Of The Daily Telegraph, In Whom That Journal

places confidence, gives a somewhat novel account of the situation in Russia. The grand ceremonial, held on New Year's Day in St. Petersburg, has this year been suddenly......

One Of The Most Interesting Of The Contributions To The

dispute as to the recent colliery strike is Lord llefasham's reply to Mr. Byles (M.P. for the Shipley division of the North- West Riding) in Wednesday's Times. Lord Masham uses......