21 FEBRUARY 1891, page 3

The French Government Has Created A Council Of Labour,...

of fifty employers and workmen, which is to advise the State on labour subjects, with a view to legislation. M. Jules Roche, Minister of Commerce, opened the first sitting on......

Mr. Howard Vincent's Motion On Tuesday Night, Recom-...

measures should be taken for inviting a Con- ference between this country and its self-governing Colonies, with a view to develop the trade of the Empire, gave rise to a good......

The English Papers, With All Their Expensive...

cover the whole field of politics. We never, for example, bear anything of what is going on in India, except through the Times' weekly telegrams, whicll are decidedly thin, and,......

General Sherman, Recently The Commander-in-chief Of The...

died on Saturday, the 14th inst. If not absolutely the ablest officer engaged in the Civil War, he was far the most original, surpassing even General Grant in the audacity of......

The Police Have Charged A Ship's Fireman Named Thomas Sadler

with the murder of Frances Coles, the victim of the latest tragedy in Whitechapel, and the prinxi - facie evidence against him is strong. It was at first believed, as we......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

Now Consols (21) were on Friday 97- to 97i.......

Dr. Jex Blake Is To Succeed The Late Dean Plumptre

in the Deanery of Wells. He did good service at Rugby in the interval between the regime of Dr. Hayman and the regime of the present head-master, Mr. Percival. Lord Salisbury......

Sir Michael Hicks-beach Made A Speech To Very Much The

same effect as this speech of Mr. Goschen's, at the London Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. He too protested against the notion that he is in any sense indifferent to the......