21 SEPTEMBER 1889, page 3

The Rev. W. Moore Ede, Rector Of Gateshead, Read A

paper on " Insurance " on Tuesday, before the British Association, which contains some facts of interest. He declared that an annuity of 5s. a week, payable from sixty-five......

On Friday, September 13th, Mr. Paul Du Chaillu Tried To

persuade the British Association that our ancestors were not Saxons but Scandinavians, and that we have, therefore, no right to regard ourselves as one of the Teutonic races.......

The Spe'ech Delivered By Professor Flower On Saturday...

a reply to the address of the Newcastle Trades' Council, contained an interesting defence of the naturalist, who Professor Huxley once declared was looked on by the world at......

The Account Of The Forth Bridge Given At The Working

men's meeting of the British Association last Saturday evening is very striking. In effect, the engineers have stretched six horizontal Eiffel towers, at a height of 370 ft.......

Lord Dufferin, In An Eloquent Speech At Belfast, Made At

a banquet given him on Thursday, took occasion to point out the utter impartiality with which the Empire bestowed its patronage. At this moment, India was governed by an......

Sir Edward Watkin, Says The Paris Correspondent Of The...

has, on behalf of the Metropolitan Railway Company, offered the manager of the Water-Railway a piece of ground near London on which to lay down a line two miles in length. We......

The Circuit Court Of The - United States At San Francisco

has decided that Marshal Nagle, who shot Mr. Terry for striking Judge Field, was legally justified in his act, the Judge whom he was appointed to protect being legally, even......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

New Consols (21) were on Friday 96-i to 97.......