22 DECEMBER 1900, page 3

The Brussels Correspondent Of The Times Reports That The...

question in Belgium now is the strengthening of military defence. It is proposed to raise the Army from a hundred and fifty thousand to a hundred and eighty thousand men, to......

Further News Of The Reverse Sustained By General Clements At

Nooitgedacht, briefly mentioned in our last issue, makes it clear that the British troops, though surprised by superior numbers—the proportion must have been three to one—......

The Peerages Conferred On Mr. Goschen And Sir Matthew White

Ridley were gazetted on Wednesday. Mr. Goschen becomes Viscount Goschen of Hawkhurat, and Sir Matthew White Ridley Viscount Ridley and Baron Wensleydale. Sir Matthew White......

The Special Service Held At The Great Synagogue In Aldgate

last Sunday for Jews serving in the Regular and Auxiliary forces was attended by about two hundred and fifty men, including some twenty officers and several members of the......

One Of The Numerous Charges Levelled Against Mr....

that of having sent an electioneering telegram stating that "every seat won by the Liberals was a seat sold to the Boers." Mr. Chamberlain at once denied the accuracy of this......

On Tuesday Lord Salisbury Made A Short Speech At The

Conference of the National Union of Conservative and Con- stitutional Associations. His chief point, after reminding his audience of the extraordinary change which had made......

We Note With Satisfaction The Favourable Report Of The...

Guardians on the system of "Labour Homes," devised by Mr. Noel Buxton, one of their number, with a view to assisting the "genuinely workless" to independent life. The Labour......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

New Consols (2k) were on Friday 96f.......