23 AUGUST 1902, page 3

The Death Of Senussi El-mabdi At Kanem, Reported In Last

Saturday's Times, closes an interesting chapter in the history of North Central Africa. According to the Times corre- spondent, the Senussi was by no means the sort of Emperor......

There Is To Be A British Academy,—but There Will Be

no seats for novelists or poets. That is the substance of the announcement made on Thursday to the effect that the King, acting on the advice of the Privy Council Committee, had......

There Have Been Two By-elections During The Past Week, One

in Ireland and one in Kent. The Irish election, held on Monday, was in South Belfast, the vacancy being caused by the death of Mr. Johnston, the champion of ultra-Protestant-......

The Statistics As To The German Revenue Published In The

official Reichsanzeiger this week show the difference between the actual receipts and expenditure of the Empire in 1901 and the estimates for that year. The account for military......

The Second Election Was In The Sevenoaks Division Of Kent

on Thursday, and resulted in the return of Mr. H. W. Forster, who sought re-election owing to his appointment as Junior Lord of the Treasury,—the figures being Forster, 5,333;......

On Tuesday Was Issued As A Blue-book Another Batch Of

Ladysmith telegrams, which are stated to be published at the desire of Sir Redvers Buller, to explain the telegrams which passed between -him and Lord Roberts,—Sir Redvers......

We Publish In Another Column An Account Of An Experiment

in rifle club organisation made last Saturday on the Surrey Downs. The experiment, as will be seen by our corre- spondent's account, was on a very small scale, but it cer-......

A New Commandant Has Been Chosen For Sandhurst In The

person of Colonel Kitson, sometime Governor of Kingston Military College, Canada. Colonel Kitson, it may be remem- bered, gave most valuable evidence before the Royal Commis-......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

New Consols (2i) were on Friday 95.......