23 NOVEMBER 1895, page 2

Mr. Chamberlain Is Carrying His Idea Of Spending Some Money

in developing the Colonies into practice. The Government has agreed to allow E75,000 a year as a subsidy to assist in the establishment of a fast line of packets! between Great......

The Vienna Correspondent Of The Times Sends An...

of the Kurds, derived from a Catholic mission among them. The Kurds are supposed to number from a million to three millions, scattered over the country called Kurdistan, part of......

As To The Policy Of The Government, Lord Salisbury Said

that he could not give any account of their intended Bills, for the same excellent reason for which Henry IV. could not get the mayor of some rather disaffected city to give up......

Much To Our Surprise—for We Had Thought That The French

anxiety to save for children would have made the proposal unpopular—the French Chamber on Tuesday passed the Bill imposing progressive Death-duties by 343 to 176. This is a......

On The Same Day The Minister Of Agriculture, Mr. Walter

Long, speaking at Brighton, declared that a large portion of next Session would be devoted to discussing measures for the relief of agricultural depression, As for Protection,......

The Deputation On Wednesday To The Prime Minister And The

Duke of Devonshire as President of the Council, on the subject of help to voluntary schools, was a very strong and very impressive one. The Archbishop of Canterbury put the case......

In The Part Of His Brighton Speech Referring To Domestic

affairs, Lord Salisbury, remarking that ten years ago Brighton was a Radical borough, like many other parts of the country which are now Conservative through and through,......

An Odd Incident Has Interrupted The Ashantee Expedition....

persons were sent here some time since by the Chief of Coomassie to negotiate, but the Colonial Office refused to receive them. They were not Princes, it said, or Envoys either,......