26 AUGUST 1899, page 3

In A Letter To The Times Of Saturday, Mr. Bowles

returns to the charge in regard to the purchase of Sir Michael Hicks- Beach's estate on Salisbury Plain. His innuendo is that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was greatly......

On Wednesday The Colonial Office Issued The...

the status of the South African Republic which has passed between our Government and the Transvaal. We have dealt elsewhere with the very striking statement of Sir Robert......

We Cannot Attempt To Summarise The Rest Of The Corre-

spondence, but we may note the very long argumentative despatches of Mr. Leyds, and the letter of Mr. Reitz, the State Secretary. In effect the Transvaal officials contend that......

An Important Statement Was Made By Sir George Taubman-...

at the meeting of the Royal Niger Company on Wednesday. He contended that the Company had not only conceived and prepared a British province within the boun- daries of its own......

The Bishop Of London's Letter To The Rural Deans Of

his diocese announcing the decision of the Archbishops, published on Wednesday, is in many ways a model document. After noting that the points under consideration had to do with......

The Salvation Army's Industrial Colony At Hadleigh, In...

described in an interesting article in Tuesday's Times. The estate purchased by " General " Booth in 1890 consists of three thousand acres on the north shore of the Thames......

Bank Rate, 3i Per Cent. New Consols (2i) Were On

Friday 104.......