26 DECEMBER 1896, page 3

Dr. Ludwig Mond Has Made A Very Splendid Gift To

the scientific men of England in the Davy-Faraday Institute for physical and chemical research, fitted up with a very perfect laboratory, adjoining the Royal Institution, and......

The Foreign Committee Of The American Senate Has Pro- Posed,

by a vote described as practically unanimous, the following important Resolution :—" Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in......

The Rev. S. D. Brownjohn, A Priest And Sometime Rector

of East Lydford and chaplain to the late Bishop of Bath and Wells, has sent to the papers and presented at the confirma- tion of Dr. Temple on Tuesday as Archbishop-Elect of......

A Correspondent Of Last Saturday's Times Sketches Briefly...

lines which the Government may take in the new Employers' Liability Bill which they are bound to produce in the coming Session. In the first place, they may present Mr.......

President Cleveland Seems To Have No Doubt That Congress In

thus acting will exceed its powers. Mr. Olney, his Secre- tary of State, affirms publicly that the President will consider such a vote, even if passed by a two-thirds majority,......

On Monday An Invention—the Work Of A M. Dubois—was Exhibited

in London which, if it turns out practical, may prevent the sinking of ships after collisions or contact with rocks. Air reservoirs made of water-tight tissue and in "......

The Daily Chronicle Of Tuesday Publishes An Interesting...

Captain Mahan and its Washington correspondent in regard to the English Navy. Captain Mahan, who, by the way, has retired to write a Life of Nelson, thinks that there are two......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

New Consols (2f) were on Wednesday, 1111.......