26 JANUARY 1895, page 19

The Contest Between Capital And Labour In The United States,

though it always ends in one way, is more bitter than in England. The tramcar drivers of Brooklyn, for instance, have gone out on strike, and the contest has at once developed......

We Regret Deeply To Notice The Death Of The Rev.

Septimus Hansard, rector of Bethnal Green. His immediate charge was a district containing only ten thousand people ; but until the passing of the Parish Councils Bill, he......

At A Meeting Of The National League, Held In Dublin

on Tues- day, Dr. Kenny declared that they ought to send back the pre- sent Government to the country defeated and disgraced. Other speakers followed in the same vein. Mr.......

Mr. Balfoar, Who Almost Alone Of Our Politicians Can Manage

to address a body of working men on an abstract subject with- out being either prosy, pompous, or patronising, or all three, spoke on Saturday last at the annual meeting of the......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

New Consols (2) were on Friday, 105t.......

On Friday Week The Duke Of Devonshire Made One Of

the best and most reflective speeches of his life at Ulverston, in Yorkshire. He said that while there had been great progress during this generation, the material condition of......

Our Sincerest Thanks Are Due To Sir Henry James, For,

while speaking at Bow on Friday week, he actually con- trived to illuminate the dullness and darkness of the political situation with a joke. After declaring that the great......

At The Meeting Of The East Africa Company On Monday,

it was stated that the Government had absolutely refused arbitration on the differences between the Government and the Directors as to the terms on which the Company should cede......