27 AUGUST 1887, page 3

That A Ship With 250 Persons On Board Should Be

burned to the water's edge in mid-ocean, with a high sea running, without the lose of a single life, is one of the most extraordinary instances of what may be accomplished by......

Mr. Chamberlain Further Praised The Government For Its...

Bill, for its Mines Regulation Bill, and for its Allotments Bill. He very emphatically condemned the obstructive resistance to the last-named Bill, and declared himself as......

We Regret To See That In The Debates In Supply

upon the grants to the British Museum and National Gallery, no very great hope was held out that either institution would be in future opened at night. In the case of the......

Mr. Howorth, M.p. For South Salford, To Whose Letters The

Times generally gives a special prominence, writes to Thursday's Times a very optimistic letter on the political situation, of which the drift is this,—that the electors in......

Sir William Harcourt Made An Attack On The Liberal Unionists

in his speech at Reading on Wednesday, of which the most remarkable feature was perhaps the following assertion :—"The party was dwindling down to its true proportions, and it......

The Debate On The Labourers' Allotments Bill Was...

Committee last Friday week, though, we are sorry to add, with small results, very little progress being made. The chief feature of the evening's discussion was a speech from Mr.......

"the Austrian Government Has Withdrawn The Subvention...

last year to the Vienna General Hospital to defray the coat of inoculation on the Pasteur system. The failures have been so numerous as to discourage competent judges from......

We Regret Much The Withdrawal Of Mr. T. W. Russell,

M.P. for South Tyrone, from the ranks of the Liberal Unionists. He does not withdraw because he disapproves the proclamation of the National League, which he supported on......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

Consols were on Friday 1011 to 104.......