28 FEBRUARY 1891, page 3

The "crisis" In Norway Is Not Of Much Importance, Either

to Europe or Scandinavia ; but it is full of instruction for Englishmen. The bond between Sweden and Norway is only the "golden link" of the Crown, but hitherto foreign affairs......

The News Of The Week From Chili Is Unfavourable To

the President, who has sent his family away into the Argentine Republic. His troops have been defeated near Iquique, and - the port, under a sharp bombardment from the insurgent......

Mr. Parnell Has Commenced His Sunday Services, Speaking...

three times. His principal utterance was at Roscommon, and its drift was to repudiate all English in- terference with the Irish Parliament. He disbelieved in an English......

The Jubilee Of The Chemical Society On Wednesday Was...

with two remarkable speeches, one by Lord Salis- bury, who is by no means so mere an amateur in chemistry as he chooses to appear, and one by Sir Lyon Mayfair. Lord Salisbury......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent. New Consols (21) Were On

Friday 961 to 96i.......

There Was A Very Painstaking Discussion On Thursday Night Of

Mr. Matthews's Factories and Workshops Bill, the object of which is to keep the places where associated labour goes on in a wholesome condition, and to secure this, in the case......

Sir Lyon Playfair Reminded The Chemical Society That...

once been described as "the father of chemistry, and the brother of the Earl of Cork," ironically hinting, perhaps, that Lord Salisbury was reflecting as much immediate glory on......

Lord Wolmer Is A Useful Limn. He Is Going To

propose a Royal Commission to inquire into fogs, and the possibility of preventing them. It is quite possible, as everybody knows, to turn them into mists, if only Londoners......