28 OCTOBER 1899, page 3

The Government Of Russia Has Not Yet Succeeded In Extir-

pating the pecuniary corruption which is the dry-rot of its Services. Admiral Tyrtoff, commanding the Fleet in the Black Sea, has found it necessary to arrest and bring to trial......

The Mansion House Transvaal Refugees Fund Had Reached The...

of 2145,000 on Thursday evening, while the Fund opened by the Lord Mayor for the benefit of the widows and orphans of officers and men killed or disabled in the war already......

Sir Edward Grey, In The Course Of A Speech Delivered

on Wednesday in support of Lord Rosebery's candidature for the Rectorship of Glasgow University, declared that as the result of careful study and earnest thought, his fixed......

Mr. Courtney, Who Followed Mr. Chamberlain, Strongly...

speaking of President Kruger's crooked diplomacy. He declared that it was not a question of the ulti- matum, nor of the first shot, but as to whether our demands were of such a......

On Wednesday Mr. Chamberlain Ended A Very Powerful Speech...

an excellent criticism of Mr. Selma's letter to the Times, in which he (Mr. Mons) suggested that if we try to crush a Teutonic people we shall meet with the fate we met in......

We Agree With What Sir Michael Hicks-beach Has Actually...

and we agree also that for a war like the present there must be no permanent increase of the Debt. If, however, this view is pressed so as to mean that we must while we are......

The Court Which Tried The Officers In Berlin For...

gambling has acquitted them, much against its will. It was proved that two hundred officers were attracted to the baccarat clnb, that 215,000 was won from them, and that a......

In The House Of Commons On Monday Sir Michael Hicks-

Beach made his financial proposals in regard to meet- ing the 210,000,000 voted for war purposes. He calcu- lates that in the current year he will have an excess of 23,000,000......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent.

New Consols (21) were on Friday 104.......