29 APRIL 1899, page 18

During The Week There Have Been Many Celebrations Of...

birthday, which took place three hundred years ago,—i.e., on April 25th, 1599. The Mayor of Huntingdon, Lord Sandwich, has wisely taken the opportunity to appeal for......

Lord Wemyss In The House Of Lords On Thursday Asked

the Government if they could check the "decorative destruction" now going on in St. Paul's, or, if that was beyond their power, whether they would take legislative action to......

The Debate In Committee On The London Government Bill On

Tuesday was largely concerned with nomenclature, Mr. Stuart, the champion of the County Council, reinforced by Sir Charles Dilke and Mr. Birrell, developing a remarkable......

The Spectacle Of The House Of Commons On Monday Dis-

cussing the question of old-age pensions on the Motion to appoint a Select CoinviLtee, to put the matter in the mildest way, was not an edifying one,—not one, in fact, which one......

The Unrest In The Transvaal, Which Is Bound To Exist

as long as the Outlanders are left without the vote and the ordinary rights of free . men, has been brought into prominence this week by the attack made upon Mr. Moneypenny,......

The Decision Of The Imperial Government To Subsidise The...

Pacific Cable, already agreed on by Canada and the Australasian Colonies, was announced in the Times of Thursday. According to the agreement the cable property is to be vested......

The Oratory Called Forth By The Cromwell Tercentenary Was...

of a very high order or merit. Some of the speeches, indeed, had Cromwell been able to hear them, would have almost compelled him to repeat the famous sentence, "Leave your......