2 JULY 1898, page 2

The Bishop Of London Has Forwarded A Letter To All

incum- bents under his jurisdiction, warning them that there must be limitations to the "tendency to make new experiments," which in a diocese like London must always be......

A Grave Debate Was Raised On Friday Week In The

House of Commons about the coal strike in South Wales. The speakers on behalf of the miners showed that ninety thousand men had struck for an advance of 10 per cent. in wages......

Lord Salisbury Made A Speech At The United Club On

Wednesday on foreign affdirs. It ought, therefore, to have been interesting, but it was not. Indeed, the Premier himself intimated that he did not intend to be interesting, the......

Sir Michael Hicks-beach Proposed On Monday A Vote Whici, Led

to a most interesting debate. It appears that already the reconquest of the Soudan has cost £1,805,000, and will cost before Khartoum has fallen about 2750,000 more. The past......

In The Times Of Saturday Last Is Published A Letter

from Canon Gore on "Lawlessness in the Church" which, in our opinion, should go far to settle the present difficulties. Not only is its whole tenour wise and restrained, but it......

The Times Of Monday Publishes A Letter From Canon Knox

Little, which may serve as a useftil warning to Sir William Harcourt against trying to make political capital out of ecclesiastical disputes. The Canon threatens the Liberal......

M. Brisson Has Commenced His Career With A Sort Of

success. He read a long speech in the Chamber on Thursday, in which he said that his two great measures would be the substitution of an Income-tax on the rich only for the......

Sir John Gorst On The Same Evening Endeavoured Tc , Explain

away part of his recent speech on education. He had not condemned voluntary schools generally, but only voluntary schools in the great towns. In the country districts they were,......