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The Chancellor Of The Exchequer Was The Principal Speaker At

the Mansion House dinner to bankers and merchants of the City on Wednesday. After the usual conventionally facetious references to his thankless position—s g., he de- scribed......

We Are Happy To Record That The Famine In India

approaches its termination. The monsoon, though late, has brought copious rain throughout India, and in a few weeks cultiva- tion will be possible, and the moneylenders, secure......

Mr. Ritchie In Moving The Second Reading Of The Com-

panies Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday laid stress on the need for great caution in amending the law relating to public companies. Legislation that drove away the best......

The New Tubular Underground Central London Railway, Which...

Bush with the Bank, was formally opened by the Prince of Wales on Wednesday afternoon. The time occupied in the transit from the Bank to the depot at Shepherd's Bush was just......

The Stars In Their Courses Seem To Fight Against Us

in Ashanti. The forces despatched to relieve Coomasaie have been delayed by torrents of rain, which have made the rivers impassable, and it is greatly feared that they will be......

The Evidence Given Before The Coroner As To The Cause

of the railway accident at Slough strongly confirms the view we expressed when the Mohegan ' was lost, that experts, especially of a certain age, were as liable as other men,......

A Very Serious Discussion Has Been Raised In Parliament By

a letter from Mr. Burdett-Contts, fully analysed elsewhere. He says that while the sur gical arrangements in South Africa were excellent, the arrangemen ts for the sick were......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

New Consols (21) were on Friday 1001.......