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Sir Michael Hicks Beach Made A Moderate Conservative...

Cirencester on Wednesday. Like Lord Salisbury, he was bitter against the proposal that Europe should compel Tur- key to yield to Greece the frontier which the Berlin Conference......

The Early Snow Of Last Week Has Mutilated More British

oaks than any storm within the recollection of the present genera- tion. The oaks were generally very full of leaf and very full of acorn, and the heavy weight of snow added to......

Mr. Watk - In Williams, Hearty Liberal As He Is, Might Learn

something of wisdom in Irish politics from such a Conservative as Sir Michael Hicks Beach. In a speech delivered at Liver- pool on Wednesday, while saying much which was......

Mr. G. Errington, The Member For Longford, A Moderate And

sane politician, though a Home-ruler, recommends through the Times a working scheme for the settlement of Irish tenure. He would fuse the existing Land Courts into a Supreme......

Consols Were On Friday 99+ To 991.

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The Free Church Is Much Fiercer Against Heresy Than The

Established Church, and like her Majesty's staghounds, who usually have a favourite stag,—one which gives them the best runs,—the Free Church are apt:to favour Professor......

There Was A Discussion In The Senate Of Cambridge Univer-

sity on Tuesday on the subject of the proposal to allow Graduates in Arta who wish to take up subjects not involving a knowledge of Greek—the natural sciences, for instance—to......

It Is The Season Of Cub-hunting In England, And Of

heresy- hunting in Scotland. The Free Church is off on a new trail after Professor Robertson Smith, one of the most orthodox as well as one of the ablest of her theologians ;......

The Pope Made A Speech Last Sunday, Which Renewed The

protest of the Holy See against the loss of the temporal dominion. His drift was to assert that the Church is now hardly more free than when the early Popes had to take refuge......