3 OCTOBER 1891, page 2

The Politische Correspondenz Of Vienna, Which Is Semi-...

a very grave statement about Russian rela- tions with China. It is informed from St. Petersburg that the Russian Asiatic Department will not be a party to the English plan of......

We Regret To Notice That Mr. Childers Is Retiring From

politics, on the ground of ill-health, at the compatively early age for politics of sixty-four. He has agreed, at the request of his constituents, to sit for South Edinburgh......

The Canadian Parliament Was Prorogued On Wednesday. In...

from the Throne, the "honourable gentlemen of the Senate and gentlemen of the House of Commons" were informed by Lord Stanley, that the negotiations in regard to Behring Sea,......

The National Liberal Federation Opened Its Fifteenth...

Thursday, amidst great party enthusiasm. Its. proceedings are not of much importance until Mr. Gladstone has spoken, for should he deride Home-rule, the Federation will take Mr.......

The Gladstonian Candidate For Bute Has Received A Letter...

Mr. Gladstone, dated September 29th, in which the writer declares that until there has been "a reasonable settlement of the Irish Question," there can be "no effectual......

We Venture To Predict That The Germans Will Very Soon

try the enormous experiment of a conscription in their African possessions. No European Power has done this yet, but the German system of government provokes armed resistance,......

It Was Announced On Thursday That The Office Of Under-

Secretary for Foreign Affairs, vacated by Sir James Fer- gusson's appointment to the Post Office, had been given to Mr. James William Lowther, M.P. for the Penrith Division of......

The Solicitor-general, In A Speech At Launceston On...

forth the record of the present Government with great clearness and ability. They have added seventy-two new vessels to the Navy ; they have reduced the capital of the National......