4 FEBRUARY 1888, page 3

A Controversy Has Been Got Up In The Times As

to the reason why a Home-rule conversazione in Dublin was substituted for a Home-rule dinner, and the reason given by the Home Secretary and others was that at a dinner the......

It Is Said That The Relentless Prosecutor Of Mr. Bell

Cox intends to apply to Lord Penzance, giving evidence of the con- tinuation of the ritualistic practices which have been condemned, and thus to obtain an order for his......

The Times Is A Little Unjust On One Point To

Cardinal Manning's political economy. His Eminence only said that profit was not always spent in reproductive work, which is perfectly true. Suppose the profit-maker buys......

Another Examination Has Been Made Of The Crown Prince's...

followed by the usual crop of contradictory telegrams, according to many of which the Prince is rapidly recovering. The following is, however, the official bulletin signed on......

The German Government Has Just Brought In A Bill Lengthening

the duration of Parliaments from three years to five. The Bill is supported by the Conservatives of all sections, who argue that, under the present system, one year is lost in......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

Consols were on Friday 102a to 104.......

Mr. Herbert Gladstone, In A Speech To His Constituents At

Leeds, delivered yesterday week, remarked on an element in recent Conservative speeches which to us seems quite invisible, "an expectation of defeat,"—and said that as the......

An Important Deputation, Including Men Like Cardinal...

of Bedford, Lord Herschell, Lord Comp- ton, ;lad many noted philanthropists and leaders of Trade Societies, waited on Wednesday on the Premier, to press on him an inquiry into......

We Regret To Notice The Death Of Mr. Edward Lear

at San Remo last Sunday, at an advanced age. He is best known in England by the admirable "Book of Nonsense," which is as great a favourite with grown-up children as with those......