4 JULY 1896, page 11

We Regret To Notice The Death Of Mrs. Harriet Beecher

Stowe, at the age of eighty-five. She was the most effective female philanthropist who ever lived. Her story, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," was a book into which its author, while......

The Completed Buildings Of The Indian Institute At Oxford...

opened on Wednesday by Lord George Hamilton, the Secretary of State for India. He was not, he declared, a hero- worshipper, but if there was any body of men to whom he would......

A Correspondent Of The Daily Mum Who Is Staying At

Tokio has had an interesting conversation with the Marquis Ito, the Prime Minister of Japan. The Marquis did not enter upon the foreign policy of his country, but he observed......

We Are Glad To See That The Majority Of The

Committee appointed to inquire into the manning of merchant ships has adopted a proposal often urged in these columns,—namely, that the State should undertake the work of......

On Saturday Last Mr. Morley Visited His Constituency At...

and at a public dinner, while returning thanks for the Houses of Parliament, begged his audience not to believe all the evil things they heard of the House of Commons. The......

At Greenwich On Saturday Mr. Courtney Presided At A Special

dinner of the Cobden Club held to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Repeal of the Corn-laws. It was possible, he admitted, that, in spite of Free-trade, our national......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

New Consols (2f) were on Friday, 1131 a......