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The War Office Has Given Way On The Subject Of

the reduction of the Royal Small Arms Factory at Sparkbrook. Last week Mr. Bromley-Davenport, Financial Secretary to the War Office, informed Mr. Jesse Collings that a "final......

Of The Many Extraordinary Incidents In The Career Of This

amazing Government, perhaps the most amazing is that disclosed in the Stanley-Bowles correspondence published on Friday. The facts are simple enough. Lord Stanley and Mr. Ailwyn......

At The Moment Of Our Going To Press The Result

of the election in North Westmorland is announced. Mr. Rigg, the late Liberal Member, resigned on his conversion to Tariff Reform principles, and the seat has been held for the......

It Was Announced On Monday That, With The Sanction And

approval of King Edward, the Prince and Princess of Wales will pay a visit to India in November next, remaining there till March, 1906. We are glad to note the official......

We Cannot Summarise Any More Of The Correspondence ; But

we do not believe that any ordinary man will read it without profound bewilderment that a man like Lord Stanley should have allowed himself to be bullied out of his pledge. We......

The Debate On The Address Was Resumed On Wednesday By

Mr. Buchanan, who moved an amendment urging the im- mediate need of revising and reducing the national expendi- ture. Mr. Bowles intervened with a characteristic speech, in......

The Debate On The Army Estimates, Which Was Taken On

Thursday night, illustrated the tendency of the Government majorities to dwindle as the Session proceeds. In the division taken to report progress, and taken after the Govern-......

Some Of Mr. Chamberlain's Points Have, No Doubt, , A

certain basis of truth; but he seems to us to have missed the force of the chief argument against the Convention,—that if local decrease is to be counteracted, all, producing......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

Consols (2 per cent.) were on Friday 91i.......