Sir J. Lubbock, Who Is An Experienced Banker As Well
as a man of science and a politician, evidently believes that the cycle of lean years has fairly passed. He told the London Chamber of Commerce on Monday that prices were rising......
Professor Sir G. Stokes, The President Of The Royal Society,
delivered an interesting lecture last Sunday at the Finsbury Polytechnic on " I." We have given a careful account of the principal drift of the lecture,—so far as the Times'......
The Viennese Correspondent Of The Times Adheres To His View
that a quarrel is brewing between Servia and Bulgaria. Diplomatic intercourse between the two States is now practi- cally at an end, an alliance is believed to have been......
We Have Referred In Another Column To The Curious Views
on the Tithe question which are now being promulgated by the malcontents with the Government Bill. Take as an illustra- tion the letter from Foots Cray, Kent, signed " Charles......
The Disappearance Of The Earl Of Shannon Would Make A
good plot for a sensation novel. Seven years ago, Viscount Boyle, now the Earl, went to Canada.; three years ago his brother, who accompanied him, left him there ; and two years......
Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.
New Consols (24) were on Thursday 97i to 98.......
A Correspondent Of The Times Says That A Cuckoo Was
heard as early as on Thursday week, in the neighbourhood of Surbiton. Even if the cuckoo heard was a real cuckoo, and not a boy mimicking his cry, or a good cuckoo-clock, we......
The Increase Of The Population In England And Wales Is
still very rapid. According to the statistics for 1889, just published by the Registrar-General, the births in that year were 885,179, and the deaths 517,968, an increase of......
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