6 AUGUST 1910, page 3

We Publish In Another Column A Letter On The Advisability

of introducing the metric system. Here we desire to repeat a practical suggestion which we have on several occasions made in these columns. Why should we not add to the existing......

The Man Known As Dr. Crippen And Miss Le Neve

were arrested last Sunday in the St. Lawrence on board the steamer ` Montrose' on the charge of murdering and mutilating Mrs. Crippen. Mr. Dew, the Scotland Yard detective, who......

There Is A Statement In Wednesday's Chronicle That The...

of Queen Hortense has completely disappeared from the place in Switzerland where it was supposed to be buried. We are reminded by this of another equally disconcerting story. A......

We Fully Realise The Temptation Which Some Englishmen...

to keep their financial and legislative affairs to them- selves, and to get rid, as they will say, of the domination of the Celtic fringes. If Ireland, Wales, and Scotland have......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 31 Per Cent.

June 9th. Consols (2i) were on Friday 81i—Friday week 81i.......

The Trial Of Mrs. Tugwell At Guildford Assizes For Criminal

libel ended on Monday by her being sentenced to a year's imprisonment. For several months various persons living in Sutton were persecuted by what the Lord Chief Justice......

Lord Beaconsfield In A Famous Phrase Declared That He...

to the instincts of an Imperial people. All English- men, Scotsmen, Irishmen, and Welshmen who love their common country of the United Kingdom and their heritage in the Empire......

We Much Regret To Have To Record The Death Of

Mr. Linley Sambourne, the well-known illustrator and cartoonist, which took place on Wednesday. Mr. Sambourne was sixty- five years of age, and had been connected with Punch......

On Thursday Lord Carrington, Speaking At A Luncheon Given To

the National Farmers' Union, announced that the Prime Minister had approved of a proposal to give improved facilities for the establishment of co-operative credit banks for......

In Wednesday's Papers A Letter Appeared From The Prime...

to the Lord Mayor of London on the subject of memorials to King Edward. Mr. Asquith announces the opinion of the Government that " the object in view would best be secured by......