6 JUNE 1896, page 3

The Proposal To Erect A Memorial To General George Chesney

is a good one, if, instead of taking the form of some dull monument to his merits as an officer and an Indian politician, it takes the form of some monument on Box Hill to the......

We Deeply Regret To Notice The Death Of Sir John

Russrll Reynolds, recently President of the College of Physicians, and a specialist in nervous diseases of unusual reputation. Besides his professional skill he was a man who......

There Has Been A Great Innovation Started In The House

of Commons of which we do not at all approve. Women waitresses have been started to serve the tea on the river terrace instead of the conventional waiters of former times. They......

The Most Important Part Of Mr. Morley's Speech Was, However,

his treatment of the "aid to Italy" side of the argument. He analysed the Italian Green-book, and showed that the order to advance was telegraphed to Cairo the day after the......

On Wednesday Mr. John Morley Made An Able Speech At

a conference held at Leeds to oppose the policy of the Government in the Soudan. Mr. Morley, analysing the reasons given for the advance, said that the first object alleged was......

On Friday Week Mr. Augustine Birrell Delivered A Lecture At

the Royal Institution on " John Wesley : Some Aspects of the Eighteenth Century," the chief point of which was a defence of the eighteenth century. Though it was a brutal.......

The Difference Between The East And The West, Which We

recently discussed in connection with the work of saving life, is well illustrated by some recent occurrences in Egypt. Cholera is raging in that country. We do not believe the......

Lord Dufferin Made On Tuesday A Farewell Speech To The

British colony in Paris, marked by all his usual literary skill and by a little of his habit of saying pleasant things. It is rather strong, for example, to describe Paris as an......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

New Consols (4) were on Friday, 1131.......