7 JANUARY 1899, page 10

The Ti»tes Of Monday Publishes A Letter From "a Well-

informed correspondent" in Mauritius which states that we have by no means heard the last of Madagascar. The French, he says, have sent out so great an army of officials that......

The Death Of The Duke Of Northumberland On Monday At

the age of eighty-eight is noteworthy because he stood in a way at the very head of the aristocracy. He was head of a house which has been great ever since the Conluest; he had......

The List Of New Year Honours Is Not Remarkable. Lord

Cromer is made a Viscount, but should more appropriately have been made an Earl, and Sir Philip Carrie, Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, Sir Henry Hawkins, and Mr. Garden are made......

Many Eoglishmen Believe Us To Be Too Pessimist In Antici-

pating a revo'ution in France. We would ask them if they ever knew even Frenchmen indulge in their present violence of language unless a revolution was at hand. It is useless to......

The Malin Of Monday Publishes A Letter From Rear- Admiral

Reveillere which is of no small interest for the French sailor. He declares that the possession of the "French shore" on the coast of Newfoundland is "of no kind of value for......

Lord Elgin, The Retiring Viceroy Of India, Delivered His...

speech on Monday, January 2nd, to the Bengal Chamber of Commerce. It was, of course, a review of his administration, and though deprived of some of its interest by excessive......

Lord Elgin Had Little To Say Upon External Relations, Indeed

he declined to discuss them for fear of embarrassing his suc- cessor, but he admitted that the tribes on the North-West border were a source of constant anxiety. We are "hyper-......

The Americans Are Sure To Subdue The Philippines, For The

Spaniards did, and they are far stronger than the Spaniards. Moreover, the Tugela, who alone signify, are just civilised enough to understand the good treatment and gradual......