7 MARCH 1896, page 3

The Report Presented At The Annual Meeting Of The Charity

Organisation Society, held at the Royal United Service Insti- tution on Tuesday last, showed that this much misunderstood and much abused body is doing its good, work—and there......

The Debate Of Tuesday On Armenia, In The Holm Of

Commons, was a very feeble affair. Mr. S. Smith moved a resolution that the House regarded the sufferings of the Armenians with deep sympathy, and " trusted that further efforts......

Mr. Hofmeyr, Leader Of The Dutch Afrikander Party At The

Cape, has addressed a remarkable letter to Mr. De Villiers, a friend in the Transvaal. He states that he has broken with Mr. Rhodes because that gentleman "must have known, nay......

The French Papers Record A Remarkable Betrothal,...

the whole House of Orleans having agreed to the marriage of a Princess, the daughter of the Due de Chartres, with the son of Marshal Macmahon, Due de Magenta. If this is a......

A Remarkable Debate Took Place Yesterday Week On Mr....

proposal to reduce the supplementary vote of 217,000 for sundry colonial services by £15,000 wanted for the West India island of Dominica, which Mr. Labouchere supposed to be a......

An Interesting Experiment On The Licensing System, In -...

of Cheater's sense, has been made within the Corporation of Birmingham. The Corporation opened, in September, 1894, a public-house in Elan village for the purpose of trying how......

An Interesting Discussion Took Place In The House Of Corn.

mons on Wednesday in regard to Sir A. Hickman's Bill allowing local authorities, if they were satisfied as to the security, to advance not more than 2150 to working men earn-......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

New Consols (2!) were on Friday, 109i.......