7 OCTOBER 1893, page 3

Sir William Harcourt Will Hardly Be Able To Decree A

free breakfast-table in his next Budget. The depression of trade, the dearth of speculation, and the prevalence of strikes, are all telling heavily upon the revenue. Sir William......

On Tuesday Was Published A Very Interesting Parliamentary...

regard to the experiment of using the labour of the unemployed to demolish Millbank prison. The surveyor of the contractors who undertook the conduct of the work, admits that......

The Welsh Land Commission Resumed Its Sittings On...

at Towyn on that day, and at Bala on Thursday. The evidence hitherto given before the Commis- sion, which it may be noted has been but scantily reported in the London papers,......

As Yet There Arc No Signs Of The End In

the coal strike, though the price of coals in London is rising by leaps and bounds, and the profits that are being made by the collieries now at work must be very great.......

On Wednesday, It Was Announced In The Manchester City...

that the reports of the engineers left no doubt that the Ship Canal would be ready for traffic from the entrance at Eastham to the Pomona Docks at Manchester by New- Year's Day.......

The Epidemic Of Suicide Still Continues To Rage. Hardly A

day passes without some man killing his wife, or mistress, or sweetheart, usually out of jealousy, and then executing justice on himself. That form of human wickedness is really......

The Distinct Note Of The Congress Is The Recognition Of

the immensely increased weight of the democracy, and of clerical responsibility not only for its spiritual, but for its material condition. In some, this new consciousness has......

Bank Rate, S Per Cent.

New Console (21) were on Friday 981.......