17 MAY 1890, page 3

On This Part Of The Bill Mr. Ritchie Was Very

clear and decisive. It was perfectly absurd to say that the money was to be used as compensation for licences in any ease where the Magistrates might refuse to renew the licence......

We Regret Most Deeply To Announce The Sudden Death, From

cardiac affection, of Mr. George Hooper, one of the most upright and able of professional journalists. His connection with this paper, among others, had lasted with short breaks......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

New Consols (21) were on Friday 94 to 98i.......

The Force Of Mr. Caine's Speech Consisted Chiefly In His

pro- found conviction that if any licence-holder ever got com- pensation for the extinction of his licence, the whole body of licence-holders would possess a much more valuable......

The New German Government Explained Its Colonial Policy...

Reichstag on Tuesday, when General von Caprivi declared in substance that the wish for Colonies had been fanned in order to warm up national feeling; that be did not at all care......

The Debate Was Concluded On Thursday, Sir Wilfrid Lawson...

it with a very violent speech, in which he spoke of the Bill as the product of a "criminal conspiracy against order, justice, and morality," and predicted that the day was not......

Mr. Ritchie Made A Very Able Speech On Monday In

moving the second reading of the Licensing Bill, which he declared would be defeated as a whole by the carrying of Mr. Caine's amendment. Of the total sum (21,304,000) to be......

The Times' Correspondent Declares That So Bitter Has...

feeling become in Paris, that its leaders are beginning to pay for assassinations. Indeed, an agent who had been paid 2200 to assassinate Dr. Cornelius Herz, an American......

This Day Week, Mr. Chamberlain Made An Admirable Speech On

taking the chair at the annual dinner in aid of the "Artists' General Benevolent Institution." He thought Mr. Morley's recent claim for Literature, that it is the happiest of......