23 DECEMBER 1893, page 3

On Saturday Last A Party Of Newspaper Correspondents And...

made a trial-trip on the Manchester Ship Canal, which is now full from the Mersey to Salford Docks. As far as engineering considerations are concerned the canal is clearly a......

The Farmers And Landlords Of Central Europe Are Quite Beside

themselves with fury. The " agrarian " party in Ger- many declare formally that they will never pardon Count Caprivi—which means the Emperor—for his Free-trade Treaties, and in......

On Tuesday, The British South Africa Company Held Its Annual

meeting at the Cannon Street Hotel. The chairman, the Duke of Abercorn, was able to congratulate the share- holders upon the fact that the Matabele war was practically over.......

San Francisco Has Just Lost A Very Remarkable Man—mr....

Coleman—the chief facts of whose life are well recorded in Thursday's Times. On no less than three occa- sions, he stepped in when the affairs of the State and city had become......

M. Goblet, Who Has Been Premier, And Is Now Leader

of the French Radicals, has introduced the first Collectivist Bill into the French Chamber. He proposes that whenever a mining strike has lasted too long, the State shall resume......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent. New Consols (2f) Were On

Friday 98......

The Times Has Received Information From Rio De Janeiro Down

tO December 6th, but it no way clears up the situation. Fighting goes on incessantly in the harbour between the Fleet and the forts, but neither side obtains any permanent......

The Indian Loan Bill For 210,000,000 Has Passed Both Houses

after debates which we have adequately characterised elsewhere. We must mention here, however, that the money was urgently required to meet the demands of January, and that if......