On Monday Evening The Report Stage Of The Nudget Resolu-

tions was taken in the House of Commons, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer made a statement as to the destination of the realized surplus of six and a half millions. The......

We Note With Great Pleasure That A Knighthood Has Been

bestowed on Mr. E. T. Cook. Mr. Cook has a very distin- guished and honourable record as a journalist. His associa- tion with the Pail Mall Gazette and the Westminster Gazette,......

On Wednesday At The Annual General Meeting Of The National

Service League Lord Roberts, in a speech marked throughout by a note of grave anxiety, insisted upon the necessity of applying the principle of universal military training and......

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The Government's Decision Not To Postpone The Operation...

Insurance Act was again the Subject of criticism in the House of Lords on Wednesday. Lord Homage drew attention to the leaflet recently issued by the Commissioners, which......

Field-marshal Sir George White, Who Died On Monday Within A

few days of completing his 77th year, will be best remembered as the defender of Ladysmith ; but he was a very noble-hearted gentleman as well as a gallant soldier. His record......

In The House Of Lords On Tuesday The Bishop Of

St. Asaph called attention to the figures recently given by Mr. McKenua, in comparing the work of the Church and the Calviniatio Methodists in Cardiff. He had professed, in......

Lord Roberts Went On To Point Out How Dangerous Is

the threatened withdrawal of our ships from the Mediterranean. We have dealt with that question elsewhere in detail, but we must not leave Lord Roberts's speech without......

Mr. Austen Chamberlain Made No Objection To The Destina-...

of the surplus, but in the course of his reply remarked that after all the surplus was appointed by law for the repay- ment of Debt, and to apply it otherwise would be much the......

On Thursday Mr. Balfour, In Unveiling The Statue Of Bacon

at Gray's Inn, made a speech which can only be described as one of the most felicitous he has ever made. With a nice sense of proportion Mr. Balfour refused to regard Bacon's......