In The House Of Lords On Tuesday Lord Courtney Moved
the second reading of a Bill enabling Borough Councils in London, and probably throughout England, to be elected under a scheme of proportional representation. If the scheme was......
On Tuesday Mr. Balfour In A Very Powerful Speech Con-
trasted the incompatible arguments of the Solicitor-General and the Lord Advocate for Scotland, and exposed the absurdity of introducing into prosperous areas a system specially......
As The Result Of Further Correspondence With Mr. Birrell,...
Horace Plunkett has arranged to quit his post in the Whiteun. tide Recess. In this context we may note an admirable letter from "An Old Irish Liberal" in Tuesday's Westminster......
In The House Of Lords On Wednesday Lord Cawdor Asked
Lord Tweedmouth for information as to the constitution of the Homerleet, with special reference to the manning and efficiency of the squadrons at the Nore. He described an......
We, Who Have No Sympathy With "passive Resistance," And...
such resistance to be in essence anarchical and destructive of civil society, find no difficulty in condemning the attitude taken up by Canon Newbolt, Lord Hugh Cecil, and their......
Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent., Changed From 41 Per Cent.
Apr. 25th. Consols (2i) were on Friday 85—on Friday week $51.......
Lord Avebury Denied The Allegation That Proportional...
no advance, and Lord Balfour, we are glad to see, gave the weight of his authority to the pro- posal. Lord Carrington objected to the Bill, but, on behalf of the Government,......
If The Principle Of The New Bill Is Sound For
Noncon- formists, it is sound for Churchmen. "But their case is worse still," for under the Act of 1902 they are required to maintain the structures of the schools in which......