... Calcutta. Friday.-Mr. Ibbetsn. Secretary to ig the Government of India in the Department of Pa Re-uenue and Agrioulture, speaking in tho Vice- hi ro regal Council to-day on the situation ereatcd by bh C. the famine, stated that up to the end of March ...

... an assured place among the great masters of English. That he has manmerisms which become wearisome when he is read, so to speak, in bulk cannot be denieL Not unfrequently he becomes Corinthian in his excess of ornament. But these blemishes are lost out ...

... Conservative in politics, on bealf of the moral and spiritual interests of the commnty. I claim to have an indisput- able righa to speak in this matter The very deepest feelngs of my nature are too often moved to pity and indignation by the sights and sonos I ...

... days' fighting will be 5 of the utmost importance. That is the posi-s tion irn two sentences. It will be noticed that he speaks of fighting spread over the e next few ' days. In other words, we are to v expect not a decisive battle, but a continua- ...

... report, b showing a membership of 280, having been sub- d mitted, Mr. Alfred Billson, M.P., moved its a adoption, and, in speaking on the war, said, although they had their own opinions on the so- called diplomacy which preceded itit was the duty h of ...

... best, but if the rank and file would not respond to these efforts, then the endeavours of the N.C.O.'s were thrown away. Speaking of the volunteer movement generally, he said they were on the eve of a new departure in volunteer- ing, never known since ...

... opinions, anld was wholly without enemies. Mr. Rushton, called 'Rowing Rushton ' at an early pe.od of his career by the plain-speaking William Cobbott, in his once notorious ' Register,' had, for several years before my visit to Liverpool, exercised the functions ...

... when an address is to be delivered by Mr. ju T humans VW ittaker, M.P, one of the members of t Ithe commission. wbo will speak in favour of the ma recomniendatioiis contained in Lord Peel's report, at es Amongst those expected to he present are Arch- ...

... exceed the Indian Famine Fund of 189 by over & 6200,000. U The year 1899 was a pr cpus ore far tse U country, and generally speaking the position of U the wage earners has seldom or never been better. The immediate prospect of a continuance of tbis state ...

... meeting of his constituents in the Reid l, of I Forfar, last night, Provost M'Dcugadl presiding. as Mr. Morley, on rising to speak, was received indi with cordial cheering. He said it was admitted thal war on all hands that they were met under ciroua- reva ...

... of thanks to Mrs. Stewart-Brown om. F chuded an enthusiastic meeting. SIR E. GREY AT HALIFAX. Speaking at Halifax last night, Sir Edward tb Grey said speaking of the war, that it might be fa s; mistake 'had been made If so, A ~those in authority- on the ...

... said, coming down to latex days, had been ie discovered in 186 sand this was the bottom of all itthe trouble.- (Applause.) Speaking of the ~e sent day, he said the men who denouncedr- sident Kruger for aggression and insolence in ~ thowig don hs utimatum ...