[Several newspapers have been roused to a sense of their
duties to their readers by the insurance competition between
_The Chronicle_ and _The Mail_. We make a few preliminary
announcements of other insurance schemes which are not yet
contemplated.]

_VOTES FOR WOMEN_.--A copy of the current issue nailed to your front
door insures you absolutely against arson.

_THE STAR_.--All regular subscribers to _The Star_ are insured with
the proprietors of _The Daily News_ for £1,000 in the event of being
welshed on any race-course.

_THE NATIONAL REVIEW_.--Annual subscribers to _The National Review_
are guaranteed £10,000 in the event of being (a) robbed on the highway
by a member of the present Ministry; (b) defrauded by a member of the
present Ministry; (c) having house burgled by member of the present
Ministry; (d) having pocket picked by member of present Ministry;
always excluding any act or acts done by the CHANCELLOR OF THE
EXCHEQUER in a strictly official capacity.

_THE CHURCH TIMES_.--All regular subscribers are insured for £500
against excommunication. £1,000 will be paid to the heirs or assigns
of any reader who loses his head in a conflict with a Bishop (Deans,
Rural Deans, Canons and Archdeacons being excepted from the benefit of
this clause in the policy).

_THE ENGLISH REVIEW_.--Poetic contributors are insured for £500 in the
event of a prosecution under the Blasphemy Laws.