12 MAY 1866, page 3

The Elections And Election Committees Of The Week Have, On

the -whole, perhaps been favourable to the Liberals, though the good fortune has been pretty fairly divided. At Windsor the two Con- servative candidates retired, and left the......

At The Thirty-second Annual Meeting Of The Universal Life...

Society the profits were. stated to amount to 1.98,3631. 7s, 8d. Four-fifths of that amount have been set -apart for future annual divisions of profits, and the remainder has......

The Annual General Meeting Of The Associs.tion For...

General Welfare of the Blind is to be held at St. James's Hall next Tuesday, at half-past two p.m., when many eminent anen are to speak, including Professor Fawcett, the member......

At The Meeting Of The Convocation Of The London University

last Tuesday, it was resolved to ask the Senate to institute, and, if a new charter were necessary for that purpose, to obtain a new charter empowering them to institute, local......

With The Exception Of Paris, At Which City The Minimum

rate of discount has been raised to only 4 per cant., the value of money, both here and on the Continent, has rapidly advanced. On Tues- day, owing to an outflow of gold from......

Mr. Newdegate, On Occasion Of The Discussion About The Tran-

:substantiation declaration in the House of Commons on Tuesday night, turned fiercely upon Mr. Whalley,—questioned his Pro- testantism, and suggested that he, too, is a......

A Curious Ease, Illustrating The Numberless Wine...

last week at Westminster before Mr. Justine Mellor. A Hartlepool wine merchant, Mr. Lockwood, bought four hogsheads of wine as good port at the price of 45/. the pipe, from a......

Consols Have Fluctuated Considerably In Price During The...

Saturday last they left off at 861, 1- for money, and 85k, f ex div. for account. After the announcement of the failure of Overend, Gurney, and Co., on Thursday, the price for......

The Nottingham Election Did Not Pass Over Without Some Of

the amenities proper to that constituency. Lord Amberley had co- alesced with Mr. Handel Cossham, a viewy Radical of strong teetotal views, whose baptismal name received in......

The Closing Prices Of The Leading Foreign Securities...

on Friday week were as under :- Friday, ?Say 4. F.rlday, May IL Maxima .. .. .. .. •. In •• In Spanish Passive • • .. ...941 .. 201 Do. Certificates .. .. .. .. 14 .. A Turkish......

The Leading Foreign Securities Left Off At The Annexed...

tions yesterday and en Friday week :— Great Eastern .. •• •• Great Northern .. (*mat Westena.. Do. West Midland, Oxford Lancashire and Yorkshire Louden and Brighton .. London......