12 MAY 1883, page 3

The Pall Mall Of Saturday Last Attributes To Our "strange

love of far-fetched explanations" our belief that the English constituencies have been much moved by an impulse against Mr. Bradlaugh which they cannot justify on principle ;......

The College Of Music Was Opened On Monday By The

Prince of Wales, amidst a great concourse of persons eminent in the musical wcrld. It was stated by the Director, Dr. G. Grove, who, like almost everybody else, has been......

Lord Granville Gave Away The Diplomas, Medals, Prizes,...

of the London University on Wednesday. He referred to the death of Sir George Jessel, the late Vice-Chan- cellor, with due warmth of feeling, intimating gracefully his......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent. Consols-were On Friday 1011 To

1011.......

The Government Sustained An Annoying Defeat On Thursday....

of the Exchequer proposed that, in the English towns, the collection of Income-tax, now confided to collectors appointed by the local assessors, should, as vacancies occurred,......

The Royal Academy Dinner, Last Saturday, Was...

the extreme skill and elaboration of Sir Frederick Leighton's numerous speeches, of which we have said enough else- where. Lord Granville may, perhaps, have been understood by......

In The House Of Lords, On Tuesday, Lord Dunraven Moved

a resolution in favour of opening the picture galleries and the British Museum on Sundays. The discussion chiefly turned on a side-issue, the question, namely, whether the......

The Archbishop Of Canterbury Says He Has Been Living In

a dream ever since he accepted the Archbishopric, and we are not very much surprised at that ; but we think it is time he should be waking-up, and his speech at the dinner given......