12 OCTOBER 1889, page 3

Mr. Diggle, The Chairman Of The London School Board,...

his annual address on Thursday, from which it appears that the new management has decreased the ex- penditure from £1,045,365 to 21,028,883, though the number of children taught......

The Suicide Of Sir W. Tindal Robertson—due To A Sudden

outburst of insanity—which took place at Brighton on Sunday, creates a vacancy in the Parliamentary repre- sentation of the borough. The death of the late Member seems......

We Forgot Last Week To Mention A Remarkable Speech Delivered

in Paris to the Ethnological Council by a Chinese General named Tcheng-Ki-Tong. He spoke in excellent French, and his topic was the increase of intercommunication, which he......

The Terrific Gale Which Swept Over The South And West

of England in the small hours of Monday morning has strewn the coasts with wreckage. An old gunboat which was being towed from Plymouth to Liverpool had to be abandoned off......

The French Correspondent Of The Times Declares That The New

Chamber must put a check on the torrent of libel which is now destroying all reputations in France. The Premier, Tirard, for instance, was allowed 210,750 for entertain- ments......

Most Of Us Perhaps A Little Distrust The American Accounts

of the wildness of their Western life ; but a New York corre- spondent of the Liverpool Daily Post relates a story which could hardly be paralleled in Europe. Two families, or......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent. New Consols ( 2 1) Were Oil

Friday 971 i to 97t,......

During The Past Ten Days, A Very Remarkable Movement Has

taken place among the schoolchildren of several large towns in England and Scotland. At Dundee, Edinburgh, Darlington, Middlesbrough, West Hartlepool, Cardiff, Jarrow, Hackney,......