14 MAY 1881, page 3

We Must Notice, What May Prove One Of The Great

events of the year, the opening on Thursday of Mr. Siemens's " electric railway," from Berlin to the Cadettenhaus, about six miles off. The track is a tramway rather than a......

The Papers Have Been Full Of Accounts Of The Marriage,

solemnised on the 10th inst., of the-Archduke Rudolph, the heir of the Austrian monarchy, with the Princess Stephanie of Belgium, heiress of a large share of her grandfather's......

Mr. Collins, The Conservative, Has Been Returned For...

by a majority of 41,—the numbers being 374 for Mr. Collins, and 333 for the Liberal candidate, Mr. Milnes Gaskell. At the general election, Sir Henry M. Thompson, the Liberal......

Lord Carnarvon On Tuesday Raised The Question Of The Trans-

vaal on what, we think, was in part a false issue. He is .offended that Mr. Gladstone, in writing to Mr. Tomkinson, the late candidate for West Cheshire, should have said that......

Lord Granville Presented The Various Diplomas And...

iu the University of London during the past year on Wednesday last, and in his speech on the occasion referred to the final admission of women to degrees, which he said would,......

A Little Debate Occurred In The Lords On Thursday On

a Bill brought in by the Lord Chancellor to amend the Charitable Trusts Act, which may hereafter prove of importance. The Bill enables the Charity Commissioners to deal with all......

Mr. Hutchiusou's New Libel Bill, Which Passed Its Second....

on Wednesday, was formally accepted by the Attorney. General, and seems likely to pass. It extends the defence of privilege to all reports of public meetings, forbids a criminal......

Upon The Other Point, The Nature Of The Terms, Lord

Car- narvon, on. his .assumption, is right. If, as he says, we cannot Make peace without abandoning the "loyalists," i.o., the Dutch who stood by us, and the English resideuts......

The Archbishop Of Canterbury Has Issued A Letter To His

fellow-Churchmen, lay and clerical, explaining what the Libera- tion Society are proposing to do in relation to Disestablish- ment, and calling upon them to organise themselves......

Consols Were On Friday 101; To 102,

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