During The Hearing Of The Sayward ' Case On Tuesday,
in the Supreme Court of the United States, it was announced that the British and American Governments had agreed to refer the question as to their rights in the Behring Sea to......
The Really Great Expense Of The London Board Schools Is
in the higher salaries of the teachers in London—salaries higher than any obtained by the teachers in Liverpool, Bir- mingham, and Leeds. For instance, where the rates in Man-......
A Correspondent Of The St. James's Gazette Of Thursday Says
that the drinking of salt-water is a perfect cure for sea- sickness, though it makes the drinker very miserable for a few minutes after he takes the cure. The sailor who......
African Settlers Seem To Recognise The Advantage Of A...
medical training in fitting their clergy for their clerical duties. The newly elected Bishop of Blomfontein is the Rev. John Hale Hicks, a London University M.D., and also a......
Sir Lyon Playfair On Thursday Gave An Excellent Speech, Or
rather lecture, to his constituents in South Leeds, on the condi- tions of labour. He thinks workmen overrate the average profit on capital employed in industry, which is......
The London School Board Elections Come Off On The 26th
inst., and we are rather anxious as to their result. On the one hand, the mere cry for economy is both dangerous in itself as regards the quality of the education given, and too......
Mr. Goldwin Smith Has Been Delivering A Lecture In Which
he accuses the present British Government of Jingoism in resisting a closer connection between Canada and the United States. He desires that connection, and warns the Canadians......
Bank Bate, 4 Per Cent.
New Consols (2k) were on Friday 958.......
A Terrible Gale Visited The Island On Tuesday Morning, And
continued at intervals till Wednesday night. The barometer in London fell to 28.6 in., which is nearly, though not quite, un- precedented, and the damage done to hoardings,......
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