15 JUNE 1895, page 3

We Have Always Taken The Deepest Interest In The "metro-

politan Association for Befriending Young Servants," and observe with pleasure that it will on July 4th celebrate the attainment of its majority by a festival at the Albert......

The Committee Of The London Library Are Asking For A

subscription of £5,000, on the ground that their collection of books has become of such magnitude as to be almost of national importance. They now possess one hundred and......

The Marquis Of Salisbury Made A Speech At The National

Society's meeting on Wednesday in favour of the Archbishops' Educational programme, discussed at length in another column. But his speech, though very hearty, was not very......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

New Consols (2!) were on Friday, 1061.......

The Tramp Question Was Discussed At The Local Government...

on Tuesday, when Mr. Shaw-Lefevre received a depu- tation representing over two hundred Boards of Guardians. Mr. Albert Pell, the well-known Poor-law expert, stated that......

Lord Acton Gave His First Lecture As Professor Of Modern

History at Cambridge on Tuesday. It was a very successful performance, full of thought and epigram, the brightness of which is often concealed by the exceeding condensation of......

The Week Has Witnessed A Very Interesting Race Between...

vehicles. The actual starting-place was Versailles, though the course was nominally from Paris to Bordeaux and back,—a distance of about seven hundred and fifty miles. The only......

The Pall Mall Gazelle Of Tuesday Draws Attention To The

report lately made by the assistant constructor of the United States Navy, in regard to the naval strength of England, France, and Russia. This very able and perfectly......