16 JANUARY 1886, page 3

Mr. Trevelyan Spoke At Croydon On Thursday, On Behalf Of

Mr. Sydney Buxton, who is courageously contesting that rather hopelessly Tory seat, vacated by the promotion of Mr. Grantham to the Bench. As Mr. Grantham got in by a majority......

It Is Stated That The New Bishop Of Manchester Is

to be the present Bishop of Melbourne, Dr. Ikloorhouse, a Bishop who for ten years has been very popular in his diocese amongst Noncon- formists as well as Churchmen. He is......

The Facts Now Proved As To The Condition Of The

bayonets supplied to the British Army are most disgraceful. During the recent operations in the Soudan, it was discovered that the bayonets in many instances bent when used ;......

We Regret To Announce The Death Of Sir George Udny

Yule. He was only an able Bengal Civilian of the older and more active type ; but he once did a wonderful thing. In 1858 he was a Commissioner in Bengal Proper, when three......

Paris Is In A Panic. M. Barreme, Prefect Of The

Eure, has been found murdered on a railway, ten miles from Paris. He had evidently been stunned by a blow from a life-preserver, then shot in the head with a small revolver, the......

Sir John Lubbock Then Gave His List Of The Hundred

books which seemed, on the whole, to be oftenest referred to by reading Englishmen as the most worthy to be read, excluding the books of living authors, and, with few......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

Consols were on Friday 100 to 1004 Zd.......

Sir John Lubbock Delivered An Interesting Lecture This...

at the Working-men's College, on "Books," remarking that while one of the greatest of the privileges of the present day is the easier access to books, this easy access results......