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Mr. Forster, In Presiding Ou Wednesday Over A Large Public

meeting at St. George's Hall, Bradford, in connection with the Luther Commemoration, described Luther as " the most courage- ous man, for both physical and moral courage, that......

The Difficulties Of The Historian Are Well Illustrated In...

dis- cussion in the Times on turtle soup. Sir Henry Thompson, who is an eminent authority on food and cooking, as well as surgery, writes to say that turtle soup is " never "......

Dean Cowie Is To Be Translated From Manchester To Exeter,

and to fill the Deanery vacated by the death of Dean Boyd. The appointment is a good one. Dean Cowie is, in the first place, a Senior Wrangler, and so considerable an authority......

The Dean Of Carlisle Has, It Appears, Been Offered The

Deanery of Manchester, but has not yet made up his mind to abandon his present sphere of work, so soon after he had entered on it. We trust, however, that he will accept the......

The Statement Of The Echo That Nearly All Mr. Gladstone's

ecclesiastical appointments have been of a High-Church character is not only false, but ridiculous. What do they think of Dean Bradley ? of Dean Connor ? of Dean Davidson ? of......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Oont.

Console were on Friday 101i to 102.......

From A Letter By Dr. Murrell To This Week's Lancet,

it appears that Dr. Sydney Ringer had no share in the responsibility for the experiments, of which we gave a brief account last week, on the poisonous effects of nitrite of......

Mr. Chamberlain Made A Most Able Speech At The Trinity

House on Wednesday upon the losses of British shipping. He quite acknowledged the failure of Mr. Plimsoll's Act, under which the losses have steadily increased. In 1882, the......

M. Tirard, The French Chancellor Of The Exchequer, Is.we...

not a safe financier. The French economists complain strongly of his budgets as concealing deficits, and he has now made to the Budget Committee a most insidious proposal. The......

A Most Regrettable Error Crept Into Our:reviews Last...

reviewer of Mr. O'Donovan's new edition of his book on Mery spoke iu feeling terms of the "premature decease" of the author, who is alive, and sending to the Daily News most......