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Mr. Shaw, The Old Leader Of The Home-rulers, Has Also

issued a manifesto to his electors, in the shape of a letter to the Bishop of Cloyno. It is an outspoken document. In it he declares that the managers of the" Irish party "have......

We Have Doubted Mr. Parnell's Astuteness On Many Points...

the last few weeks, but on none more than in parading to all the world his sympathy with M. Rochefort and M. Victor Hugo, and his hostility to any French statesman who, like......

The Debates In The Upper House Of Convocation Of The

Pro- vince of Canterbury last week on the proposal to ask for a Com- mission to inquire into the laws and Courts governing Eccle- siastical causes, and again, on the proposal of......

Merton College Has Made A Remarkable Choice For Its New

Warden ; it has elected the Hon. George Brodrick to that post, and it would be difficult to imagine a better choice. In Uni- versity politics, it is true, Mr. Brodrick is, to......

The Proposal To Admit The Students Of Girton And Newnham

to the Cambridge degree examinations, and to grant them certi- ficates of the manner in which they pass those examinations, is to be discussed next week in the Cambridge Senate,......

At An Anniversary Dinner Of The Royal Society Of Musicians,

held on Thursday week, and presided over by the Duke of Connaught, at which Prince Leopold was also one of the speakers, the American Minister (Mr. James •Russell Lowell) paid a......

Consols Were On Pi Iday 991 To 994.

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A Remarkable Murder Has Been Committed At Chathan,....

L. Roper, R.E., a young officer of high character and promise, left the mess in Chatham Barracks shortly after 8.25 p.m., and went to his quarters. Immediately after, Mrs.......

A Dinner Was Given By Lord Kimberley And The Council

of University College, London, on Wednesday, to a number of gentlemen distinguished in Literature, Science, and Art, at which Lord Sherbrooke delivered some acute remarks on the......