19 JANUARY 1895, page 3

At The Newmarket Petty Sessions On Tuesday, An Applica- Tion

was made on behalf of the Anti-Gambling League against the Stewards to the Jockey Club (under the Betting. Houses Act of 1853) for permitting betting in the rings or inclosnres......

On Wednesday A Very Important And Representative Depu-...

the Trade-Unions waited on Mr. Asquith and sub- mitted to him, item by item, a wide and far-reaching Labour programme. Mr. Woods, 34.P., demanded that the principle of a living......

The Cultnrkampf In Germany Has Come To A Final End,

the Reichstag having voted that the Jesuits shall be re- admitted into the Empire. There is some doubt whether the Federal Council will agree to this vote, Bavaria being most......

The "crisis" In Hungary Has Ended, As Usual, Without Any

particular consequences. Baron Banffy becomes Premier, with Dr. Wekerle's old programme, including two ecclesiastical Bills, and with a Ministry, said by the Times'......

• The Utter Recklessness Of Life In America, Of Which

Mr_ John Burns has recently been speaking, has been illustrated afresh by a frightful accident in Montana. It is, we believe, illegal to store explosives in railway stations,......

The Annual Report Of The British South Africa Company,...

on Thursday, shows that the railway-lines are gradually but surely creeping up the heart of Africa. Since the last Report, the line has been opened from Vryburg to Mafeking (one......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

New Consols (2 , 1-) were on Friday, 1041......

The Death Of Mr. Fronde, Regius Professor Of History At

Oxford, has been followed by that of Sir John Seeley, Regius Professor at Cambridge, which occurred suddenly on January 14th. Sir John Seeley first attracted attention by a......

No News Of Importance Has Been Received This Week From

the Far East, though the two divisions of the Japanese Army have combined after taking Kaiphing, and are now ready for the attack on Nenchang. It is believed that the Japanese......