1 DECEMBER 1877, page 3

Mr. Bright Has Added A New Touch To The Effect

of kis speech on the Burials Bill. We quoted last week his words concerning the Quakers' burial-grounds,—" They have not been—what do they call it 7—consecrated," as an instance......

The Archbishop Of Canterbury Seems To Be Much Annoyed At

the statement of the Judges of the Queen's Bench that the Public Worship Act created a new jurisdiction, and that the judgments under that Act are not ordinary judgments of the......

Commodore Vanderbilt's Will Is In Court, After All. It...

that he left quite £20,000,000 worth of property behind him, and accumulated £19,000,000 of it on his eldest son, of whom in his life he spoke with grimly humorous contempt,—a......

The Little University Of St. Andrew's Has Followed The...

'of all the other Scotch Universities in electing a Liberal Lord Rector. The contest was between Lord Selborne and Mr. Grathorne Hardy, Lord Selborne obtaining 79 votes against......

The Head Of Clifton College, The Rev. J. Percival, Has

contri- buted a valuable letter to the Times on the discussion which he aptly terms " University Colonies,"—his object being to advocate the further extension of the plan......

Mr. Gladstone Has Delivered A Long Lecture At Hawarden On

the subject of Russians, Turks, and Bulgarians, which is not one of his happiest efforts. Its facts were new to his audience, but they are hardly new enough to deserve to be......

The Discussion As To Raising Owens College To The Statue

of a University still goes on, and Professor Holland, who suggested that it might be given a charter enabling it to grant degrees in medicine and science, delaying a similar......

The Birmingham School Board Hae Done A Good Thing In

making the humane treatment of animals a subject of direct teach- ing in the classes of its various schools. The truth certainly is that much, if not most, of the cruelty......

Consols Were On Friday 97* To 97-1-.

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