1 JULY 1893, page 11

The Pontefract By-election Ended In The Return Of The...

by the narrow majority of 32,—Mr. T. W. Nussey receiving 1,191 votes, against 1,159 given for Mr. Elliott Lees, the Conservative. For ourselves, we bad ex- pected this result......

Yesterday Week, Dr. Clark Moved A Resolution In Favour Of

Home-rule for Scotland, which was seconded by Mr. Reid. The resolution was supported by Sir George Trevelyan in his private capacity, though he declared that the Government......

We Are Glad To Perceive That The Queen Has Appointed

Lord Hersehell, the present Lord Chancellor, to be Chancellor of the University of London, in succession to the late Earl of Derby. Lord Herschell is the first Chancellor who......

Those Who Are Interested In The Work Of Poor-law Schools,

—a daily increasing number, as we gladly acknowledge,— should attend next Wednesday afternoon the exhibition of the work of the girls who have been brought up in these schools......

The Times Published On Friday A Very Remarkable Letter On

the opium agitation. The writer, " Abdalla Meer All Dharamsi," a Mahommodan solicitor of Bombay, a Fellow of the Universityand a Justice of the Peace, gives his experience of......

Mr. T. W. Russell Then Moved His Amendment Declining To

fetter liberty of speech on a measure which creates a new Constitution for both Ireland and Great Britain, and affects prejudicially every subject of the Queen in these realms ;......

Lord Randolph Churchill, Speaking At Pontefract On...

a very happy point by saying that Mr. 'Gladatone's new financial resolutions would condemn Ireland to penal,—he meant, he said, "financial,"—servitude for six .years. This is,......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

New 'Consols (2!) were on Friday 984-.......