20 JUNE 1891, page 3

The Threatened Muneepore Debate Came Off On Tuesday, In The

form of an address to the Crown for more papers, moved by Sir William Harcourt. In a speech so moderate and statesmanlike as to indicate that he feels the responsibilities. of......

The Elder Universities Have Been Conferring Their...

week, Cambridge on Tuesday and Oxford on Wednesday. At Cambridge, the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava was the most distinguished recipient of an honorary degree, Sir Alfred Lyall......

The Eightieth General Meeting Of The Members . Of The...

Society met in the Broad Sanctuary on Tuesday, to consider the Free Education Bill. The first objection urged to it was, that the Bill proposes to perpetuate the limit of 17s.......

In A Very Weighty Letter To Monday's Times, Miss Cobbe

points out that the inoculation experiments of which the sup- porters of the proposed equivalent in England for the Pasteur Institute make so little, often involve a frightful......

At Oxford On Wednesday, The Due D'aumale, Lord Hale. Bury,

Mr. Balfour, Professor Jebb, and Sir Donald Stewart were amongst the recipients of honorary degrees. Of these, Mr. Balfour was the most conspicuous, especially as the Regius......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

New Consols (21 1 .) were on Friday 95 to 95i.......

The New Bishop Of Lichfield Is To Be The Hon.

and Rev. Augustus Legge, Canon of Rochester and Vicar of Lewisham. He is, we believe, a moderate High Churchman, and a sensible and zealous man. The new Dean of Worcester is to......

The Government Were Beaten By A Small Majority Of Sixteen

(202 to 186) on.Thursday night, on the question whether the age for employing children in factories should not be raised to eleven. The textile industries, both as regards......