21 DECEMBER 1872, page 3

1 Mr. Newdegate Is Delightful. He Is Perfectly Manly As

a poli- tician,—which can hardly be said of Mr. Whalley, who is apt to whine about his grievances,—and yet ho is as fresh and credulous as a child. At Rugby last week, Mr.......

It Is Hard To Understand The Tenacity Of The Opposition

made by the Times to Polar expeditions,—on the ground of danger to human life. We should have thought that was a proper question for the volunteers, but not for the public. 'rho......

Dr. Hayman's Reticence Is Immovable, And As We Have Strongly

condemned the Governors of Rugby for passing so severe a censure upon him without removing him, it is only fair to state that the reason for this indefensible middle course, as......

We Have Often Asked Why The English People Fixed Upon

5 per cent. as the national rate of interest, the just rental for money, than which any higher demand was extortionate and wrong, and have at last found an answer, at least......

We Have Received A Very Long Letter, For Which We

regret that we cannot find room, from " A Lay Member of the Minority " in the Oxford Convocation, of which the main view is that Oxford should not be a" battlefield of beliefs,"......

We Learn From A Letter Of Mr. Walter Morison, M.p.,

to the Times of Monday, that the experiment of Proportional Representa- tion just tried in Illinois has -worked admirably, and has worked admirably in the opinion of the Chicago......

An Interesting Meeting Was Held At Manchester On Monday, In

which both the Protestant and the Roman Catholic Bishops,—the one of Manchester and the other of Salford,—took part, to support " the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal......

It Comes Out That We Rather Need A Corrupt Practices

Bill for University Convocation votes,—at least, if the payment of travel- ling expenses by the competing parties be a corrupt practice. And undoubtedly it is a very unfair......

Consols Were On Friday 91i To 912.

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