News Of The Week.
T HE French Elections were held on Sunday, and resulted, as M. Gambetta predicted, in a decided majority for the Republic. Of the 530 seats, more than 100 will not be filled......
This, Then, Is To Be The Reform, And The Money
gained is to be spent in paying the University Professors better, and in providing the University with better facilities for teaching. But what is to be the machinery of the......
The First Important Speaker In Reply Was Sir Stafford...
who, in a dull, but weighty speech, affirmed that Government knew it would have no right to vote, but trusted to influence the Company, which bad already offered to allow votes......
As Soon As The Result Of The Elections Was Known,
M. Buffet, who was rejected by four constituencies, and left without a seat, while M. Gambetta was returned by Paris, Marseilles, Bourdeaux, and Lille, and only defeated at......
Lord Salisbury Explained, On Thursday, In The House Of...
the scheme of the Government for the financial reform of Oxford. Cambridge is not to be dealt with at present, not till the Govern- ment proposal for Oxford has been......
The Debate On The Purchase Of The Suez-canal Shares Came
off on Monday night. Mr. Lowe opened the ball with a rather weak, because over-minute speech, in which he argued that the Shares had been purchased in an extravagant way, much......
