30 NOVEMBER 1867, page 3

We Omitted To Mention Last Week That The University Of

London has asked for, and accepted, a new charter, empowering it to test the education of girls. At present the test is to be applied only to what may be called the school......

The Discussion In The House Of Lords On Thursday Night

with respect to these workhouse-hospital horrors was anything but satisfactory. Lord Devon was certainly apologetic, and in moving for returns of some of Dr. Edward Smith's......

Mr. Sclater-booth, In Reply To Mr. Goschen Last Tuesday, In-

timated that the Clifton and Bedminster Union Workhouses needed no inquiry,—at least, " as at present advised," the Poor Law Board did not intend to institute any special......

The Closing Prices Of The Leading Foreign Securities...

on Friday week are subjoined :- Friday, Nov. 22. Friday, Nov. 29. Spanish Passives ... 211 2 41 D o. Certificates ............... 171 ... 19 Turkish 6 per Cents., 1818 ... 69 f......

Oxford, The Pot-boy Who Shot At The Queen Twenty-seven Years

ago, and who was locked up as a lunatic in Broadtnoor, has been released, on condition that he leaves the country. He was pro- bably sane, though with a brain diseased by a......

Lord Portman Presented Yesterday Week In The House Of Lords

a petition from certain persons in the diocese of Salisbury, com- plaining that the Bishop of Salisbury had embodied in his late Charge doctrines as to the real objective......

The Apothecaries' Hall Have Withdrawn,—we Do Not Know How •

they make out their legal power to withdraw,—from examining women for their diploma. Mrs. Thome wrote recently to the Church Daily News to state that she had applied in vain for......

Archdeacon Wordsworth Preached Last Sunday In Westminster...

of " the punishment of death for wilful mur- der," but he took as his text, " 1Vhoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed," which certainly, in its context, does......

Yesterday And On Friday- Week The Leading British...

off at the annexed quotations :- Groat Eastern... Great Northern ... Great Western ... Lancashire and Yorkshire London and Brighton London and North-Western London and......

The Consol Market Has Been Rather Active This Week, And

prices have steadily advanced. On Monday, Consols, for money, were done at 94k, t, and 93k, f, ex div. for the account ; yesterday they closed at 941, -1 r , and 931, I......