5 MARCH 1887, page 3

Sir William Harcourt Publishes In The Times Of Thursday A

long-winded but most artful letter, intended to trip up the Government when it proposes to strengthen the law in Ireland. He tells the public that Lord Salisbury assented to the......

The Fishery Difficulty In Newfoundland Appears To Be A...

one. The French, under old treaties, have a right to fish on the Newfoundland banks, and do so. That is fair competition ; but the French Government, in order to foster their......

The French Are Busily Discussing A Plan For Making Alsace-

Lorraine a separate Principality. They say they would be con- tent with that, as there would then be a complete barrier of neutral States between them and Germany. The scheme......

Mr. Morley Remarked On The Comparative Indifference Be-...

literature, as compared with science and the more or less technical instruction which helps men in practical life, and he does not wonder at this. Men will more or less prefer......

Bank Hate, 4 Per Dent.

Consols were on Friday 1001 to 100/.......

The Master Of Balliol Sent An Interesting Letter To...

Times on the claims of the great town Colleges to share in the Education Grant. His argument is that these Colleges,—like the Liverpool, Bristol, and Nottingham University......

Mr. John Morley Delivered An Address On The Study Of

litera- ture to the students of the London Society for the Extension of University Teaching, last Saturday, in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House, the Lord Mayor being in......

Mr. Frederic Harrison Took The Chair At The Annual Meeting

of the Social and Political Education League, in the Holborn Town Hall on Wednesday, and delivered a warm enlogium on the principle that all the lectures of the League should be......