6 OCTOBER 1883, page 3

A Highly Alarmist Telegram From Hong Kong, Forwarded By The

China correspondent of;the New York Herald, was published in London on Thursday. The writer, who dates his message October 3rd, declares that the people of Canton are highly......

We Wonder Why Railway Servants, Of All Mankind, Are So

powerless to obtain decent treatment. The annual meeting of their representative body was held in Edinburgh on Wednes- day, and it was stated by several delegates that even......

The Social Science Congress Was Opened On Wednesday With , A

speech by Sir R. Temple, which is in itself a splendid example -of the first of Indian difficulties. Everything in India is on too -vast a scale,—classes are nations, cesspools......

The Rev. J. Wordsworth, Speaking On Thursday In The Church

Congress of the wide division now opening between the Church and the Universities, complains that wealthy mothers now fail to teach their children the elementary truths of......

Sir Stafford Northcote, Like Mr. Parnell, Has Invaded...

on Thursday he explained to the Conservatives of Bel- fast the reasons they have for distrusting the Liberal Government. They are briefly that this Government is not national,......

There Is Peace, But The Nations Are Growing More Suspicions

than ever. France and Italy are now "taking precau- tions" against each other. The Italian Government, having a large fleet, is beginning to fortify the island of Mad- dalena,......

Professor Dicey Has Attacked In The Times The Conduct Of

the- Victorian Government in refusing to allow the Irish informers to land at Melbourne, and the Agent-General for the Colony, Mr. Murray Smith, has replied, defending Mr.......

In The Meeting Of The Social Science Congress On Thurs-

-day, Dr. T. Clifford Allbutt, senior physician of the Leeds Infirmary, made a furious assault on competitive examina- tion. He believes that the children of much examined men......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent. Consols Were On Friday 100!

to 100i.......