8 APRIL 1882, page 3

A Very Strong Feeling Is Expressed In Ireland In Favour

of finding new resources for the scholarships and prizes distributed to the middle-class girls' schools, instead of taking from the boys all that is needed for the girls. Mr.......

Professor Barff Gave Last Week, At The Meeting Of The

Society of Arts, a very interesting account of a new antiseptic, which will, according to the evidence, preserve animal or vegetable food perfectly fresh for many months......

The Revenue Accounts For The Year Show That Mr. Gladstone's

Budget estimate was below the mark of the actual returns. The Chancellor of the Exchequer provided for a surplus of £295,000. Practically, if the expenditure has not exceeded on......

Consols Were On Thursday 101: To 101.1.

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The Discussion On The New Education Code Which Preceded Mr.

Mandella's statement on Monday night, was a very mis- cellaneous and vagrant one. Sir John Lubbock was, as usual, opposed to the limitation which prevents School Boards from......

The Convict Lamson Is Respited Till The 18th Inst., The

Presi- dent of the United States having made a request that the British Government should consider the new evidence which he is sending over to this country. Sir William......

The Record, Formerly Tri-weekly, Appears This Week As A...

paper only. That is a curious sign of the great change which has passed, not only over the Church of England, but over orthodox religious opinion in the country. It is not......

We Observe With Pleasure That In The Liberal Meetings Which

are taking place in the provinces, a good deal of attention is devoted to the dead-set made by the Tories against Mr. Glad- stone personally, and especially to the unprecedented......

Miss Gilbert, Daughter Of Bishop Gilbert, Of Chichester...

founded in 1856 an association for promoting the general welfare of the blind, by giving them employment in the workshops of the institution at 28 Berners Street, or at their......

Mr. Mundella's Educational Statement, Though Delivered At...

hour, and necessarily much shortened by the late- ness of the hour, was extremely interesting and encouraging. The average attendance in the day schools had been 2,863,000,......