10 MAY 1884, page 3

The Meeting Of The Wordsworth Society On Thursday Was...

by a very thoughtful address from the President for the year, Mr. J. Russell Lowell, the Minister of the United States, who, sticking to his constant rule, indulged in no eulogy......

A Meeting Held On Thursday At St. James's Hall To

express the indignation of the country at what General Gordon terms his abandonment by the Government, with Earl Cadogan in the -chair, was remarkable for nothing but violence......

The Lord Mayoi Gave A Dinner To The • Chancellor

of the University of London and the President of University College, London,—Lord - Granville and Lord Kimberley,—on Wednesday, to which most of the members of the Senate of the......

The Annual Dinner Of The Royal Academy Was Held On

Satur- day, and attended by the usual crowd of representative men. The speeches, with the exception of one by Dr. Farrar, which was both- eloquent and graceful, were not as good......

Bank Rate, 24 Per Cent. • Consols Were On Friday

1011 to 1011.......

A Most Unintelligible Marine Disaster Is 'reported This...

Atlantic steamer State of Florida' was on the night of April 18th, in lat. 49° N:, and long. 36" 30' W., about 1,200 miles from Ireland, with 167 passengers and crew on board.......

A Correspondent Of The Times Furnishes A Vigorous Sketch Of

Abdarrahman Khan, the Ameer of Afghanistan, whom he describes as an active and physically strong man, though with the usual Asiatic dislike for objectless exercise. He lives......

It Was Announced Late On Friday Evening, The 2nd Inst.,

that the Oriental Bank had closed its doorri. This Bank possessed a capital of £3,000,000 nominal, and £1,500,000 paid up, and a Charter limiting its liability, and till about......