15 JANUARY 1876, page 3

The Athenaeum States That A Poem Has Been Forwarded To

London from India, and will shortly be published, in which the author, a Canarese scholar, not only apostrophises the Prince of Wales as an Avatar, but declares that he shall......

What Tact Some Of These Irishmen Have ! Mr. Pope

Hennessy, the new Governor of Barbadoes, has had, like every other Governor, to receive an address from the Bishop and his clergy. The address was presented, and as it asked......

It Would Appear That Women Have Always Had A Legal

right to obtain a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons authorising them to practise in midwifery. The College has been advised that a clause in its Charter was expressly......

One Of The Many Difficulties Which Will Beset Any Attempt

to elect the House of Commons by equal electoral districts is the size of London. There is no principle, except the historic one, on which London can be refused a representation......

Mr. E. Carleton Tufnell, Inspector Of Schools, Objects...

to the replacing of the ' Goliath ' and Warspite.' He says ships for training-schools are a mistake altogether. They have not room enough, are badly adapted for sanitary pur-......

Mr. C. S. Read Made A Speech At Harleston On

Wednesday, avowedly in answer to the Spectator's article upon his retirement. He was good-natured enough, though evidently hurt, but as he stated that he had entered the......

Aft -characteristic Of Him. It Was His Chief Amusement...

his last illness to muse over a collection of the cat icatures of himself which had been published during his reign and after his fall. The writer thinks he was so miserable,......

A Little Light Upon The Liquor Question. At A Meeting

of the Church of England Temperance Society, held at Liver- pool on Tuesday, and addressed by the Archbishop of York, it was mentioned by speaker after speaker that there was......

Meetings Against The New Slave Circular Are Being Held All

over the country, but the speakers all make the mistake into which Mr. George Dixon has fallen at Birmingham. He says the Government, instead of reminding Naval officers that......

Consols Were At The Latest Data 931 To 93f.

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