The School Board Of London Have Carried, By A Majority
of 32 to 10— or, to speak more strictly, that was the majority against the amendment to refer back the report to the Committee for reconsideration—a report in favour of......
The News From The Cape Is Not Pleasing. The Zulu
King re- fuses altogether to make up the quarrel forced on him by the Transvaal Republic, and declares that he and his 50,000 warriors will destroy President Burgers and all his......
Thereupon Lord Penzance, In An Exceedingly Temperate And...
after insisting on the fact that no attempt had been made to enforce Mr. Tooth's obedience to the prin- ciple laid down in the Purchas Judgment, and that on the other points Mr.......
We See With Pleasure That At The Same Conference A
very strong objection was raised to the principle that the examination and inspection of schools should be carried on entirely by external examiners and inspectors. That the......
A Very Curious Statement Reaches The Times From Delhi. It
is said that the Viceroy's salute, formerly one of twenty-one guns, has been raised to thirty-one guns. The great chiefs, therefore, who have been honoured with twenty-one guns......
The Accounts From Southern India Are Very Bad Indeed. Lord
Carnarvon, in a despatch dated January 12, and intended to- recapitulate all the facts, declares that the drought covers a terri- tory of 80,000 miles in Madras and 54,000 in......
The Exact Results Of The German Elections Are Still Unknown,
as sixty-six second ballots are necessary, but it is certain, as stated elsewhere, that three-quarters of a million of electors have voted for Socialists, that the Ultramontanes......
A Sketch Of The Constitution Of China Has Been Forwarded
to us, obviously by some very well-informed hand, which contains something quite new—an estimate of the actual revenue of China. It is believed to amount to £25,000,000, raised......
Yesterday Week Was Opened A Teachers' Conference, In The-...
of the Merchant Taylors' School, Charterhouse Square, and the conference was addressed on the first day by Dr. Lyme Playfair, who exhorted the teachers to organise their......