The Election To Fill The Vacancy At Devonport Caused By
the death of Mr. E. J. C. Morton, took place on Wednesday, and resulted in the return of Mr. Lockie, the Unionist candidate, by a majority of 28 (Lockie, 3,785; Brassey, 3,757).......
We Should Be Sorry To Say Absolutely That Mr. Bowles's
inference must be the right one ; but if it is not, and Lord Cranborne was merely refusing to be " drawn " on general principles, we cannot say that he showed any very great......
Lord Balfour Of Burleigh Delivered An Interesting Speech...
education at Alloa last Saturday. The Scottish educational settlement of 1872, he contended, was conceived on broader, bolder, and better lines than that arrived at in England......
The Address Which Mr. Carnegie Delivered As Lord Rector, To
the students of St. Andrews University on Wednesday (a reprint of which is published by Messrs. Constable) has several points of interest. Without being in any way pro- found,......
We Are Glad To Note, However, That Mr. Carnegie At
the end of his address gave proper recognition to the fact that what makes a nation great, and keeps it so, is, after all, not a Steel Trust or a Beef Trust, but the spirit of......
The Scheme--discussed In Last Week's Issue Of The...
the purchase of a site for a new County Hall in the Adelphi was rejected by the London County Couneil on Wednesday by the casting vote of the Chairman. We have given our......
On Wednesday In The House Of Commons Mr. Gibson Bowles
asked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether a secret treaty existed between Great Britain and Germany ; and if so, whether his Majesty's Government proposed at some,......
Mr. John Morley Has Done A Most Generous Thing In
a very gracious way. He has decided to present the library of the late Lord Acton, which was given him by Mr. Andrew C arnegie, to the University of Cambridge. In a most......
Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.
New Consols (2i) were on Friday 93i.......