We Deeply Regret To Record The Sudden Death On Monday,
at Coombe, in Surrey, of the Rev. James Baldwin Brown, the eminent Independent minister, at the age of sixty-three. He took his degree as a lad of eighteen among the first on......
The Leaders Of The House Did Not Rise To The
occasion. Lord Granville declined to acknowledge the inefficiency of the House, though he acknowledged that the rushes of Peers, who took no part in the business, to vote on......
Yesterday Week There Was A Curious And Instructive...
the House of Commons on the Bill for extending to the five exempted cities of Ireland the principle of Sunday closing. The Bill was talked out, and was talked out in great......
The Annual Meeting Of The Society For The Abolition Of
Vivi- section, held on Thursday, with Lord Shaftesbury in the chair, gave occasion to the .Daily News of yesterday to moralise deeply over the folly of talking of the rights of......
The Two County Elections Of The Week Have Not Been
favourable. to the Liberals, but have shown also that only a very languid, interest was taken by either party. They have shown, too, most of all, that to close a county poll at......
In Furtherance Of A Suggestion (which We Noticed At The
time) made by Mr. Fawcett early in this year, a meeting was held on Wednesday, at Grosvenor House, to urge upon the Government the expediency of instituting an inquiry, by a......
Dr. Hornby Is To Be The New Provost Of Eton,
after all. The delay has been so great, that we should think it likely that the 'Government must have wished to make some other and more original arrangement ; for the Public......
The Reform Of The Lords Has Been Mooted By A
Peer, and the Lords are startled. On Friday week, Lord Rosebery, in a speech brimming over with humour, eloquence, and knowledge of his subject, moved for a Committee of Inquiry......
Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.
Consols were on Friday 99i to 100 ad,......