On Friday Week, At A Special Meeting, The London County
Council considered the Report of the Licensing Committee. The chief struggle was over the Empire Theatre, where the Committee recommended the grant of a license subject to the......
New Zealand Has Been Afflicted By A Great Shipping Disaster.
An inter-Colonial steamer, the Wairarapa,' a ship of two thousand tons, was sailing from Sydney for Auckland, when, on the night of October 27th, she struck on Great Barrier......
The Nominations For The London School Board Elections...
made this week, though it is hoped that on Tuesday a good many withdrawals may be announced so as to attenuate the waste of competitive energy. The elections, when they come......
The Reception Of M. Francis Kossuth In Budapest Is Re-
garded as an incident of some importance. He has gone there from Italy to reside ; and on October 28th was welcomed by large crowds of citizens and some twenty Members of......
Mr. Griffith Boscawen Does Good Service By Calling...
Wednesday's Times to a speech on the Navy, made by Mr. Thomas Ellis, the chief Gladstonian Whip, at Atherton, on October 22nd, After accusing the Duke of Westminster and other......
The Momentous Question, Why Do Cats Always Fall On Their
feet? has been asked and answered by the French Academy of Sciences, after many experiments and much instantaneous photographing of cats in the air. M. Maurice Levy gave . a......
On Tuesday Lord Rosebery Received The Freedom Of The City
of Bristol, and unveiled a statue of Burke, presented to the town by Sir W. H. Wills. In accepting the freedom Lord Rosebery sang the praises of the Town Council as against the......
The French Chamber On Tuesday Passed A Highly Charac-...
vote. It is a cardinal principle with Continental democracy that election by universal suffrage acts as bap- tism was once supposed to act,—wiping out all previous sins. A man......
Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent. New Consols (2i) Were On
Friday, 1O1i.......