5 MARCH 1870, page 3

The Universities Are Getting Anxious About Mr....

the University Tests' Bill. It was promised in the Queen's :Speech, and the delay is very likely due solely to the came .assigned,—the pressure of other Government business,—for......

The Question Of Amalgamating The Two Branches Of The Legal

profession, to which we have more than once alluded, has received fresh discussion in a pamphlet by Mr. C. T. Saunders, and the subject becomes all the more important from the......

A Large Body Of Merchants Waited On Lord Clarendon On

Monday to complain of the new treaty with China. They did not like the increase of 2- per cent. on imports, because they thought the local mandarins would still levy transit......

Mr. Torrens, The Member For Cambridge, Moved On Tuesday In

the House of Commons, a resolution "That in order to arrest the increase of pauperism, and to relieve the distressed condition of the working-classes, it is expedient that......

Jacob Spinass, The Swiss Porter Of Buecker's Hotel,...

of killing Cecilia Aldridge, a young prostitute, was on 'Thursday found guilty and sentenced to death. The case as :summed up by Baron Channell resolved itself in two......

The Governing Body Of Trinity College, Dublin, Has...

in favour of the abolition of all religious tests, and has transmitted a memorial to Mr. Gladstone in which they insist on the advantages of having young men of different faiths......

A Bill Has Been Introduced Into The Lords By The

Lord Chan- cellor, which received the fullest support from Lord Derby, for altering the law in relation to the allegiance and naturalization of British subjects. It proposes......

The American Senate Seems To Have A Prejudice In Favour

of honesty. The House of Representatives lately passed a resolu- tion advising an issue of £10,000,000 in greenbacks, that is, mulcting every creditor about 12 per cent. for the......

Consols Were On Friday Evening 92i- To 92k.

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