... Cjbe Mail about SToton. There was much good humour manifested at the Women's Suffrage Meeting on Wednesday evening at the Assembly-rooms of the Town-hall. In accordance with the announcement that I had made, Miss Jenner appeared on the platform and delivered an address. It was a happy thought of hers that the proceedings might fitly be concluded by the singing of the National Anthem. And the ...

... BY A PURITAN PEXN. rll-e do not necessarily hold ourselves responsible for the opinions which our correspondent expresses.—Ed. S. TV.E.I t Contillued ) If this succession could be traced, its history would furnish many amusing anecdotes; Eusebins gives a very diverting account of the election of Fabian. Whei the people were assembled to choose a Bishop, they observed a dove to settle upon ...

... In the House of Commons, yesterday, on the vote of 2500,000., the first instahnent of the grant in aid of the Government of India towards the expenses of the Afghan war, Mr. GLADSTroNs proposed that England should aid the Indian Exchequer to the extent of £R5,0Q0,000. This sum would be raised by converting the advance of two millions into a grant. The other £3,000,000. would be a vote in aid ...

... In the House of Lords yesterday, the Protection of Person alnd Propertv (Ireland) Bill was read at first time. The second4 reading was fixetd for to- t day, and tho comllmittee anld third readlincg for ( Wednesday. Tl'lie Earl of KIMBsERIEaY, ill reply to C a question, said hle bad no informattionl to give. bleyond that which had already app~eared in the newspap~ers w ith reference to the ...

... THEL EVACUATION OF CANDAHAR. AIIMTINGN - T bold in Ills Town Hall, toai preotest agahnot the evackiation of Canelabar, There wasI o oe1stricanee buit thle [tall wais by Lo ltOC Codd C a, good V- no nicans crovded.i`C Mr., J. S.'fopklcs (Chairman of thle Biriniinflbatss Coneerovet- El tire Aisotcietioti) presided, end isutonst those presen-t lb. where thle Esrl of Dmnraven, Cooniel F, Ilrrnaby, ...

... %,.eMg1a! 0lXX, E g AND JOURNAL, TUESDAY, 1MIARCH 29, 1881. NEWS OF THE DAY. The Lords sat for only half an hour yesterday, and the business transacted was of a purely formal character. In the HIouse of Commons, yesterday, Mr. GRANT Dury, in answer to a (question, endorsed the correetne.ss of the roport, published yester- day, tltt there had been six hours' inde- cisive fightillg with the ...

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... FUNERAL OF ALEXANDER, IL The correspondent of the Standarrl, describing the pro- teesdisge at the funeral of the late Czarl on Sumay, yae: Byten o'clock the buihling svas filled by a die- tieisisedl assemblage of persons who were privilegc( to wviniess the impressive ceremony. A portion of the edifice ess, however, reserved for the Imperial mourners and th1ose Princes who overo to represent ...

... The monthly meeting of this Board was held on Wed- nesday evening, at the Board Offices, Lime Grove, Moseley .Road l Mr. Parsons ?? Medical Officer (MIr. J. Darvven) reported that during the month of Feb- ruary there wvere 70 births in the Board's district, repre- sentineg a birth-rate of 50 per 1,000; and 23 deaths, at the rate of 12-9 per 1,000, against 123 in the corresponding month of last ...

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... II -a I I . I -lt j of Wales *'as last night tUil-IP mously elected Grand Master of tci Ezillisl Free- iax masotns for thie ensuing lear. tI Ir. Eidson Benctt, president of the College of Surgeons, received the honour oa ?? Ves- tl terday afternoon at Windisor Catle. tel The Queen helad a Council t'estprdev, the Mini_- Er ter3 present being E 4'rl 0, .I1 I Sy(h ey. IndItO the Right Ron. Jdrhn ...

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