... Tnx Warden of Merton, in Esi| comprehensive survey of Oxford during the last half century, de-w livered on Saturday to an audience of intelli- gent visitors, argued that the University was more fit than ever to meet the demands of a democratic and utilitarian age. We must be careful not to regard the terms as synony- mous. Utilitarianism has always been, in its exact significance, the creed of ...

... TMIS Ml tORNING'S NEW ?? S. Ounr \'Velnxer Csorrespondlent. ?? 7:1St n 41 it-. IOr ' ate that l aldy Sali islitiy ?? gainitt; oreutiid. Dr. Verrior, the 1 oi'n sitahi NS. who has tei-n iu attendance ?? on; ?? with Dr. Walker, thle fell.v filig ),ullet in: IAi .s;.sSi -'burr e* di;ng wvelllo - b erile s-ynip- t: 'eared Tlitor ht been reto-vcry oft ?? al7v a ceneral s rinlgl'. i S gt'od. lioral ...

... R. L. STEIAVENSON. AS PROFESSOR!IAL CANI)IiATE4. I1 A BRITISH 1AIJS1E1UM 'REASURE. Aongnn the, literary curiosities c aqirtedl F thle Britishl Milseuni doin the past year1, Ipv. tttunt I it, ilL t hot recently' publislicd OthticiIil return.ll spew ally unu InC ns Ii 0 1 us tUtI ill]m , given to Rhelent Tori isi S LAvenson oil hlis uatdnl jiuitro for the prnt'essorsloit of modarn huticy0 - ait ...

... e ALONE IN LoNDON. -Theatre Royal, Scarborough. I, AN EVIL LIFs.-Grand Theatre, Maidenbead. is AT DUTT'S CALL.-Royalty Theatre, Llanelly. - AT THE FOOT OF THE ALTAR.-Lyceum T., Newport. I. BANDMANN.PALMSIL MEs.-Pier Pavilion, Lytham. . BATEMAN, FRANK -Surrey Theatre. f BRACE OF PARTRIDGES.-Jubilee Hall, Weymouth. a BRIXTON BURGLARY.-Theatre Royal, York. e BROTHER OFFICBRS.-Weat Cliff Saloon, ...

... iTAIL OF THE CONFERENCR I THlE ARBITRATION TREATY. DILEGATES To SIGNT TO-DAY. ADHESIONT (QUESTIO'N HFELD OVER. (FROM05 OutM SPEe'lALtoaar~w's TIIE1 1A.kGTUE, Frida;y Night. After storm a cntnu Eglanttl has cousonted to po)stpone tie qcuestion of ithe conditions Vtl which outsidle Powers shall bo allowed to gitio int thir adhesion to the Arbitration Conivention. The t ltranronttanells have ...

... | I The Leieaster board of guardians ap- I peared in the Q~ueen's Bench before Jus- Itices Darling and Phillimore on bfriday to show causea why a mnandamus ehould, not issue calling on them to appoint a *vac- eination officer to fill a vacancy in the office vwhich oocurred Jast December through rssignation. The plea the gua'r. dian3 set up f'or non-appointment of a vaccination officer vwas ...

... ,1 The evolution of the old merry-go-round, with its e primitive cars sent circling through the medium of a F patient donkey, is a very wonderful thing. These e ancient machines have all but disappeared, and their e place is now taken by such sumptuous and clever o mechanical arrangements as seas on land, circular r switchbacks, huge revolving discs, and the rest. The latest invention, however ...

... THE cot NTY OtUNCIL FL THE. .ATHR 01? N0. 5, JOHN-I All ,in tlko an intczvst in tlheN' prolleml of -v- ?? I onl~ott ?? watceh wiith serious ,7o:1:%_t-he l Ih ettiolpt (o tho tow ttt Couneil to I : i't, lx be to a llouses. This reaches A tO'' T0 4'.. 'Inc adijounren strltlloits, to iC l C. - i'ipaiy to register These poor I ?? *5 * t;r Svlch thtev 3trt z Is colrallout ?? ?? C'onUes 0en tr ...

... THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN'S NEW LAINE. E The Stonres of i)erbyshire, if not so suggestive r as those Stones of Venice, which Mr. ?? ?? turned to such artistic advanta.ge, hav* always appealed very forcibly to the ymaster's a arch-abornjination '-the railway enginrer, for . to the latter carbon iferous Jimesterne ?? grit, coal measures, and ironstone are of mueh mmore economic vn:lue than ...

... ?? WESLEYAN CONFEREN-CE. I RI=tTAL3lM AND EDUCAflON. I CRYSTAL PA1,ACE SUNLDAY OPKNTNG-. The rc.toutaitive AiOuof the Wvesley-an Con- f, ferencet wtry con~tinuedk on Flnt-sday in weoyide' Chapel~', City-roadt undier th larsnii'of i-he prosidin:. theo Plew. F. W. Macdonatld. the does-- ig rhawAladrri- being givena by Mr. Thenme. Will- 9i Mr. I\. ?? i'erks, MLfP. wast s-eeiestcd to attend ti ...

... AGRIC1TTURE IN ESSEX. LADY WARWTCK'S SE'CONDARY SCHOOL. SPEECH BY SIRt JOH-N 0011L3T ROOM $1OR A REVOLUTION. fhe visitors frorn London who yesiterday no- COPted the 'oe~iIAtion of the Countess of Warwick to be present at tho annual prize distribuftion inl Connec~ttioi' with her Eieoorud'lny arid Te'chnical School. at Bigods5, in tlioe county of Essexl, were dol- lighted wtith all that they ...

... l - Is.-NsYAAL I Thre keen political excitement Thin resk O it becoming known that a fhinew days anO President Kinfer sent a letterto the Read tendering the resigna- tion of the I'residency of the Traneveal Ilon ow ngto the opposition ho en- Republter in dealing with the Dynamite monop)oly. As he had absented himself the sittings General Joubert and otherswai~ted onhim, and at their isnti- ...