12 DECEMBER 1874, page 1

For The Seventh Time Within Twelve Months A Seat Is

vacant for Stroud. After a trial in which Mr. Brand's agents were accused of buying votes, and the petitioner was charged by counsel with buying evidence, Mr. Baron Pigott......

President Grant's Annual Message To Congress Was...

7th init. According to a very imperfect summary for- warded by cable, the President is hostile to Spain, stating that the " offences " of that country in the matters of the 4......

The French Assembly Is About, It Is Stated, To Adjourn

on the 19th inst. for twenty-one days. The reasons assigned for this unusual delay of business are that Parisian tradesmen want to get quietly through their traffic on New......

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NEWS OF THE WEEK T HE trial of Count Arnim has begun, but we have not as yet the means of judging in any degree of the nature of the defence. It is clear that if he has not......

On The 5th Inst. Prince Bismarck Defended The Abolition Of

the post of Envoy to the Vatican, by alleging that the war of 1870 had been brought on by the Pope and the Jesuits, who overbore Napoleon III. when he was hesitating—as if......

It Was Supposed Last Week That Marshal Serrano Was On

his way- to the North with a large army, and that the Carlists were in straits, an idea confirmed by a letter from the Bishop of Urgel abandoning the Carlist cause, but the......

German Affairs Have Indeed Occupied The Week. Besides The...

trial, there have been two debates of importance in the German Parliament. The first was raised by Dr. Jiirg, leader of the Bavarian Catholics, who complained that the Foreign......