13 MAY 1876, page 2

M. Ric*, The French Minister Of The Interior, Whose Death,

we regret to see, was reported on Friday evening, has addressed circulars to the Prefects directing them not to refuse or suspend the right of public sale of books or journals......

It Looks Very Much As If We Should Have Another

African war on hand. That execrable tyrant, the " King " c f Dahomey, was not at all alarmed by the fate of his neighbour, the King of Ashantee, who, he said, had suffered no......

The Khedive Has Cut The Knot Of His Finance By

" unifying " all his debts—the public debt, the floating debt, and the Daira or - private debt—into one consolidated stock, at 7 per cent., issued at different rates, in......

Mr. Baillie Cochrane Raised A Debate On Friday - Week On

the progress of Russia in Central Asia, and especially her conquest of the Khanate of Khokand. His idea is that Russia will take Merv, that she will then be too near Herat, and......

Mr. Childers, Who Spoke, However, When The House Was Empty-

ing for dinner, made the most conclusive, though the calmest . speech of the evening. He showed that under the usages- - of the Colonies, the full title would be used in all the......

The Conference Of The Russian, Austrian, And German Chan-...

called at Berlin to consider Turkish affairs, commenced on Tuesday. Prince Gortachakoff, Count Andrassy, and Prince Bismarck are all attended by the permanent heads of their de-......

But The Temper Of The House Was So Adverse To

anything but personalities, that while the vapid declamation of Dr. Kenealy and Sir Robert Peel was heard with enthusiasm, Mr. Osborne Morgan could not get a hearing at all, and......

The Irish Peers Have Made A Grand Coup For Themselves.

Lord Inch iquin recently introduced a Bill to forbid the creation of more Irish Peers, to seat four more representative Peers, to introduce the minority principle, and to allow......