14 NOVEMBER 1874, page 2

The Master Of The Rolls, Sir George Jessel, Decided On

Tues- day that Epping Forest should never be enclosed. A year or two ago the forest was rapidly disappearing, the neighbouring lords of manors taking it bit by bit, when the......

The Berlin Government Seems To Have Made Up Its Mind

that, in ecclesiastical matters, war to the knife with Roman Catholics is the safest rule, for it has .even prosecuted some Westphalian ladies for presenting an address,—no......

The New Lord Mayor Of London, Mr. Alderman Stone, Was

sworn in on the 7th inst., and at the evening banquet took occa- sion to denounce the " West-end threatenings " the City had received. The Corporation, he said, had great......

Count Arnim Was Rearrested, And Again Sent To Prison, On

Thursday, to the great chagrin and perplexity of his family. The only charge against him in the indictment is said to be that he has made away with official documents. There is......

The Prosperity Of The United States Appears To Be Threatened

by a very serious danger. The New York Times brings , statistics to prove that the demand for railway sleepers, fences, and fire- wood is so great that the forests are coming......

The Fight For The Seat At Wenlock, Vacated By General

Forester's accession to the Peerage, was in part at least a fight between the families of Forester and Lawley ; but so far as it was political, the result has been a Liberal......

Lord Acton's Comment Is A Curious One. It Professes To

depre- cate Mr. Gladstone's anxiety on the ground that long before the Vatican Council, Rome had been guilty of authorising, not only gross interference with the Civil power,......

The British Government Appears To Have Decided That A Repre-

sentative at the Vatican, formal or informal, is no longer required, and Mr. Jervoise has been promoted to Lisbon. The measure might perhaps have been expected from this......

It Is Stated, "on Official Authority," That The General...

of the Italian elections has been most favourable to the Minghetti Government Out of the 500 Members of the Chamber, 356 are upon its side. The result of this, vote is of course......

Two Most Unexpected Pieces Of Intelligence Have Arrived...

this week. The Emperor, after threatening to drive the Japanese out of Formosa, buying an ironclad, and collecting an army at Amoy, has signed a peace, under which he agrees to......