15 AUGUST 1868, page 2

Dr. Jackson, An Aged And Most Influential 'wesleyan...

addressed a letter to Conference declaring that the reunion of the Connexion with the Established Church, which forty years ago was considered probable and expedient, has now......

La Lanterne, The Biting Little Paper Edited By M. Rochefort,

has been seized in Paris, and its editor, already sentenced to four months' imprisonment for an assault under extreme provocation, has retired to Brussels. The seizure we do not......

"s. G. 0." Writes To The Times To Say That

the great cause of the unpopularity of sermons is "pulpit cowardice." The clergy are afraid, he says, to speak to the educated and the rich as they speak to the poor and rough.......

The Telegrams Still Constantly Mention Disturbances In...

A ragon is troubled by bands of insurgents, and troops have been sent in pursuit. Local movements of that kind come to little, but it is affirmed that the rural and civic guard......

There Has Been A Demonstration In Paris To Which Some

sig- nificance is attached. The Prince Imperial was invited to preside at the annual distribution of prizes to the students of the Lycees, and one prize fell to young Cavaignac,......

A Telegram From New York Of The 12th Inst. Announces

the death of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, the leader of the extreme section of the Radical party. As a consistent and sincere abolitionist, a determined foe to secession, and the best......

Baron Beast Seems, In His Final Speech To The Riflemen

assembled at Vienna, to have laid down moral conquest as the programme of Austria. He disclaimed, on her part, any intention to "intrude" in the affairs of Germany, but "no......

Lord Napier (of Magdala) Has Taken Advantage Of A Public

dinner given him by the Corporation of Welshpool, to contradict the report that he had deceived Theodore. He never deceived him, having never altered his terms, which were the......

It Has Been At Length Decided For The First Time

that "picketing" is an offence against the criminal law. Three stonemasons accused on this charge at Leeds have been found guilty, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment.......

M. C. Potier, Barrister, Of Paris, Has Published A Pamphlet

analyzing the result of French elections. In 1866 there were in the 89 departments of France 9,975,615 registered electors, of whom 5,354,779, or a clear majority of all......

The "dead-lock In Victoria" Has Complicated Itself A...

The Ministry not choosing, under instructions from England, to propose the grant to Lady Darling, except in a separate Bill, the Legislative Assembly has passed a vote of want......

The Times Has Made An Effort To Revive The Discussion

about the proper length for holidays, by publishing a letter from Mr. Samuel Tolfrey, who complains that, owing to the " dishonest " example of Eton and Harrow, fathers now have......