15 FEBRUARY 1873, page 2

The European Event Of The Week Has Been The Abdication

of the King of Spain, which has been carried out with a kind of theatric promptitude. Amadeo gave his people less notice than a groom gives his master. On Saturday he told S.......

It Is Not Probable That This Order Will Be Maintained,

though it may be, for it was maintained under Prim, and the Princes are rushing to seize the vacant prize. Don Carlos, it is expected, will take the field in person ; Alfonso......

The Friesian Parliament Is Greatly Interested By A Very...

scandal. Herr Laeker has asserted in his place that persons in office, naming specially Privy Councillor Wegener, have sold railway concessions, and demanded a public inquiry.......

After Mr. Bruce's Statement, Mr. Vernon Harcourt Let Off The

long-primed gun he had loaded for Mr. Ayrton's benefit. His speech was certainly clever, but inaccurate. He was safe while he kept to making fun of the Park rules, of which he......

Mr. Bruce Produced On Monday His New Park Rules Over-

riding Mr. Ayrton's. No address is to be delivered, except in the part of Hyde Park "which is bounded by the horse-road running from the Marble Arch to Victoria Gate, and thence......

The President Of The Board Of Trade Has Brought In

a very dull 'but, as we suspect, very important Bill, to prevent the great carrying companies, railways, and canals from worrying each other and the public. Those companies are......

Under The Ballot The Liberals Were Horribly Beaten In Liver-

pool, and there was, too, a very great deficiency in the number of voters, though apparently a larger vote than in 1868. In 1868 the numbers were as follows :-- Mr. Graves......

The Strike In South Wales Continues, And The Distress Is

said to be terrible. A compromise has been suggested which has been eagerly accepted by the men, but the masters are not willing to listen to anything but unconditional......

Mr. Forster Moved For And Obtained A Committee On Tuesday

to inquire into the working of the Endowed Schools' Act, with a view to renewing it for next year,—Mr. Miall making a speech in favour of putting a Nonconformist on the new......