15 JANUARY 1870, page 1

News Of The Week.

T HE French Empire has been struck by a thunderbolt from the blue. Everything was going on excellently, when it pleased Prince Pierre Bonaparte, a son of Lucien and member of......

A Petition Has Been Drawn Up And Circulated Amongst The

Bishops of the Council earnestly requesting the Council " in explicit words, which may shut out all room for doubt, to sanction the final (supremam) and therefore infallible (ab......

M. Emile 011ivier Has Behaved Admirably In The Affair. He

arrested Prince Pierre at once on his own authority, sent him to Mazes, and with the consent of the Emperor summoned the High Court of Justice, which alone can take cognizance......

The Event At Auteuil Is The More Untoward Because The

new Ministry was reaping golden opinions. It had superseded M. Haussmann and some twenty " devoted " Prefects, had warned the remainder not to interfere in elections, had......

There Is No Prima Facie Reason To Believe That The

High Court will not do justice. It is far less liable to illicit influence from the Throne than an ordinary Court ; its jury, which is very large, being composed of men selected......

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The Tablet, Which Of Course Represents The Ultramontane...

the matter, asserts that the opposition to the dogma will not number 1 in 7 or 8, whilst not 1 in 100 will venture to oppose the dogma on its merits rather than on the question......