15 MAY 1875, page 2

The Tenant-right Bill Passed The House Of Lords On Thursday,

amidst a general chorus of approval, which at least proved that the great landlords do not think it will do them much harm. The Duke of Richmond was quite effusive in his thanks......

La Volonle", The Organ Of Prince Jerome Napoleon In Paris,

states, apparently on authority, that even if the Prince Imperial died, Prince Jerome would make no attempt to revive the Empire. Hereditary succession, it says, is dead in......

The Russian Government Has Concluded A Treaty With That Of

Japan by which the Southern half of the Island of Saghalien is conceded to St. Petersburg for ever. The whole island now be- longs to Russia. It is believed that it is full of......

The Army Exchanges Bill Passed Its Second Reading In The

Lords on Friday week by a majority of 137 to 60. The debate was on an exhausted subject, but it was a very fine one, and any one who wishes to understand both sides of the......

Mr. Richard, M.p. For Merthyr, Moved On Tuesday The...

of the Bishopric of St. Albans Bill, on the ground that it "increased and tended to perpetuate a class of political and ecclesiastical State officials, the existence of which......

Lord Salisbury Has Appointed The Duke Of Buckingham And

1 Chandes Governor of Madras. That is an opportunity lost. The Duke has held many posts with respectable credit, and ma administer the Southern Presidency fairly well, but he is......

Philanthropists Sometimes Get Not A Little Despotic. The...

Foreign Anti-Slavery Society thinks, what is no doubt true, that a coolie trade may degenerate into a slave trade, and that "native" interests in the West Indies, Mauritius, and......

Another Terrible Wreck Was Reported In London On...

'Schiller,' a steamer of 3,500 tons, belonging to the Hamburg Steamship Company, left New York on the 28th April, with 268 pas- sengers ands crew of 124 officers and men. On......

The First Act Of The French Assembly After The Recess

has been to prohibit any more partial elections. The object of this unusual and unconstitutional proposal is, of course, to prevent any in- crease to the Liberal benches, but it......

M. John Lemoinne, Political Editor Of The Dibats, And The

ablest serious journalist in France, has been elected to the Academy.......