16 MAY 1868, page 2

The Eldest Son Of The Church Has Had To Decide

whether he would support a Marshal or an Archbishop, and of course he has thrown his sword into the soldier's scale. Monseigneur de la Vigerie, Archbishop of Algiers, desired to......

Nobody In This Country Cares Much Whether The Ruck Of

Directors in the Credit Mobilier are ruined or not ; they have eaten their cake, and must suffer the consequent indigestion. But the reputa- tion of M. Michel Chevalier as the......

Is The Duke Of Buckingham Going To Add The Trans-vaal

Republic to the British possessions ? It looks very like it. The brave, but cruel and half civilized Boers, who some years since marched out of our territory, bag and baggage,......

Mr. Corry's Exposition Of The Naval Estimates On Tuesday Was

chiefly remarkable for its breadth and lucid detail ; and the fact it made apparent that the Government had adopted to a great extent the naval policy suggested last year by Mr.......

The India House Has Drawn Up An Official Estimate Of

the cost of the Abyssinian Expedition. It will be about 5,000,0001., if Sir R. Napier leaves the country by 31st May, and 600,0001. more for every additional month, or say, five......

The Government Is Flinging Away Its Luggage Fast. The Lord

Chancellor announced on Monday that the Bankruptcy Bills were withdrawn ; the plan ?or absorbing the Telegraphs has been shelved ; and one, at least, if not both, of the India......

Mr. Disraeli Has Created His First Bishop. It Is Dr.

James Atlay, Vicar of Leeds, a High Churchman, but not a Ritualist, and a man with considerable reputation for organizing power. He was, we believe, one of the dozen or so of......

The Queen Laid The First Stone Of The New Hospital ,

of St. Thomas on the South embankment of the Thames on Wednesday. The ceremonial was performed in a pavilion erected for the occasion, before a select crowd of some 2,000......

Mr. Disraeli Loses No Opportunity Of Affirming That All His

efforts are directed to make an early dissolution feasible. The question is, therefore, debated whether the new constituencies can be elected before 1869. It is quite certain......

Lord Granville, While Presiding At The Session Of The Landon

University for admitting succ es sful candidates to degrees, made a pleasant speech on the proposal to grant diplomas to female students—which he approved, and alluded in......

The Select Committee Appointed To Inquire Into The...

of the House of Conainons has, it is said, finished its inves- tigation and decided on its report. It intends to recommend the construction of an entirely new House, to seat 569......

The Effect Of High Prices In Revealing New Sources Of

supply for any article of prime necessity has this year received a new illus- tration. We have, according to the Times, imported in one quarter 1,241;382 cwts. of wheat from......