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The Decision Of The French Government On Mexican Affairs...

probably be taken about the 25th inst., when the final replies from Washington are expected 'to arrive. It is rumoured in Paris that Marshal Forey spoke his recent speech in......

The Jamaica Correspondent Of The Morning Star Se - Rit Home

a letter, published on Tuesday, which contains a very remarkable version both of the outbreak itself, and of the doings of Provost- Marshal Ramsay at Morant Bay after it. Of......

Mr. Childers On Monday Introduced, In A Speech Of A

quarter of an hour, a Bill which may prove of more importance than the lengthy discussions on the cattle plague. It permits the Com- missioners of the Public Works Loan to lend......

M. Desk's Address In Reply To The Speech From 'the

throne was laid before the Hungarian Diet on the 8th inst. It is polite, but very decided, a single idea being repeated in almost every sentence, thst Hungary is willing to come......

Dr. Fiddes, The White Physician Who Was Attending Mr. G.

W. Gordon before his arrest, has written a long letter to the Daily News on that matter. Our readers are aware that the evidence which the court-martial is said to have thought......

Mr. Cardwell On Thursday Had Just Time To Introduce, Without

a speech, his new Constitution for Jamaica. It is unfair to dis- cuss it before he has been heard, but it seems at first sight a half- hearted measure, much too like the one......

The Cattle-plague Returns Are Becoming Useless, Some 251...

again failed to send in their reports. According to the figures there has been no increase since the last accurate return, but we are not told if the 251 defaulters have been......

Lard Overstone Asked On Monday Whether Government In-...

compel railway directors to obey the law in the matter of issuing debentures. At present no purchaser can tell if the debenture lie is buying is legal or not. Lord Russell......

Sir George Grey On Tuesday Brought In A Bill For

the abolition of all oaths taken by members of Parliament excepting only the oath of allegiance. The Protestant oath contains absurdities, the member who takes it being......