17 MARCH 1866, page 2

The New York Herald Publishes Some Statements About...

said to be the oldest man in the world, which if that journal were a little more trustworth y would .he of great interest. It states that the record of his baptism in 1725......

A Deputation Of The Graduates Of The Queen's University Was

-received by Earl Russell on Saturday, and repeated the usual arguments against the grant of degrees through that Uni- versity to scholars educated in exclusively Catholic......

The Government Proposal For Members' Oaths—the...

an oath of allegiance - for all others, - was carried on Thursday by a majority of 236 to 222. The Ministry made, how- ever, one concession, extending the oath-so as to cover......

The Accounts From The South Of The Cruelties Practised...

the 'freedmen are terrible. From Mississippi and Alabama inde- pesieleut reliorts sassed:that freedmen are continually shipped off as slaves -and -sold -to • Cuba, the revised-......

The Real State Of Feeling In The United States Concerning

the President's vetoof the Bill for protecting the freedmen must not be judged from the prejudiced reports of the Times' correspondent. He writes, for instance, on the 3rd......

The Settlers In - New Zealand Are Getting Rid Of The...

and prospering in their work almost in proportion 'as they get rid of them. General • Chute has taken 'another pals, and inflicted a severe defeat on the fanatics. He appears to......

The Relations Between Prussia And Austria Continue...

insisting that the fate of the Duchies shall be settled, and the Kaiser quietly declining to settle it. The attitude Of Prussia is, if possible, rather more insolent and rather......

Lord Cranborne Made An Able Speech After His Kind—clear,...

and inciaive, against the Bill. His point was that if the Bill passed the working class would have the absolute control of 133 seats, and when the redistribution was complete......

It Is Stated That Stephens Has Escaped To America,...

ing the Brotherhood to avoid collision with the authorities. That is possible, and it is also.possible, and more likely, that the story has been set afloat to deceive the......

The Returns Of The Cattle Plague For The Week Ending'march

3rd show a considerable. reduction in the seizures, only 8,591 cases being reported against 10,167 in the previous week. This is after' adding the cases which ought to have been......

Cardsvell Has Recalled The Governor Of 'victoria. The...

that colony, as our readers are aware, has been for months in conflict with the Legislative Council, and the quarrel has gone so far that the nominee House refused to pass the......