18 DECEMBER 1869, page 1

The Consecration Of Dr. Temple To The See Of Exeter,

and of Lord Arthur Hervey to the See of Bath and (Yells, will take place on December 21 (the Feast of St. Thomas), under a Com- mission from the Archbishop of Canterbury, issued......

Parliament Has Been Definitely Prorogued To February 8,...

will meet for the despatch of business.......

The Vatican Declares That The Spanish Archbishops And...

met in a national Council in Rome, and have agreed to support unanimously all the Pope's proposals, and, above all, the definition of Papal infallibility, and to solicit that......

News Of The Week.

THE rumours of modifications in the French Ministry come thick and fast, the latest being that one will be composed • of M. 011ivier, as Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Count......

'v The Editors Cannot Undertake To Return Manuscript In Any

case.......

The Figaro Has Committed Itself To A Statement Which, If

true, is of the first importance, to the effect that the Ambassador of France in Rome has been instructed to offer to the Pope an opinion and a practical remark. The opinion is......

It Seems To Be Pretty Well Understood In Paris That

all, or nearly all, the disputed elections are to be declared valid, even when, as in the case of M. Clement Duvernois, they have been carried by a lavish use of public money.......

By A Curious Coincidence, The Chapter Describing The...

Ephesus (Acts xix.), which was read on the corresponding Tues- day during the Hampden agitation in 1847, and of which the singular appropriateness was then observed by......

We Have Mentioned Elsewhere A Discrepancy Between The...

of our contemporary the Vatican as to the wish of the Pope to leave the choice of the various commissions and congregations entirely to the Council, and to waive his own claims......

Special Notice.—the Spectator For December The 25th...

be published at Half-Past Four o'clock on Friday Morning, the 24th inst. .411 Advertisements intended for that Number should be sent to the Office not later than Noon on......