The New French Ministry On Tuesday Read A " Declaration
" of policy to both Chambers. They commence by declaring that the Republican Government "already founded" has been " com- pleted " by the elections, and that "as power cannot......
News Of The Week.
Tr HE great debate of the Session came off on Thursday, and ended in a defeat of the Opposition by 805 to 200, an over- whelming majority. Mr. Disraeli having explained last......
Both Houses Of Congress Have Passed A Bill Reducing The
salary_ of the American President from £10,000 to it old figure of £5,000 a year, the reduction, of course, not to begin till next term. As the increased salary was only given......
Sir Stafford Northcote Took Upon Himself The Burden Of The
reply, and made a powerful party speech, hitting, however, rather at Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Lowe than Lord Hartington. He dwelt on the Indian side of the subject, showed that her......
The Week Has Been One Of The Stormiest For A
hundred years back. The westward-flowing rivers, already swollen by heavy rains and the great snow-storm of Sunday last, have been so arrested by the violent western gales, that......
