19 DECEMBER 1868, page 2

We Are Told By The Provincial Papers,—and We Have Been

led to believe that the report is true,—that the Queen did one of those supremely gracious acts with respect to Mr. Bright's acceptance of office by which from time to time she......

Five Advowsons Were Offered For Sale On Tuesday By The

Duke of Norfolk's trustees, who have just subscribed 110,000 towards a Catholic Cathedral in Westminster. One living yielded 2792 a Tear, another £815, a third £200, a fourth......

Mr. Gladstone Has Issued His Address To The Electors Of

Greenwich, asking for re-election. He says that the complete preoccupation of his time and thoughts with his new duties "do not leave" him "the usual opportunities of appearing......

The Rumour, Which Early In The Week Seemed Ahnost Authentic,

that Lord Mayo's recall had been decided upon, and that Lord Salisbury had placed his services at the disposal of the Government for the Governor-Generalship of India after Sir......

A Curious Correspondence Has Been Sent To The Times By

Lord Cairns, which, though it assuredly establishes the rashness and inaccuracy of Earl Fortescue's language in a recent after-dinner attack on Lord Cairns the other day at......

A Rumour, Traceable In Part To That Faithful Daily Retainer

of the Record's, the Morning Advertiser, and partly credited by the Record of Wednesday, but not by the Guardian, a much better authority, has got about to the effect that the......

The Hungarian Diet Was Closed On The 10th Inst., In

a speech from the throne, which was received with enthusiastic cheers. The King declares that the work of three years has been successful, that the constitution of Hungary is......

Mr. Ayrton, Secretary To The Treasury, Had To Represent The

Government in the House of Commons on Tuesday, which he did, according to all accounts, with a good deal of tact and dignity. There was a debate whether or not Mr. Goschen's......

Count Von Bismarck Has Admitted That War Was Very Near

at hand in the autumn. He was proposing a Bill to sequester the property of the ex-Elector of Hesse Cassel, who, he said, grew more hostile as war seemed nearer. "I must here......