22 FEBRUARY 1873, page 2

The Federal Council Of Switzerland Have Put Forth An Exceed-

ingly able Note in reply to the Papal Allocution naming Mon- seigneur Mermillod Vicar Apostolic of Geneva, in which they say they have always claimed the right of determining in......

Mr. Hinde Palmer On Wednesday Introduced .a Bill To Amend

the Married Women's Property Act, or rather to extend it, by the " reintroduction of all the clauses struck out by the Lords in 1870." The Lords cut that Bill down to a mere......

The First English County Election Under The Ballot Will Be,

as we expected, for Mid-Cheshire. Colonel -Cornwall Legh has re- signed, and the group of families who control Mid-Cheshire have chosen Lieutenant-Colonel Egerton Leigh to......

The Prussian House Of Representatives Has Elected Herr...

of the Committee of Investigation into the alleged Railway frauds. The.inquiry will therefore be thorough, as indeed the King evidently desires it to be. He personally requested......

The Price Of Coal, In London At Least, Appears To

have turned, the fall this week having been about 4s. all round, bringing the high-priced coal down to 48s. This price will not relieve the distress, which in many trades is......

A Remarkable Statement Was Made In The House Of Commons

on Monday about coal. Mr. Akroyd asked the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he was aware that the Chinese coal- fields covered 400,000 square miles, while the English......

Dr. Duggan, Bishop Of Clonfert, Has Been Acquitted Of...

to prevent the election of Captain Trench in the Galway election,—the one witness who swore to his intimidating language having been confronted by ten who swore that he never......

The American Republic Has Recognised Her Spanish Sister...

effusion of affection which does not seem quite to have touched S. Castelar. He, too, regards America as a sister, but observes, with diplomatic dexterity and something of......

It Was Believed At The Beginning Of The Week That

the South Wales strike was coming to an end, Mr. Brogden, the Chairman of the Llynvi, Tondu, and Ogmore Company, having made a compromise with his men which yields much of the......

A Large And Influential Deputation, Headed By Mr. Samuel...

M.P., and appointed under the direction of the Asso- ciated Chambers of Commerce, went on Thursday to the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, on what we must describe as a fool's......