24 DECEMBER 1881, page 2

The Sultan Has Signed A Decree " Settling" The Repudiated

Turkish Debt. The principle of the settlement is that the nominal debt shall be reduced to the amount actually received,— that is, in the case of the General Debt, shall be......

We Notice Elsewhere The Demand Of The American Government...

the i evision of the Bulwer-Clayton Treaty, so as to allow the Washington Foreign Office to fortify the Panama Canal, and to assume its general control. We do not believe the......

The Figures Which We Quoted Last Week From The Echo,

as showing that the amount of agrarian crime in Ireland has not increased since 1879, have been shown-by Lord George Hamil- ton, in Wednesday's Times, to be quite untrustworthy.......

If There Were Any Reason Wanted To Justify The English

people iu the distrust which they evidently feel for the Mansion-House Committee as an Executive Committee for interfering in the proprietary disputes of Irishmen, it would be......

The French Operations In North Africa Will, It Is Reported,

be suspended. In Algeria, there is nothing more to be done, for Bou Amema and the three tribes which support him have re- tired for the winter into Morocco, whither they cannot......

A Great Meeting Of Irish Landlords Has Been Called For

January 3rd, to take the working of the Land Act into con- sideration. A smaller meeting was, however, held on Thursday in Dublin, attended by some ',300 of the smaller......

The Italian Senate Has Passed The Electoral Reform Bill,...

some protests from the Conservative side. Under this Bill, every male adult in Italy who can read and write will become an elector. It is said that the merit of this suffrage is......