24 JANUARY 1874, page 2

On Friday, Mr. Whalley, M.p., Was Brought Up Before The

Queen's. Bench for contempt, for having written a letter calcu- lated to influence the Jury. The letter professed his continued confidence in the person called Jean Luie. After......

The Dutch Are Not Advancing With Their Attack On Acheen.

It is quite evident the Mohammedans have swarmed up to defend their only kingdom in the Far East, and the last attack on the Kraton met with such a repulse, that the army is......

There Are Some Statesmen Whose Minds Appear To Be So

much confused by outbursts of popular feeling, that they cannot hold fast the simplest principles in the face of such outbursts, and Lord Russell is one of them. In one of the......

" E. L. K. " Writes A Striking Letter To

the Times on the scenes he saw in Northern Madras in the great famine of 1833, when an entire population, as it seemed, wandered southward by the Great Northern road,......

The Most Important News With Reference To The Famine Is

that Lord Northbrook has associated Sir Richard Temple with Sir George Campbell in the Lieutenant-Governorship of Bengal, and given him full control over the famine arrangements......

A Correspondent Of The Times Gives An Account Of An

exploit . performed by Admiral Chicarro which, if true, will lead to a. demand by the British Government for his immediate dismissal. It is nothing less than an assertion that......

The Certificated Schoolmasters And Schoohnistresses Seem...

make themselves into a gaild or trades' union, with rather strict rules against dangerous competition; but the conditions of the public service will hardly allow of success. A......

The Emperor Of Russia Has Issued (january 13th) The Final

decree rendering all Russians liable to the conscription, and abolishing the old right of exemption by payment of a sum of money. The conscription will be by drawings, and those......

The Bill Placing The Power Of Nominating All Mayors In

France in the hands of the Minister of the Interior passed on Monday by a majority of 40. It was at first hoped that Communes under 8,000 might be exempted, and then that choice......

The Only News From Ashantee Is That The Army Is

collecting on the Prah. There is a rumour, however, that the King has offered peace and a "vast indemnity," but it is unconfirmed, and even if trae ought not to be accepted. The......