24 JULY 1869, page 2

There Was A Good Deal Of Desertion From The Government

on the division yesterday week as to the Surplus Clause,—the majority being only 72. Among the deserters were Mr. Fawcett, Sir C. Dilke, Mr. McCullagh Torrens, Mr. Morrison, and......

Sir J. Coleridge's Bill Abolishing University Tests,...

the Commons by majorities sometimes exceeding 120, has been summarily, almost contemptuously, rejected by the Lords. It was introduced on Monday by Lord Russell, but Lord......

The List Of The New French Ministry Appeared On Sunday,

and is considered most unsatisfactory. No appointment is made to the Ministry of State, which is for the present suppressed ; and Marshal Niel and Admiral Regnault de Genouilly......

Assault Only; But As He Pleaded Provocation, The Whole Case

was gone into, and ended in a verdict of guilty under extreme provocation. The judge, therefore, only bound Lord Carington overin 2100 not to repeat the offence. On the other......

M. Rouher, The Ablestopholder Of The Personal Re'gime,...

appointed President of the Senate for 1869. In this capacity he will have the management of the Senatus Consultum, in which the Emperor's "reforms" will be embodied, and will,......

President Grant Is Quite Determined That American...

no aid to the Cuban insurgents. Their friends in New York were warned that they must suspend their preparations for an expedition, and as they did not obey their vessels were......

The Treaty And Its Principle Once Conceded, The Only Blunder

of Thursday night was committed, we regret to say, by the Primate, who really gave some show of plausibility to the Rev. J. Baldwin Brown's suggestion,—which we have alluded to......

Mr. Gladstone Gave A Great Lift To The Bill Legalizing

marriage with a deceased wife's sister on Tuesday, when many of the oppo- nents And some of the (nominal) supporters of the Bill called upon Mr. Chambers to withdraw it, and......

The Metropolitan Board Of Works Owes Eight Millions, And...

in a few months owe ten. It has power to rate London for the interest of this money, and every penny in the pound laid upon London rental produces 277,000. Moreover, it receives......

Mr. Forster Presented The Budget Of His Department On...

The Education grant is 1840,711, the grant for schools 2414,926, the school fees 2420,742, and subscriptions 2474,158, costing us, say a sixth of the expenditure for paupers, or......

Justice Breeds Justice. The Irish Correspondent Of The...

that the Board of Trinity College, Dublin, has watched the course of the Irish Bill with anxious attention, and has come to the conclusion that it would be advisable to abandon......