26 DECEMBER 1868, page 1

Mr. Andrew Johnson, Who, Be It Remembered, Is By Birth

a Southerner, towards the close of his speech recommends interfer- ence in St. Domingo, and declares that the annexation of the whole island would " receive the consent of the......

News Of The Week.

THE week has been marked by that last worst sign of coming war, the proposal of a Conference to prevent it. The Govern- ments of Berlin and St. Petersburg have, it is said,......

Lord Cairns Delivered On Wednesday The Judgment Of The Privy

• Council on the appeal from the judgment of the Dean of Arches (Sir R. Phillimore) in the case of "Martin v. Mackonochie." We have explained the principles and tendency of the......

We Confess We Look Forward With Extreme Anxiety To Lord

Clarendon's action in this matter. If he adheres to the Palmer- stonian traditions, we shall be allies of France in defending Turkey, and shall soon find ourselves in open......

Greece Herself Seems Pretty Clear As To What She Intends

to do, and so does Turkey. The Chamber at Athens has called out the Volunteers, and authorized a loan of amillion sterling, which, it is said, the people will supply. That looks......

Mr. Johnson Has Closed His Career In A Manner Worthy

of him- self. In a savage message to Congress he repeats all his old arguments against reconstruction, declares that the military expense of keeping down the South is ruining......

We Have Noticed Elsewhere The Speeches Of The Different...

on re-election, but must specially note Mr. Gladstone's utterance upon the ballot. It has been reported that secret voting has been taken up by the Cabinet as a Government......

Mr. Bright, In His Speech At Birmingham The Other Day,—tho

finest and most touching part of which we have noticed else- where,—explained that he had declined to accept the Secretary- ship for India because the time was not yet ripe for......