27 APRIL 1861, page 3

The American Crisis, So Long Predicted, Has Arrived At Last.

The Government of Washington has introduced one new and important element into its plans, and that is secrecy. While filling up all appointments, Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet......

May Has Not Yet Arrived, But The "may Meetings" Have

begun, and Exeter Hall, Willis's Rooms, the Hanover-square Rooms, and St. James's Hall are the scenes of these gatherings so characteristic of ,England. The Malta Protestant......

An Extraordinary Question Has Been Raised In The Court Of

Divorce. An innkeeper, residing at Hull, has petitioned for a decree of nullity of marriage, on novel ground. He alleges that a pretended marriage was performed between himself......

It Appears To Be Possible To Make A Tenant Pay

poor rates twice with perfect legality. Mr. Thomas Atherton rents chambers in the city and compounds for his rates with his landlord. Some officious per- sons, without the......

The House Of Lords, Sitting As A Court Of Appeal,

decided a nice point on Monday. It was an appeal from the Irish Courts of Ex- chequer and Queen's Bench. The point in dispute was whether a clergyman was legally able to perform......

We Have News From India To The 24th March ;

but it is of little importance. The famine does. not appear to be spreading, and the budget will, it is said, show an estimated deficit for 1$61-62 of only 1,000,0001. The......

The Tynemouth Election Begun On Monday, In The Town Hall

of North Shields. Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Otway were proposed and seconded, and the show of hands being in favour of Mr. Otway, his opponent demanded a poll. At the close on......

A Very Large Meeting, Convened By The Lord Mayor, And

attended by many City notables, was held in the Guildhall on Thursday, on the equalization of the poor-rate question. Alderman Sidney and Mr. Locke, M.P., took a prominent part......