27 DECEMBER 1873, page 2

The Majority In The French Assembly Have Carried A Vote

assigning to Marshal MacMahon £6,000 a year for receptions and balls at the El3rsee, which, it is thought, will giw an impetus to- the trade of Paris, where people, it is said,......

Last Year The Members Of The United States' Congress, Taking

into consideration rising prices, and so forth, passed a law doubling the salaries of the President and of the Judged of the Supreme Court, and adding 50 per cent. to their own,......

The United States' Lawyers Have Discovered That The...

after all, secured her American papers for the Cuban expedi- tion by a fdrgery, and it has been rumoured that in consequence Spain has demanded the restitution of the vessel.......

The North Has Passed A Final Act Of Indemnity For

the South,— that is, has abolished the "ironclad oath," which compelled every person actively engaged in the rebellion to decline office. The effect of this will be, first, that......

The Latest Reports From Acheen Are Odd. It Is Said

that the Dutch troops are advancing, and that the Sultan is ready to treat, but it is not said that the capital, Kraton, is taken, or that any important victory has yet been......

Archbishop Manning Delivered On Tuesday Evening Before...

the Catholic Religion" an elaborate address on " Cresarism and Ultramontanism," in which he contrasted the claim of the Civil power to rule over the whole spiritual life of man......

The Population Of St. Helena, So Long The Half -wasr,,house

between England and India, are suffering terribly, partly titan disaster& like floods, partly from a divergence of the great ocean route, and partly, we suspect, from some want......

We Are Very Glad Indeed To Hear That 780 Londoners

above the average died last week of the fog. We do not want them to die, of course, but if they were to die, it is better they should die of the fog, and so get rid at once of......

The Government Has Declared Its Intention To Raise To The

Peerage of the United Kingdom the Right Hon. William Monad, M.P. for Limerick ; Sir James W. Moncreiff, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland ; Vice - Admiral the Hon. E. G. Granville......