28 JANUARY 1865, page 2

London Was Visited This Day Week By One Of The

densest fogs seen for years. It was impossible at 11 p.m. even to see the side lamps, the roads were as slippery as glass, and locomotion almost ceased. The accidents were......

Mr. Milner Gibson Addressed His Constituents At Ashton On...

in a long and clever but rather indefinite speech. After describing the desire of the Foreign Secretary and himself to pro- mote English commercial interest's abroad, and......

It Is Stated On Good Authority That The Calcutta Cyclone

cost sixty thousand lives. It is known, for example, that before the storm wave struck Saugor Island there were 8,200 persons on it. When it had passed only 1,200 remained, and......

On Tuesday The President Of The Poor-law Board Opened A

literary institute at Willenhall without succeeding in giving utterance to very much beyond the conventional congratulations. Within thirty years, said Mr. Villiers, the place......

It Is Stated That There Are 156 Petitions To Be

heard in the Divorce Court during this term. It is impossible that the Judge could get through them and the probate cases also, and the terrible injustice arises that a......

Telegraphic Communication Between England And India Was...

17th lust , and on the same day Lieutenant- Colonel Patrick Stewart, director-general of the undertaking, died at Constantinople. The achievement was not worth that price. There......

Colonel Charras, The Famous French Exile, Died Last...

it must be admitted that the Republicans have never experienced a more irretrievable loss since the sudden death of Cavaignac. They looked upon Charras as their military leader......

Prince Couza, The Virtual Dictator Of The Principalities,...

clared the National Church independent of Constantinople. It will be governed nominally by a synod, practically'by himself.......

The Russian Government Has Published What It Calls A Budget.

A decent English accountant would call it an estimate of the certain expenditure and possible receipts of Russia for 1885, but in St. Petersburg people take what is given them......

The Reds Of France Are Unlucky This Week. Colonel Charms'

death was followed almost immediately by that of M. Proudhon, so well known as the author of La Propriete c'est le Vol and other revolutionary works. He was regarded by many......

The Guardians Of St. Pancras Seem To Have Hit On

a funny mare's nest. A pauper named Smart, in the workhouse of that parish, said he was a relative of Lord Bathurst and heir to 1,000 acres in the town of Leicester, and other......