The American Monitors Do Not Seem To Have Justified Mr.

Ericsson's predictions. They were to have swept all foreign navies out of the Gulf of Mexico, but the official reports show that as yet the active force of rifled shot has been......

The Prussian Press Takes A Melancholy Review Of Its...

with the Government during the past year. The Volks Zeitung has been eleven times proceeded against by the police, the National Zeitung, seven times ; the Tribune and the......

Slugs Are Said To Have Invaded Australia In Hosts, And

a pro- fessed eyewitness says he saw them moving in millions in a com- pact body, stripping the country as they go, and marching about a mile and a half a day, clearing a......

Late Last Week Sir George Grey, At The Suggestion Of

the Judge who tried him, ordered an inquiry into the present state of Mr. G. V. Townley's mind. The Judge expressed himself, it is said, per- fectly satisfied with the verdict,......

On The 4th January Next The Hampshire Magistrates Are To

take into consideration at Winchester Lord Carnarvon's able report on the requisite improvements in the discipline of the county prison. It will, in some degree, be a critical......

Home Securities Have Ruled Heavy, At Drooping Prices....

Mexican securities have further declined in value ; but Spanish have changed hands at enhanced quotations. In the Railway Share Market there has been a fair amount of activity,......

The Demand For Accommodation Has Continued Active At The...

of England, large amounts have been obtained till the 7th inst. at 7 per cent., and, in the open market, the lowest rate for the best commercial paper is 61 per cent.......

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The Times Publishes An Interesting Summary On The Results Of

fish culture in France. It is there, like everything else, superin- tended by the State, which keeps up at Huningue, on the Swiss frontier, an enormous fish-hatching factory.......

The Closing Prices Of The Leading Foreign Securities...

on Thursday week were as follows :— Greek .. .. .. Do. Coupons .. .. •• • • Thurs., Dee. 24. 28 12 Friday, Jan. 1 24 11 ?dexioan •• .. .. • • Spanish Passive • . .. .. Ad 361......

The Theatres, The Lyceum Excepted, Are All, As Usual At

Christ- was, in the full swing of that compound of beautiful scenery and silly writing which it is the custom to call a " pantomime." Except a water scene at the Princess's,......

The Exchange At Bombay Comes 11 Per Cent. Less Unfavourable

for this country.......

On The 24th Ult. Consols Closed At 911 For Money,

and 911 1 for the present account. Yesterday's latest quotations were :- For money, 91 to 911; for the present account, 911 1 ; and for February, 911 1.......