3 FEBRUARY 1866, page 1

The Queen's Speech Will Be Read On Tuesday, Whether By

Her Majesty or not has not yet been officially stated. It is known that the Queen will not enter by the great door or pass through the usual corridors, every precaution being......

News Of The Week.

DARLIAMENT was opened on Thursday, though the Queen's Speech will not be delivered till Tuesday next. The Lord Chancellor informed the Parliament that "as soon as the mem- bers......

Mr. Peabody, Who Recently Gave 150,000/. To Be Expended By

trustees for the benefit of the poor of London, has this week given 100,000/. more for the same object, the two gifts making up, we imagine, the largest amount ever presented to......

The Latest Rumour About Reform Is That The Bill Will

be confined to a reduction of the qualification from 50/. in the counties to 101., and from 10/. of rental in the boroughs to 6/. of rating. The- Star, in an article obviously......

Mr. Bright Took Advantage Of The Speaker's Election To...

against a grievance. All members who accept the Speaker's in- vitations to dinner are required to present themselves either in uniform or the strange costume which is now worn......

Mr. Goschen Has Been Gazetted, And Has Attended A Cabinet

Council.......

The Rumour Which We Mentioned Some Weeks Ago That The

cap- tain of the Tallahassee, late Confederate cruiser, had, after disarming his ship, an interview with Mr. G. W. Gordon at Kingston, Jamaica, when the latter gentleman made......

News Has Been Received Of The Arrival Of Sir H.

Storks in Jamaica on the 6th January, and of his assumption of authority as Governor on the 7th. The whites had signed largely an address to Mr. Eyre, warmly approving his whole......