5 JANUARY 1867, page 7

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The daily papers bored the- ,blic, as usual on New Year's Day, by filling their columns with vary histories of 1866. We will not ask if anybody ever reach tl.se articles, but......

President Johnson Has Done The Worst Act Yet Reported Of

him, In order to break the habit of inflicting corporal punishment on negroes, flogging was prohibited by military order throughout the South, but Mr. Johnson has repealed the......

The Emperor, Frightened By The Opposition Described In...

has "profoundly modified" his scheme for reorganizing the Army. The regular draft is to re.maiu. 100,000 a year, but every able-bodied man of twenty who escapes it is to be......

News Of The Week.

A HEAVY snowstorm broke over Landon on Tuesday night, filling the streets to the depth of four or five inches, a depth which, wherever the snow could drift, was speedily......

The North Transept Of The Crystal Palace Has Been Burnt

down. The fire broke out about two o'clock on Sunday, apparently from an explosion of gas, there was no one who knew how to turn on the great mains, the fire brigade was late, a......

The Emperor Of The French Received The Diplomatic Corps As•

usual on New Year's Day, and expressed "his wish for the stability of thrones and the prosperity of nations." He "hoped we were entering on a new era of peace and conciliation......

The Thermometer In Highgate On Friday Morning Dropped To 3°.

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The Dithyrambics Composed By Many Of Our Contemporaries...

Year's Day were of a most impressive character. Even the Standard, which sometimes mimics " The Gaily Bellowgraph" so well, became lyrical itself, and did the trick commonly......

It Is Particularly Requested That All Applications For...

the SPECTATOR, and .communications upon matters of business, should not be addressed to the Editor, but to the Publisher, 1 Wellington Street, Strand, W. C. • TERNS OF......