5 JANUARY 1867, page 8

The Italian Government Has Published Much Of The...

with Prussia which preceded the late war. It appears that the design of an offensive alliance was officially sub- mitted to Prussia as early as 9th March, the bases being that......

Nineteen French Bishops Have Addressed Pastorals To Their...

the position of the Holy See. The majority tell their people to pray unceasingly, and predict that the Papacy will survive its foes, but one or two are more original. The Bishop......

The Revenue Returns Are Good. For The Three Quarters They

are already over Mr. Gladstone's estimate, while the Income-Tax return shows, as usual, that there are very considerable . arrears to be pulled up in the last quarter. The......

The Queen Of Spain Has Struck Her Coup D'e'tat. On

Sunday she signed a decree dissolving the Cortes, but before it could be issued, S. Rios Rams, President of the Chamber, and 123 deputies, signed and presented to her , an......

The Fortnightly Review Has Got Into Trouble For The Article

called "Public Affairs," the only one unsigned in the Review, which appears to be written, in part at least, by Mr. Danby Seymour. That gentleman had quoted Mr. Bright a a a......

Two Indian Railways, And Those Two The Greatest, The East

Indian and the Great Indian Peninsula, have declared dividends for the half-year in excess of the guarantee. The excess is only one-half per cent s , but even that is something,......

The News From' The East Of Europe Reads Very Ominous.

The Cretan rebellion, which the Pall Mall Gazette killed some months ago is far from over ; the Porte has complained to the Government of Athens of its complicity with rebels,......

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......

A Mr. Joseph Guedalla, A Member Of The Reform League,

has written a long and very respectful letter to Mr. Lowe, suggesting that the time has arrived when he may retract his accusations against the working men. Mr. Lowe, in reply,......