6 JUNE 1874, page 2

The Bank Rate Was Reduced On Thursday To 3 Per

cent., and so great is the plethora of money, that it is believed the rate may be maintained for some months.......

Henri Rochefort Is Doing His Very Best To Kill All

the sym- pathy which his genius inspires in those who dislike his cause. He has, it is said, announced publicly in New York that he approves not only of the burnings ordered in......

In The Discussion Of Thursday Night On The Archbishops' Pub-

lic Worship Regulation Bill, the Duke of Marlborough's motion for delay was defeated by 137 votes against 29 ; while Lord Shaftesbury achieved a revolutionary victory for his......

The Reports About The Pope's Health Are Becoming Serious. He

has frequent and violent accesses of fever, and his physicians advise him to leave Rome. As that, however, would disprove all assertions about his being a prisoner, his Holiness......

Messrs. Ball And Palmer Have Been Unseated For North Durham,

the miners who so strongly supported them having been declared by Baron Bramwell guilty of intimidation. The members, how- ever, were not disqualified, they hot having promoted......

Lord Sandhurst On Monday Brought Up The Question Of...

His speech was rather discursive, but its chief thought was this. We are obliged to accept recruits so young, that it takes two years to make them fit for service. That did not......

Mr. Cartwright Brought Up The O'keeffe Case Once More On-

Tuesday, by moving a censure of a somewhat timid and hesitating description on the Irish Board of Education for its general treat- ment of Father O'Keeffe. He was seconded by......

The Established Church Of Scotland Evidently Wishes For...

of Richmond's Patronage Abolition Bill, without any kind of radical change, except the gift of the suffrage to female com- municants, which was unanimously accepted by the......

However, It Must Be Admitted That The National Church Of

Scotland is at present in a very liberal and catholic mood. We mentioned a few weeks ago that Mr. Knight, of Dundee, had applied with his congregation to be admittedinto the......