9 DECEMBER 1865, page 2

Signatures Of Ratepayers Are Being Appended In Oxford To A

requisition to the Mayor, calling upon him to convene a public meeting to consider the recent events in Jamaica. The day for this meeting is to be the 19th inst., that being......

Some Twenty Irish Members, Generally Of The Extreme...

held a conference at Dublin, and have agreed to resolUtions affirming that the Established Church of Ireland ought to be abolished; that the Catholic University ought to be......

The Swedish Government Appears Likely To Carry Its Reform...

the object of which is to exchange its cumbrous Parliament of four Houses for one on the English model. The Houses of peasants and burgesses eagerly grasped at the innovation,......

Admiral Pareja Has Informed The British Minister In Chili...

if he is ordered to bombard Valparaiso, he shall bombard it whether it contains much foreign property or not. The news from Madrid also is warlike, the Ministry having ordered......

At The Maldon Meeting Of Conservatives Both Lord Eustac.e...

and Mr. Peacocke espoused, with excessive warmth, the same view as Lord Elcho with regard to the Jamaica bloodshed. Mr. Peacocke's speech was in one respect singular. When we......

The News From Bootan (7th Ult.) Is Not Pleasant. It

seems that the treaty of peace since announced was expected, but that it was also expected to be meaningless. It was only to be signed by the Rajah and his council, the Toungso......

Meanwhile In Oxford Itself A Sub-committee, Under The En-...

chairmanship of the Dean of Christ Church, is con- sidering the feasibility of such plans for University extension as those which Dr. Temple advocates and Mr. Meyrick abhors.......

The Subject Of University Extension Has .been Discussed...

in the columns of the Times by Dr. Temple, Mr. F D. Maurice, and Mr. F. Meyrick. The latter gentleman, who claims to appear as a protagonist in such a disputation rest, so far......

Messrs. Luby And O'leary, The Two Leading Fenians In...

have been condemned to twenty year.' penal servitui,. Mr. Luby made a speech, which we have discussed elsewhere, and which makes us regret that ha cannot be simply banished, but......

We Are Authorized To Deny That The Railway Companies Have

petitioned Parliament for a Bill assigning the Metropolitan Dis- trict to them as a railway station. They hope to present and carry such a petition in a year or two, but at......

The Idea Of Pneumatic Railways Is To Be Tried On

a considerable scale. A railway on that principle is to be constructed im- mediately under the Mersey, to connect Liverpool and Birkenhead. Such a communication is urgently......

S. Mari Has Been Elected President Of The Italian Chamber

by 141 votes to 132 given to Mordini, the Red. S. Mari is Ricasoli'a friend and nominee, and his election is therefore a good omen, but the numbers run terribly close.......

Miss Longworth's Action For Libel Against The Saturday...

ended in a verdict for the defendant ; the lady's counsel immediately moved for a new trial, so that the case is hardly concluded, but some discussion is going on as to the......