9 JUNE 1866, page 1

News Of The Week.

THE Conference has been abandoned. In reply to an invitation signed by the three Powers, Count Mensdorff, in a very plainly worded despatch, informed the Governments of France,......

On -the 1st Inst. The Austrian Representative Informed...

Diet that all efforts to arrange with Prussia a final settle- ment of the Duchies had proved fruitless, and she consequently rendered" their destiny into the hands of the Diet.......

One Of The Most Skilful Speeches Of The Debate Was

Mr. Bernal Osborne's, who, elected partly by Tories, partly by Radicals, dis- pensed alternately a gratification to each. He found out that he had done very wrong indeed in not......

The Rout Of M.pnday Night,—well Called By A Contemporary...

Battle of the Spurs,"—was one of the most curious and picturesque scenes of the Session. It was apparent from the first that there was something rotten in the state of the......

The Price Of Its Shares, Strong Enough To Weather The

storm. The waves were too high, however. Some loans, probably sound, but for long periods, embarrassed its resources, the Bombay Branch, threatened by the fall in cotton,......

Sir Thomas Bateson, The Colleague Of Mr. Darby Griffith At

Devizes, also made a remarkable speech. lie rang in the mem- bers from dinner—probably having dined himself—and shook the House with inextinguishable laughter. His voice in cash......

The Chancellor Of The Exchequer On Thursday Night...

House to grant to the Princess Mary an annuity on her marriage of 2,000/. a year, in addition to the 3,000/. she already . enjoys. He remarked incidentally that there was the......