• The Department Of The Charente Inferietire, Which Has...
been Bonapartist, has this week returned M. de Bethmont, an Opposi- tion candidate, by 13,326 votes to 9,318. The event is considered in France somewhat significant, as the......
A Statement Was Telegraphed To London On Friday Week That
the Masters' Association of the Midland Counties had agreed after a sharp debate to withdraw the " discharge note," and submit all differences with their workmen to arbitration.......
The Leading Foreign Securities Left Off Yesterday And On...
week at the following prices :— The following were the closing prices of the leading British Railways yesterday and on Friday week :- Caledonian .. Friday, Jan. 20. 181} Friday,......
Consols, Which Closed On Saturday Last At 891 For Money,
and 891 for account, left off yesterday at the same quotations both for money and time.......
A Somewhat Extraordinary Charge Was Brought Before The...
Nottingham the other day. At a recent dinner Sir R. Clifton had charged Mr. Pilbeam Cox with offering to secure his (Sir It. Clifton's) election for 500/. Sir Robert said he......
The Directors Of The Bank Of England Have This Week
reduced their minimum rate of discount to 5 per cent. The stock of bul- lion held by that establishment is now 14,317,2151., whilst the supply in the Bank of France has......
A Meeting Of The Board Of Management Of The Bishop
of Lon- don's Fund was held on Tuesday to hear the first report. Of the 1,000,000/. sterling which the Bishop proposed to raise within ten Sears, rather more than one-tenth,......
It Is Reported By Two Distinct Authorities That The Vatican
be- lieves the Encyclical a mistake, and that a letter is about to be -addressed by Cardinal Antonelli to all Nuncios directing them to explain that it was only intended to have......
The Guardians Of St. Pancras Seem To Have Hit On
a funny mare's nest. A pauper named Smart, in the workhouse of that parish, said he was a relative of Lord Bathurst and heir to 1,000 acres in the town of Leicester, and other......
Mr. O'hagan, The Attorney-general For Ireland, Has...
vacant by the death of Mr. Ball, and Mr. Lawson is to be his successor as Irish Attorney-General. In Mr. O'Hagan Parliament has lost one of a very diminutive class,—really able......
The Intelligence From The Far East This Week Is All
bad. The Taeping rebels appear by the latest accounts from China to be suddenly extending their ravages over the southern provinces, but the accounts are as yet too indefinite......
The Bishop Of Rochester And Lard Ebury Have Had A
funny correspondence. The Bishop wrote to Lord Ebury with an appeal for aid for some of the poorest livings in his diocese. Lord Ebury, who is a little given to sermons, and......