29 FEBRUARY 1868, page 1

Mr. Disraeli Thus Attains The Object Towards Which He Has

been working for thirty-one long years. It is, we believe, thirty-four since he informed Lord Melbourne that he intended to be Prime Minister of England, and thirty since he sat......

News Of The Week.

L ORD DERBY resigned on Monday, in order, as was generally believed, to give Mr. Disraeli greater freedom to mould and declare the Irish policy of the Government in the debate......

The Debate In The Lords On Monday Night On The

Bill for re- newing the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland was chiefly remarkable for the declarations elicited from two Tory Peers and one Cabinet Minister as to......

Mr. Bright's Recent Proposal To Spend Something Like...

breaking the fall of the endowed churches in Ireland by giving to each, in absolute property, some little portion of the capitalized value of the tithes, and at the same time......

Rumours Of Course Have Been Flying Thick. It Is Stated,

for example, that Lord Derby is to have a Dukedom, which, con- sidering what Dukes are, would be rather a degradation for the head of the Stanleys ; that the Cabinet was to lose......

Fact, As Important As Any Which Ever Reached Europe From

America, was reported in these words, " The resolution passed the House of Representatives to-day by a strict party vote." The numbers are not given, as M. Reuter's agent wanted......