The Elections For The National Council In Switzerland...
in a complete triumph for the party favourable to a revision of the Constitution. It is believed that in a House of 135 Members the friends of centralisation will have a......
The Bien Public, Supposed To Be An Organ Of M.
Thiers, but really we fancy an organ of men about M. Thiers, suggests that universal suffrage should be limited by the adoption of twenty- five as the minimum age of the voter.......
The Duke Of Marlborough Is Ill At Ease With Himself.
As our readers will remember, his agent issued a circular, stat- ing that as the labourers were "putting forward question- able demands," he should place his cottages in the......
The French Papers Are Full Of Stories As To Coming
changes in the Constitution. The best authenticated of them is contained in a letter attributed to M. Thiers' private secretary and intimate friend, M. Barthelemy St. Hilaire,......
News Of The Week.
T HE constitutional crisis which we have so often predicted in England has suddenly arrived in Prussia. The Prussian Peers, after defying the people for sixteen years with......
The Duke Of Marlborough Is Quite Hurt In His Mind
by two statements made by the Attorney-General. Sir J. Coleridge, who has read history, said the Marlborough estates were granted to the Churchills by the State, a statement......
It Is Understood That The King Stands Prepared To Swamp
the Upper House by an immense creation of Peers, 150 at least, but it is possible that a much stronger measure may be adopted. The King, as he said himself, " never was a......
