It Is Announced That Mr. Thornton Has Accepted The Mission
to the United States. The Times objects to the selection, and says Lord Kimberley ought to have been sent. Doubtless Lord Kim- berley is the fitter man, perhaps the fittest in......
The United States' Congress Has Not Been Deeply Moved By
Mr. Johnson's Message. By a majority of 111 against 32, the House of Representatives has declared that Congress will adhere to the Reconstruction Act, and censured the President......
The Speech Of The Queen Of Spain To Her Cortes,
on opening the session on 27th December, is of amazing length, but contains little that is satisfactory. The Queen says she was ready to fight on behalf of the Pontiff ; boasts......
Lord St. Leonards Wrote A Curious Appeal To The Fenians
in Thursday's Times to confine their operations to Ireland, point- ing out to them, with undeniable wisdom, that instead of gaining anything by blowing up London streets and......
The Midland Railway Directors Have Put Out An...
unintelligible, we mean with respect to its policy, but in- telligibly summoning a special meeting of shareholders for Wednes- day week, 15th January, at half-past one o'clock,......
The Ministerial Crisis In Italy Is Not Yet Over. General
Mena- brea can get no one to join him, the Departments have no chiefs, and public business gets on as it best can. A coalition Ministry is, it is said, quite possible, but......
Detailed Accounts From Abyssinia To The 8th December Have...
London. At that time the first division had threaded the Koomaylee Pass, a gradual ascent improved by the sappers up to Senafe, 7,000 feet above the sea. The Times'......
Sir John Pakington Has Appointed Sir H. Storks...
of the Army, a new office, which makes that successful officer supreme over all departments of supply. He will be assisted by Major-General Balfour, the brilliant Indian......
Mr. Cardwell And Mr. Neate Addressed Some Of Their Con-
stituents at Oxford on New Year's Day at a Druids' dinner, but they do not seem to have addressed anything particular to them. Mr. Cardwell commented, of course, on the Tory......
The Panama Star Of December 6 Says Lopez, The Dictator
of Paraguay, has suddenly made peace. He has " ceded the Gran Chaco " and the free navigation of the Paraguay, and agreed to• banish himself from South America for two years.......
A Very Significant Scene Occurred In Paris At The Porte
Martin Theatre on Tuesday. Madlle. Silly was imitating Madlle. Schneider, when some. one in the stalls ventured to hiss. The audience in a rage called for his expulsion, and......
The President Seems To Have Gained Something By His Message
explaining his reasons for removing Mr. Stanton from the War Office—a message which was at once calm and cogent in argument,. if his facts are, as it would seem, accurate,—but......
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