The Bill Passed By Congress To Legalize Any Constitution In
the Southern States voted by a majority of those who are actually polled, and without requiring an absolute majority of the voters on the register, has become law,—the President......
Mr. Disraeli Has Written A Manifesto To The Earl Of
Dartmouth intended to call the Church to arms, on the ground that Mr. Glad- stone's Irish Church Resolutions threaten the union between Church and State. If the English clergy......
By The Latest Accounts From Abyssinia (3rd March) Sir Robert
Napier had arrived within 65 miles of Magdala, and was about to make a dash forward. Theodore was not in the fortress, but en- camped in its neighbourhood, and intends, it is......
Of Course, All Manner Of Rumours Are Afloat, Most Of
them indicating a popular belief that Mr. Disraeli will discover some " dodge" or other to save himself from otherwise inevitable defeat. He may, it is said, avail himself of......
The Very Fear Of A Householder Parliament Is Doing Good.
On Thursday night the House of Commons, by a vote of 152 to 127, accepted an amendment to the Mutiny Bill prohibiting corporal punishment — that is, we presume, flogging and......
According To The Latest Reports, Should The Debate Be...
to a division, very few Liberals intend to bolt, and most of them will plead their dread of a dissolution. The Government organs have evidently received orders to threaten this......
Congress, Which Has Pretty Nearly Struck Down The...
been compelled, as we anticipated, to level a blow at the Supreme Court. An appeal came up from a Circuit Court which involved the validity of all the Reconstruction Laws, and......
The American Senate Formally Called On The President To...
and take his trial on the 23rd. Mr. Johnson did not appear, but sent six lawyers to represent him, who demanded forty days to prepare his defence. This seemed to the Senate too......
News Of The Week.
M R. GLADSTONE introduced his Resolutions on the Irish Church on Monday night, and Mr. Disraeli in a temperate but courageous speech offered him next Monday night for the......