... MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1864. The Archduke Maximilian is shortly to visit the Court of the Tuiierieß. -Itr stated that he will have 110 difficulty to obtain a sufficient aruount of funds to establish Monarchy in Mexico, as French and English capitalists, with those of otker nations, have offered loans. The Archduke has expressed his desire that his accession to the throne should not be soiled by a ...

... MONDAY, JULY 25, 1864. It said that Protestantism is spreading amongst the Musselmen in Constantinople. perhaps in consequence of this tt at the Protest.nt Missionary esablishmeit ...

... FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1864. On Tuesday, the Norwegian Storthing voted 800,000 thalers for armaments. The Government was also authorised, should they deem it expedient, to employ the army and navy in suppoit of Denmark. The whole fleet is to be fitted out for active service, and 6000 troops are to placed on a war footing. Garibaldi and his suite were on board of the Ripon mail steam-ship, and ...

... STEP BACKWARDS. If we were asked upon what Governmental institution the blessings of the people of this country were most likely to be showered, were a special benediction called for, we should mo*t decidedly reply, the Post- Office. The welfare of the Post-Office is so intimately bound with all that concerns the story of our lives from year to vear, that not a man, woman, nor child in the ...

... hex we a short time ago hinted that might be advisable, as a matter of public interest, to pay more attention to the proceedings in the Small Debt Cour than has been usually given to them, we certainly did not anticipate the occurrence which has induced us to write these remarks. We have hesitated till now to notice it, partly because it was in itself merely contemptible, partly because it ...

... have published the evidence taken before the Commission so far as it has yet been made public and though it yet too early to form any conc'usion as to the general bearing of the investigation, we may gain some idea as to what are he the general tendencies of the evidence. The witnesses already examined represent the landord interest and that of the wealthy tenant farmers. These two classes are ...

... Conservatives grumble when Wbigs are in office, bigs grumble when Conservatives are in power, people are apt to think that the cause to be found rather the desire possess place than in the presence of any real reason for discontent. Generally, that mode of looking at political disagreements has been correct, but the rale one which is not at all times applicable. would not, for example, be ...

... ! OI JULY fc ,t The Duke of Augustenburg yesterday received the address of the Select Committee of the Schleswig-Hol>tein Association. His reply was strongly anti-Danish in sentiment. He hoped that the claims put forward the Duke of Oldenburg would not postpone the period when he would be able to lead the Duchies against the common enemy. The documents published in Saturday's Morning Post, ...

... SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1864 additional American news brought by the Scotia, which arrived yesterday with New York dates to the morning of the 27th January, is generally unimportant. The Confederates had made a successful raid upon the James River, and captured a large quantity of stores. President Davis' house at Richmond has been set on fire and robbed. The Federal Vice-President Stephens is ...

... There are some questions the difficulties of which it is not possible to calculate beforehand. When they come up, there no telling how long it will be before they go down, nor what shape they will assume before that end is reached. The questions which are involved in the Alexandra case seem to be of that interminable character. There s always been great doubt as to the precise meaning of the ...

... If we were to say that the pollution the rivers and st: earns of a a sign of progress, might at first &ight seem that the remark w.is a cynical one, but a very little thought w ill show that it is true. far the rivers are concerned the progress a bad one, but it marks the growth uf villages into great and densely-populated t >wns, and the adoption by the inhabitants of the arid processes, ...

... TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1864. Yesterday, the foundation stone of the Irish National Motumeut to the late Daniel O'Connell was laid at Dublin. There was a procession and an immense crowd, who evinced the utmost enthusiasm the occasion. The Lord Mayor and Corporation of the city, the Eoman Catholic Prelates and Clergy, and the members of the Monument Committee took part in the proceedings. ...