... SECOND EDITION, 2.30 p.m. FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. I.-A letter from M. Jules Mottu in the Radical contradicts the assertion ot the Gaazele des 7Tritbuzaux to the effect that M. Motta had resigned his seat in the Municipal Council. AMERICA. WASHINGTON, Jan. I.-Mr. Boutwell, the Secretary of the Treasury, will sell two millions of gold, and buy two millions of bonds during January. THE PRINCE OF ...

... OUR last Eastern budget of news contains the intelligence that the Visconde de Sao januario, Governor-General of Portuguese India, has been recalled by his Government; to the great regret, it is added, of the population of Goa. It will be remembered that a serious mutiny broke out some months ago in the very mixed garrison of this ancient colony. The revolters were brought to sue for pardon, ...

... rfrid ?? otwq. THE MURDER OF BISHOP PATTESON. The New Zealand mail brings the subjoined details of the murder of Bishop Patteson and Mr. Atkin:- The Soutcrin Cross dropped anchor in Auckland harbour on October 31, and those who bad been looking forward with joy to welcoming the bishop again among them were struck down with sudden grief at the sad intelligence with which we have been already ...

... THE gigantic reputation of the Chancellor of the North German Empire has for the time cast into the shade the less brilliant achievements of other German statesmen and diplomatists, among whom the recently accredited Austrian Ambassador to the Court of St James's stands. prominent. Frederic Ferdinand Baron von Beust, a cadet of an old Saxon family,. was born in Dresden in i809, and was ...

... CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN THE YEAR i871. JANUARY. ?? Republican demonstration at Bordeaux. M. Gambetta addresses the crowd, declaring the Republic to be immortal. Sir Henry Duoand died at Tank, fromna fall from an elephant on the previous day. 2. Mdeihres capitulated, with 2,000 prisoners, including 98 officers, and enfi gunls. King Ansadgeus arrived at Madrid, and took the oaths of office. 2- ...

... THE TROUBLES OF ALSA CE, CARLSRUHE, Dec. 25. THE Maire of Mulhausen has addressed an important letter to Prince Bismarck-important for two reasons-namely, as the first direct communi- cation made to the German Government in a matter of general political interest by a local Alsatian functionary, and as a public Alsatian programme on a point deeply affecting the whole province, through the ...

... By peculiar grace of the powers of the air a daylight almost unknown ta British Decembers illuminated on Friday the collection of precious things for which to-day students of art will have occasion once more to thank the public spirit of the Royal Academy and the riches of private galleries in England. The Queen, as usual, leads off the list of contributories- this time with nearly a score of ...

... ra . -- H7 I,- _ PARIS, L'eer 31. T~i-E year which is just closing will certainly retain the name of l'annce terrible, or l'annee maudite. Taking a review of the past, the Journail de Paris says: The year which is terminating is certainly the most abominable one in our history. Neither the invasion of I814, nor the Terror, nor the War of Succession, nor the muddle (gdehtis) of the ...

... The Duke of Aumale has been elected a member of the French Academy by an all but unanimous vote, the numbers being 27 to i. Rousset has been elected by i7 votes against 12 for Vielcastel, Littrd by i17 votes against 12 for Taillandier, and Lomenie by I 5 against 14 for About. Although M. Littr6, the Positivist, was proposed by M. Guizot, Bishop Dupanloup has resented his election by resigning ...

... CO'PPULSORY EDUCATION IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS. IT is doubtful whether those who claim a fair trial for the Elementary Education Act before any of its provisions are recon- sidered will be contented with the present duration of the experi- ment. But by the time Parliament assembles it will be at any rate open to the critics of the measure to contend that one at least of its suspected defects has ...

... THE NEW YEAR. The Times remarks that in the midst of changes, of which the ever- recurring account is their irresistible necessity, it is impossible to welcome a new year without many a misgiving. Every institution has been warned and challenged, and put to the proof. Only forty years ago, there were interests, such as the Indian and colonial, powerful enough to sway the Legislature, which ...

... The Prussian Military Gazette announces that the organization of railway battalions for the German army has now been completed. Each battalion is to consist of four companies of the same strength as those of the pioneer battalions. The men belonging to the railway companies are to be qualified both for the construction of railways and for driving trains, &c., and the. companies are to be ...