... PARIS, Dec. 3r. THERE were a good many uniforms in the streets to-day, pqople paying official visits; but to-morrow the grand reception will be held at- Versailles. It is said this evening that M. Thiers has not quite recovered from his [fall on the steps of the British Embassy, though he has not changed anything in his usual habits nor neglected business' Yesterday the Duc ?? called to ...

... Chid Obtn'ff I t ald newd. AUSTRIA AND THE DUC DE GRAMONTr The Vienna correspondent of the Eastern Bdget says, writing on the 28th:a Very little importance is attached here to the Duc de Gra-mont's pretended revelations. The only notice which the official Abendpost has taken of them was to quote some of the artilesof the French presso the subject. As for the report that Count Beust had pro- ...

... TBE Circular on Finance, now disavowed as a forgery, which the Turki sh Minister of Foreign Affairs was alleged to have addressed to the principal envoys of his Government, failed of its effect through no fault of its author, who is clearly a very ingenious jerson. By an amusing piece of ill-luck, it appeared in the Times on the morning of the first of two days on which the English Stock ...

... CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN THE YEAR I872- JANUARY. a. Subscriptions invited for 5per cent. HungarianLoan of 3,oso,000 at Si. The Bishop of Orleans resigns his membership of the French Academy in consequence of the election of M. Littrd. S. Sir Francis Crossley died in his fifty-fourth year. 6. James Fisk, jun., mortally wounded by Edwin S. Stokes in the Great Central Hotel, New York. 7. M. ...

... NEW ORLEANS, Dec. II. IN my last letter I gave you an account of a Political deadlock arising out -of the late elections, and predicted a conflict between the State and rational authorities. It has come. After a long and exhaustive argv- v pent (which might well have been spared) Judge Darell, of the United States District Court, has decided in favour of the old board of return- ing officers ...

... Two. months ago, when Mr. Baxter made a speech to his constituents about Admiralty economies, he was reported by the Times to have said that many clerks who were nominally in receipt of / 150 per annum actually obtained by the operation of the tipping system no less than /;C ,0co.` Thinking that so sweeping an assertion as this, wherein no distinction was made between the honest and the ...

... The. Pope's allocution, which has led to the breaking off of diplomatic relations between Berlin and the Vatican, has, it seems, been published in German by several Prussian Catholic papers, two of them printed in Berlin. The offending journals are to be prosecuted. The Pope received yesterday several Italian and foreign families. His Holi- nfss made a spqeeh in French, in the course of which ...

... WITH the conclusion of 1872 three-quarters of the financial year 1872-3 terminated. It is no exaggeration to say that in a fiscal sense this period has been the most prosperous through which the country has ever passed. The prosperity has necessarily been reflected by the revenue receipts. During the nine months which ended yesterday 5i,684,686 was paid into the Exchequer, against 48,704,080, ...

... THE NATIONAL PROSPERITY. The Thines remarks that there is a certain gloom, an undefinable uneasiness and apprehension, abroad in the world at the beginning of this new year, and the spirits of most people are somewhat depressed. At such a time the revenue returns may administer some comfort. The country is not only as well as could be expected, but very much better, considering how it has been ...

... I IF a feather shows which way the wind blows, a change in the pattern> of the button on the soldier's coat may easily indicate the bias of the Secretary of State for War's opinion upon some points which closely affect the welfare of the army. If the rumour which has lately been current, that the War Office are disposed to recommend the adoption of a uniform button for all regiments of ...

... SECOND EDITION, 2.30 p.m. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. I NEWv YORK, Dec. 3.-The British steamer Sparrowhawk reached Honolulu simultaneously with the vessel bearing the American flag. Both vessels have arrived to represent England and America at the funeral of the King of the Sandwich Islands. CHINA. HONG KONG, Dec. 3 .-Mr. Wade has reprimanded the British Consul at Iingpo, who with his American ...

... Christmas hampers seem to have arrived at their destination with unusual punctuality this year, if we may judge by the scarcity of indignant complaints in the press concerning flabby oysters and spoilt turkeys. It seems, however, that we have been deprived of a portion of the good cheer which habitually comes to us from Belgium. The obliging population of that country works hard to send us ...