... 'tHE VATICAN DEOREES.- Lord Acton his addressed to'the Timies along ietter: in| substantiation of the statements made by ?? in his letter to Mr. Gladatoue, and for which Arobbishop Manning, and others have' demanded his authority. \ Taking .firet. his statement that the Vatican decrees assign to the Papacy no power over temporal concernagreaterthau that which it had claimed and exeroised ...

... THE FoREST OF DEAN STRIKE. A statement bas been published by the colliery proprie. tors of the Forest of Dean, in reference to the strike of their employes. They state ?? the spring of the present year there was a general reduction of colliery wages tbroughout the country, and, amongst others, the Somersetshire proprietors (some of our keouest competitors) paie notice of a reduction of 25 per ...

... CONFERENO~fOF-THE ?? - ?? %1 - .. . o, Wednesdayafteruloon tie4o1n of ?? Con; feraxots in connextsir er oqthe,4 ti t ' 10gion from Sts qn&iag aaukvtl was ITg, the first week -iuthe, preoeabt month pb MashchisteVY T ?? the ~ ernu'h1~~' cti M; eld iD' this Wawbiromiiandtibe ?? > attendsnb h -`r. -Lewie W tevims iltesided, ad 3noogst those present we4e ?? , don). J. HartlandoA.N BltcbfQrdi KfA ...

... f to.istoTI. -( = -l f, 0 SA2TUBDAY, NOVY~ABUBR 28, WIN 7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 SYROUD ELECTION PETITION. The ?? of the petition against the return of Mr, H. R.I sorgen- Brand, the .junior Liberal member for Strond, who wasI zle. it elected' lat July, Conmencsed on Monday before. Mtr. Baron elected Pigot*,, at the gabsoripteors-rooma, Stroud. ...

... 8 ?? A.--1 i -, .. ?? -- ?? - r-kfk; tnm 1 0U3 W ool Agents, 31 OZI InWps fO1r' Irt8Lf hre11 m hero was only ono agent for every 1151, ; ii) * d The Farl of C ejeindXtoWci, *Y5 #at'3 Uiojuniior naval lord . in the Gladstone minisktry, -at§'one to.Inrdia for the purpose d of makiiig bimsclf ,M a'ired witt,t±lb`, 9ondition and thei instititfion.4'f that ddiitst, 3, FATAL PiNio I NA C iscr. -An ? ...

... On Wednesday, a Conservative banquet, to commemo. rate the return of the HOn. R. E. S. Pluhkett as one of the members for the Western division of Gloucestershire, was held in the Shixe-hall, Gloucester, when over 400' gentle. men dined together. The appearanee of the brilliantly. lighted hall when all the guests had taken their seats was very effective. The principal table was placed acrook ...

... IT may be remembered that some four or five years ago, before the trade of the country began to take those enormous leaps and bounds which have made the subsequent period mein orAble, Mr. Froud, Mtr. \Cullagh, and others concerned in an Emigration League, insisted that it was the duty of the Government to afford a few million English artisans and their families a free passage to the ...

... COLSTON'S -IOSPITATj iBRiSTOL. A scheme for the future management of this important 'Istitiition has ust -been approved by the Duke of iohmond, on behalf of the Edtication Department; ,'Thbe saheme as it now stands met withrno local o'positiobn, and, in ot petjtiongd agaipst, ,i~willintwomnontjoaltime becorae 4Irl ipd a~di'tibn td'tli thgri-ssm'ihonw of 'ithnhjo timioat booomlte treach £0050 a ...

... I 9h 010 ru HA UBD-A, NOVEMJ3BR 28, 1874. The French municipal elections took place on Sunday, hean and as local bodies varying in number from 10 to 34 had fenc to be appointed for each of 36,000 Communes, making Cou 428,000 Couticillors in all, the proceedings of course mad caused some excitement. With the strange perversity tcun which seems inherent in -the French Conservatives, T they ...

... I CHIPPENHAM AGRICULTURAL. : ' I ASSOCIATION' rf 'The annual meetirggaud exhibition of this flourishing P, association took place at the New-hall, on Thursday, when is Sir John Neeld,' Bar't.,'the prdsident, distributed the te awards to the shepherds arid labourers forlong and faithful o sarvitude, and he also delivered an interasting address to Y thelarge company assembled, which inhluded the ...

... THE REDUOTION IN WAGES IN THE M - RTYR DISTRICT. ,oe reduction inx the wages of ironworkers, our Merthyr eorrespondent writes, haabeen quietly acoeptedeverywbere, though rmall sections of the men have protestd loudly' that they submit only because it is the alternative of atar- vation. It isnot thought that trade will be very materially affected by this fall in wages, aS it is the wrong time ...

... -, Ad fl - - - - - - - - -e: By W. HEPnvWORT DIXON. LrETTER VI. THE WHITE LEAGUE. RICHnIOND), NOVENDEri. 'The White Lcagae F' exclaims a Georgian planter, on bay askivg buni whether the White Leaguei has founded any branck in Atlanta and Savannah, the White League, oir, is in them carpet-bag; andl the White Question, as you find it in2 Vhs newspapers, is chiefly a creation of the White ...