The House of Commons resolution relating to the Abyssinian expedition adopted by the House of Lords.

Dec. 5, 1867.

Dec. 5, 1867.

M. Rouher declares in the Corps Législatif that France will never allow Italy to have Rome. Amnesty issued by the King of Italy to all engaged in the invasion of the Papal States.

Dec. 5, 1867.

Dec. 6, 1867.

The advance brigade of the Abyssinian expedition reaches
Senafe.
Resolution for the impeachment of President Johnson defeated
in the House of Representatives by 108 to 57 votes.

Dec. 7, 1867. Proclamation issued by the Irish government forbidding further contemplated funeral processions. Dec. 12, 1867. The wall of the Clerkenwell House of Detention blown down by Fenians, causing the death of six persons, and seriously injuring more than forty. Dec. 13, 1867.

Terrible explosion of nitro-glycerine at Newcastle, causing seven deaths.

Dec. 17, 1867.

Mr. John Martin, and other leaders of the Dublin funeral procession, committed for trial for misdemeanour.

Dec. 18, 1867.

Sir Robert Napier sails from Bombay for Abyssinia.

Dec. 21, 1867.

The Italian Government defeated on a direct vote of confidence regarding the Roman question by 201 to 199.

Dec. 22, 1867. The resignation of the Italian ministry announced by General Menabrea in the Chambers. General Menabrea commissioned to form a new cabinet. Dec. 23, 1867. Appointment of the new Austrian ministry for the countries represented in the Reichsrath.

Dec. 31, 1867.

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UNIVERSAL CHRONOLOGY.

** For the dates of the Reigns, &c., of the Sovereigns of the Century, the reader is referred to the Alphabetical Table of Contemporary Sovereigns, which commences p. 281.

For the incidents in the lives of deceased Eminent Persons, reference must be made to the Alphabetical Biographical Notes, commencing p. 349.