Resuscitation of the Frankfort Diet, 133. Position of the Powers, 134. Refugee loan, 134. Close of the Dresden Conference, 279. Meeting of sovereigns, 279. Speech of the King of Prussia, 279. The Diet, 418. Affray at Hamburg, 418. English and French protests against Austrian projects, 567. Press ordinance in Austria, 567. Amnesty granted in Hesse Cassel, 567. Absolutism predominant, 699. Political persecutions of musicians, 699. Repression in Hungary, 700. Confiscation of the Allgemeine Zeitung, 715. Extension of the Zollverein, 844. Progress of Despotism in Austria, 844. Austrian loan, 844. SOUTHERN EUROPE. Insurrection in Portugal, and overthrow of the Thomar Ministry, 134, 279. Dissolution of the Spanish Cortes, 134. Railroad commissioners appointed, 134. From Italy: Death of _Il Passatore;_ books prohibited; Emperor of Austria at Venice; anniversary of the battle of Novara, 134. Elections in Spain, 279. Concordat with Rome, 279. Disturbances in Madrid, 279. Opposition to tobacco in Italy, 279, 418. The French at Rome, 279. Austrians in Italy, 418, 567. Banishment of Count Guicciardini, 418. Mr. Gladstone on political prisoners at Naples, 567. Portugal, 567. Arrests and Espionage in Italy, 699. Foreign publications examined, 700. Inundations in Switzerland, 700. Catastrophe at Moscow, 700. Reply of the Neapolitan Government to Mr. Gladstone, 844. Affairs at Rome, 844. Excitement in Spain on the Cuban question, 844. Spanish Tariff, 844. THE EAST. Insurrections in Turkey, 134. Hungarian exiles, 134. Earthquake in Anatolia, 134. Railroad across the Isthmus of Suez, 134. Revolt in Egypt, 134. Affairs in India, 134. Plot against the Nepaulese embassador, 134. Insurrection in China, 134, 567, 700. Russian losses in Circassia, 567. Hurricane in India, 567. The Governor-general, 567. Anti-mission movement among the Hindoos, 567. Cholera in the Canary Islands, 567. Kossuth to be liberated, 700. Annexation in India, 700. Affairs in Siam, 700. Massacre in Formosa, 700. Release of Kossuth, 844. Difficulties between Turkey and Austria, 844. Unsettled condition of Turkey, 845. Difficulties between Persia and Russia, 845. From India, 845. Discoveries of gold in Australia, 845. LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND PERSONAL.