21 MARCH 1863

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE Polish rebellion extends. Langiewicz, the new Dic- tator, has, during the week, twice defeated the Rus- sians, who are, moreover, said to have been repulsed at three other...

NOTICE.

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" THE SrEurkros " is published every Saturday Morning, in time for despatch by the Early Trains, and copies of that Journal may be had the same Afternoon through Booksellers in...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE CLOUD IN LANCASHIRE. T HE Times of Saturday last contained a letter from Mr. Bridges, a physician residing in Bradford, which has, with good reason, attracted an unusual...

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THE PIVOT OF THE POLISH QUESTION.

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T HE Emperor of the French is making up his mind. That is the only deduction possible from the strange series of despatches, notes, reports, foreign letters, and semi-official...

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THE SMOTHERED GAME-LAW DEBATE. T HE spectacle of the House of

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Commons on Tuesday night during Sir George Grey's Ministerial statement of the views of the Government concerning Mr. Forster's motion on the Game Laws, was more picturesque...

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THE CHINESE PUZZLE EXPLAINED. T HE mystery is out at last.

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It was always a puzzle to all men who comprehended the East why the Chinese Government, with its traditions of isolation, its timidity, and its pride, should have so suddenly...

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BRITISH NEUTRALITY.

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T HE whole of the correspondence respecting the gunboat Alabama has now been laid before Parliament, and it is not possible to deny that, at all events so far as the Board of...

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THE MURDERER BURTON, AND THE THEORY OF MONOMANIA.

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M R. RD3TON is, no doubt, in his way an able advocate ; but we think a little of that metaphysical insight which, in ordinary cases, is the last qualification an able barrister...

SIR RICHARD MAYNE'S LETTER TO THE "TIMES."

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S IB, RICHARD MAYNE'S "Letter to the gentlemen connected with the Times," which was read in the House of Commons on Friday, by Lord Hotham, is a curious document. It begins by...

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THE BRUTALITIES OF WARFARE.

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T HE Press of all Europe is ringing with condemnation of the brutalities practised by Russian troops. The murders of unarmed men in lliechow, the outrages offered to local...

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ONE SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVED.

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1 F all classes of philanthropists and social reformers do not agree in according to the improvement of the dwellings of the labouring classes absolutely the foremost place...

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LOUIS NAPOLEON, KING OF POLAND.

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T HERE is a curious episode in the early life of the present Emperor of the French, little known in this country, which throws a flood of light upon his character, and strangely...

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GOSSIP FROM AND ABOUT FRANCE.

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(FROM Ot'R SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) March 19th, 1863. "Heaven knows that even to excess, The sacred freedom of the press . . . My only aim's to crush—the writers," says Moore's...

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HOOKER AND HUNTER.—THE TEXAN EXPEDITION.— OUR WORST ENEMY.

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[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] New York, March 3rd, 1863. WERE our armies under the commanders of six months ago, this long inaction would be a reason for disquietude and...

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grama.

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MR. FALCONER'S judgment was strangely at fault when he ex- pended his money so lavishly in devising such magnificent spectacle for a piece like Bonnie Dundee. The dialogue, the...

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BOOKS.

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MONTALEMBERT ON THE POLISH INSURRECTION.* THERE are few things more remarkable than the extraordinary difference in the warmth of French and English feeling with re- ference to...

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WASHINGTON IRVING'S SKETCHBOOK.*

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Ix has been well said that the old school of American authors are not American, but English, in their art. Until a recent period the only strictly American authors were the...

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BUCHELER'S PETRONIUS ARBITER* [Szconn ninon.]

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THE question of Petronius's age is closely connected with the further question of his name. It is probable that the original ground for assigning the Satirae to the age of Nero...

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JOHN CALVIN.*

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"TRUTH," says Calvin, "is the child of Time ; " a memorable generalization of which, in these last days, it would, perhaps, be difficult to find a more satisfactory illustration...

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and middle-class wedding gifts of the order that professional incomes

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can afford for first cousins or intimate friends. Even babas of literary inventiveness are no help in the matter. The most fertile mind sinks into a fatal stupor when that...

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CURRENT LITERATURE.

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A B C of Life. By A. B. Child, M.D., author of "Whatever is is Right." (Boston : White and Co.).—Dr. Child is a gentleman who, apparently desirous of aspiring to the proud...

Lancashire Homes, and what Ails Them. By the author of

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"Ragged Homes and how to Mend Them." (Nisbet and Co.)--In this little volume Mrs. Bayly gives a very interesting account of a brief visit which she paid at the close of last...

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A Successful Exploration through the Interior of Australia, from ifdbourne

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to the Gulf of Cmpentaria. Edited by William Wills. (Bentley.)—It is so short a time since we had occasion, while reviewing a small volume on the subject by Mr. Andrew Jackson,...

Liber Cantabrigiensis. Part IL By Robert Potts, M.A., Trinity College.

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(Parker, Son, and Bourn.)—This is a kind of supplement to a work bearing the same title which appeared about seven years ago, and was designed to give an account of the various...

Entanglements. By the authoress of "Mr. Arle," &c. Two vols.

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(Smith, Elder, and Co.)—It is, we fear, somewhat doubtful how far the authoress of "Mr. Arle" can fairly be congratulated on the appearance of her latest noveL The story is...

The Lift of William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester.

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By Rev. John Selby Watson, M.A., M.R.S.L., author of "Life of Richard Person," &c. (Longmans.)—The Rev. J. S. Watson, -whose "Life of Person" gave rise to a good deal of...

BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE FORTNIGHT.

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A Welcome (Emily Faithfoll).—Nine Months in the United States, by Rev. G. Fisch (Nisbet and Co. ■.—Leavoi front our Cypress and our Oak (Macmillan and Co.).— Clippin g s from...