Danes, the soldiers of the little kingdom, who are des- cribed by the Times correspqndent in the highest terms, being ill- provided with medical comforts. The design is a...

production of all papers on the steam rams. The Government refused them, and, after a spirited debate, the House supported their view by 178 to 153. We have commented on the...

unity of spirit is engendered by common repulsion rather than common attraction. " Any one," he confides to the Record, " who knows anything of human nature, knows in what...

John Manners that the Prussian army did pass the frontier of Jutland, and took up a position at a place called Bolding. In answer to re- presentations addressed to Berlin, " we...

ally, somewhat fractious about the non-production of the Danish papers, and Mr. Osborne, who delights in these rows, made,—in no very serious spirit, we imagine,—a violent war...

increase. The forces of the great Powers being in motion, it is thought that the little Powers may be eaten up, and a con- ference for combined action has been held at Wurzburg....

T HE only new fact of the week is, that the British Government has twice proposed a conference on Danish affairs, to be attended by the Powers who signed the Treaty of 1852, and...

is, it appears, to be resisted. The working men conspicuous in the management of trades-unions appear to imagine that it will affect taking care of their Consols. Their real...

Sir Walter Crofton's great and successful experiment in Ireland, tries to raise a new prejudice against the surveillance of the prisoners liberated on licence, by narrating at...

worship and teaching in all parts of Schleswig except one pariah ; the people may, however, use Danish in services for the sick under certain circumstances. Eighty thousand...

at the bottom of the recent attempt to assassinate the Emperor. In the acte d'accusation it is affirmed that Mazzini gave the actual conspira- tors a note ordering Greco to do...

in Regent Street, to organize a committee to work in concert with one formed in Paris, for obtaining subscriptions or goods towards the great fair to be held in New York on the...

and Trgbucco were condemned to transportation for life, and Imperatore and Sciaglioni to twenty years' transportation.

the number of sailors and boys iu the Navy on Thursday night. He said our force was really increasing, because every iron-plated ship, substituted for the old line-of-battle...

its second reading on Wednesday, after a debate in which everybody cavilled at the Bill, and everybody voted for it. Most of the arguments used simply amounted to pleas for the...

of the United States will meet at Chicago on the 4th July next. The Republicans will wait to see the result of their enemies' deliberations before they nominate their next...

Theis' has hitherto been no police there, there is a good deal of poverty in winter, the sheriffs look upon sheep-stealing as London magis- trates do upon maiming, viz., as an...

increased to 13,819,412/., the Directors have lowered their minimum quotation for money to 6 per cent., and the Joint Stock Banks have reduced their allowance on deposits at...

now striving unknown to each other for the same end. One, of which Mr. Gladstone is President, calls itself the Night Refuge Society, and has established a refuge for the...

a man for whom the hospital surgeons provided an artificial face on the dis- appearance of his own. He had been so thoroughly salivated by mercury that a sort of cancerous...

issued their report for the year, and propose to declare a dividend of 40 per cent. after adding slightly to their capital, and considerably to their reserved fund. In the fire...

money, and 90k, 91 for account. Yesterday, the closing prices were :—For transfer, 91k, ; for time, 911, The highest quotation touched during the week was 912, for money.

and twentieth quarterly report last Tuesday, and a meeting was held in the evening in the Free Trade Hall, under the presidency of Mr. T. B. Potter, to celebrate and promote the...

five persons admitted by the Registrar-General to have died of starvation in London during one week. Four were children, but one was a woman of 39, and a sixth, not mentioned...

now about 7,400,000/.

the Innis :— • " Richard Baron Westbury, Lord High Chancellor of England. He was an eminent Christian, An energetic and successful Statesman, And a still more eminent and...

pose of establishing large dining-balls in London, similar to those which have proved so successful in Glasgow and other large cities.

Bank of England for Egypt, but most of the fresh arrivals of bullion continue to be retained here.

a capital of 500,0001. in shares of 25/. each.

Securities yesterday, and on Friday week:— Friday, Feb. 19. Friday reb.016 Greek Do. Coupons .. .• Mexican . Spanish Passive • • .. Do. Certificates Turkish 6 per Ceuta.,...

year are very favourable. The value of our shipments is returned at 146,489,7681., against 123,992,264/. in 1862, and 125,102,814 in 1861.

on the working of the Public Works Act passed for the relief of Lancashire. It seems that the cotton towns have either taken, or are taking, the whole sum of 1,500,0001., the...

of 2,000,000/., with an intention of executing the regular business of these Companies, now becoming numerous in England, but with a special attention to India and the Colonies.

securities this week are an advance of k per cent. in Consols, and a fall of about 5 per cent. in the Confederate loan. Mexican stock has fluctuated considerably in price, and...

THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE. T HE British Government has taken another step in the Dano-German affair, and encountered another humilia- tion. It is a fixed idea with Earl Russell...

MR. LOCKE KING, the member for East Surrey, is a very 111 inconvenient person. He has individual convictions as well as party leanings, and an idea that action and opinion...

T HERE are many humiliating incidents in political exist- ence, as in human existence generally. As physical life consists chiefly of making tissue and simultaneously using it...

Monday evening was ludicrous enough in all incidents, but the account is melancholy reading for all English friends of Ireland. There is food enough for laughter in a meeting of...

I T is clear that the momentous question, Is the pear ripe ? is already agitating the minds of the members of Oppo- sition—that Queen Mph has been with them, and that their...

T HE new piece in which Mr. Sothern has appeared this week will only serve to show that his powers as an actor are by no means limited to the very unique character in which he...

T HE executions of Monday added a tone of reality to Mr. Hib- bert's motion of Tuesday for limiting the publicity of executions. It is, of course, most unphilosophical to assert...

T HE Russells belong to the second list . of Eng li sh nobles—the houses founded on the great Sequestration, but they may pos- sibly have an old pedigree. Immense labour has...

[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. j New York, February 13, 1864. THE military event of the past week is an attempt on the part of General Butler to make a dash into Richmond and...

MR. CARL WERNER AND MR. E. LEAR. IT is not very long since such a series of drawings as that which Mr. Carl Werner has made from his sketches at Jerusalem and its neighbourhood...

MR. FORSYTH'S LIFE OF CICERO.* PERHAPS Cicero might be described as a second-rate character in a first-rate state of moral and intellectual effervescence. The beautiful medal...

just now is or cry section of Christians, from the distinctly dogmatic even to the most latitu- • Lyra Anglicana. Hymns and Sacred Songs collected and arranged by tier. E. H....

THIS volume is the second and concluding instalment of Mr. Chambers' gigantic Almanack, for such is, perhaps, the most appropriate title for his comprehensive undertaking,...

Ma. Howrrr tells us in the preface that this book has run through eight editions in a few days in the United States, and that the proceeds of the sale of this (the authorized...

one Parliamentary leader has made the House smile sympathetically, by confessing that his acquaintance with the * Narratives of the Expulsion of the English from Normandy,...

Wehnert (Sampson Low, Son, and Marston.)—Simple little stories for very young children, but the fun must be looked for in Mr. Wehnert's pictures. The dream story is, however,...

Charles Hole. (Longman and Co.)—This completes the primary course of instruction required under the Revised Code, and the whole course appears to ns admirably adapted not only...

(London : Dula% Paris : Truchy.)—The writer boasts that he has comprised the whole French language in this one tale, and for the purposes of conversation we think he has....

Autobiography of Lyman Beecher, D.D. Edited by his son, Charles Beecher. Vol. I. (Sampson Low, Son, and Co.)—A rather remarkable book. It is the life of a famous revivalist...