An interval of suspense, in all that regards the Italian ques- tion, has followed the peace of Villafranea. It is natural that a period of difficulty and uncertainty should...

John Russell's statement on foreign affairs, pertains to our system of National Defence. The proposal of Sir De Lacy Evans to appoint a mixed Commission to report upon the...

the opponent of immigration to the West Indies. Headed by Lord Brougham, they waited upon the Duke of Newcastle on Beturday, laid before him their memorial of complaints, and...

figure in the black list of the week—the accidents furnish the lighter catalogue, and the most remarkable incident of this kind is the fire at the London Docks, which, as will...

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. HOUSE OF Loans. Monday, July 25. -National Defences ; Lord Lyndhurst's Complaint—Chief Superintendent (China) Bill read a second time. Tuesday,...

All the Paris papers of Monday published the following version of the preliminaries of peace, signed at Villafranca. They quote it from the Maycnce Journal, and profess to give...

The Queen has twice taken a sea excursion in the Fairy. The Prince Consort, Prince Alfred, and Prince Arthur have visited Portland in the royal yacht. The Queen has driven out,...

The Court of Aldermen, at a meeting on Wednesday, took into conside- ration the clause in the Corporation Reform Bill which dispenses with the attendance of the Sheriffs of...

The Liberals of York, who boast of being now "united for the first time," have in commemoration thereof, and although their unity did not secure success, presented a dessert...

The Prince of Wales is diligently pursuing his studies at Holyrood. He has found time, however, to look after his health, and in taking open air exercises to visit the beautiful...

ra UM—The most important announcement from Paris is an extract from the Handcar. On Wednesday, the Emperor held a combined meeting of the Council of Ministers and the Council of...

The Crown has pursued a wise course in relation to the Phcenix Club conspirators. The two Sullivans, tried at Tmlee, pleaded guilty, and were liberated on their own...

Three despatches which passed between Sir James Hudson and Lord John Russell in the latter days of June throw some light onthe opinions of the Government touching the Duchies....

The work to which we alluded in a recent number of our paper, was " The Patriot and the Hero, General Guyon, on the Battle Fields of Hungary and Asia." It was written by a...

SATURDAY MORNING. In the House of Commons yesterday, at the morning sitting, the In- come-tax Bill passed through Committee. Sir HENRY WILLOUGHBY moved an amendment intended to...

(Prom our own Correspondent.) Elegant inventions could not very well come to a stand-still at Paris, and the new material called grenadine, which-we mentioned last week, is...

A GOOD DEAL of wool has been received by holders during the past week, but the actual business done has been rather less than usual. Silk has advanced considerably, and buyers...

The fashion for decorating ladies' slippers either by needlework, by figured patterns ox the leather, or other material, or by the insertion of coloured silk or satin, old as it...

Grand Duke Constantine of Russia is expected to arrive tomorrow from St. Petersburg. His Imperial Highness will probably remain here some days. The Faederlandet denies the...

one of her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland, in the room of Dr. John Lee, deceased.

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY APTXKNOON. Business in the Market for English securities has been active during the - week, and quotations have experienced a pod deal of fluctuation....

ITALY AND THE CONFERENCE. THE peculiarity of the Villafranca peace is that it has placed Italian affairs in a position which more than ever necessitates the holding of a...

On more than one occasion we have noticed the improvements in household furniture made by Mr. Tachezi ; and he now invites attention to his "Prince of Wales's revolving centre...

A man may possess a first-rate rifle, and be perfectly well acquainted with the mode of handling it, the proper method of loading, and the right way of pultiee the trigger, all...

Cutlery, though at first used to the owner's satisfaction, frequently becomes soft and valueless before half worn out, principally because the article has not been thoroughly...

Bankrupts.—GEoacsa PARSLOW, Old Street, SL Luke's, timber-werehant—Ro- BERT HAYWOOD, High Street, HODIert0II, gTOCer—RODERT HARMAN, White Walt- ham, Becks, corn-dealer—H=1m...

Messrs. Bates, Moore, and Co. are introducing to the London market neat and chaste specimens of toilet ware in 'stone china. The form of the ewer is a near approach to the...

THAT the sum of 836,920/. should have been voted last week to the Committee of Council without a division and almost without a demur, is a gratifying proof how thoroughly...

THE country, the Parliament, and the Government seem at length to be agreed on the necessity of providing adequate means of defence for these islands. Our system of defence...

THE question of the state of the British Museum has got its annual airing ; Mr. Walpole, as trustee, moving the estimateo and defending the management, and Mt. Gregory and...

WE have long since expressed a conviction that the present law of debtor and creditor will have to be revised. The same opinion has been more recently expressed by others, who...

By LEIGH HUNT. No. XIV. Sulu= or " Yomeo OLD erAnismeir " commie:um. Perseverance in spite of failures—Tutors themselves not always discerning—Robert Bruce, the spider, and the...

Son Roismix GARDINER hes always shown a praiseworthy anxiety to improve the efficiency of the Royal Artillery—a corps in which he served with dis- tinction in the Peninsula and...

DANA'S RIIN TO CUBA. * IT was on a dull, dark day of February in the present year that our excellent friend, the author of " Two Years before the Mast," left behind him the mud,...

4, Lyon's Inn, Strand, July 12, 1859. Stn,—The age in which we live is characterized by its desire to prevent any unnecessary shortening of life, and if more has not been done...

whilst so many books have been written about wine, the consumers of tobacco, who greatly outnumber the wine-drinkers, have not had the services of a popular histoiio- grapher...

After an interval of ten years the author of FRIENDS IN COUNCIL has produced a second series of that remarkable work. It consists, like the first of essays, mingled with...

done good service to the cause of progress by collecting into one large volume all the bills introduced into Parliament by Lord Brougham since his entry into the House of...

Ihnorah, or Ii Pelkgrinaggio di Ploirmel (the Italian title of Meyer. beer's new opera) was produced at Covent Garden, not on Saturday as announced, but on Tuesday. So much has...

An Italian version of Verdi's Vipres Sielliennes, under the title of I Vespri Siciliaei was performed on Wednesday. The opera was got up with a care and completeness which did...

Mr. Fordyce, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, known by his "History of the County Palatine of Durham,' has just commenced a "History of Coal, Coke, and Coalfields : Iron, its Ores and...

The theatrical season is now fairly drawing- to its close, for although some time will elapse before the doors of several of the houses are ac- tually shut, we can hardly...

Mario has been offered the directorship of the Grand Opera of Paris. It is rumoured, with what foundation we know not, that Mario has been offered the directorship of the Grand...

Boosey's Operatic Album is one of the most elegant publications of its class. It is a collection of a hundred gems from the most favourite operas of the day, arranged for the...

On the 18th of July, at Biarritz, the Wife of H. Wyvill, Esq., jun., M.P., of a daughter. On the 22d, at Nettleworth Hall, Nottinghamshire, the Wife of Lieutenant-Colo- lonel...

&turd. Monday. Tuesday. Warw. Thurs. Friday, I per Cent Consols Ditto for Account S per Cents Reduced New 8 per Cents Long Annuities Annuities 1885 Bank Stock, 9 per Cent...