Part of the shareholders of the Great Eastern are circulating in all directions a proposal for buying the great ship by a lottery to be opened at Frankfort. The first prize is...

Forty Derbyshire magistrates out of 119 belonging to the county have remonstrated in very forcibl laenguage against the mode in whichi Mr. Townley's alleged lunacy has been...

On the same day, an almost cqually interesting discussion was tOiD- on at Reading as to the desirability of admittin!r a Roman Catholic priest to see Roman Catholic prisoners...

Both the members for the borough of Oxford addressed their con- stituents on New Year's Day, the occasion being a dinner of the Ancient Order of Druids. M\r. Cardwell made an...

On Thursday last Lord Stanley, in distributing the prizes to the successful competitors in the Oxford local examination at Alanchester, made a sensible speech on the value of...

I Indecent assaults on ladies in railway-carriages are said to be becoming frequent, and the Great Western Company are prosecuting a charge of the kind with commendable...

Mr. Mure, the Conservative member for Buteshire, has made a I speech to his constituents, in which lie argues strongly for a speedy recognition of the South, though approving...

I The Address submitted to the Legislative Body of France was read on Tuesday, and is an unusually outspoken paper. 'The members inform the Emperor that his distant expeditions...

Mr. Bright seems to be held in high honour in the United States. A young man named Rubery, of Birmingham, bought a vessel at San Francisco to fit out as a privateer under the...

On Tuesday the Surrey magistrates decided to appoint and I remunerate with a salary of 1001. a year a Roman Catholic Chaplain for the Wandswortlh House of Correction. They...

The Bucks election ended, of course, in the election of the Duke's nominee, Mr. R. B. Harvey. Dr. Lee polled only 313 votes, and was accused of unfairness in putting Mr. Harvey...

On Monday, Lord Caernarvon carried the report of his committee I on the prison discipline of the Winchester County Gaol, at a full Court of Hamnpshire justices, by a majority...

It appears to be decided that the Archduke Maximilian shall arrive in Mexico in March. General Bazaine is still in pursuit of Juarez; but five provinces have been fairly...

On Tuesday, at Trinity College, Dublin, Lord Carlisle " ijiau2u- I rated," as the newspapers say,-that is, recognized formally and publicly for the first time,-the new statue...

Tlhe Council for India have dislposed of 500,0001. in bilLi on the various Presidencies at previous rates. The applications within the limits amounted to ,7O,OOO1. The steamer...

There has been only a moderate demanld for money for comn- inercial purposes; but the lowest rates for the best paper still colltinue at f3. to 7 per cent. The Bank of...

Mr. G. J. Holyoake has given in a letter to the Star a practical I illustration of the gross injustice of the present state of the law of oaths. M1r. Holyoalie is, as is well...

Tile stock of bullion in the Bank of England ha.s declined to 14,196,7541. In the Bank of France the supply is now only 7,400,0001. Advices from New York state that the banks...

The emigration to America is supposed to be very enormous, I but it does not yet much affect the increase of population. The total number who left Liverpool last year for all...

Last week Consols closed at 907 91 for money ; and 91 1 for account. Yesterday the latest quotations were :-For transfer, 91 to 91k; for tilme, 91-1 .

A housemaid the other day applied to a Miss Howard, a ! lady apparently of good position near Taunton, for a character. She had never been in her service, but pleaded that :as...

Sir J. T. Coleridgc remonstrates witli the Times for (lepre- ciating the education of those clergymen called " Literates," Vwho have no University degree, and instances the...

Very little business has been (lone ill national seciiiities (luring the week. The fluctuations in prices, have, however, been trifling. Forcion bonds have ruled inactive, and...

R. CAPETOWN AGAIN! 'O UR older novelists seem to have believed that whenever a rector was in want of light reading he sat down to study the law of tithes, and certainly at all...

TOPICS OFI THE DAY. DRIFTING TO WAR. A IARl between England and Germany is a calamity I A so vast and yet so grotesque that even political E dreamers strike it habitually out...

A letter has been published in Germany from the Prussian Minister at War to an association in Hlalle. They had asked if it were worth while to collect warm clothing for the...

NEWS OF TILE WEEK. THE Schleswvig-Holstein affair has drawn, during the week, still nearer to war. The Duchy of Holstein has now been completely occupied, and the army of...

I A telegramn without a date, published in the Times, announces a remarkable change in the British position in China. Prince Kung, it is said, "refuses to ratify the agreement...

The Emperor Louis Napoleon and the King of Italy both held receptions on New Year's Day. The Emperor spoke courteously to every Ambassador except Earl Cowley, whom he passed in...

Kossuth, the ex-Governor of Hungary, has issued an address calling on the Magyars to be ready for action, and announcing that a Committee appointed by him will treat all who...

The quiet evacuation of H1olsteiii was due to British advice, but I Earl Russell has declined to advise the Danes to evacuate Schleswig. On the contrary, he has addressed to...

A correspondent of the Time.s, signing himself " Joe Hodge," brings a very grave charge against a judge. Two men, in Rivenhall, Essex, shot a watcher at a distance of two...

|Ar. Gladstone delivered on Monday one of his happy popular addresses to the working classes at Buckley, Flintshire, on occasion of the opening of a new reading room which hall...

M1. CORBON ON TIHE SECRET OF THE PARIS 0 UVRIERS. COR130N wNas and is a wood-carver, who, after many 1 years spent in endeavouring to enlighten his fellowworkers, chiefly biy...

The Mlosaic Records. A full Investigation of the Difficultics suggostod b)y Dr. Colenso. By Benjamin Biekley Rogers, Barrister-at-Law, and I ex-Fellow of Wadlamm College,...

I The Tiqer Prince; or, Adventures in the 1 -ilds of Ahiassinia. By IWilliam Dalton. (Virtue Brothers anld Co.)--MAr. Dalton is a very successful writer of boy's books, and...

the Liverpool and London Fire and Life Assurance Conpany have I published and sent us a very nice little almanack, in a neat leathern I pocket-book, meant, we conclude, for...

Pailocalia, Part I. By William Purton, M.A. (T. and G. Shrimpton, | Oxford.)-This is an essay on natural beauty, with an appendix on crime and morals, and is in due course to...

Steps in the Dark. By "'H. M." (Edinburgh: Oliphant and Co.)-A I nicely written story of the goodey school about the orphan children of pious Scotch parents, who were sent to...

Original Acrostics. By a Circle of Friends. (Bell and Daldy.)- I Poetical puzzles in the nature of charades, but of a more artificial character. The verses in which they are...

I (C/honicles of tle Scldnbery-C'otta Family. (T. Nelson and Sons.)- The history of a burgher family of Thuringia at the date of tiio Reformation, in which Luther,...

I Eltiee, a Tale. By L. -N. Comnyn. (Longman andl Co.)-Writteln by a, disciple of the author of " The Daisy Chain," in the same spirit, and with similar, if inferior, power....

THE "REDS " OF EUROPE. MONG the dangerous signs of the hour which mate A statesmen almost despair of peace, and induce thinkers, weary of seeing force for ever sterile, almost...

A Terrible JniTan o; or Stroiq and T1 ruc. By Austyn Graham. II Two vols. (Maxwell and Co.)-No one can justly say that this is not a fairly good novel as novels go; but it is...

The Arabian N?yhls' Entertainnicnts. In monthly parts, with I pictures from the best artists, including J. E. 'Millais, John Tenniel, J. D. Watson, engraved by the Birothers...

Alice oy' Mlotnmouth, an Idyll of the Great 11iVr; with Other Poems. I By Edmund C. Stedmlal. (New York: Carleton.)-This little volume , contains sonie elegant and by no...

Everqy-dla Scripture Difficulties Illustrated and Explained. By J. E. Prescott, MI.A. (Parker, Son, and Bourn.)-Amid the numerous works of this kind, which every day issue...

F or Better, for Worse; aRomance of the Affections. Edited by Edmund Yates. Two vols. (Maxwell and Co.)-We think the lady who is the author of this work is not much indebted...

Uitelques Erreurs de lu Politique Russe. (Paris, E. Dcntu.)-The author is of opinion that Russia wvould do well to re-establish Poland as an independent power, and turn its...

CURRENT LITrERATtJRE. The N'amze of Jestes, and Other Terses for the Sicks and Lonely. B | "C 1.. N." Third edition. (Mackintosh, and J. II. Parker, Strand, 1SG3.) I The...

BO OK S. TH1E SIEGE OF JERUSALEM.* Tilis is a work of antiquarian research, which it has been attempted to make readable, or at least vendible, among the unstudious public by...

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S ICE MAIDEN.* HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S tales are something more than tales for children, for their delicate huumour and ingenuity of fancy will render...

GUY LIVING STONE'S BALLADS.* IF the author of "Gt y Livingstone " had written, or I edited" as lhe modestly puts it, a book of psalmody-which lhe would not, we suppose, be very...

CAPTAIN OSBORN'S DISM1ISS AL. O NE of those sudden changes of policy to which Asiatic 0 Courts are subject seems to have occurred at Pekin. Thle Tartar officials around Prince...

THE ATTITUDE OF FRANCE. THERE is something exceedingly noteworthy, and not T altogether pleasant, in the attitude which French policy has for the moment assumed. Her...

(IN PUNSISHMENTS HERE AND HEREAFTER. To T IiE EDITOR OF TIME "SPECTATOR." ub-_A letter in the Times, signed " S. (. 0.," respecting the case of Mr. Towvnlcy, must have given...

Ifiuturical Talus of Lancastriun Tbime~s. By the Rev. 1I. P. Diiiister, IM.A. ((jiiffithand Farlan.)-Thc subt:tratuin of these stories is taken I from Echalrd....

THE VALUE OF ECCENTRICITY TO LIBERAL THOUGHT. IF Dr. Lee had been elected for Buckinghlanisbire the Liberal )arty might, perhaps, have been disposed to undervalue the accession...

THE LENIENCY OF THE BENCH. T HERE is a Mr. Curtler in Worcestershire who is Deputy. Chairman of Quarter Sessions, and he has done a considerable public service. He has ventured...

CURIOSITIES OF FOLK-LORE.* MI.AY the Gods and the public be gracious to Mr. Kelly, for hie has compiled a readable volume upon Folk-lore! 'Thus did we bless him as we laid it...

.CAPTIN BURTON'S "ABEOKUTA."* IF Captain Burton's object really be to confuse the public mind I into the belief that "F.R.G.S.," the ' Consul at Ferenando Po," in who3e company...

I -"--IAA NIGHTAIARE VIEW OF GERMANY.* MR. HrxavY MAYiEiw, whose previous duty, as described by himself, was "to fraternize with London beggars, and to mingle for many a day...

SIR GEORGE GREY AS A JUDGE OF APPEuL. - THE Derbyshire magistrates are, it is evident, not satisfied with the Home Secretary as a Judge of Appeal in the case of Mr. G. V....