10 AUGUST 1861, page 1

Incomparably The Most Important Event Of The Week Has Been

the defeat of the North, in their first pitched battle with Southern forces. The great advance from Washington to the South, so long demanded by Northern opinion, was made on......

The People Of Ireland Are Looking Forward With Interest To

a visit from her Majesty, and the corporation of Dublin have prepared a loyal address. The national habit of blundering, however, cannot be quite laid aside, and the address is......

The King Of Prussia Has Resolved, It Is Said, To

make further advances towards constitutional Government. The responsibility of Ministers, a fact never yet admitted, is to be settled by law, almost on the English basis. A......

The Death Of Lord Herbert, Which Occurred Last Week Too

late for us to record, is a loss to the country, for he was in many ways a re- presentative man of the English governing class. A man of a clear, though not dominant, mind, he......

News Of The Week.

L ORD Palmerston, at the beginning of the session, promised nothing, and faithfully kept his promise. Parliament adhered to its pleasant programme of talkative idleness with......

The Hungarian Diet Has Answered The Imperial Rescript,...

solved that negotiations be brought to a close.......

Cialdini Has Partly Suppressed The Bourbonist Movement In...

His plan, it appears, is to call out the old Gari- baldian officers, and urn them to summon the peasantry to resist the brigands, or Bounists. This plan has succeeded, at least......

The Outside Speeches Natural To The Recess Have...

Osborne, at Liskeaid, being first in the field. His speech was only important as heralding that clamour for retrenchment which is certain to commence before long, and which will......