11 FEBRUARY 1860, page 15

Petticoats And Peccadilloes.

Maxus once sent us mantua-makers, and gave its name to a craft; it now supplies a new chapter to the philosophy of clothes. A lady seldom obtains the honest opinion of a man on......

Criminal New Trials.

Tar rejection of Mr. M'Mahon's suggestion for a Court of Crimi- nal Appeal is calculated to prolong, for an indefinite period, the settlement of a question, which was forced......

Good News Of The Purchase System.

WE cannot inform our readers that the Ministry of Lord Palmer- ston is about to justify , the apprehensions of the old school, and abolish the practice of buying and selling......

Closed Law Courts—a Memorandum.

FEW events have caused us more thorough satisfaction than the very decisive rejection of the bill, proposed by Lord John Man- ners, for the enabling of Judges of the Divorce......