13 AUGUST 1864, page 8

The Prospects Of Germany.

T HERE never was a political puzzle like the present posi- tion of Germany. It is hard enough to find out amidst the reports from a dozen different centres what her people are......

Tax-gathering In High Places.

I T is certainly a beneficent arrangement that just as Parlia- ment closes gooseberies come in. We do not so much allude to the pleasant fruit which the barrow-men are now......