14 JULY 1866, page 1

News Of The Week.

TERY little that is either official or authentic oozes out concern- ing the negotiations between France, Prussia, and Austria for the restoration of peace in Europe, but the......

General Peel Has Ordered 60,000 More Breech-loaders In...

the 40,000 ordered by Lord llitrtington and Earl de Grey. That is energetic, provided the order is obeyed, but it is said that a rifle much better than the Snider rifle has been......

It Was Believed In The Beginning Of The Week That

the Emperor Napoleon, when proposing negotiations, intended, if his proposals were rejected, to intervene by force of arms. This statement in- deed was distinctly made at......

Lord Derby Made His Expected Statement On Monday In A

speech which, as we have elsewhere shown, was marked by unusual want of vigour. He admitted that he had offered office to Lord Claren- don, the Duke of Somerset, and the Marquis......

Lord Stanley Made A Frank, Manly, And Thinking Speech To

his constituents at King's Lynn, on Wednesday, on the foreign-policy elements of which we have spoken at some length elsewhere. He denied positively that his unexpected motion a......

We Were Wrong In Supposing Last Week That Mr. Henley

would be Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. That office is accepted by the Earl of Devon. Mr. Brewster is made Lord Chancellor of Ireland, a good and popular appointment,......

The Provincial History Of England.—a Series Of Articles...

be commenced in the SPECTATOR, containing the history of each province in England so far as it is separate from that of the nation, its geography, its ethnology, and the special......