19 OCTOBER 1861, page 1

Action In Poland Has, Perhaps, Been Precipitated By...

in St. Petersburg. The authorities there, it appears, thought the Uni- versity Professors too liberal, and the Minister of Instruction, Admiral Putiatine, ordered them to alter......

The Remaining Speeches Spoken Since Our Last Issue Have Been

of 'little importance. The Marquis of Bath has talked agriculture, and Mr. Ewart, at Dumfries, spoke discursively about Indian tenures and the late hours of the House of Commons......

The Kingdom Of Poland Has Been Placed In A State

of siege. The nobles, it would appear, fraternized with the peasants at the funeral of the Archbishop of Warsaw; the intrigues of the party of action have become more......

A Rumour, Not Yet Confirmed, Explains The Recent Outrage In

Japan. The Russians, it is said, recently destroyed the house of one of the feudal primes, and the attack on the Mission was his revenge. His animosity was to foreigners, and......

News Of The Week. •

Ilr N bread is dear in the East, the mob hangs a baker, and ,he Member for Harwich has adopted and improved on that energetic idea. He proposes to pardon the baker, but hang the......

The Saturday Review, In The Course Of Its Pungent Criticism

on the martial odes now so popular in America, is guilty of a grave mis- statement of fact. It speaks of Mr. Ellsworth as "killed at Alex- andria while looting or loafing in a......

There Is Trouble Brewing Among The States Of The Danube,

and a question of Rouman nationality may soon be before the world. Prince Michael of Servia has for some time been arming, and he has now broken off all negotiations with the......

Ricasoli Has Reorganized The Department Of The Interior....

order throughout Italy has been countersigned by the Minister, and the burden of centralization became intolerable. The new decrees appoint 59 prefects, one to each province,......