21 DECEMBER 1861, page 1

The "town" Has Been Occupied During The Week With Two

cases of legal importance. The affairs of the Deposit Bank have come before the Bankruptcy Court, and two of the directors, Lord Keane and Lord George Paget, were sum- moned as......

The Prince Consort's Death Has Deranged Not A Few Plans,

as IselPitgOlighted many hopes. He had been one of the befriends Of the Social Science Association, and there were well-grounded hopes that he would have presided at the next......

Notice.

"TEE SrEcrAroa" i8 published every Saturday Morning, in time for despatch by the Early Trains, and copies of that Journal may be had the same Afternoon through News-agents in......

The Austrian Budget Has Been Submitted To The Reichs- Rath,

and is far from satisfactory. The debt, which in 1846 was only 100,000,000/., is now 240,000,000Z., or eight years' revenue; the deficit of 1861 is 6,100,000/., and that of......

We Have Good Reason To Believe That Lord Lyons Was

directed by the British Government to communicate un- officially to Mr.. Seward the substance of Lord Russell's despatch demanding the surrender of Messrs. Slidell and Mason, a......

In The Second Case The Master In Lunacy Has Been

endea- vouring for a week to ascertain what extent of cubbishness can be taken to indicate insanity. Mr. Windham, heir to Felbrigg Hall, and a great property of 15,000/. a year,......

The Emperor Of Russia Is About, It Is Said, To

convoke the Diet of Finland, and to abolish the censorship. The effect of the latter change will depend entirely on the press law which follows it. An intelligent censorship,......

News Of The Week.

T KE death of the Prince Consort on Saturday night has cast a gloom over the week. The mournful event was known on the following morning in most towns of Great Britain, and......

Some Of The Northern Americans Are Taking Fright At The

prospect of war with England, and naturalizing themselves as citizens of the Rause Towns, intending to carry on their trade for the future under the neutral flag of Hamburg or......

The Periodic Time Of Encke's Comet And The Begum Lawsuit

has just expired, and the Moulvie again figures in our courts of law. Burke's Beguins were happy at least in the romance of their sufferings, while the heroine of the New-road,......

The Federal Government Has Been Within An Ace Of War

with France. The Southern privateer Sumter anchored about 20th November in the roads of St. Pierre, Martinique, and was there blockaded by the Iroquois, a North American......

A Telegram From India Announces That Sir Charles Wood Has

resolved to remove the seat of government from Calcutta to the Hills. The Ganges will, of course, accompany the capital.......