23 NOVEMBER 1867, page 7

The Emperor's Speech.

T HE Emperor of the French is falling into habits of Royalty. Every year his speech becomes more like a Constitu- tional Message, or the utterance of some hereditary absolutist,......

Irish Impracticables.

T HE envious and atrabilious Englishman who wrote,— " In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much," • laid down rather too generous a......