The Debt Of The United States Amounted On 1st August,
1866, to 554,083,0001., being twenty-five millions less than it was on the same date in the year before,—perhaps the most astounding fact in the whole history of finance. This......
The British Association Opened Its Annual Session At...
on Wednesday, the 22nd inst., Mr. W. R. Grove, Q.C., giving the inaugural address. It was a singularly striking one, his point being the " continuity " of nature, which he......
The Russian Government Has Published A Most Extraordinary...
the plot which culminated in the attempt to assassinate the Emperor Alexander. This plot—allowing for the exag- geration of the official style—was a Socialist one, and had for......
The Prussian Chamber Has Proved Itself Even More Placable...
we expected. All the addresses we analyzed last week have been withdrawn and another submitted, the text of which has not reached England, but which " avoids all reference to......
The Cholera, We Are Rejoiced To Observe, Is Rapidly...
In the week ending August 18 the deaths have fallen from 781 to 455, and the decrease is still going on. The disease remains almost entirely within its original area, namely,......
News Of The Week.
T HE Bing of Prussia has given way, and the Bill for the an- nexation of Hanover, Hesse-Cassel, Nassau, and Frankfort has been introduced into the Prussian Chamber. It provides......
The Provincial History Of England.—a Series Of Articles...
commenced in the SPECTATOR in September, containing the. history of each province in England so far as it is separate from that of the nation, its geography, its ethnology, and......
