27 AUGUST 1859, page 13

Antwerp.

THE Belgian Chamber of Deputies decided, on Saturday last, by a majority of fifteen, to proceed at once with the completion of the for- tifications of Antwerp. Though the debate......

Masters And Men.

BOTH masters and men seem to us aiming at more than is within their legitimate power or province. The men are right in wishing to shorten the hours of labour, especially when......

Germany.

A TWOFOLD political movement has been going on during the last half century among the Teutonic races who inhabit that central part of Europe generally designated as Germany : a......

Commercial And Financial Phenomena.

" THE Money Market is quiet." The transactions in Foreign Stocks are limited, but the general tendency , is good." " In Lombard Street the demand for money is slack . " " At the......