2 FEBRUARY 1861, page 1

No Further Action Of Importance Has Taken Place In America.

The Northern States, however, seem generally willing to accept Mr. Crittenden's compromise, the division of all new territory into two States, one slave and the other free, with......

The Prussian Government, Indeed, Is Slowly Acquiring A...

authority in the federation. The North Germans appear determined on the coercion of Denmark. The National societies all over the country have resolved to stand by Schleswig-Hol-......

The News Of The Week From France Is Decidedly...

The Senate has decided that the decree of 24th November does not materially modify the position of the Press, and M. de Persigny has just given evidence that it is not intended......

Meanwhile, The Situation In Austria, Which Involves That...

remains as threatening as before. The reactionary re- script we quoted last week has produced in Hungary nothing but indignation. The fifty-two counties have unanimously de-......

News Of The Week.

THE most important intelligence of the week, perhaps, is the re- sult of the Italian elections. The returns are not quite complete, but enough is known to render it certain that......

Intelligence Has Been Received Of A Famine Raging In Some

of the North-west Provinces of India. The year 1860 was a year of extraordinary drought, and the autumn crop was almost entirely lost. The people ate much of their seed corn,......