30 JULY 1859, page 11

Topics Of Tue Day.

ITALY AND THE CONFERENCE. THE peculiarity of the Villafranca peace is that it has placed Italian affairs in a position which more than ever necessitates the holding of a......

Camp Chair.

On more than one occasion we have noticed the improvements in household furniture made by Mr. Tachezi ; and he now invites attention to his "Prince of Wales's revolving centre......

Rifles.

A man may possess a first-rate rifle, and be perfectly well acquainted with the mode of handling it, the proper method of loading, and the right way of pultiee the trigger, all......

Ladtps' Shoes.

The fashion for decorating ladies' slippers either by needlework, by figured patterns ox the leather, or other material, or by the insertion of coloured silk or satin, old as it......

Cutlery.

Cutlery, though at first used to the owner's satisfaction, frequently becomes soft and valueless before half worn out, principally because the article has not been thoroughly......

From The London Gazette, July 26.

Bankrupts.—GEoacsa PARSLOW, Old Street, SL Luke's, timber-werehant—Ro- BERT HAYWOOD, High Street, HODIert0II, gTOCer—RODERT HARMAN, White Walt- ham, Becks, corn-dealer—H=1m......

Stoneware.

Messrs. Bates, Moore, and Co. are introducing to the London market neat and chaste specimens of toilet ware in 'stone china. The form of the ewer is a near approach to the......