31 JANUARY 1863, page 7

The Emperor's Speech On England.

O UR French correspondent expresses the view taken by the French Opposition of the Emperor's latest speech. Uttered to men who had just won prizes in the English industrial......

The Fortune Of The Percivals.

IN the days of Queen Elizabeth, one Richard Percival, who had ruined himself and alienated his relatives by an imprudent marriage and "a stormy youth," went, as others have done......