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The Government, We Regret To See, Feel It Necessary To

extend the Act suspending the Habeas Corpus in Ireland, which expires in three weeks. It appears from the explanation given by LorolNaas i that Lord Kimberley arrested 756......

The Last Report Of The Registrar-general Is A Terrible One.

In the week ending Saturday, July 28, the deaths rose from their average of 1,387 to 2,600, the increase being entirely due to cholera. The deaths from the epidemic amounted to......

All These Arrangements Depend In Part On The Votes Of

the German Parliament, which will be elected in September, and meet on some day not fixed, in some city not yet announced. The old Prussian Parliament meets meanwhile on Monday,......

The "free Trade In States" Which Count Von Bismark Prophe-

sied two years ago has thus been accomplished, but the ultimate form to be taken by Prussian supremacy is still uncertain. A thousand rumours are current in Germany, and the......

The Government Got A Gentle Rebuff On Monday Night. General

Peel had brought in a Bill authorizing the expenditure of 50,000/. on fortifications at Tilbury, not included in the general scheme. Mr. Gladstone, however, objected, first,......

News Of The Week.

rilHE Kaiser has given way. On the 26th of July the prelimi- naries of peace offered by the Prussians were accepted, and an armistice for one month was signed. During that month......

Mr. Napier, The Deaf Judge To Whom The Office Of

Lord Justice of Appeal was offered by Lord Derby, has declined the post. In a very disinterested letter read by Lord Naas on Monday night, he repeats that his friends think him......

The Provincial History Of En &ind.—a Series Of Articles Will

be commenced in the SPECTATOR of next Saturday, containing the history of each province in England so far as it is separate from that of the nation, its geography, its......