On Tuesday it was announced that the Austrian Ministers had resolved in Cabinet Council to pay no further heed to the Treaty of 1852, and on Wednesday that the Danes had pro-...

the case of Dr. Williams and Mr. Wilson,—essayists and reviewers,—was given on Monday. ' It was brief, lucid, and in every way admir- able, deciding three most important...

facts, has proposed an armistice on the basis of the evacua- tion of Schleswig by the Danes—Alsen excepted—and a conference. We can scarcely believe that the Government will...

by General Cameron, not without great cost to the English troops in action, at Rangiriri, in the Waikato country. " Rangiriri," writes a private correspondent, " is situated...

which is sometimes almost admirable. On Monday he asked the House of Commons to resolve that Sir John Lawrence, though appointed Viceroy, ought not to lose his good-service...

to amend the law 3 and 4 Victoria, cap. 54, which has led, or which under his administration of it has led, to so ridiculous a result in the case of George Victor. Townley. Sir...

Alexandra case. It will be remembered that when the Chief Baron refused to sign the bill of exceptions tendered by the Crown, he suggested that the Attorney-General should move...

frontier is over, that it has cost a million, and that another expedition to punish two other troublesome tribes is in course of organization. If this statement is correct, it...

terday week that the principle of clerical subscription is to be upheld, going out of his way to give it his own personal adhesion. "It would ba most injurious to the interests...

less favourable view (if that be possible) of Sir George Grey's pro- ceedings in the matter of the Waitara despatch, intended to throw discredit on his predecessor, Colonel Gore...

correspondence over as long a period as possible. The Government printers cannot gratify the interest of the public under three weeks, but Lord Palmerston expresses the hope...

Russell and Mr. Adams in the matter of the Alabama. The drift of the whole is a demand put forward by the United States that Great Britain shall compensate all American owners...

in Europe in the Cobdenian sense of a policy of isolation on all but commercial questions, held a crowded meeting in Man- chester on Thursday, to protest against interference in...

the negotiation of the Great Eastern Northern Junction Railway scheme. Its object is the construction of a line specially adapted, by easy gradients, for the conveyance of coal...

the Ottoman Financial Association, with a capital of one million, for the development of the capabilities of the Turkish empire, the negotiation of Government concessions for...

in the Isle of Man. Mr. W. F. Peacock wandering about the island found confined in a hamlet called Ballakillowey a lunatic— named Dick Waterson. This man had, eighteen years...

100,0001. withdrawn from the Bank ; but the whole of the fresh arrivals have been retained.

4,970,0001. in specie.

the Standard to prove that our judgment on the Chilian priests was " inordinately cruel." He, however, admits that he knows nothing about the priests of Santiago, and the only "...

mini- mum quotation for money from 8 to 7 per cent. The stock of bullion in the Bank is now 13,472,2711.

his brother, has been discharged by the magistrates, Dr. Taylor having reported that no poison at all was discovered in the deceased's stomach.

money, and 90*, 91, for account. Yesterday, the closing quotations were :—For transfer, 91, to 911; for time, 911-,

ever contracted not to communicate with spirits during his stay in Rome, and gives the words of the undertaking, which was only not to give public seances, and to avoid all...

on Friday week were :— Greek .. .. Do. Coupons .. Mexican Spanish Passive .. .. Do. Certificates Turkish 6 per Cents., 1 1 3 4 5 0 1.. ,, Consolides.. .. .. . " • .. .. ....

leave to bring in a bill to withdraw in certain cases the collection of the taxes from the Special Parliamentary Commissioners, and put them under the direct control of the...

illustration. A Miss Quinton, pupil in a boarding-school at Ennis- killen, has 1,0001., and is a ward in Chancery. An attorney's clerk named Peterson fell in love either with...

T HE "Judges of the People" only now and then remind us that they hold the very same responsible authority over the English Church and priesthood which the healthy Erastianism...

THE CONQUEST OF DENMARK. P ATRIOTISM and valour, heroism and self-sacrifice have all alike failed to stop the bullets, and the military tyrannies of Germany are masters of the...

M R. MILNER GIBSON has risen to the height of circum- stances. With an audacity worthy of all commenda- tion he has faced the Railway Interest in its stronghold, flung overboard...

THE able and thoughtful letter of " Academicus " which appeared last week in our columns would deserve atten- tion, even if it came from one less intimately acquainted with...

was, on the whole, a creditable one, and its effect will, we believe, be per- manently beneficial. The division, it is true, showed a large majority for the Government, but many...

lot of poverty or refracted through the impotent superficial splendour of wealth. All this may be true enough if you take care to choose your hut and its inmates so as to secure...

T HE question started by Mr. Matthew Arnold, the necessity for establishing middle-class Etons, is not likely to go to sleep, for it is one on which that middle-class is...

five hundred years T vegetated on slowly increasing estates in Buckinghamshire, then acquired almost by accident an earldom, then gave a connection, one William Pitt, a heavy...

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." SIR,--LY011 expressed a hope in your last number that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council would " greatly...

AN AMERICAN STUDY AFTER DICKENS.* IF the writer of this book is making one of his earliest literary efforts, as we should gather from its being anonymous, there can be no...

VERY few Englishmen will, we fear, condescend to road a eulogistic life of General Benjamin Butler. Arriving at a moment when the country was sympathizing fiercely with the...

IT has not often been the lot either of the greater or the minor poets to know exactly what were the subjects which had so far touched the springs of their own personal fancy or...

of the most daring and successful explorers of the sixteenth century, was, according to the Bio- graphie Universelle, " gentilhomme Bolonais et patrice Romain," and beyond...

NATIONS erect statues to a departed worthy for one of two rea- sons, either to correct their short memories and give to his perishing reputation a duration at least as long as...

Life and Letters of Washington Irving. Vol IV. By Pierre M. Irving. (Richard Bentley.)---For English readers these four volumes should have been compressed into one. In America...

has "arranged" this edition for the perusal of youthful readers, and it leaves nothing to be desired in point of shape, size, type, and paper. Nor do we object to the removal of...

Cox, M.A. (Long- man and Co.)—The author is already well known by his previous publications as an earnest student of the science of comparative mythology. He is, of course, a...

On the whole, a good volume of selections. The error of citing passages from our own best-known writers is avoided, but we certainly get too much of the compiler's modern pets....