TERY little that is either official or authentic oozes out concern- ing the negotiations between France, Prussia, and Austria for the restoration of peace in Europe, but the...

the 40,000 ordered by Lord llitrtington and Earl de Grey. That is energetic, provided the order is obeyed, but it is said that a rifle much better than the Snider rifle has been...

the Emperor Napoleon, when proposing negotiations, intended, if his proposals were rejected, to intervene by force of arms. This statement in- deed was distinctly made at...

speech which, as we have elsewhere shown, was marked by unusual want of vigour. He admitted that he had offered office to Lord Claren- don, the Duke of Somerset, and the Marquis...

his constituents at King's Lynn, on Wednesday, on the foreign-policy elements of which we have spoken at some length elsewhere. He denied positively that his unexpected motion a...

would be Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. That office is accepted by the Earl of Devon. Mr. Brewster is made Lord Chancellor of Ireland, a good and popular appointment,...

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

out opposition. The Austrians were withdrawing from Venetia, only leaving a garrison in the fortresses. Garibaldrievolunteers nia.le an attack on 6th July (yceterclap week), on...

discus Mr. C. Buxton's letter resigning the chairmanship, and condemning the prosecution of Mr. Eyre by the Committee for murder. Mr. Buxton defended himself on the ground we...

been beaten on the hustings, Mr. Patton, the Scotch Advocate-General, who has lost Bridgwater to a Mr. Vanderbyl, an Australian, we believe, of Dutch extraction, who once...

career.

tion, and made in payment to his constituents rather a spread- eagle speech. England adopted the policy of non-intervention net because she was weak, but because she had grown...

opposition, Droitwich not having forgotten how its repre- sentative once tried to give it a monopoly of the Indian salt sup- ply, by releasing its salt from the duty imposed on...

on one point the habitualimbecility-of JAI Generals. They affect to think publicity dangerous because they dread criticises, pro- hibit newspaper correspondence, seize...

forward movement of the Prussian army. The main body is now in Moravia, threatening the Austrians at Olmutz by a direct advance in that quarter with the army of the Crown...

old Generals. Sir E. Gust writes to the Times to advise that no general over fifty should ever be put in command of an army, observing that Napoleon and Wellington sheethed...

a very hearty and good-natured speech. His main point was an announcement that he had increased Lord Hartington's order for breech-loaders from 40,000 to 100,000, and invited...

families of the Hanoverians killed Prussian troops. We trust that not a If any sueh families are in want, let *ty producel the slaughter, sell the vast masses of property which...

of En g lish theatres has reported in favour of transferrin g -the power of licensin g music halls to the Lord Chamberlain, of allowin g music halls to g ive theatrical...

and the Irish end has, as usual, been safely secured. The success or failure of this, the third attempt, will be known within the month.

Russell was re q uested to g rant a pension out of this year's allow- ance to Mrs. Thomson, widow of Dr. R. D. Thomson. This g entleman had for years analyzed the water supplied...

for that amiable bride has chiefly taken the formof jewellery—diamonds, rubies, sapphires, tur q uoises enou g h to furnish a West-End shop. The Kin g and Queen of the Bel g...

consultin g room this day week, under circumstances which appeared to suggest, re or we calculated to su gg est, that he had been makin g experi- ments on the effects of...

discount. Durin g the week about 700,000/. has been taken from the estab- lishment for export to France-and Bra zil, and there is a deereass in the su p ply of bullion of...

' weakly affectionate to Mr. Gladstone. He asked leave to call him us "ri g ht honourable friend," which Mr. Gladstone conceded with g reat g race, and.without any of that...

abused the House of Commons pretty roundly for their recent treatment of Mr. Gladstone,—and, himself. He told a story of some Opposition member comin g over to the Liberal side...

the extent of about three- q uarters per cent. Transactions for money been effected ffected as hi g h as 88, -and for vecount at 885. The market yesterday closed steadily at...

off at the annexed q uotations :— Fridap,July 8. Eriday, ,Td'y Is. an .. .. .. .. Mexic tunsh P.I8M V8 . • .. . . Sp Do. Cnrtifioates .. .. Turkish 6per, Cents., 1858.. .....

THE STORM IN THE AIR. T HE atmosphere is clearing a little. In the beginning of the week the public was bewildered by a storm of con- tradictory telegrams, rumours, messages,...

W HATEVER Lord Stanley may be, he has always the great merit of being himself. Some people may think that the meritoriousness of that achievement depends in some degree on what...

L ORD DERBY'S speech on Monday night must have had a, somewhat depressing effect upon his followers. He himself seemed to be ill at ease, for he spoke without his usual air of...

TP Mr. Gathorne Hardy, the gentleman who, because he is at once millionaire and member for Oxford. University, is now President of the Poor Law Board, really possesses the...

Lord Derby appears in some sense to comprehend the diffi- culty and eauger of our position with respect to the Irish people. He laments that the snake, Fenianism, has been...

T HE author of Ecce Homo has written a preface to the fifth edition of that successful book, defining more precisely and defending more at length his intellectual assumptions...

ATISS CARPENTER, one of the most efficient among English J1. philanthropists, is about, it is said, to visit Bombay, to see whether with her skill in organization she cannot...

T "great battle in Bohemia, which at the first blush seemed decisive of the war, is to be known in history as the battle of Koniggrlitz. But it was really fought on the left...

Heidelberg, June 10, 1866. [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] EVEN a week ago I could observe how, in the course of a single day, political feeling changed in every German State...

[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] New York, June 29, 1866. THE Spectator says, and in effect all the British papers that I have seen say, that in the matter of the invasion of...

PROFESSOR MARTINEAU'S PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS.* THE American publishers, in the exercise of their " unchartered freedom" as to the republication of English writings, frequently...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin, —You Jiave opened your columns so liberally to the discussion of the Women's Petition, that I am unwilling to trespass on your space to...

WE suppose this very tiny book, almost too small to be honoured with a stiff back, is made up as a kind of literary announcement of Artemus Ward's arrival in England. It only...

a man undertakes to write history, he either devotes himself to producing a narrative or an explanation, he either groups what he believes to be the facts, or else he uses them...

Teas is a clever little pamphlet, written apparently by the kind of man who ought to write it, one who was originally a two-horse farmer, but there is not enough of it to be of...

IT is surely no common mind which has conceived the idea of refuting Bishop Colenso and all other heretics in rhyme. Lu- cretius long ago sang in numbers, not indeed polished to...

to disarm as much The Student's Guide to the University of Cambridge. (Bell and Daldy.) as possible the latent hostility of the House of Commons. The question —Second Edition....

in connecting them with he sticks to wino parties and flirtations, but when he attempts to report an instinct that he acknowledges has been lost, he has departed from the talk...

are The We.sentinster Review. July, 1866. (Trubner.)--Tho articles really very good. The author (who, it appears, met with a fatal accident that will attract most attention in...

orthodoxy the, roatter of public amusements by Mr. Matthew Brovnie, who, detest- which is not dull, but the praise is of small value, if he hae ing tobacco, anclmoved ahnost to...

(Hurst and Brackett.)---Thist voltam et .stetthes .belongs to the old- fashioned school. The author is thoroughly in earnest, mid consequently rather long t windett; ha likes to...

the well known merchant, intended to enforce the superiority of " natural " wines, that is, wines unloaded with brandy and unsweetened, over port and sherry. Of these wines he...