Emperor of the French instantly forwarded a letter of con- dolence to Mr. Bigelew. The British Ministry propose on Monday to move a formal address to the Queen, praying Her...

Mr. Seward's sick room, injured Mr. Frederick Seward. so seriously that he is not expected to recover, wounded Major Seward and a male nurse, and then fell upon the help- lees...

O N Wednesday morning the telegraph brought news from America which, as Mr. Gladstone says, struck Europe "with a thrill of horror." A double assassination had been committed in...

unfor- tunate clause in the United States' Constitution. On any such occurrence the Vice-President becomes President as a matter of right, and can be unseated only by a violent...

of condolence either to Mrs. Lincoln or the American Government, and we trust that as the emotion of horror dies away into one of regret the intention may be persisted in. For...

has per- plexed the police and all who feel an interest in undiscovered crime, has been at last revealed. On Tuesday Miss Constance Kent appeared before Sir Thomas Henry, and...

of our Revenue, stating that whereas between 1840 and 1852 it was only 1,030,000/. per annum, between 1853 and 1859 it increased 1,240,000/. per annum, and between 1859 and...

for Algeria to-day. The real object of his journey is, it is said, to try some arsenicated waters near Constantine, but the ostensible object is to meet certain leading Arab...

tricts is rapidly dying out. Mr. J. Percival, in a long letter which has been published, states that out of every 100 children born in Cumberland and Westmoreland 11 are...

which is "masked "but strengthened by antimony, has been detected in the body of Mrs. Pritchard. The accused doctor remains quiet and self-possessed and confident of acquittal,...

than usual. Was he dejected by its preternatural simplicity, for which he almost apologized,—or conscious of the claim of other and sadder political subjects on the minds of his...

a.m. told the world all •Mr. Gladstone had to tell twelve hours later. From the character of the budget- no harm was in this e Ise done, but suppose the reductions had been on...

Interest on Debt . . 26,350,000 Charges on Consolidated Fund 1,900,000 Army 14,348,000 Navy 10,392,000 Civil States 7,650,000 Revenue Departments 4,657,000 Packet Service...

Messrs. Galt and Cartier, the Canadian Ministers who have visited England to arrange with Her Majesty's Government the terms of Confederation. Both made speeches on behalf of...

to remember that on Sunday came the great newts of the surrender of General Lee with all his army to General Grant. On the 9th of April General Lee agreed to the mild terms of...

on the 24th inst., of the new epidemic, spinalis meningitis; which has now made its appearance in Savoy. He is said to have been. a man of some promise, though of a sickly...

would be, a very prosperous one. The excess over his own estimates in last year's revenue was 3,186,0001., sugar having recovered aiter-the reduction of duty no less than...

of the Duchies. It promised to take Kiel, but Vienna remonstrated, whereupon Herr von Bismark proposed to call the Estates of the Duchies, a proposal which as he knew would...

for the changes recently made in the War Office. He was, however, feebly supported, and the vote was passed. The absurd system, therefore, under which, if a vacancy occurred in...

subject of the expected contest for the University of Oxford be- tween Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Gathorne Hardy. The doctor not only expresses a profound faith in Mr. Gladstone's "...

been started for the purpose of transacting the profitable business of commission merchants and financial agents in connection with the trade and commerce of the Ottoman Em-...

last. viz., at 901 f for money, and 90f- 91 for account. The market in the early part of the week was firm at advancing prices, the quotation for time bargains on Tuesday having...

on the education of the people which discloses a frightful state of - popular ignorance. Out of 21,777,534 people, 16,999,701 are unable either to read or write. An Italian who...

Plymouth Shipbuilding, Dock, and Iron Works Company, the capital of which is 250,0001., in 10,000 shares of 25/. each. It has been formed for purchasing the freehold pro- perty...

yesterday and on Friday week :— Greek Do. Coupons .. Fridny , April 21. •• 201 8 Friday, April 28 Mexican 261 291 Spanish Pasaive . • .. 311 Do. Certificates . •...

up -vacant sees are not yet finished, but it appears probable that a compromise will be found, the King recommending and the Pope appointing throughout Italy. That is exactly...

Friday, April 21. Fri Caledonian • • 132 123 Great Eastern .. •• 471 47 Great Northern .. 1321 113 Great Western.. 741 741 Do. West Midland, Oxford 521...

recent struggle between the Great Eastern and Great Northern railways, —the former representing free trade and cheap coal, and the latter protection and monopoly, —is now before...

shares of 25/. each—proposes to undertake the business of a land and credit company in the British colonies and adjacent territories. The directors have entered into pre-...

THE MUlbER OF MR. LINCOLN. I T is hard sometimes to abstain from accusing Providence of irony. In the supreme hour of his career, when the enfranchisement of a race and the...

M R. GLADSTONE'S Budget will probably be popular both with the middle and the working class. That the former will appreciate the reduction of 2d. in the income- tax the...

an opportunity of witnessing a great political experiment. It is stated on good authority that at a recent Cabinet Council the Em- peror of the French laid before his startled...

novelty of any sort, and it is therefore not without a certain pleasure that we invite attention to the interior arrangements of a public office whose fault seems to have been...

O NE of two things is occurring in Germany. Either there is a secret league between Prussia and Austria, and the two Powers are advancing with extraordinary tortuousness towards...

IT is but seldom that men Eck against the pricks of a foreign I. political calamity as they do against those of a sudden private grief, seldom that they feel as if to realize it...

I T is the confession of Constance Kent which seems to us- . striking, not her commission of the crime, No intelligent man free from local prepossessions ever, we suppose, read...

the garrison too In. strong, Montrose turned into the county of Murray, where some of the Gordons at length joined him. He then ravaged Elgin, Collen, and Banff, being accused...

EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." SIR,—In your paper of Saturday, the 15th, while commenting on the proposal of Mr. Hare for the experimental adoption of his system of representation...

THE WATER-COLOUR SOCIETY. THE Society has again been recruiting. Whether this year's addi- tions will bring it strength at all comparable to that gained by the election of last...

MARIE ANTOINETTE.* FRENCH Revolutionary history accumulates on our tables. The last contribution is an interesting life of the Princess de Lamballe by Monsieur de Lescure. But...

So great is the ignorance of India and all things relating to it, that it is possible this book may be accepted as a trustworthy narrative of a memorable episode in the mutinies...

Mn. RAWDON BROWN'S contributions to English history from the very extensive archives of Venice and Northern Italy were commenced nearly twenty years ago, and include a...

Claribel, and Other Poems. By W. J. Linton. (Siiiapkin, Marshall, and Co.)—There is - a trite line of Horace about mediocres poetce which Mr. Linton does not seem to have laid...

Gossrand.• (James Duffy.)—A specimen -of the work of a lady-whose tales for chil- dren have received honourable notice from the French Academy cannot but be welcome. It contains...

Six hundred octavo pages in horribly small print by a gentleman who, some years ago "quietly withdrew from Christianity."

it an injustice. It has much real feeling, and the versification is remarkably good. Of course the feeling is all of the most lugubrious sort. Absence, treason, love's first...

Hodge.) —The character of these stories is sufficiently indicated by their title. And they will give children as much pleasure as if they were possible, which generally they are...

is an abridgment of Mr. Knight's popular history, executed by "a member of his family" under his superintendence. It is not merely a collection of extracts, but a re-casting of...

of Chemistry in the University of Dublin. (Longman and Co.)—One of Messrs. Galbraith and Ilaughton's scientific manuals, and intended as a handbook in chemistry for students in...

the author, who seems to fancy himself quite a "light of science." Why does M. Piesse call his tricks "new wonders in the world of alchymy?" Because this is a third edition ?

mere machinery for i n troducing the deer-stalking adventures and other incidents of High- land sport. These are told with much animation and descriptive power, and will...

(Trnbner and Co.)—If this book, which relates only to the first part of the Bishop• of Natal's criticism, is regarded as a defence of the substantial truth of the leading...

J. Parker.)—If we- were to mention the best of these hymns we should name No. 5. It pre- serves more of that sombre tone which marks the Litany. The smooth- flowing metres which...

Hoary. (Macmillan and Co.)—A. pleasant collection' of wonderful stories, but the small heros and heroines are apt to wander about from marvel to marvel in a . rather unconnected...

H. G. Reid. (W. P. Nimmo.)—A tiny but valuable addition to legendary lore. The tale of the courtship and marriage of the Earl of Buchan especially deserves preservation, and Mr....

By W. Menzies, Deputy Surveyor of Windsor Forest and Parks. (Long- man and Co.)—Mr. Menzies has given his subject that systematic con- sideration which it requires. If the...

Rev. T. D. Bernard. (Macmillan and Co.)—These eight lectures are the addition to theological literature for the year 1864, the like of which that excellent but mistaken man Mr....

Co.)—Poems. By George Donald. (Thomas Murray and Son.)—Both these gentlemen give abundant proof of taste, correct feeling, generous impulses, and a cultivated mind. Their poetry...

the Editor of Lift in Normandy. (Edmonston and Douglas.)—Whother the record of geo logical observations which this portly octavo contains will be regarded by the scientific...

sists of a collection of detached essays, illustrated by woodcuts, among which we must note a very capital description of Lundy Island and its natural wonders. Even in his...