Budget was something more than a defeat—it was a rout. We freely expressed our opinion a fortnight ago that the Tories could do nothing, but we frankly confess that the result...

MINISTERS, having safely launched the Bridget, have propounded their Bills to Amend the Representation of the People. On Thursday evening, three meastires were introduced, one...

with the prospects of Mr. Hawkesley's plan for cleansing that filthy pool, a deputation has appealed to Mr. Cowper to stop its progress if he can, and to devise and execute a...

a speech which must arrest the attention of Europe. It will be found to contain three important statements. First, that ex- planation of his policy in Italy which limits the...

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. Horsg or Logns. Monday, February 2. Naval Reserves ; Lord Hardwicke's Comments. Tuesday, February 28. Criminal Outrages in Ireland ; Lord...

A special meeting of the Court of Common Council was held at the Guildhall on Monday, the Lord Mayor presiding, " to consider the bill in Parliament for the better regulation of...

Tits Qom; welcomed home her sailor son Prince Alfred, at Bucking ham Palace on Tuesday. During the week, her Majesty has visited the studio of Mr. Bell, the library of Lincoln's...

Irattrf.—The Emperor opened the Legislative Session on Thursday, and delivered the following speech to the Senate and Legislative Body : — " Messieurs lea Senateurs, Messieurs...

Captain Staekpoole has been returned for Ennis without opposition. He succeeds the new judge, Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald. The nomination of candidates for the vacant seat in the...

appoint a Royal Commissionto Inquire into the State of Education in Scotland, and that in the meantime the capitation grants, which were to be extended to Scotland this spring,...

A large number of colliers are on strike at St. Helen's, Lancashire. The men demand 10 per cent advance on their present wages, because the mas- ters have raised the price of...

The Queen has conferred the honour of knighthood upon Captain Leopold M'Clintock, the gallant discoverer of the remains of Sir John Franklin's Arctic Expedition. Mr. Andrew...

SATURDAY MORNING. In the House of Commons last night, Lord Two: RUSSELL laid on the table the correspondence relating to Savoy. In answer to questions, he referred to the...

by Dr. W. B. Carpenter, "On the Relation between the Vital and the Physical Forces." On this occasion, the action of heat and light on organized bodieri was specially...

now begin- ning to see that time will hardly bring on a more favourable state of affairs for the grand solution, and to regret that the ceremony of the second vote in the four...

STOCK EXCHANGE. FRIDAY AFTXHNOON. The variations in the Consol Market during the last week have been, though unimportant, somewhat numerous. Consols, which on Saturday last...

tion [21st of February], " That this House, •recognizing the necessity of pro- viding for the increased expenditure of the coming financial year, is of opinion that it is not...

On the 19th of December, at Hongkong, the Wife of George W. Caine, Esq., H. M.'s Consul, Swatow, of a son. On the 21st of February, at West Huntington, near York, the Wife of...

Bankruptcy Annulled.—Tuouks GLENNIE, Harley Street, Cavendish Square, boarding-house-keeper. Bankrupts.—D trin CARY, Leadenhall Street, merchant—Emma N EWSTEAD, Bed- ford...

BUDGETS are made for two objects. One is to raise a sum of money suf4cient to sustain public credit and meet the demands of the coming year. Unfortunately, budget-makers but too...

IMPERIAL AND ITALIAN POLICY. TKE Italian question is not likely to be lost sight of, especially when the speech of the Emperor Napoleon excites more interest than the...

THE student of human nature cannot fail to have been observant of the movements of parties, political and commercial, upon the commercial treaty and its adjunct—the Budget. The...

WAR. L PROM A CORRESPONDENT.] IN an article in the ASpeetator, in March last, on an " Impending revolution produced by art and science in war," we gave an ac- count of the new...

Iv is well known that the British Government has firmly resisted the demand for mischievous changes in the Irish system of Na- tional Education. The Ultramontane Roman Catholics...

THE WEST INDIA QUESTION. U. There exists in some quarters, so strong a desire to turn and twist, to misinterpret and pervert anything said in defence of our white fellow-...

ITALY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. * CournEssrso the contents of three volumes into one, Mr. White- side has republished his recorded experience of Italy. It has been his aim to...

Sin—I entirely agree with the remark in your excellent article on the i Army Estimates, n last Saturday's Spe,ctator, that Mr. Sydney Herbert, in his late statement, " was...

so long and so successfully engaged in exploring the recondite sources of Scottish history, has just brought to light an interesting narrative of the rise and progress of one of...

WE resume our remarks on Mr. Collier's alleged discoveries in Shakespearean literature, and on the inventions of his "Old Cor- rector." Having clearly determined the true...

Novels, novels, nothing but novels ! They have been raining down upon us with portentous inclemency for the last three weeks, but there have been some welcome drops in the...

Mr. Watts Phillips, who leaped so suddenly to the pinnacle of theatri- cal fame, by his drama The .Dead Heart, has appeared this week as the author of another new piece, called...

Messrs. Longman and Co. are about to complete their editions of Lord Macaulay's Miscellaneous Works, by the republication of his Essays con- tributed to Knight's...

and will doubtless keep exclusive possession of the stage till the close of the theatre, which will take place, we understand, in two or three weeks, when Miss Pyne and Mr....

BRITISH 3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents Annuities 1680 Annuities 1885 Bank Stock, 9 per Cent India Stock, 101 per Cent Exchequer Bills,...