28 DECEMBER 1861, page 1

A Debate 11as:occurred In The Cortes On The Character And

pretensions of the nun Patrocinio, who through the Queen, governs Spain. A minister quoted her as the saviour of Spain, and was told by M. Olozaga that she was a convict, having......

England Is Still Expecting An Answer From The Federal...

The New Yorkers heard of the reception o the news in England on the 13th instant, but they wer unfortunately unable to comprehend English self-restraint, and fancied from the......

The Saturday Review Emulates The Unscrupulousness Of The...

which it delights to expose in its dealings with the facts of the Northern cause. Last week, in an article on "Mr, Lincoln and the Slavery Difficulty," it libelled grossly,......

Notice.

"THE SPECTATOR" is published every Saturday Morning, in time for despatch by the Early Trains, and copies of that Journal may be had Ike same Afternoon through News-agents in......

The Pope Has Expressed His Will To Create Twenty-three New

saints, martyrs slain in Japan.......

Spain Has Invaded Mexico. The Instant The Spanish Fleet Was

ready at Havannah for operations, the commander-in- chief, Karshal Serrano, embarked a corps d'armie, and set sail for Vera Cruz. He will arrive about 12th December, and......

A New Case, That Of The Hendrik And Alida, Has

been turned up by the lawyers. Five Americans, with military commissions signed by Franklin, were seized in this ship while on her way from Holland to the Dutch colony of St.......

Nothing Of Interest Has Occurred In England During The Week.

No speeches have been made, and the only polltical event has been the contest for Nottingham, where the eldest son of the Duke of Newcastle has by this time probably been beaten......

News Of The Week.

T HE funeral of the late Prince Consort took place at Windsor, on Monday, the 23rd instant. The cere- monial, though sufficiently stately, was almost private, only the Princes,......