9 AUGUST 1856, page 13

Executive Encroachment.

Tim present Cabinet is not a "Reform" Ministry.; it has drawn a distinction between "improvements," which it has endeavoured to promote, and political reforms, which in practice......

Lord Raglan: A Retrospect.

THE best thing, perhaps, in General Airey's address to the officers sitting at Chelsea was his eloquent and touching allusions to Lord Raglan—the noble chief whom no risk could......

Tile Bridges Of London.

How is it, asks every one who is acquainted with the state of the Westminster Bridge affair, that the practical judgment and skill of Rendell and Simpson are called in to report......