5 OCTOBER 1861, page 15

Commercial Prospects. T He Recent Fall In The Funds, A Fall

which has lasted a week, reflects a genuine, though we think exaggerated, feeling in the commercial world. It is apprehended, on several different grounds, that very hard times......

The Japanese Outrage.

W E sincerely hope we are not about to be dragged into a war with Japan, but the aspect of affairs is by no means reassuring. The outrage at Yokohama appears in the fuller......

The Meeting At Compiegne. T Hat Politicians Should...

visit of the King of Prussia to Compiegne is hardly a matter for sur- prise. There are quite sufficient facts to justify specula- tion. The Emperor Napoleon is known to rely on......