12 FEBRUARY 1842, page 2

"the Progress Of Our Arms" In India Has Received A

severe check : arms which have conquered the whole of that vast peninsula, which have crushed a NAPOLEON, and withstood all Europe, have been baffled by hordes of nameless......

Brbatts Anb Vroctebings In Varlianunt.

MINISTERIAL MEASURE ON THE CORN-LAWS. The House of Commons, on Wednesday, was filled in every part long before the usual time for commencing public business. About five o'clock,......

The Peninsula Again Sends Forth Murmurs Of Civil Commotion :

in Spain, a new insurrection against the Government is brewing; in Portugal, the Government is half suspected of favouring a revo- lution which has broken out. The Chartists are......

The Lords, Meanwhile, Have Been Lying On Their Oars ;

con- versing a little about the Corn-laws, forwarding a few measures of minor interest, and passing the time easily, as is their wont at this period of the session.......

A Imiiety Of Smaller Subjects Have Received Some...

. . the House of Commons this week: the right to discuss petitions on their 'presentation, unavailingly asserted by Mr. WALLACE and others ; an extension of Mr. LenpecuERE's......