17 AUGUST 1844, page 1

News Of The Week.

head, with the fag-end of the 0:CONNELL trial to be settled. Ministers and other officials made the usual rush out of town as soon as they were let loose,—running off to grass,......

The Week Opened With A Gloomy Sky, And Anxious Thoughts

turned to the harvest. The dismal aspect of the weather was reflected in every face you met ; and you could not tell whether the people looked blue from cold or from the bad......

The World Has Been Startled By The Announcement Of The

French telegraph—not the most trustworthy authority, perhaps—that MEHEMET ALI has abdicated the Pachalic of Egypt and retired to Mecca. Some suppose that he is stricken......