17 JANUARY 1852, page 12

Mr. Mechps Balance Of Merit.

"WHAT is commercially wrong cannot be morally right," is a maxim of practical philosophy in our day ; and attempts have been made to blast the character of Mr. Mechi as an......

Topics Of The Day.

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. NOT for many years has the meeting of Parliament been looked for with so much curiosity. There is, indeed, no change in that b ody since it last sat and......

Universal War.

PEACE at all price is the maxim of a party still numerous in England, and it is an official boast that we do keep the peace. But while we talk of it, we are in fact continually......

The Rottenness Of The Public Service.

APROPOS to the disclosures in the meat-stores at Gosport, the Times says ' "We demand that a scrutiny which has proved so un- expectedly fruitful shall not stop at this point,......