17 JANUARY 1863, page 8

Petitions Of Right.

T HERE are a great many subjects on which Englishmen have a natural right to be alarmed. The designs of the French Emperor and the ambition of Russia are familiar in- stances,......

The Two Proclamations.

O N the 2nd of January Mr. Abraham Lincoln, President of the - United States, proclaimed all slaves in the great territory south of lat. 38 free forever. On the 2nd of December......