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Dearth, Cotton, And Railways.

IN several striking incidents, the approaching season is without precedent. It is the first winter after the repeal of the prohibi- tory Corn-laws • and England sees dearth all......

Spectator's Library.

BIOGRAPHY-CIIITIC12-HISTORT, The Life of Wesley ; and Rise and Progress of Methodism. By Robert Southey. Esq., LL.D. Third edition ; with Notes by the late Samuel Taylor......