20 DECEMBER 1845, page 13

Beg Not, But Work.

THE leading journal of the Whigs is inclined to agree with the Spectator in thinking that the retirement of Sir Robert Peel is calculated to hinder the repeal of the Corn-laws ;......

Crime On The High Seas.

" WHERE there is much smoke, there is some fire." The fre- quent stories of brutal abuse of power on the part of masters in the merchant sea-service, shows that neither acts of......

American Relations.

OUR relations with the United States are not the least fruitful sources of anxious thought at this time of recommencing turmoil. Still Mr. Polk has given no sign. The Government......