20 JANUARY 1849, page 1

News Of The Week.

'NE negotiations which preceded the appointment of the new Minister for the Navy were almost of more political importance than the appointment itself. What passed at the......

We Do Not Observe That The Financial Reform Movement M

such way as might be expected from the machinery set to work. Some contrasts between the Anti-Corn-law agitation and the present are striking. Both have had the general support......

A Majority Of The French National Assembly Inclines Not To

dissolve. The honourable Deputies are proof against the ad- dresses which appeal to their patriotism and conscience with re- quests that they should considerately withdraw,......

Considerable Doubt Has Been Thr3wn On The Destination Of A

steam squadron at Toulon, which was suddenly placed under orders to prepare for sea. At first it was understood to be in- tended for a force to aid in reinstating the Pope as......