22 JANUARY 1848, page 9

The National Defence Question.

TO THE EDITOR OF VIE SPECTATOR. Pencarrow, Bodmin, 17th January 1848. MT DEAR Sits—I have read in the Spectator with sorrow and surprise the articles which you have inserted on......

New Zealand: Governor Grey's Last Campaign.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. London, 20th January 1848. Sin — The despatches which have been recently published in the daily papers, giving an account of the last encounter......

The Theatres.

In commenting on the various failures which have but too frequently occurred in the theatrical world, we have more than once taken occasion to expatiate on the necessity of......

Madame Thillon Has Appeared To Great Advantage In An...

called The Young Guard, produced at the Princess's. The story is of a peasant girl, who during the civil war in Spain saves a Carlist prisoner, by assuming the disguise of a......

Madrigal Society.

The Madrigal Society had its anniversary " festival " on Thursday, at Freemasons Hall. The chair was occupied by the President, Lord Sal- toun,—an excellent nobleman, a gallant......