23 NOVEMBER 1861, page 10

Mr. Beresford Hope On The Slave States.

W E have heard it said that the devil's advocate has but one fault ; he is too eager in his master's cause, and so overstates his case that he often loses a move to the guardian......

French Financial Difficulties.—over- Sanguine Expectations.

I T is of the greatest importance that the public should not form any exaggerated or delusive estimate of the designs and promises of either the Emperor or his new Finance......