24 FEBRUARY 1849, page 14

Convict Colonists.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. London, 21st February 1849. Sm—To the colonists of New South Wales, there is no measure of greater im- portance in respect of its moral......

The Times In Defence Of Convictism I

LIB& the celebrated barrister who found that he had spoken on the wrong side, and too convincingly, the Times occasionally finds itself, as standing counsel for the Colonial......

Books.

MACKAY'S WESTERN WORLD. * Ix point of comprehensiveness and structure, Mr. Mackay's work is the most complete book of travels that has been published on the United Staten. His......

Political Geology.

AT the meeting of the Geological Society last week, a pleasant conversational style of oratory threw out some interesting hints for the political ethnologist. Sir Robert Peel......