25 JANUARY 1862, page 13

Democracy In Australia.

A N explosion of gas always induces a few score of house- holders to make themselves miserable by taking to candles, and we do not therefore wonder at the reaction against......

The Military Defence Of Oltr Colonies.

T HE military defence of our colonies, so much discussed among politicians, and so little debated by the public, is certain to be the subject of angry controversy during the......