26 JUNE 1841, page 15

Twofold Use Made By Ministers Of Their Fixed Duty.

"The bed contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day." EVERYBODY has read of the shield which was gold on one side and silver on the other, and of......

Plain John's Promotion.

THE promotion of Sir Jonx CAMPBELL to the Irish bench has given rise to a controversy between the Ministerial and Opposition journals ; to which the retiring speech of his......

Edinburgh To Wit.

MINISTERS must have great confidence in the tameness of the Edinburgh constituency. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL'S address to the electors for their suffrages, and his elevation to the......

Topics Of The Day.

MINISTERIAL MASTERY OF FREE TRADE. Dr reviewing the proceedings in Parliament the week before last, we commented • on Lord Jowl RUSSELL ' S denial of the Budget being hastily......