29 JULY 1848, page 16

The People With Whom We Make Treaties.

WE have heard of treaties of Waitangi, which Lord Stanley deemed so binding ; with King Peppul, which Lord Palmerston makes such sacrifices to uphold ; with the Kafka, which......

The Trade In Children To Bury. _

A CONTEMPORARY calls attention' to the poisonings which have become a practice among certain classes of the population, for the sake of gain, by frauds on insurance-offices and......

Regulation Of Public Meetings.

A SENSE is growing in France and England, that while discus- sion is left perfectly free, it is desirable to keep it distinct from plotting, which pursues its unhallowed......

Dress In The Army.

SURELY the authorities at the Horse Guards presume consider- able moral cowardice or extraordinary good-nature in the British Army, or they would not persecute the officers as......