29 SEPTEMBER 1849, page 12

" Political Power "—where Is It ?

"A GREAT general !" Mr. Barclay described at Guildford, the other day—" a great general " of "a great party." Who is he ? who the party ?—The party, said Mr. Barclay, is the......

The New Bishop.

HAPPY would it be for the Church if the official selection for ap- pointment to high places were always so good as it has been in the choice of Dr. Samuel Hinds for the vacant......

Topics Of The Day.

THE WATER QUESTION. Finn and pestilence are Heaven's ministers for improving the health of towns, and evermore with inexorable sternness do they work out their beneficent......