6 APRIL 1861, page 10

Messrs. Laing And Roebuck.

TIENIMORE Cooper, in one of his social navels, which are scarcely read in England, declares that gossip in America has superseded law. The accused is tried on charges based on......

The Position Of France, Outside Europe.

"I' 'NEEDED," said Napoleon, at St. Helena, "ships, I. colonies, and- commerce," and the needs of the uncle are the objects of his more happily, situated nephew. The fetters......

Topics Of The Day.

THE POSSIBILITIES OF WAR. T HE air is alive with the rumours of coming war. States- 1. men in countries where speech is permissible scarcely open their months without allusions,......