10 FEBRUARY 1849, page 11

Topics Of The Day.

A NEW LEAF TURNED OVER. Decinenfar the House of Commons has commenced a reform, in a spirit which incites hope and hearty approval rather than the wish to detect shortcomings.......

Colonies And Placehunters.

A PARLIAMENTARY paper just issued reads like the statistics of the Elysian fields, to which heroes of good connexion were trans- lated for their repose and beatification : the......