11 JANUARY 1845, page 12

Current Arguments.

NEWSPAPER-WRITING has grown to be an art by itself. Many a literary man, who thought that because "the greater includes the less' every author is ex officio qualified to be......

Miniatures.

COUNT MoivrAuvEr has sent to our Queen's Purveyor a snuffbox with a miniature of Louis Philippe, in return for the baron of beef which furnished forth the New Year's banquet at......

Heroic Versus Shop-keeping Policy.

FRENCH statesmen seek to extend the manufactures and com- merce of their country and increase its wealth, with a view to increase its naval and military power. English statesmen......