14 MAY 1842, page 13
The Queen's Fancy Ball.
THE Court of England has just presented to itself a stately pageant. Feathers waved and spurs jingled more gallantly and merrily than they have done since the days of chivalry,......
Topics Of The Day.
ELECTION-PETITIONS: MR. ROEBUCK'S MOTION. MR. ROEBUCK'S motion at once startled and cowed the House of Commons. Some of the honourable Members to whom he ad- dressed his......
Bonaparte's Attempt To Introduce An Income-tax In Egypt.
BONAPARTE was as inflexible as Sir ROBERT PEEL can be for the life of him, and the Fellaheen of Egypt are at least as well-broken in to government-extortion as the people of......