15 JANUARY 1848, page 13

The Irrational Defencelessness.

THE various disputants on the subject of national defence, this week, have followed suit; the advocates of strengthened forces pursuing their representations, only without the......

Fighting Against Facts.

THE grand resource of an Irishman in difficulties, it seems, is murder : the form varies, but the "principle " is universal. It is a resource especially used in escaping from......

University Men And Tradesmen.

FEW cases have excited more discussion than that of Mr. Jen- nings, the young gentleman who could not pay his bills at Oxford; the disputants taking many sides. The......