An Ungrateful People.
GRUMBLERS the English have always been—'twere idle to deny it ; but never till lately was ingratitude reckoned ameng their sins. We are fallen, however, upon evil days. In vain......
Whig Popular Measures.
THE bill for relaxing the rate-paying clauses of the Reform Act, now on the table of the House of Commons, entitles the Govern- ment to little credit with the parties for whose......
The Shops At Christmas.
OF all " sights of the season," that of the shops atChristmas is the most seasonable. This week the Metropolis has assumed its holyday aspect : the streets are thronged with......
Further Tests Of Queen Victoria's Civil List. It Has Been
sugeested, that our general tests of the extrava- gance of the Civil List might have been extended by a reference to the expenditure found sufficient in the case of a rival......
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