7 AUGUST 1847, page 14

Topics Of The Day.

THE OFFICIAL SEATS. THE number of seats lost to members of the Government is con- siderable enough to be awkward in various ways. Four is a good many to provide out of......

Diplomacy Of The Pacific.

THERE are people so deficient in the organ of veneration as to treat with levity the grave mystery of diplomacy as it exists among civilized nations. But it is questionable......

The Departed Members And The New-comers, As Affecting The...

THE personnel of the House of Commons has undergone suffi- cient changes to have considerable effect on the debates, whether as heard or as reported in the journals ' • more......