... ; Why is a fool like twenty hundred weight? W Why is .t Cockney sparrow like an article wvhicl has lately r attained to pobliC ithVOUlY ? Why is the son of William Tell like aL person who has 0 nearly met with Ft very serious accident? Why is a ?? likely to make a comnmnotion in the alphabet? . W hy is a meritorious action like a broken key n Why is a cat like an act ?? parliamrentt? , When is ...

... THE CAPEE OF GOOD HOPE.* Lieutenant-Colonel Napier's book comes in a fit season. During the present excitement conilected with ?? it will be read with interest,aud proba- li)y obtain more infltuueice for its particular opiniolns thanll if nothing had recently occurred to draw attention Africa-wvard. v The principal point insisted on by Lieutennilt-Colonel Napier is the bad govern- Mnlet of the ...

... S1.ITN. O OF MoNDAY, DEC. 31. [FrO1I OtU OWN REPORTER.) AL llupin, senior, the President, took the chair at a qiuar- t,1 Vast t1 0. Cl,eideiable agitation was perceptible in the body of the ,1s~e-tie reptesetlistives were collected in groups in tjle -,sl.tuk before the iribunle. General d'hautpoul and jeaeral l a Ilitto were the centre of knots of members who CltLvr1,(,d sith aniliation. M. ...

... 1U LONDON: tI WYEDNESDAYIY, JANUARY 2, 1850. d oi The principal value of Mr. COEDEN'S letter on cn 4' The Impartiality of Free-trade (printed in our C' yesterday's paper), consists in the light it throws, h and the grave reflections it suggests, on the state of b the Protectionist understanding. What must be f the mental condition of a party who require to be assured, about every two months, ...

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... Oar correspondents at Berlin, Kiel, and Hamburg write as oIllows: BERLIN, DEc. 28. It is reported here, by persons who are likely to be well informed, that his Majesty enter- tains doubts as to the course he ought to pursue with regard to taking the oath to preserve the consti- tation. I learnt this fact some days ago, but not be lieving it possible, I did not communicate it; now, however, the ...

... IRE ANCP. I,, , I TIrE PROTECTION MOVE3MENT. - The requisition for the great metropolitan meeting, early in January, now-bears the signatures of forty peers, and every post brings in let- ters from the leading gentry of the country, approving of this movement in favour of protection. TirE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMACy.-The Freeman''s Jour- nal states. on the authority of a letter received from Rome ...

... MISCELLANEODUS. ELonLF von RAILIVAI-.-WbV is a pair of lovers, es- trauged from one another, like railway accounts and railway affairs?2 Because they don't correspond. A WAU!JING To TowN COUNCILLtOttS.-One of the town councillors of Bradford was lately fined five shillings, having been found in the streets drunk and incapable. A Pios WMI5EEHOVK11HEA-13~ AT THE SMsITHFIELD CATTLE Saow.-' ...

... | . A LE AND SPIWIT LICENCES. I TO ALEXANDER THOUSON, ESQ OF BACHORY. SIR,-I ?? Your, circular of thre -th inst., addressed to the Clergymen of the County, requesting their opinion whether any, anid how mnany, of the licensed houses in their respective parisbes may be discontinued, with advan- tare to morality, and without inconvenience to the public. It' is my intention soon to answer your ...

... STEAM COMMU ICATION WITH THE WEST INDIES, MEXICO, AND THE PACIFIC. r | TO TSU HDITOR OP TIHE DAILY NSW5. t SIR,_hA very lengthy article on this subject appeared in the Timies ot the 10th instant, and as the P Post-office packet service has now become a matter of a considerable importance to the coantry, both in a con- I mercial and financial point of view, it ins right that the r public should ...

... (From 2aft's Mfagixne,) The franchise will be the framework of a debate in the next session of parliament. The feeling evoked by the National Financial Reform and Complete Suffrage Associa- tion is not strong, but it is respectable. The noise made by the agitation is not deafening; but the claim ia substantial, and is pressed by parties of some weight-by men with votes and inifluence, to whose ...

... The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the London Docks was held yesterday, at the offices of the Company, in the New Bank-buildings ; Mr. Cotterell, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. From the report read by the Secretary, it appeared that the number of loaded ships from abroad entered into the docks for the six months ending the 30th November last was 730, measuring 200 ...