... (From the Spectator.) s ls . the Times foreshadowing the k itis, Rumour and the Leading Journal are at issue. According to the vulgar authority, Ministers contemplate an exceedingly limited measure ; while the Leader urnal indicates one that would be strictly conaboini ' et ave something handsome exNri!r^r' er ma 7 be the actual agreement between the nicatinl r°. vermnem and the usual organ ...

... Martin Rattler: or a Boy's Adventures in the Forests of Brazil. By R. M. Ballantyne. T. Nelson & Sons: London. There is not boy who reads this fascinating volume but will be carried away by the spirit of the story. It is such healthy volumes as this which excite many youth the love of adventure, and make them become bold, hardy, and fearless men. Mr Ballantyne details the fortunes of Martin ...

... WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15,1858. The speech of John Bright, at Manchester, ha s disappointed expectation. It had been looked forward to as a great political programme for the approaching meeting of Parliament, in which was to be announced the leading features of the Reform Bill which Mr Bright had undertaken to bring forward. The speeches of Mr Bright at Birmingham seem to have fairly exhausted ...

... On Monday afternoon, Mr Moncrieff, M.P. for the Leith Burghs, addressed a meeting of his constituents in the Assembly Rooms, which were well filled Provost Taylor in the chair. Among other gentlemen on the platform were the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Bailie Johnston, Bailie Lindsay, Bailie Matthie, Mr F. Russell, advocate, Mr Gibson Thomson, Mr Gillan, Mr Berry, &c., &c. After few words of ...

... WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29,1858. The leading members of the Cabinet have lately met at Knowsley Hall, the seat of the Earl of Derby—ostensibly to enjoy the Christmas holidays, —but more probably to adjust finally the details of the forthcoming Reform Bill. It is fortunate for them that they have had the benefit of Mr Bright's various expositions, and of the expression of public opinion which these ...