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London, England, 1847-01-01 00:00:00

and the spice groves, and the arable districts con-
tained in the land stretching from Satsuma to Fikiva
;lamina. In China our relations have remained upon
the same satisfactory footing as heretofore, the tribute
having been duly transmitted from the treasury of
the Celestial Eureaoa, and the various other stimu-
lationsfulfilled. Blood lies
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African ccirkti- I
nent. In Caffraria the warfare 'has tainting in ,
termittent, but sanguinary. tn Algeria, f 43
French battalions were still en'enaced, and the •4
chieftain ABD-EL-KADER ',MS still eva.d his larope- an
pursuers. In. Eg the paternal r've:;-ament ce the
venerable PACP:A has •miniatered with unabated ear-
nestness to f.:Lie waetztof the Mussulmen ; and, notwith-
standing the eastern wanderings of Mou.sam
and the western pilgrimage of Isaanzan the mecha-
nism of the State has still worked in its accustomed
channels without delay or impediment. Saving the
somewhat diminished violence of the combatants at
La Plata, the southern continent of America has
preserved a slothful peace, from the extremity of
Patagonia to the Caribbean sea. On the wertbern
continent of the new world, on the f-,`.'ner hand,
the most relentless warfare, be
jth diplomatic
and military, has scoure:ezi, the northern and
western provinces of ;.Uexice. From the insatiable
lust of territory, which has been a conspicuous cha-
racteristic of the United States since their first conso-
lidation into a federal republic, the calm settlement of
differences between the Mexican and American Go-
vernments has been altogether impossible. Else-
where, with the exception of New Zealand and 4 few
of the minor colonies, mankind have abstained from
the perpetration of those more grievous outrages viich
unhappily constitute the bulk of historical and
geographical records. Reviewing these conflicting
circumstances in the different quarters of this ter-
r'queous globe, circumstances which stamp tihr by-
gone year of 1846, as one not the least remark-
able in the past centuries, it is impossible for the
mind to abstain from a bewildering oscillation be-
tween the brightness of hope and the darkness of
trepidation. Italy, regenerated under the en-
lightened guidance of Plus IX., is a consolatory and
sublime spectacle, but Poland, annihilated by the
brute force of imperial accomplices, is in some mea-
sure a counterpoise. Germany, awakening to a con-
sciousness of her own capability for social and politi-
cal greatness, is a sublime spectacle, but the Iberian
peninsula groaning under the damning influence
of a Gallic schoolmaster and a Gallic ambassador,
is a counterpoise. Belgium, flourishing under the
guardianship of a beneficient constitution, is a se,lime
spectacle, but Switzerland, writhing under the strug-
gles of infuriated sectarians, is a counterpoise. Egypt
dawning into its pristine greatness is another sublime
spectacle, but Mexico, dismembered and deluged with
the blood of her citizens, is again a counterpoise.
Internally Great Britain affords us equal came for
exultation and dread. Seeing that Parliament is
prorogued only till the 19th of the present January,
we shall to-morrow comment upon the national
lorama disclosed to us by the termination cr the
!e year.

pant
f past memorable