THE passion for shooting has triumphed over the rage for talking in the House of Commons; and the speeches of our Representatives have become brief, if not pithy. What the...

received on Saturday last from Portugal. It seems to be very generally admitted that the game is up with MIGUEL. What has become of him, has not yet transpired. Rumours of his...

part of the mercantile community. It would indeed be strange if the Dutch were not dissatisfied. An excessive load of taxation, laid on to support an unsuccessful war, together...

1. SLAVERY. On Monday, in the House of Commons, the report of the resolutions empowering Government to raise twenty millions by redeemable annuities, was brought up and agreed...

are favoured by the Gelman journalists, and the correspondents of our Daily Papers, with abundance of speculation. It is now said that an extreme jealousy of the close alliance,...

June. The planters and slaveholders generally were excessively alarmed and exasperated upon receiving intelligence of the first edition of Mr. STANLEY'S emancipation project, by...

Tun. King and Queen, on Monday, dined with the Duke and Dutchess of Cumberland, and a select party, at the Palace at Kew. The Marquis of Lansdowne paid a visit to their...

to request his assistance in obtaining admission to some of the London Hospitals, in order that he might induce the medical men to use a me- dicine which cured the worst cases...

" Department of' the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset Place, 6th August 1833. " The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of...

Magistrates, has at last been issued by the Lord Chancellor. The Judgcs named in it are—Mr. Justice Littledale, Mr. Justice James Parke, the Recorder, and Common Sergeant, Mr....

An unexpected vacancy has occurred in the City representation, in consequence of the retirement of Sir John Key, under very discredit- able circumstances. Sir John is charged...

be- longing to the Dutchess of Canizzaro (late Countess San Antonio), in Hanover Square, were discovered to be on fire.' The alarm was soon spread, and fears were entertained...

Thirty-six new Justices of the Peace for the county of Warwick were appointed last week. There are only two clergymen among the number. In the list, we observe the names of...

in Suffolk, and his curate, the Reverend Robert Fiske, were tried at The Reverend Charles Edward Holden, the Vicar of Great Cornard, in Suffolk, and his curate, the Reverend...

Glamorgan- shire, took place on the 24th July ; and it is calculated that 200,000 tons of limestone rock were precipitated upon the beach. It has un. fortunately occurred very...

Arrived—Off Portsmouth, Aug. 7th, Parmelia, Gilbert, from Batavia. Off Plymouth, 5th, Minerva, Robertson, from ditto ; and 6th, Zenobia, Owen, from Bengal. At St. Helena, June...

An investigation, instituted by order of Government, has commenced at New Ross, to report upon charges preferred against the Police, for using the powers conferred by the...

Orrics or ORDNANCE, Aug. 5.—Corps of Royal Engineern—Gent. Cadet J. F. A. Symonds, to be Second Lieut. with temporary rank. OFFICE or ORDNANCE, Aug. 6.—Royal Regt. of...

powerful op- ponent in the person of Mr. CRAWFORD; who will receive, according to present appearances, the united support of the Liberal party,—Sir JOHN Scow LILLIE and Mr. T....

SATURDAY NIGHT. There is nothing new from Portugal. The Royalist, which is hourly expected, cannot bring any accounts of interest ; that vessel having left Lisbon before the...

a title on Lord BERESFORD in Portugal, will be confiscated, and given to our gallant countryman NAPIER.

this day, at the City of London Tavern, to hear a statement of Mr. CRAWFORD'S principles, and to take measures for securing his return to Parliament RS Representative of the...

rumours have gone abroad about the causes of the rupture which has taken place between the noble Marquis and the West India proprietors; and it would be as well that the public...

for the purpose of resuming the consideration of the Bank Charter Bill in Committee. The remaining clauses were passed, with unimportant amendments ; as was also an additional...

seven o'clock this evening. Important despatches were sent to both countries yesterday.

intend to exhibit in the Spectator. A PARLIAMENTARY BAROMETER. This is an instrument whereby the fidelity and integrity of the Members of the First Reformed House of Commons may...

which excited so much attention about , this time last year, is now prevalent in London to a very considerable extent. Influenced, probably, by the little apparent benefit which...

published an address to the People of Ireland on the subject of the Repeal of the Union. It is a long, elaborate, and impressive production; and is only the first of a series on...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The West Indian Loan, and the supposed necessity for military interference by this country in the affairs of the Peninsula, have kept the...

THE PUBLIC versus THE POST-OFFICE. IT is clear that the Post-office department must be reformed from without. It is not to be supposed that men who have for years derived their...

LORD ALTHORP stated in the House of Commons on Wednesday last, that a bill would be brought in this session to amend the Beer Act. We much question the prudence of this...

THE Public 'Walks Committee have recommended the appropria- tion of three sites to the purpose of recreation in the neigh- bourhood of London,—namely, Copenhagen Fields ;...

AT the Middlesex Sessions, on Wednesday, a lad of seventeen was found guilty of stealing a two-pound iron weight, value six- pence, from a shopkeeper. He went into the shop to...

" As regular as clock-work," is a proverb that is likely to fall into disuse. There is, it would seem, an epidemic among the public clocks. St. John's is mute; St. Martin's...

Tax variety of conflicting interests both of individuals and corpo- rate bodies in the medical profession, will not only add to the labours of the Committee appointed by the...

THE musical hive of London is beginning to swarm. Some of the bees, and some too of the drones, have taken wing either to Paris, Milan, or Naples: but the Queen bee remains....

melodrama; con- sisting of a wicked uncle, a beautiful niece, a faithful lover, and fierce banditti, with a humane and generous chief, who out of gra- titude helps the lover to...

WE were induced the other evening to pay a visit to the Victoria Theatre, as the Coburg is now called ; and found its metamor- phosis so complete, not only as regards the...

Lane on Thursday. The house was crowded, and the applause spontaneous and overwhelming. He performed all his favourite marvels, including "The Witches under the Walnut Tree," "...

Commons, are preparing to leave town this week, or early in the next week, which is indicative of the speedy close of the session. Mr. Littleton, the Irish Secretary, will also...

and his qualifications for preserving order among the disorderly crew who spend their evenings within the walls of St. Stephen's, it not unfr•equently happens, as we have more...

ment, " not over-profitable at any time, are provokingly tiresome at this season of the year." As Sir ROBERT PEEL said some time since, "who can be expected to sit through long...

for this session ; but in case it should be revived during the next, we would suggest the propriety of inserting in it a new clause, to the effect that it shall not be deemed...

must have been long evident, that the true aim and intent of the Irish Church Bill was the overthrow of the Protestant and the reestablishment of the Catholic religion. But the...

Mr. STUART, one of the travelling Factory Commissioners, -and Mr. WILSON, the Secretary of the London Central Board. Mr. STUART charges the Board with having suppressed numerous...

ONE more name must be added to the illustrious list of female genius : the ability displayed by Mrs. CARMICHAEL in this work really entitles her to this praise; and it is not...

THE misfortunes of the Ex-Minister of CHARLES the Tenth ap- pear to have jaundiced his vision ; instead of softening, they have soured his temper. Ile came to this country...

MEN AND Maicsrcits, Great Britain in 1933. By Baron d'Hausses, Ex-Minister of Marine under King Charles X. 2 vols. Bentley. Domestic Manners and Social Condition of the White....

Sir Thomas had usual, ignorant and careless. Colonel NAPIER might begin with prepared a seech, by making various people, at different times, write from his some such intention ;...

BUST OF WILBERFORCE. WE have seen a bust of WILBERFORCE, modelled by Mr. JOSEPH the sculptor, who was the companion of the venerable philanthropist for several weeks previous...

WE were really not aware that a Peerage was wanted. The pro- prietors of DEBRETT slept over their successive editions, and not feeling the stimulus of rivalry, permitted a...

IT is some consolation to find that there is a point of time at which a man gets old enough to read his novels over again; The plea sure of youth is more than repeated in such...