THE news from Portugal is unfavourable, though probably not to that extent which the apprehensions of those immediately inte- rested'had led many to anticipate in the course of...

classes children I" Lady—" It is my affection for my children, coupled with distress that has driven me to desperation." Sir Richard—" You should a , is delivered to those...

THE CURRENCY.—The bill for suppressing in England the cir- culation of the small notes of the Sister Kingdoms, has passed the Upper House. At the final reading, former...

DOUSE OF LORDS. MoNmAve—Alehouse Licensing Bill, read a third time and passed. Petition from Edinburgh Colle g e of Surgeons, for alteration in the laws operatin g against...

THE PRESS. STANDARD-It is not surprising that such an exhibition as we have witnessed should set all men to lo ok for a remedy ; but we think that the very agitation which...

Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended on the 5th of July 827 and the 5th of July 1828; showing the Increase or Decrease on...

infatuation of wasting the wealth of a country so circumstanced as Great Britain, on the frontier of a colony which neither pays its own expenses nor is likely to do so—which...

TIMES—There is a proverb among our Northern brethren, who are most excellent judges in such matters, that " the King's chaff is worth other folks' corn." The meaning conveyed...

Conerres REGISTER—Some persons think, that the law as it now stands, will permit Mr. O'Connell to take and keep his seat; others are of a different opinion. But this is a...

"Learned men, Now and then, Have some very odd vagaries." IN the Almanack published by the Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge, the diary of each month is concluded with...

niu French say, that in England, if a child cries, our Government tells in the military. Our Cocknies, on the other hand, for every nonsense that occurs to them, are for...

A CORRESPONDENCE between the Reverend J. W. Cunningham, of Harrow, and Sir J. Scarlett, on the subject of a toast given on the Northern Circuit, has been the topic of a good...

THE house musician wanders behind the scenes—he seldom emerges from his atmosphere of lamp-oil and gas but to take the pure air of Catherine Street. He tags a new cadence for...

A YORKSHIRE butcher, who is moreover a Quaker, has given to the world the results of his experiments in slaughtering animals. Actuated by motives of humanity, he has...

HAYMARKET. THE summer campaign has opened at the two theatres without any demonstrations of strength beyond the ordinary. They are singing the Marriage of Figaro and the Barber...

IT will appear to many, a startling discovery, to observe that Pasta is improved. We thought at least that her'Semiramide at Ebers's Benefit, on Thursday night, was in a style...

Mn. COOPER, in his Notions of the Americans, Picked up by a Travelling Bachelor *, has made a serious mistake in the form which he has chosen for the mould of his opinions. It...

the same amiable temper that Mr. EBERS has done in his Seven Years of' the King's Theatre. This good-humoured work is a very agreeable collec- tion of anecdotes of the Opera...

this quarter. The Edinbui;gh and Westminster came in neck and neck ; and now here is the Quarterly, scarcely a length in the rear. The charac- teristic of the Quarterly Review...

MANNER OF ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. " Although each state controls its own forms, not only in the elections, but in everything else, a description of the usages of one...

The following table, constructed by Dr. Granville from an examination of 876 cases in lying-in hospital, &c., is the first ever submitted to females to exhibit their chances of...

le arranging some pamphlets for binding, there fell out of the enormous heap which an inquiry into public questions for the last year or two had accu- mulated, a small...

OF OPORTO. 7th July, 1828. SIR,—As you fortherly inserted in the Atlas a trifle of mine on a critical subject, I am emboldened to address you upon the Blockade of Oporto,...

"A READER OF THE SPECTATOR, No. I." is mistaken. We have in- quired at the Post-Office, and are informed that his Paper may be sent to the Colonies, if the postage of...

J. Izod and G. Adnam, Brighton, auctioneers.—J.Constable and S. Agate, Horsham, drapers.—W. Graham and G. Ravener, Tothill-street, Westminster, pawnbrokers.- 3. Fairhurst...

RTIIS. — On the 4th inst., in Upper Harley-street, the lady of P. S. L. Grenfell, Esq., of a son.—On the 4th inst., the lady of Charles Dimsdile, Esq., of Tolmers, Ilerts,...

War Office, July 7, 1828. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Ensign George Wynell Mayon-, from the half pay, to be Cornet, vice Laurence Charles 13ayntun, who exchanges,...

ARRIVED.—At Gravesend, July 11, Lady of the Lake, Nicholas, from Ceylon. In the Downs-9th, Henry Porcher, Jeffrey ; 10th, Fergusson, Groves, from Bengal ; 11th, Barrette),...

MONEY MARKET, Aar 7-12. THE FUNDS have undergone a considerable depression this week. Ru- mours have been afloat for some time that the recommendation of the Finance Committee...