on the 10th instant, exceeds the receipts of 1838 by 1,441,132/. Repayments of advances and " other monies" raise the excess to 1,713,9711.; but these accidental receipts must...

ranks of the Liberal Opposition in France. At first there was a seeming agreement. All were for " Reform ; " but when details were considered, and specific changes were to be...

last week in Ireland and Scotland, and there has been nothing like settled tine weather. From sonic parts of Ireland, especially Louth and Meath, the accounts of all the crops,...

Tee landed interest diligently employ the present season of leisure in consolidating their power and influence in the country. The establishment of Agricultural Associations was...

will accept the bill offered by the Government for the preservation of the Basque fueros. If the measure be rejected, it is said that the Cortes will be immediately dissolved. A...

LADS' FLORA HASTINGS. So long as the accusations brought against me, in reference to the case of the late Lady Flora Hastings, continued to be either anonymous or unauthorized,...

ON Thursday afternoon, Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, accompanied by his elder brother the hereditary Prince, arrived off the Tower, in the steam-ship Antwerp. Two of the Queen's...

night of the 1st instant. There bad been4or some days previously an uneasy feeling in the place ; and a disposition to turbulence was manifested by a large number of...

savours of political agitation, the ararylebone Liberals manage to keep up a sort of perpetual squabble about the choice of candidates for their borough at the next...

• The Common Council assembled on Tuesday, for the purpose of considering the following report from the Committee on Corporation Reform- " We whose names are hereunto...

arrears of Poor-rates from the inhabitants of St. Luke's parish, Chelsea, by Sir John Scott Lillie, a Kensington Justice ; the local Magistratp having refused to sign them. On...

annual sleeting on Monday evening, at the Freemason's Tavern,—Dr, Webster, President of the Association, in the chair. The Secretary read the re- port. It contained a...

The members of the Chertsey Agricultural Association held their fourth annual meeting at Chertsey on Tuesday. There was a munerous assemblage of West Surry landlords and...

state of parties and politics. From a brief notice of his production in the Shrewsbury Chronicle. we perceive that Mr. Slaney argues that Chart- ist doctrines are revolutionary,...

on Monday. Ile delivered an eloquent charge to the clergy, not forgetting a reprimand intended for the disobedient Mr. head. That gentleman loudly "protested" against the...

Mr. Macaulay has published the following address to the electors at the city of Edinburgh. " Gentlemen—It is already known to you that her Majesty has been graci- ously...

to prison on charges of sedition. The Board of Ordnance have forwarded a large number of cutlasses in leather sheaths to Sheffield, for the purpose of permanently arming the...

Andrew Thomson, has been ;appointed to the new Professorship of Music in Edinburgh University, by the trustees of the late General Reid, who bequeathed funds for the endowment...

handsomely rewarded for his intrepidity in rescuing the captain of a French vessel and two hots fru:., a wreck in Weymouth Bay. The Royal Humane Society of NVeytuoinh gave hint...

A report that Sir John Campbell will soon succeed Lord Plunket in the Irish Chencelloreitip, has been revived in Dublin. The Dublin Trades Union, following Mr. O'Connell's...

remarks on Admiral Fleming's appointment. mentions one exploit of his which ought not to be forgotten, While at Gibraltar, the Admiral "had ac- tually the audacity to cut away...

with a grand review. The King distributed about forty decorations, and the rlpke of Nemours delivered . a gaining . speech ;but the weather was 4 ' dreadful." In the.eVening,...

father, the Duke of Kent ; and the creditors have presented au eddress to her Majesty, through Sir Henry Wheatley, expressing their gratitude for this act of royal justice mod...

the follow- ing narrative of the proeeedings at the Kilsyth and Glasgow Revival- " Special instances of go ,1 done are naturally called for. Many memorable eases cau be...

by which France wastO hate 1,023 leagues of railway communication is abandoned, and the utmost that is hoped for are a few great lines. By the original Go- vernment scheme there...

murder committed in a private house, and in the centre of the most populous part of the city. A lady, two grown-up daughters, and son, lately returned from Angola, were found on...

21st of September, supplies the following items of nuseellaueous news— Mr. Chequer, an eminent merchant of New York, was killed by a concussion of railroad cars, on Saturday...

the American money-market, which was generally attributed to the Operations of the 'fruited States Bank. We give extracts from some of .the papers. " The long-continued...

SATURDAY NIGHT. The Continental newspapers received this morning supply little news of importance ; but the Paris correspondent of the Tunes gives the following statement...

£15,060 The Governor and Chaplains receive half-pay in addition to their salaries ; and with the exception of four clerks, all the officers seem to have apartments and...

informa- tion, we learn that the prevalent report of the Queen's approaching mar- riage with Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg is not ill-founded ; and that the union will probably...

BIRTHS. Ou the 2d inst., at Bishop's Caundle, the Lady or Sontavimat Dom, Esq., of a sou. On the 50t inst., in Whitehall Place, Lady HENRIK, Or a dalliilltrr. On the 8th...

to the Queen Regent of Spain on the 2d. The speech: he delivered upon the occasion gave offence to the Liberals; but it is not easy to discover any sufficient cause for their...

sig- nature of "justitia," defended Admiral Fleming's appointment to the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital, by citing the precedent of Sir John Colpoys, who, they said, was...

the day. The most valuable appointment a Captain can hold is the command of a first-rate ; and though Admirals are permitted, by the courtesy of the service, to appoint their...

Clark's statement of the case of Lady Flora Hastings ; and this morning most effectually deals with the Court Physician's apology for his long silence— that the "accusations...

board the Company's Surveying Staff, arrived at St. Jago, Cape Teed Islands, on the 31st August; all well.

Arrived—At Gravesend, Oct. 10tb, Caroline, Robb, from New South Wales. Sailed—From Gravesend, Oct. 4th, Viscount Melbourne, M•Kerlie, for Bengal.

3IACREADY'S Ski/ock disappointed us. 'raking our cue from the elo- quent eulogy of the first night's representation at the Haymarket, which we quoted, we went prepared to see a...

Sr ,Pit ExcrIANOE, FRIDAY AFTERNo0X. The attention of the members of the Stock Exchan g e has been p ainfully ex- cited during the week, by the perpetration of a g ross fraud,...

Fleming job, not one has better right to complain than the Lieu- tenant-Governor, Rear-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, K.C.B. He is one of the most distinguished officers in the...

this appointment also to be the reward of electioneering services: If Ministers are consistent, sonic active political partisan will be selected ; for Admiral Fleming had the...

; and we recommend all -who adinh-e i tenssine. Isailonr. and clever personation, to go and see Mr. :le. f Hay R : the phlegmatic good- humour and d exas- Dutehman—the...

spirit and alacrity in providing a variety of entertainments, each excellent of its kind, in quick succession. On Thursday, The School for Scandal was produced; on Monday, Ride...

WAu-Orructs. (u.it. 11.-1st iniseisi is (5ss•-ii!, us C. c. to tn. Cerlit.r, by purchase, vice I lawkes, priono.,1, ;: 1,1oht Drau o olis-- Lieut.-Cot. It. front hal6pay...

RADICALS OF THE NEW SCHOOL. " Ranrcar." was always a vague designation. The philosophers of the schools of MALTHUS, RICARDO, and BENTHAM-COBEETT *With, his debt-sponge, and...

Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended 10th October 1838 and 1839, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head. thereof. QUARTER% ENDED 10th OETuBER 1838. 3,416,521...

THE Governorship of Greenwich Hospital is a sinecure, of no real use except as a retreat for some distinguished veteran of the Navy. It was last filled by Sir Timaiss Hsunz, the...

tINSATISTIED with five elaborate articles on the subject of the " Exchequer job," the Globe returned to the topic on Monday last ; professing to reply to the Spectator of...

MANY persons on both sides of the Atlantic indulge the expecta- tion, that a considerable quantity of American wheat will be im- ported into England, for which manufactures will...

of the Globe as the Six Articles said about the Exchequer, it does not follow that they are unworthy of notice : on the contrary, they are rich in their way. They display the...

PERIODS of strong political excitement—periods of constitutional transformations—are generally noted to be at the same time, periods marked by fanatical display. The same...

We last week introduced this subject with a complaint, that while great pains are bestowed upon its vulgar aspects none are taken to investigate its bearings on Social Morals....

NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, Aristocracy hi America. From the Sketch-Book of a German Nobleman. Edited by Francis 1 Grinid, Author of " The Americans in their Moral. S,cial, and...

THESE volumes contain a series of lively, pleasant, and entertaining sketches of a certain class of life and notions in the American capital, and in a few of the great scabord...

MATHIEU DUMAS was designed by nature for a military adminis- trator. His mind was methodical ; his judgment just, but narrow ; give him the premises, he would most probably...

Ws have received, in a fair and female hand, the following letter in reference to the novel of The. Duke. . TO TIIE EDITOR OP THE SPECTATOR. . SIR-In your review of the novel...