ber. On the 1st of that month, an unusually early period, the Colonial Assembly met to consider the reply of Mr. STANLEY, our late Secretary for the Colonies, to an application...

descendants from the Spanish throne passed the Procuradores on the 8th instant; all of the Members present, one hundred and twenty in number, voting in favour of it ; though...

which he had destined to act against MEHEMET ALI, ill aiding the Pacha of Tripoli against his rebellious kinsman ; who was abetted by the British Consul, Mr. WARRINGTON. The...

new Governor, Count D'EasoN, in a proclamation, worthy of the Caliph of the King of the French, as he styles himself. After an introductory paragraph of praise to the Creator,...

Tante is considerable variety in the foreign intelligence received during the week, but it is mostly of a mere gossiping description, consisting of rumours and political...

The funeral of Don PEDRO occupied the greater part of the night of the 27th and 28th of September ; though he was not buried Nvith royal, but military honours, according to his...

FROM TIFF LONDON GAZETTE. DOWNING STREET, 17th October 1f434.—The King has been pleased to nominate and appoint Lientenant.Generat Lord IL E. II. Somrasur, K.C.13., to he a...

THE King arrived in town from Windsor on Wednesday, and held a Privy Council, at which it was decided that Parliament should be fur- ther prorogued from the 23d instant to...

BURNING OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Between the hours of six and seven on Thursday evening, a fire burst out from one of the apartments connected with the House of Lords: the...

a good deal of uninteresting conversation ; but the only business of im- portance that was transacted, was the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the amount of the City...

Royal Sovereign, (a steam-bout belonging to the Steam Navigation Com- pany), was sentenced to pay a tine of one shilling for running down a small skiff, which belonged to some...

Tuber. naele Chapel, City Road, of which Mr. Wilks, M. P. is a leading mem. ber. A Mr. James Temple was held to bail at the Worship Str ee t Office on Saturday, on a charge of...

The Shropshire Liberals have had a contest with the powerful phalanx of the Tory Aristocracy and Squirearchy for the choice of County Coroner ; and after ten days' polling,...

true bill" was found by the Grand Jury against the Sheriffs of tile city of Chester for a misdemeanour, in refusing to take upon themselves the execution of Garside and Mosley,...

Another meeting of the Conservative Society of Ireland was held in Dublin, on Tuesday; the Earl of Roden in the chair. The prin- cipal speakers on this occasion, besides the...

From a letter addressed by the Duke of Wellington to the Kentish Gazette, it appears that his Grace has no claim upon the Belgian Go- vernment for any arrears of pay, and of...

On the lath inst., in Hyde Park Terme, tlw Hon. Mrs. Rai KES CURRIE, of a son. On the lath lint., at Down Lodge, Wandsworth, the wife of ANTHONY F. Bats- BRIDGE, Esq., of a...

munication between Marseilles and Constantinople. The French Government is about to establish a steam-boat com- munication between Marseilles and Constantinople. A grand...

Active preparations are making in Glasgow for the reception of Lord Durham on the 2,9th. A banquet-hall, capable of accommodating 1500 visitors, is in courae of erection in...

the attack upon the Press contained in the last Number of the L'dininergh Review ; which, remembering the quarters in which the Courier is con- nected, are somewhat remarkable...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Aberdeen, 14th October 1831, MR. SPECTATOR-I am an old lover of music ; and, during the former part of my life, have heard, both in England and...

com- mercial inquiries, from the Chamber of Commerce at Bordeaux. They refer him to the very full statement of their arguments against restric- tions on foreign trade, which...

SATURDAY NIGHT. Another Cabinet Council was held this afternoon in Downing Street, attende:d by all the Ministers in town. The investigation into the origin of the fire is...

Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended 10th Oct. 1833 and 10th Oct. 1834; showing the Increase or Decrease on each head...

in Spain, throw great doubt on the report of the capture of Bilboa by the Carlists. It is now said that the story was got up with a view to facilitate the raising of the Carlist...

DISPOSABLE PROPERTY OR CAPITAL OF SPAIN IS NOT EQUAL TO PAY HER DEBTS. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SPF.CTATOE. Paris, 15th October 1834. SIR—A very wise man said, " Hope deferred...

At the Adel- phi a comic burletta by BCCKSTONE, called The Christening, introduced to the audience the droll little author and the pretty Mrs. HONEY for the first time this...

clever trifle, entitled A Friend in .A r eed ; which the acting of Mrs. ORGEtt as a waiting-maid, and the ludicrousness of KEELEY as a soi-disant man of family and fashion, with...

110EF, have been doing their best to full the parts for which they lave been cast by the manager. Durevis has appeared in Richard, and Is announced for Bertram and VANDENHOPE...

Alas. Wool) and her husband appeared at Covent Garden on Tuesday, for the first time since their American trip, in Cinderella. We were glad to see the queen of English singers...

Irish Gentle- man ; in which H. WALLACE, as a footman, personates his master, and makes love to a lady in the assumed character. The situations re- semble those of Teddy the...

hemisphere. Auxoro still intends, we believe, to bring out Mr. TnostsoN's Her- num, though his season has scarcely a month to run. Banxerr's Mountain Sylph has renewed its...

The Hall, Hughes, from Bengal to Liverpool, iliD; put into Ascension with et.usi. derabte damage, and most discharge her ral go. An ived—.1t Deal, I h.t. 14th. Eueliature,s....

ssoea Excassar, Far ru , A FTF. The issue of the Dividends and the payment Df the Dissented Four per Cent. Stock has made money much more abundant ; the evidence of which is,...

WHERE SHALL THE PARLIAMENT MEET? THE conflagration of the Parliament Houses has called forth an abundance of fine writing from the newspapers. Considerable interest certainly...

THE conduct of the ever restless Chancellor has supplied the newspapers with employment for another week. His speech at Salisbury has been the prominent subject of discussion;...

NOTWITHSTANDING Lord BROUGHAM'S virulent abuse of the Press, he keeps up a constant illicit intercourse with the worst portion of it. As libertines are apt to judge of the...

IN a former paper, we declared our concurrence in that part of the Report on the Scotch Judges' Salaries which recommended an in- crease in the pay of the Puisne Judges of the...

the Bishop of Lon- don, requesting his Lordship to bestow the vacant preferment of St. Martin's upon the Reverend 31r. Andrews, clerk in orders at St. James's. His Lord- ship's...

if it is con- firmed, will make an epoch in the annals dart. According to the report, this amateur has discuveted a picture of Rubel's, representing the delivery of Andro- meda...

up at the New Bailey, two-thirds of whom had been found on Sunday in the streets in a state of intoxication. In most of the cases penalties of 10s. were inflicted.—...

on Tuesday. He retains his Prebendal stall at Vest • ter, but re,igns the livings of Batter.. sea and St. Bride's.—Daily Paper. Dr. ALLEN'S principal qualification for a...

have not received any information from the City Companies, into whose affairs it is their object to inquire. These Companies, with scarcely an exception, have refused to answer...

Taavv.s, Letters from India; describing a Journey in the Pritish Dominions of India, Tibet. Lahore, and Cashmere. during the years MS, 1829. D430. Mi. Undertaken by Order of...

THE perusal of these volumes has rather increased the favourable opinion we last week expressed of their value. At the same time, it has confirmed the conclusion we then hinted...

A SOJOURN at Naples, a visit to Pompeii, and an examination of the relics of the buried city collected in the Neapolitan Museum, suggested to Mr. BULWER the idea of his work....