his parishioners, Oxford University, the propriety of substituting a " declaration " the latter seem to think that the Doctor means to extort the 1600/. for the subscription to...

the object, it is said, being to avoid a Ministerial defeat on the quesion of a new commercial code.

was occasioned in Madrid by the treaty for the exchange of prisoners, procured by Lord ELIOT and Colonel GURWOOD from VALDEZ and ZUMALACARREGUY ; and on the morning of the I...

French state prisoners since our last week's publication. The Court of Peers on Tuesday, in a secret sitting, resolved, by a majority of 82 to 78, not to try the accused in...

1. CLERICAL SINECURES AND EXTORTION. Lord STANLEY called the attention of the House of Commons, on Monday, to the conduct of Dr. Webber, the Vicar of Kirkham in Lan- cashire....

Society held a meeting in Exeter Hall ; the Bishop of London in the Chair. Several gentlemen addressed the assembly on the evils of in- temperance ; and resolutions against the...

THE King and Queen arrived at St. James's Palace about noon on Wednesday. The King held a Levee at two o'clock. The Marquis of Conyngham kissed hands, as Lord Chamberlain, and...

action of conside- rable interest to dramatic authors and theatrical managers was tried. It was brought by Mr. Jerrold, to recover -compensation from Messrs- Morris and Swinton,...

The Committee of the Court of Common Council assembled on Monday, to discuss the conduct of the Lord Mayor, Mr. Pritchard presented the report of the sub-committee appointed to...

Lord John Russell was elected for Stroud on Tuesday without op- position; notwithstanding a feeble attempt by Mr. Ricardo, formerly Member for the borough, to annoy his...

Cross Hospital, on the body of Daniel Carrol, who died on Tuesday, in con- sequence of some severe wounds received from Davis, a policeman, in a scuffle at No. 3, Star Court. It...

The Inverness election terminated in the return of Mr. Chisholm ; the numbers being—for Chisholm 238, for Grant 240. It seems to be doubtful, however, whether Mr. Chisholm will...

Lord Mulgrave is taking measures to eject the Orange officials from the Castle, and from places under Government. Sir Stuart Bruce, who has been forty years Master of the...

his post as Master of the Horse, and it was hinted that his Lordship had been induced to take this step by want of courtesy on the part of his Majesty ; but the report was not...

whose pro- perty the races are run, has deputed a gentleman of great respectability at Epsom to receive the collections on the Downs, during the present year, and has authorized...

Mr. Brinsley Sheridan. The Morning Post supplies the following particu- lars of this affair. " The young lady has 40,0001. of her own settled upon her, besides expecta- tions...

day, and was most enthusiastically received by nearly the whole of the audience. There was abundance of noise and interruption, however, from the Orangemen, who kept up what...

SATURDAY. Accounts from Madrid, dated the 14th instant, were received this morning. Public tranquillity had been in a great measure restored, and the Procuradores had become...

excluded by the pressure of more temforary matters. Next week will answer his purpose quite as well. No announcements of Births, Marriages, or Deaths, can be inserted in the...

and Garter, Richmond, by the merchants of London engaged in the Levant trade, to Nourri Effendi, the recently-arrived Ambassador from the Court of Turkey. It was attended by...

a liar of the first magnitude ; but had he lived in our day, he would have met equals or superiors in the noble art he pro- fessed, in more than one Tory coterie, and in various...

BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., at the Dowager Countess of Coventry's, Streatham, Surry, the lion. Mrs. W. ComaTimor a daughter, still-born. On the 18th inst.. in Upper Grosvenor...

THE REFORM ASSOCIATION. AT length wo may congratulate the British Reformers on the prospect of their energies being exerted with effect against the upholders of abuses in...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. &panic, unequalled for suddenness and severity, occurred yesterday, in the Foreign Market. Our remarks upon the state of the Spanish Bonds...

Arrived—At Gravesend, May 21st, Broxbornebury, Chapman, from Bengal. In the Downs, 921. Fox, Chovelev, from China. Off Hastings, 22.1, Olympus. Cowl, from Ceylon. Off the Wight,...

IT was remarked by Lord JOHN RUSSELL when addressing his constituents at Stroud on Tuesday last, that " those who seemed to be more Conservative, and were afraid of his...

ALTHOUGH the " No-Popery " cry seems to have been used with effect in Devonshire, the more sagacious of the Tory party are con- scious that it cannot be depended upon to rouse...

WE heard JOHN CRAMER on Tuesday, for the last time in public, with sincere regret and with unabated admiration. The retirement of such a man from a profession which he has...

WITH the exception of a brief period of warfare in the East In- dies, it is now twenty years since the British Army engaged a foreign foe. The exploits of our troops have, for...

WE regret to cee that Manager ARNOLD is returning to his former practices, and famishing the English opera from his theatre. We Mo ped that the experience of last season would...

BELLINI'S last opera, I Puritani ed i Cavalieri, inimitably translated by the doer-into- English of the libretto, " The Puritans and the .Knights "—was performed on Thursday,...

Is a collection of various readable and pungent stories; though, like the other works of this author, it leaves an impression of disappointment, for we feel that he might and...

THE two best living painters of provincial life and scenery are, without doubt, Miss MITFORD and the author of the Puritan's Grave. Each is familiarly acquainted with the...

FicTrow, Belford Regis; or Sketches of a Country Town. By Mary Russell Milford, Authoress of " Rienzi." " Our Village." &c. In 3 vole. Bentley. Tales of My Neighbourhood. By the...

WORDSWORTH, like all completely original poets whose muses have dealt with refined thoughts and intellectual abstractions, has slowly acquired an undisputed fame. We dare say he...

and will be new and useful to those unacquainted with the outlines of Italian literature, from its rise with DArrre down to the present day. Some men, in travelling, turn their...

volume. It contains the various "Songs " which are scattered up and down the Bible; beginning with the triumphant hymn of Moses and the Israelites upon the destruction of...

termed in slang language "an out-an-outer ;" though he per- haps scarcely perceives the end to which his principles would lead him, nor indeed does lie perceive any thing very...

BROCKEDON'S Road-Book from London to Naples, is not one of your cut and dry itineraries—a macadamized map printed in type that is scarcely readable on the road, and full of...

sessing somewhat of interest and amusement. Its author, Mr. R. SPENCE HARDY, was a Wesleyan Missionary in Ceylon ; and after fulfilling his destiny in that island, he determined...

Corn," having been unable to convince the landed interest that Corn-laws "are sure to lower its price in the home market," has taken up, in Free and Safe Government, a broader...

usual mixture of prose and poetry which characterizes those publications, and possessing much of their merits,—as was, in- deed, to be expected, for the articles are chiefly...

other Poems, by Lady EMMELINE STUART WORTLEY, we have come to the conclusion that her Ladyship has mistaken the cha- racter of her mind. She has not sufficient strength and...

edition of what to many readers will appear the most attractive part of poor Mr. PRINGLE'S delightful African Sketches — the prose narra- tive, separated from the verses. To...

graphy, must depend entirely on the patience and method of the questioner, and on the time he can bestow upon the pupil. If he takes care that the mere geographical facts be...

of the Trial of Algernon Sidney, intended as a companion print to that of the Trial of Lord William Russell, by GEORGE Harma, has just been completed by BROMLEY. The original...

three works, whose receipt we can only aknowledge, as they re- quire a fuller notice than our limits would this week permit. Memoirs of John Selden, and Notices of the Political...

pocket volumes, seems to differ little in its literary execution from the other publications of its class, which attempt to give the " lives of the most eminent persons of all...

delicate style, and with a nice feeling for the beauty of the original pic- ture, BOXALL'S " Cordelia Receiving the News of Lear's Sickness." The artist has sought to portray...