THE Peers have been in little baste to take up the g auntlet of the Commons, which has lain seven days on their floor. Last ni g ht was the time appointed for the discussion of...

1. THE BALLOT. Mr. GROTE moved the House of Commons, on Thursday, for leave to bring in a bill to provide that votes at elections for Members of Par- liament shall henceforward...

week. The Administration of THIERS appears to be gaining popularity. Although not a partisan of the Movement, THIERS repudiates the advance towards despotism, which the...

respondents, the British and French auxiliary legions are very in- dignant at the scurvy treatment they experience at the hands of the Queen and the Ministers at Madrid. General...

The King and Queen left St. James's Palace on Sunday morning, for the Palace at Kew; where they spent the greater part of the day, and proceeded in the evening to Windsor...

THE NORTON AND MELBOURNE TRIAL. Tim Court of Common Pleas WitS completely filled at an early hour on Wednesday, by persons anxious to hear the trial of the case of Norton...

elected Sheriffs for the year ensuing ; Mr. Alderman Johnson, Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood, and Mr. Alderman James White, whose names had been placed upon the list, having begged...

on Wednesday, at the New English Opera.house. The pit was boarded over, and the stage canopied with an awning, which gave it a very beautiful, and as the Morning Post says, "...

This great man paid the debt of nature on Thursday last, at his house in Kensington. For more than a year he was incapacitated froni attending to the duties of his office, Chief...

was convicted of forging a check to defraud a Mrs. Jeffrey ; and was sentenced to transportation for life. • On Tuesi ay, upwards ZOO gallons of manufactured spirits, on which...

Jamaica. Mr. John Power, of Kilftine, Mr. John Kennedy, of Mount Ken- nedy, and Mr. Francis Workman M'Naughten, have been created Baronets. Mr. Leonard Horner has been...

The nomination of candidates for South Warwickshire takes place to-day: the polling will be on Tuesday and Wednesday next. Both parties speak confidently. From the Courier of...

RUSSELL has given great satisfaction to the Liberals by the appointtnent of Mr. ARMSTRONG to that office.

put by the sapient Sir ROGER GREISLEY to Tories reluctant to vote for the Liverpool Docks Bill. If SANDON'S seat really depended on the suc- cess of the job, SANDON must make...

morning from an influential Scottish Reformer—one who has excellent means of knowing the state of public opinion in the North, and has had a considerable share in directing it...

the verdict in favour of Lord MELBOURNE has expressed himself in no measured terms as to the satisfaction he felt upon the trial having terminated in a manner so agreeable to...

the columns of the Times, and has produced no fewer than eight distinct articles, published between the 8th of May and the 10th of June, in which the Times, with sneering...

against Lord MELBOURNE by the advice of Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT. This also was false : a letter in to-day's Times from Messrs. CURRIE and WOODGATE, the attornies in the cause,...

second time in 'the House of Peers. It has several important provisions, on which we shall remark probably next week. This much, however, seems odd— its object is to issue a new...

as to the period at which the reduction of duty on newspapers will take effect. The time originally intended was the 6th of July next, but as it is im- p( ssible that the bill...

the French Ministry. It is said that Marshal MalSON and PASSY are to go out, the latter to be succeeded by DUCHATEL, and the Marshal to be sent as Ambassador to Rome. This is...

from England, and have published the first number of their newspaper—a hand- some-looking sheet of eight pages, called the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register—with...

through the country, calling earnestly for " support to the Lords in their present trying position." This is recommended to be done by means of a peti- tion, which, if none has...

SATURDAY NIGHT. A Cabinet Council, attended by all the Ministers, was held this afternoon, at the Foreign Office.

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY ATTER/400N. cent. upon the whole capital invested in the construction of all the Canals an system as a benefit, as offering them a safe and...

IT is well to observe the extreme anxiety et the Tories to wash themselves clean of that nasty mess in which they have been rolling with hoggish delight for the last few weeks....

THE MINISTERIAL PLAN, AND OUR OWN. tIrroao the progress of those evelits which have ended in in- compatibility between the Commons and the Lords, the adherents of ti1iuistcrs,...

LORD DALMENY opposed Mr. GROTE'S motion on the Ballot : on the ground that the House of Commons should " persevere in its honourable course of effecting practical and...

THE publication of the Newspaper Stamp Returns has mar sioned what the penny-a-line gentlemen term " considerable con- demotion and alarm " among the proprietors of some Country...

ANY proposition which is said to be favourable to the Agricultural interest is sure to receive large soopert in the House of Commons. There is a numerous class of Member; who...

M. BENEDICT'S morning concert on Wednesday—the only one we have been able to spend an hour at for some time—was very superior to the generality of these entertainments. Bestancr...

THE musical public have received a gratification much superior to any thing they generally meet with at the Opera-house, in the performance of Don Giovanni twice during this...

at Paris on Monday, at the age of 88. Abbe Sieyes was by turns a member of the Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention, a Director and Consul of the Republic, a...

Mr. COMBS of Edinburgh has published an interesting supple- ment to the volume of Testimonials noticed in the Spectator of the 11th instant. It contains a discussion—or rather...

THIS is a very singular, entertaining, and interesting volume. It contains an account of the residence of the author and his family for several months at the castle of the...

ARCHIEOLOOY. Issues or the Exchequer; being Payments made out of His Majesty's Revenue during the Reign of King James D. Extracted from the OriOnal Records belonging to the...

IN the ancient Pell 011ice of the Exchequer, :ire preserved, among other curious matter of a similar nature, nearly a perfect series of "Order and Issue Books " during the reign...

IN her present publication SARAH STICKNEY has attempted the regular novel, and with,considerable success. Home, or the Iron Rule, is a pleasing and very graceful work. The...

The Elements of Music, with the Art of Playing from a Figured' Bass. By J. WPMURDIE, Mus. Bac., Oxon. If we were to judge by the flippancy and confidence with which mu- sical...

LEWIS'S SPANISH SKETCHES. THE engravings in the Landscape Annual of DAVID ROBERTS'S Views in Spain, are limited to the architecture and scenery. Jour; LEWIS is the only artist...

E. MER- RI OTT. This composition should have been entitled an Elegy, rather than a Glee. The simple and pathetic character of the music well accords with the sentiment of the...

This excellent publication is gradually aril extensively diffusing mu- sical knowledge and pleasure throughout the kingdom. Many vocal as well its instrumental compositions of...

Our opinion of Mr. MERRIOTT, as a sound and classical church writer, has been already given ; and the present number of this respect- able and useful publication tends to...