for the hustings ; and the country is in the paroxysm of a general election : addresses, speeches, promises, compliments to "independent " and " honourable " electors,...

'Tras Pror:ogation of Parliament had been so long anticipated, that ..it is, hardly to . be,regarded as an event of the week ; but the man- ner of dismissal .was, the subject of...

the MELBOURNE Cabinet in its later days, is the game of shifts which has recently- been exhibited : Ministers are shifting from place to place by the dozen ; not "infusing new...

There is little to recount in the proceedings of the Parliament daring the few last hours of its existence, before it was dissolved on Tuesday. NEW DEST'RUCTIVE POWER FOR WAR....

steamer, brings President TYLER'S first message to Congress. It is emi- nently placid, pacific, and practical. A little disquisition on national banking was demanded of him ex...

in- dividuals; they tell against the Ministry to an extent which may not have been anticipated by those who schemed the harmless- looking exchanges. One, the elevation of Sir...

WHAT with public ceremonial and visits paid and received, the history of the Court has been eventful this week. On Sunday, Queen Victoria completed the fourth year of her reign...

Thursday being Midsummer-day, according to ancient custom a Common Hall was held in the Guildhall, for the purpose of electing Sheriffs of London and Middlesex for the year...

The Lord-Lieutenant left Dublin on Tuesday, for Castle Hill, South Molten, Devonshire, to attend the obsequies of his father, the late Earl Fortescue. The anniversary of the...

The Anti-Corn-law meetings begin to merge in election meetings, except where the lecturers keep up the special excitement. Meetings, however, for Corn-law repeal or Free Trade,...

THE METROPOLIS. LONDON Crrv. Ward meetings have been held by both parties without intermission. At one in Bishopsgate-Within, on Tuesday, Mr. Pattison alluded to reports which...

We understand that an Association of the Ministers of the Church of Scotland has been instituted in Edinburgh, at the head of whom is the Reverend Mr. Bell of Linlithgow, for...

The Globe gives the following account of the various changes which have been made in the Government- " Sir George Grey is to have the seals of the Daftly of Lancaster com-...

Arrived—At Gravesend, June 21st, Fanny, Andrews; and Janet Willis, Will from Van Diemen's Land; =d, Lloyds. Green ; and Charter. Kerr, Arnold. from China; Lord Auckland,...

in our advertising columns, by Mr. Perronet Thompson, the Radical candi- date, claims the attention of congenial minds. It has much of his father's spirit and raciness ; and...

as he best could. He had to deal with two awkward circumstances—the repulse of his electioneering advances to the Marquis of Kildare, who has re- fused to be his colleague; and...

In the Chamber of Peers, on Wednesday, M. Humana entered into a long financial statement, which showed a more favourable state of the exchequer than late accounts. The treasury...

stand for the City of London in March 1784, has been contrasted in the Tory papers of the week with Lord John Russell's reply to the late requisition. Mr. Pitt, who had actually...

Public _Petitions, the Thirty-fourth of the late session, gives the following totals of petitions presented to the House on the subject of Corn-laws, down to the 15th June—...

miscellaneous news ; with these additions, that Captain James Hanway Plumridge is appointed to be Storekeeper of the Ordnance, and the Honourable James Howard to be Groom in...

been made of the name of the Duke of Bedford by the committee of Captain Rous, founded upon a letter of the most private and familiar character, the Duke of Bedford has...

SATURDAY NIGHT. _ The ferment of the general election increases. Members who star d again, being released from their London duties, are now busy amorg their constituencies; and...

Bank of England, from the 30th March 1841 to the 22d June 1841— Circulation £16,632,000 Deposits 7,218,000 £23,850,000 £26,699,000 ASSETS. I Securities £21,601,000 Bullion...

STOCK EXCHANOE. FRIDILT AFTERNOON. The Money Market has been in a more active state during the last few days; and the prices of all the English Funds have advanced about j per...

THE impression made by the first appearance in London of Made- moiselle RACHEL has been rather deepened than diminished by her subsequent performances ; and her extraordinary...

MINISTERIAL MASTERY OF FREE TRADE. Dr reviewing the proceedings in Parliament the week before last, we commented • on Lord Jowl RUSSELL ' S denial of the Budget being hastily...

"The bed contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day." EVERYBODY has read of the shield which was gold on one side and silver on the other, and of...

THE promotion of Sir Jonx CAMPBELL to the Irish bench has given rise to a controversy between the Ministerial and Opposition journals ; to which the retiring speech of his...

MINISTERS must have great confidence in the tameness of the Edinburgh constituency. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL'S address to the electors for their suffrages, and his elevation to the...

A Winter in the Azores; and a Summer at the Baths of the Pumas. By Joseph Buller, M.D., and Henry Dollar, of Lincoln's Inn. In two volumes.. Van Voortt. Fic-nox, The Little...

DAUGHTERS. THESE tales are of a thoroughly feminine character. Feminine in their subjects and mode of treatment ; in their display of the female mind; in their elegance, their...

THERE appears a disposition on the part of the Conservative press to applaud this young nobleman into celebrity, which we think will not permanently succeed; for, though not...

From June 17th to June 24th. BooKs. Music and Manners in France and Germany ; a series of Travelling Sketches of Art and Society. By HENRY F. CHORLEY, Author of "Conti," &c....

THE BRITISH INSTITUTION. THE wish we have so often expressed is at length gratified—a collection of STOTHARD'S works forms the principal feature of this year's exhibi- tion of...

VIEWING this exhibition as a whole, we feel the lack of human interest to enliven the mass of scenic representations : these, however pleasing, are not of themselves sufficient....

WAR-orrtcs, June 25.—Otis Regt. of Foot.—Lieut. J. B. Home to be Captain, with- out purchase, vice Kelly, who retires upon full - pay. 11th Foot — Assist.-Surg. S. Ingram, from...

BIRTHS. On the 211 inst.. in Belgrave Street, the Countess of POMERET, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., in Wilton Crescent, Viscountess CHELSEA. of a son. On the 19th inst.,...

Tuesday, June 22. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Coleby and Phillips, Ampthill, manufacturing-chemists-J. and T. Burrows, Wit- lington, Derbyshire. timber-merchants-Burrs and Co....

FOREIGN (Last Official Quotation during tl ei Alabama (Sterling) 5p. Ct. _ Arkansas 1863) 6 - Austrian 5 - 1071 Belgian 5 - 1001 Brazilian 5 - 6 74 Buenos Ayres 6 - - Cuba 6-....