THE victory which the energy of his countrymen and his own good sense had gained, has been followed up by Earl GREY with equal moderation and firmness. The Bill moves swiftly to...

was shaking to its centre. Few weeks for a long time past have brought us less matter to chronicle or speculate on, than that ' which has just elapsed. The late Prime...

1. TILE REFORM BILL. Previous to the House of Lords going into Committee on the Reform Bill on Monday, the Duke of NEWCASTLE called the attention of Earl Grey to a libellous...

the week have been broken, we must not omit mention of that in which the Lords W riven r LSE A. and KE NYON were the figueantas. The debate on the borough of Oldham will be a...

in sober and serious business. On Monday, they had a long and edifying discussion on the delinquencies of the Press, under the auspices of Lord STORMONT. If the Duke had taken...

THE restoration of Lord Grey and his colleagues to office, has hadits tranquillizing effect on the People: many meetings that were con- templated have been abandoned, many that...

At a very crowded meeting of the Common Council on Wednesday, the freedom of the City was voted to Mr. T. Attwood, the founder of Political Unions. An address from the...

The King held a Levee on Wednesday, at which the Earl of Gos- ford and the Marquis of Queensberry kissed hands on their reappoint- ment as Lords in Waiting; Colonel Bowater on...

receiving the Address voted at the recent meeting of the Bristol General Union and their fellow- citizens. The following is a copy of Mr. Herapath's letter to the Duke of...

We arc informed, on authority which we consider respectable, that at the late meeting of Reformers of the county and city of Dublin, cons veiled to address the King to restore...

The General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland was opened on Thursday last week. There has been no topic of general interest before the court ; nor from the list does any seem ....

night in- troduced to the House of Lords, with the customary forms, and there- upon took the oaths and his scat. lie was introduced by the Bishops of St. David's and of...

London in a few days. In the mean time, General GOBLET is appointed by King LEOPOLD on a special mission to this country.

STOCK E XCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. Consols closed on Saturday at 85i ; Exchequer Bills Ss. to 10s. premium. The former rose on Monday to 84, and the latter to 12s. and 14s....

SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY, Two O'CLOCK. We have received by express the Paris Papers of Thursday even.. ing, dated yesterday, and private letters of the same date. The pa-...

by matters of graver import. The account of yesterday gives in England and Scotland 27 new cases, 9 deaths, and 20 recoveries ; there are 164 remaining. In Ireland, the latest...

Plymouth, and the Britannia, Talavera, and Briton, at Portsmouth, had received orders to hold themselves in readiness for active service. Their desti- nation was said to be the...

(6,000 francs) on Madame Cuvier ; and the Government have appointed a commission to estimate, for the purpose of purchasing, his valuable library and collections.

WAR-OFFICE. May 95.-2d Regt. of Life Guards : Quartermaster J. Carr, from half- pay of the Regt. to be Regimental Quartermaster, vice Wainwright, promoted-3d Regt. of Dragoon...

FRIDAY EVENING. The Celia, Chrystie, from New South Wales to London, sunk off Ushant on the 18th instant ; crew saved. Arrived—At Gravesend, May 23d, Cornwall, Bell, from...

Arbuthnott, V. Cumberland, D. Haddington, E. Salisbury, Bp. Aylesford, E. Delawarr, E. Leven, E. Saltoun, B. Bayning, B. De Dunstanville, B. Manners, E. Selkirk, E. Bexley,...

MAY 24.—On Tuesday last, Mr. E. Wood,Frobationary Scholar of St. John's College, was admitted Actual Fellow of that Society. This day, the following degrees were conferred....

WHERE ARE THE LORDS ? IF the Ultra Tories were the only party in the nation that con- tended against an addition to the House of Lords, it would be use- less to argue with...

MR. O'CONNELL has invoked the aid of the English Reformers to assist him in remedying the defects of the Irish Bill. That aid has been well earned, and we trust will be...

WE arc not aware that the Government could have pursued a fairer plan in reference to the renewal of the Bank Charter, than they have done by the appointment of a Committee to...

Osa Thursday, Signor WINTER, one of the performers of the Italian company; took for his benefit the G erman opera of Fidclio, in which he did-not• sing a note. Had he not, he...

THESE performances seem to have attracted less attention this year than usual; and we, who are very fond of them in general, made only our first visit for the season on...

FICTION, The Fair of May Fair. 3 vols Colburs and Bentley. POLITICAL SCIENCE, The Natural and Artificial Right of Property Contrasted. A Series of Letters, ad- dressed...

Is the work of a lady, who has established herself as " painter to the nobility." It is useless to disguise the fact, whether in title- page or critique, that Mrs. GORE is a...

alluded to : it is the scene in which the divorced wife, ruined and betrayed, though married to her seducer—who is himself likewise thrown out of society, and become a gambler...

THE object of this little volume is to prove that rights exist by the laws of Nature, independent of legislative enactments. Ac- cording to our author, the natural laws which...

his late works, such as the Younger Son and the one before us, have been so slovenly printed ? The leads,* if not the type, vary in every other volume. * Leads - the printer's...

1. Calabria, during a Military Residence of Three Years. (E. Li ilson.)—This is an account of the proceedings of the French in the very extremity of Italy, subsequent to the...

By Mrs. MARKHAM. (Longman.)—These two volumes will prove a grand treat for the parties for whom it is designed. We are children enough to have read the stories and dialogues...

A SERIES of State Trials, popularly drawn up, and reduced within a reasonable compass, is likely to prove as instructive as enter- taining. This commencement bids fair to...

from the Greek. By T. MEDWIN, Esq. (Pickering.)— These poetical translations from a difficult Greek author, we should scarcely have expected from an ex-officer of Light Dra-...

edi- tion. (Teg,g.)—Six inches square by one inch deep of girlish in- telligence. It gives an account of female games, sports, amuse- ments, receipts, riddles, and rebuses,...

little selection of poetical passages, chiefly of a senti- mental cast. They are taken from our popular writers, mostly modern.

concludes the Poetical "Works of MILTON; and contains Comus, Sam son Agonistes, the Sonnets, Minor Pieces, and the Latin Poems. We have already recommended Mr. PICKER- ING'S...

from an immense number of authors, both in verse and prose. It is beautifully got up, and adorned with wood-cuts, vig nettes, &c., in the style for which its publishers,...

Existing Monuments, Sculptures, Gems, Coins, and Medals. By a Fellow of several Learned Societies. (Longman and Co.)— This is a very curious, indeed an important work, and...

compass of a pat of butter, it contains a Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland, tables of the principal towns, market and fair days, population returns, tax acts, and...

MR. HAYDON has added to his attractions at the Egyptian Hall, a new painting of Napoleon, standing with folded arms, musing on the spot which is now his grave at St. Helena. It...

(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 450.) OF all descriptions of Portrait pictures, "family groups" have ever been the most difficult to manage, and have puzzled the greatest geniuses. That...

quick succession of political events in the previous week, perhaps, took away his breath. -Lord Grey and the Duke " Playing at See-Saw" is good. Lord Grey is up, and is raised...

WE hear much of the names of BENVENUTO CELLINI, PIAMINGOr ALBERT BORER, and other sculptors in miniature; but of the extraordinary and curious beauty of their works we know...

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SPECTATOR. Sin—In the journals of the 18th instant, I read a speech attributed to Lord LYNDHURST, in which were the following words- " His Majesty sent to...