Tem affair of Cracow threatens serious consequences to the re- of Europe. The annexation has been consummated. The re- pose Government repels the invitation of the French...

only touches us most nearly, but deeply concerns all Europe. In the Congress of Vienna, France and England were [LATEST EDITION.] the great representatives of free...

very new kind. The Irish peasantry show an access of the mania for purchas- ing arms : buying guns when they lack food ! The apologists of the Arms Act will crow. Another...

Notices have been given by the Corporation of London of their intention to apply to Parliament to extend their power for the conservancy of the river; to enable them to widen,...

Seance, and may be very summarily dismissed. Abroad, we see most activity in Portugal and India. The Portuguese contest continues by the joint favour of mutual ob- stinacy and...

Tat' Queen, Prince Albert, end the children are still at Osborne House. Oti Satiirday, the birthday . of the Princess R;yal, Sir Hercules Pakenham and Sip Charles. Ogle died...

The Morning Post states that Mr. Bright will be opposed at the next election for Manchester. The first public meeting of the Tea Association was held on Wednesday, at the...

, Friday the 20th November having been appointed by the Church as a day of humiliation and prayer all over the kingdom, Divine service was performed in the churches, in...

Powaro.—The Austrian General, Count Castiglione, took possession of Cracow on the 16th of this month, in the name of the Emperor of Aus- tria; and handed the civil government...

We are glad to learn that, in a letter to the Very Reverend the Principal Macfarlan, Lord John Russell has accepted the unsought honour which has been conferred upon him and...

that the Queen of Portugal is expected in this country as a place of refuge- " Orders were given, before the departure of the Court for the Isle of Wight, for the immediate...

states that for several days the gendarmes and police-agents have been exercising a most active sur- veillance on the whole Spanish frontier. They have just received for the...

SATURDAY NIGHT. The Ministerial French papers of Thursday reluctantly make the an- nouncement, which they had reserved as long as possible, that the Eng- lish Government had...

authorities at Portsmouth, that the Queen and Prince Albert will land on Tuesday, on their way to Arundel Castle, and that they will return on Friday. The Grand Datchess Mary,...

through France by telegraph, and received in London this afternoon, confirms the intelligence of .the Baron de Cazal's victory, and adds, " Sa da Bandeira haa taken flight."

Post-office. A statement on the subject, however, which appeared in a provincial paper, is incorrect. Colonel Maberly remains as Secretary to the Department of the Post-office;...

11th of January. The Moniteur publishes a Royal ordinance, dated the 22d instant, fixing the extent of the naval force of France in time of peace. The first article declares...

roc= for insertion next week. We wish the able writer to follow it tip by as clear an ezposition of that part of the subject which he reserves.

After devoting two evenings to regular "stock-pieces," Ur. Mitchell has brought out the first novelty of the season, called Le Bunhonime Richard. The subject, which is very...

" Perhaps the best eulogium that can be conferred On any Government 13, that thAM Is employment for all the people."—&r F. Eden on the Poor. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SPECTATOR....

as a literary institution, from pariah-rates, under the 6th and 7th of Victoria. St. James s parish summoned the managers to answer a claim for 221., at Marlborough Street...

our readers as take an interest in the administration of public property, to a paper in a subsequent page under the head of Fine Arts. It exhibits not only concurrent evidence...

Smith of Ire- land. According to the Limerick Chronicle, the sale of fire-arms in Lime- rick has never been so - great; the purchasers being almost exclusively pea- sants The...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The only circumstance worth notice has been the settlement of the Consol Account, which took place yesterday. The speculators for the fall...

TAXATION MADE EASY. Ir is natural to the English people always to be talking about that with which they are so uncomfortably familiar as Taxation ; and at seasons of lull in...

Or the subject of Education there are two things to be done—to-. ripen public opinion, and to enlighten it. Our object is to help in doing both, but more especially the latter....

THE statement is repeated this week, that King Leopold has de- clined to mediate between the French and English Governments, with the further explanation, that he thought it "...

ARE, essentially, that preservation for all time, ample space, me- thodical arrangement, and convenient accessibility to its contents, should be afforded. The attainment of...

IT is notorious that on the most successful railways, every re- source is strained to the utmost in carrying on the traffic so as to prevent disasters ; so immense and almost...

TIM four letters of our correspondent "A Guardian " are a valu- able contribution towards that discussion of the Poor-laws which is desirable in order to make their revision...

NoTnrivo can be more unsatisfactory than the state of the letter- post in Germany. The journals report that an official gentleman is on his way to London to arrange a post...

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, Btehing5 of a Whaling Cruise ; with Notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar ; and a brief History of the Whale-fishery, in its past and present...

ALTHOUGH extending over too long a period and embracing too many topics to be considered as an original history, Mr. Marshall's Description and Conquest of Ceylon possesses many...

a skilful, energetic, and gallant officer of the Navy, in the war of the French Revolution ; who, though not unlucky in his subordinate professional career, seemed to be pursued...

that in the decline of art recourse is had to me- chanical means to supply a deficiency of genius and observation. In the darker ages, verses were written in various forms,...

_Etchings of a Whaling Cruise; with Notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar; and a brief History of the Whale-fishery in its past and pre- sent condition. By J. Ross...

THREATENED DESTRtfCTION OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY. THERE IS too much reason to fear that the national collection of pictures is not in safe keeping. We have not come to that...

On the 28th September, at Ferozepore, the Lady of Brevet Captain S. T. Macmullen. Adjutant 6th Light Cavalry, of a daughter. On the 19th November, at Kilmore, near Monaghan,...

ARRIVED-At Gravesend, 21st Nov. Mail, Gordon, from Batavia ; 221, Majestic, Brown ; and Coromandel, Fletcher, from Calcutta; Contuse, Bray, from Madras ; and Betsy Hall....

Tuesday, Nov. 24. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Cluney and Shields, Blackburn, starch-manufacturers-Vireibel and Wllkin, Spread Eagle Court, Threadneedle Street, yeast-Importers-C....

B R IT I SR FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Mani. Waseday Tuesday. Weiner. ----- 3 per Cent Ditto for Account . 9 1 91 Sit 913 941 941 Consols 3 per Cents Reduced 93 931 931 33 per...