of last week, Lord Palmerston has returned to his country through the Cabinet. The mistake of his separation from his colleagues has been re- vised. Several hints, and even bold...

THAT which is probably the final attempt at negotiation with Russia on the subject of Turkey has been completed by the recep- tion which Turkey has given to the joint note of...

from the altitudes of the Home Office, a reconcilement of the warring mortals in the North of England, the conflict which passes by the name of " the Strike" begins to assume a...

elements that habitually ferment in that varied region, with rumours of a Persian force approaching to unite with Dost Ma- homed in harassing our frontiers. The infanticide...

Christmas was kept on Monday with the customary festivities and en- tertainments, and with the accompaniment of real Christmas weather, frost and snow, as of yore. London looked...

AT a Privy Council held at Windsor Castle, on Thursday, Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from the 3d January to the 31st January ; then to meet for the despatch of...

Lord Palmerston, through Mr. Waddington, has sent the following reply to the memorial forwarded to him some weeks ago by the " locked- out" hands at Preston. The letter is...

FRANCE.—The pressing question in the French metropolis this week has been the supply of food. An Imperial decree authorizes the forma- tion, under the guarantee of the city of...

Lord Palmerston has replied to a letter from Mr. Lucas M.P., stating his intentions with regard to making provision for the spiritual instruction of Roman Catholic convicts, by...

The citizens of Glasgow are apprehensive lest their shipping, which is utterly defenceless, should, in the event of war, be burnt by a Russian cruiser. Aa a means of defence,...

The General Board of Health have published a statement on the cho- lera. Although there has been a general subsidence of the disease, and in England it has nowhere recently...

Lord Palmerston's resignation was not definitively accepted by the Queen ; and after a week's consideration, it was announced by the Times, on Monday last, that Lord Palmerston...

SATURDAY. Statements of great importance come to hand today respecting th e Eastern question. While the iforriteree of yesterday asserts that "th e last advices from...

and quote the rate of exchange slightly more unfavourable for England. A considerable business bad taken place in exports for next year. With regard to poli- tics, the only...

are under orders to proceed to Malta, three regiments to Gibraltar, two regiments to Van Diemen's Land, two regiments for the Cape of Good Hope,—all drawn from Ireland. One...

28th by the Bel- gian Senate. M. Cassius declared his adhesion to the absolute freedom of commerce in corn, and observed that all the measures which have hitherto been taken to...

grand levee at the Palace in Madrid. The corns diplomatique, the grandees of Spaint the authorities, the chiefs of the army, the judges of the different courts' the Senators and...

in the administration of Poor-law relief, took place yesterday at the London Tavern, under the presidence of the Lord Mayor. The ge- neral complaint put forth was the inequality...

Hall, Aldersgate Street, on Thursday and yesterday. va- rious papers were read and discussed on matters connected with educa- tion ; and lessons were given to boys brought from...

by the Queen to the poor in the parishes of New Windsor the Holy Trinity, and Clewer, were to be distributed today, in the Riding School. They consist of 2910 pounds of beef, 54...

at least ls. dearer at Mark Lane yesterday ; and the demand for Indian corn is said to have been so brisk lately that hardly any could be had, even at 47s. a quarter. Much was...

paper on the foreign policy of England. The writer starts from the position that nations with only " one idea" expire when that idea is accom- plished. Of the ideas which have...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY ATIRILMOGX. A greater feeling of anxiety has been exhibited this week regarding the Turkish question ; and the English Funds have ruled more in concert u...

• THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART. ' Gore House is opened to a free exhibition of the works of:the students of the Schools of Art in the elementary stages of...

" Which is the best pantomime ?" is the question with which many a playgoer is greeted on the morning after "Boxing-day." As the march of intellect goes on, many vulgar...

moat humorous and amusing bock of the Christmas season, and the one whose art has the moat of capital inventive and descriptive faculty. He is a designer of exhaustless fer-...

The solid and eminent attractions of this exhibition have received an accession in a compact but not meagre collection of Arctic relics and specimens,—arms, implements,...

The great novelty of the day is a five-act play by MM. Emile Angier and Jules Bandeau, two well-known magnates of the literary drama. The theatre of its production is the...

1853. TODAY closes a year which has been prolific in events of immediate interest, has afforded unfailing topics of discussion to journalists and politicians, and leaves for...

A BROAD line must be drawn not only between the quarrel which Russia has been carrying on against Turkey, and the much more serious account which Russia owes to Europe, but also...

Tin attempt of Russia to coerce Sweden into an alliance with the Alitiolutist Powers is as natural on the side of Nicholas as the alli- ance would be unnatural in Sweden ; but...

ONE might imagine the feelings of envy with which the lord of a bankrupt exchequer would regard a surplus revenue, if it were not that incapacities sometimes carry their...

Die. LARDNEII is a favourite subject of persecution. Having written many clever books and papers, he once made rather a seri- ous mistake. In his work upon the steam-engine he...

NEW attention bas been drawn to an old crime in an extensive dis- trict of British India, ". as large as an European kingdom." In 1851, Major Lake, the Commissioner of a...

WE have to confess neglect of an important movement, which consists partly in the suspension of another important and truly national movement. The primary movement consists in...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY REFORM. 27th December 1853. 813t—I am not going to rush into a masked battle with "Another Resi- dent Fellow " : but I have a few words to say in answer to...

28th December 1853. Sut—I have just risen from the perusal of a letter of "Sagittarius" hi the columns of last week's Spectator, and would fain, if you will allow me, urge one...

On the 19th December, at Foremark Hall, Derbyshire, Mrs. Henry Allsopp, of a daughter. On the 22d, at Plymouth, the Wife of Captain Mends, H.M.S. Agamemnon, of a daughter. On...

Bell, K.C.B. from the 95th Bee. to be Col. vice Gen. Sir T. Bradford, G.C.B. deceased. 20th Foot- Major-Gen. N. Thorn, C.B. to be Col. vice Major-Gen. Sir H. Godwin, K.C.B,...

Tuesday, December 27. PARTNEESMrs DuiSOLvED.-Wilson and Co. Leeds, commission-agents for woollen- cloths—Raymond and Howcroft, Portland Terrace, Marylebone, auctioneers—Hard-...

B R 1 T 1 8 11 FUNDS. (Clueing Priem. Saturd. llonday.,Tuexiay. Widnes. Thurs. Friday. — --- — _ - 93/ 93 931 911 93 94 951 951 931 51 - — 2171 — - 7 8 — (Last Official...

of Middlesex, Printer, at the office of JOSEPH Cc/a - row, No. 10, Crane Court, in the Parish of 8t. Dunstan's in the West, in the City of London; and Published by the aforesaid...

BENJAMIN DISRAELI, A LITERARY AND POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY.* THE author of Benjamin Disraeli, a Biography, has too closely imitated the tedious longwindedness and frequent...

FOR THE WEER Exnrsto No. 13313 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1853. [Gains WITH THE WEER'S SPECTATOR.

exciting adventures in Asia, Africa, and America, which the pursuit of sport by Englishmen has produced, renders anything European somewhat tame in comparison. " The blood more...

the English Poets" starts well with Dryden; who, whatever other claims he may have to the priority thus given him, owes the preference probably to the opportunity he furnishes...

pith of upwards of fifty years' experi- ence, by a country practitioner, head of a provincial institution. Of novelty there is little, of discovery nothing; but there are the...

Cherry and Violet exhibits considerable knowledge of the times which are supposed to be de- scribed by the pen of a contemporary, as well as dramatic dexterity in sustaining the...

Booxs. The Foreign. Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones, and Robinson ; being the History of what they Saw and Did in Belgium, Germany, Switzer- land, and Italy. By Richard Doyle....

WHO WAS &WEIL ?—The character of Sidonia has puzzled many people ; but the fact really is, there never was such a man. Power of all kinds, but especially worldly power, has ever...