IT is understood that the Earl of CAMPERDOWN will move the Address to his Majesty in the House of Lords, and Lord CAVEN- DISH in the Commons. They are two men of whose...

briefly the occurrence of some disturbances at Lyons, by a rising of the silk-weavers against their masters. They prove to have been of a far more serious character, than, from...

a nutn- f er of these lords of the descendent were about to retire in disgust, but it been contradicted. .At the last court-day, grievous comPlaints were made, by Alderman...

what they call a public meeting ; it took place on Monday. The Lord Provost was requested, it is said, to call it, but declined. It might have been somewhat awkward for a public...

Union, on the ground that it is intended to be a permanent body, in other words it is not to be dissolved at the passing of the Bill. He might have stuck by the Union until the...

what is the same, put an end to the mention of them. We strongly suspect we are quite as much indebted for the following long list to the want of news as to the abundance of...

of 283 prisoners, of whom the ages were as follows-1g Above DP years and not exceeding iX1 ... 100 30. 30 40 .. 50 ... 20 . . . 15 Under 10 and exceeding • 0 ... 8...

Bow Street on Saturday, but was referred to the City authorities, the alleged assault having happened in Fleet Street. Mr. Wellesley, it seems, had called at the Sunday Times...

died on the 15th of November, aged seventy-four. A court- mourning has been ordered. Sims FRANCIS Bo auterr—The Morning Herald, a few days hack, stated that Sir Francis...

Edinburgh, of the murder of his wife, by kicking her in the abdomen. He was sentenced to be hanged on the 19th of December. This is the third similar conviction in Edinburgh...

Friday evening last, about six o'clock, off the Hook Tower, Waterford. Her bottom is said to be beat out. The crew and passengers were saved. She was bound from Cork to...

week before Lord Lyndhurst. The question was, the liability of the Sheriff of Middlesex to the payment of treble fees illegally exacted by one of his bailiffs. The plaintiff in...

STocts EXCHANGE, FR tDAT EVENING.-Consols closed on Saturday at83j3 for Money, and 831* for the January Account ; Exchequer Bills left off at 6s. to 7s premium. The news from...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. On the 26th ult. Mrs. ARTHUR SYMMONDS, of Charlotte Street, Portland Place, of a daughter. On the 26th ult. at Hatford Rectory, Berks, the Lady...

On the 24th inst. G. Casson, B.A. of Brasennose College, and Exhibitioner on Mr. Hillme's Foundation, was elected a Fellow of that Society. The names of those Candidates who,...

WAR-OFFICE, Dee.2. - 6th Regt. of Dragoons : Cornet T. W. M'Mahon to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Jerningham, promoted ; F. Thompson, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice...

The Lord Melville, Brown, line put back to Calcutta a second time leaky. Arrived. At Gravesend, Nov. 26th, Countess Dunmore, Salmond, from Mauri- tius. In the Downs, Dec. 1st,...

PREFERMENTS. - The Rev. E. Thomas, of Brltonferry, to the Vicarage of Lion- cawan, Glamorganshire. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. She Rev. It. Parkinson to be Citrate of...

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. SAY LES and Co. Eckington, Derbyshire, coal-owners ; • as far as regards SAY LES- WHITE jun. and COATS , Paisley and London, manufacturers-CLEVER and...

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MR. HENRY DRUMMOND AND EARL GREY, THE Anti-Reformers have been joined by a very singular ally : Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND, a benevolent and charitable hanker, whose little...

" i have found it by experiment, Scolding moves ye less than merriment; For your sake, as well as mine, J the lofty style decline." DEAN SWIFT. SINCE something, as all are...

Ws have drawn up, from the various documents laid before Par- liament in the course of last Session, a series of Tables, which ex- hibit in all its length and breadth the...

The origin of the office cannot be traced. It is, however, " coeval with the Conquest." At its outset, one department was a court of judicature, to inquire into the correctness...

THE subjoined remarks, from a lecture on Forensic Medicine, by Dr. SOUTHWELL SMITH, are well worthy of perusal. We observe, the Morning Herald is opposed to the Bill , of Mr....

COVENT GARDEN. WE have had experience of Mr. WELSH'S industry and ability when' he has desired to operate on the public mind in favour of any of his debutantes, but we were not...

THE Lord of the Manor has been this week revived ; partly in honour of its ancient songs, sacred to the memory of our grand- mothers, and partly, we suppose, to give the new...

THE FOUR NOVELS OF THE WEEK. The Cabal, a Tale of the Reign of William the Fourth 2 Vols. Cochrane and Co. Cavendish, or the Patrician at Sea 3 Vols. Colburn and Co. Romance...

Cavendish, or the Patrician at Sea, is, as the second title ex- presses, a sailor's novel. It is in fact neither more nor less than a book on midshipmen afloat and ashore ; and...

THE reputation of L. E. L. in her own walk as a poetess, has ex- cited a good deal of curiosity to learn how she will acquit herself in prose. Romance and Reality, tinder this...

PRINTS of costumes have always been in favour with the public ; and naturally so, for they are not only attractive to the eye, but entertaining to the mind : when, like those of...

AYE! here is the Master-hand—" Oh for an hour of blind Old Dandolo!" How very poor do all the others seem when we have immediate means of comparison with the Patriarch! How...

PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. Witartes portrait of Sir Walter Scott ought te be the best ; for, besides being a fine painter, he is a fellow-counti - min, and should feel a...

ALEXANDER KERR. There seems a growing fondness for writing and composing songs, among certain fashionable ladies ; and it is a propensity we would not wish to discourage. It...

H. B. has given us a scene of " The Gift of Tongues" in the political world. Lord Grey is the Irving, and is interpreting the ravings of John Bull, to the audience of statesmen....

A VERY pretty and ingenious little device, called " the Cabinet Star," —or it may be termed the " Star of Reform" with equal propriety,_ deserves notice, for the sake of the...

GEORGE CROIKSHANE'S illustrations to the "Novelist's Library" ap- pear as though they had been produced with the novels themselves, so perfectly in keeping are not only the...

Numromat's Sacred Works, Numbers III. and IV. " How long wilt thou forget me ? " (Psalm "Miriam." The words by BARRY CORNWALL. The rapidity with which the compositions of M....

Birth-day Present, for 1832. The Musical Annuals have hitherto assumed, without exception, the quarto size; their publishers (perhaps wisely) regarding their contents of too...

to us in reference to the notice of Lord DURHAM, which we hasten to correct. A brother of that noble lord is put down as holding the office of Groom of the Bedchamber. Mr. HENRY...

TO TLIE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR—The notice you took in your last week's journal of The Rights of Industry, gives me a claim, which I hope you will concede, to the...

to Ina. The Words and Melody by JAMES CONOLLY. This is another instance of an amateur poet and melodist launching his composition with the aid of a professor. Young WESLEY is...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Pill, near Clifton, Gloucestershire, 23t1s Nov. 1S31. WORTHY Sin—At this moment, when the public mind is so much excited by an epidemic, the...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 2nd December 1831. SIR—You have unwittingly lent your columns to the dissemination of a most vituperative and scurrilous attack against the...

Fart- RANT, on the subject of an incidental remark which _appeared in our last Postscript. As we could not do justice either to our own or to Mr. FArataNT's views in a hasty...