'1.'111.: Canada Government Bill, which passed the House of Com- mons with the concurrence of the leading men of all parties—only 13ix Members testifying final disapproval by...

and the French army in Africa. The illonitear Parisien. of Sunday night published a telt:graphic despatch, dated Algiers, June 2-Ith, which made no mention of Marshal VALLEE or...

13th ultimo. The principal news is interesting to t he holders of Pennolvania securities. A bill had been introduced into the HOUS . CKEsit.41111WIt that State, imposing direct...

REUNION OF THE CANADAS. In the House of Lords, on Tuesday, Lord MELBOURNE moved the seem reading of the Canada Government Bill ; a measure, he said, which cam, to their...

end. BALMA- SEDA, a Carlist General, defeated by the Queen's troops, has crossed the frontier and taken refug e in France, with the remnant of his force. Carlist soldiers were...

as in high spirits, and confident of maintaining their independence against Russia. In all the recent conflicts the Russians had been defeated with great slaughter.

presented loyal addresses to the Queen, at a Court held for their reception on Ttne:ilsy. flee AI:ijesty was exceedingly gracious in her manner, and all the rev:!renti geademen...

The pulling for Sheriff; terminated On Wednesday, when the contest became interesting in eineeeptellee of an attempt of Mr. Galloway's friends to secure his return. For the...

to take measures for the formation of a park in the Eastern district of London. Lord Glengall was Chairman ; and among others present were Mr. Byng, Colonel Wood, Mr. Shiley,...

was in- structed to apply to the Court for leave to exhibit articles of the peace against Richard Dunn, Esq., a gentleman 'who was a member of the profession to which he had the...

brought by the Reverend Mr. Dundas, son of Captain Deans Dammam, M.P., against Mr. Hoey, a gentleman residing in Bath, for criminal conver- sation with Mrs, Dundas. From time...

a successor to Dr. Lushington. Mr. Hume is talked of as the Liberal, Mr. George Robinson as the Couservative candidate. A Director of the East India Company was elected on...

have been fbIly committed to Readieg gaol, to take their trial at the next Berkshire Assizes for the capital offenee, charged with hav- ing each cf . them (with another of their...

AltilOtIgil no definite resolution has been come to by the Reformers of Manchester as to whom their invitation will be given to stand on the Liberal interest at the next...

depressed state of' trade in Birmingham, and its consequences, would be no ensy natter; a few facts may give some ides. The oldest, most extensive, and respectable merchants,...

the appearance of the growing wheat plant have reached us during the last few days. We are aware that some of these accounts may probably be exaggerated, and therefore receive...

1,200 members, proposes to hold its eighth anniversary, meeting at Southampton, on :Wednesday the 22d and Thursday the 23d July next. A church-rate has been carried at Dudley,...

and Mr. Daniell Churchwardens, and Messrs. Graves and Woodwar.1, Overseers of Ma rylebone parish, for the recovery of a county-rate of 2,5004, the payment me' v. - Imich had...

the Voluntary principle, have been brought prominently before the public this week by Sir Robert Inglis's motion on Church-extension, our readers may like to see an amusing...

Mr. O'Connell has written another letter to the Secretary of the National Association on " Stanley's Bill." It is a very melancholy affair ; and it would seem that Mr. O'Connell...

On the evening of Monday last, a meeting of the Paisley Canadian Emigration Society was held in the Philosophical Hall, Abbey Street ; and William Barr, Esq., of Drums,...

Last night's Gazette announces that the Earl of .Aboyne has been appointed one of the Lords in Waiting on the Queen, in the room of Viscount Falkland, resigned; that Mr. Charles...

was mentioned by the Stamford Mercury as acknowledging an error in refusing to bury an unbaptized person, and with having called Dissenting teachers " ministers of Satan." The...

Dock, Black- wall, on Tuesday, in order to witness the landing of a magnificent male elephant, from the ship Lady Flora, which has recently arrived from Calcutta. The elephant...

the Niger, "to effect the extinction " of a slave-trade having its seats at entirely other and liar distant parts of the continent ? is it supposed that the slave- trade now...

alarming scarcity and dearness of corn in the interior of Russia, together with the un- favourable prospects of the forthcoming harvest, are fullyconfirmed by the advises...

to make another effort to obtain time means of relieving the necessities of the gallant and unfortunate victims of Russian tyranny. It is intended to have a ffte on Friday at...

that a sub- scription was commenced by naval and military gentlemen to pay the .fine of 50/. imposed on Mr. Watts, the editor of that paper, for the libel on Admiral Ommanney,...

to be removed from the War Office to Ireland. Lord Normanby, as we stated a week or two since, is to go to Paris, as Ambassador to the Court of the King of the French, and he...

morning. Their contents are generally uninteresting. Political excitement seemed to have subsided everywhere ; but a private letter from Halifax assures us that in Nova Scotia...

at the dismissal of the Grand Vizier, Cliosrew Pacha, by the- Sultan, had offered to restore the Turkish fleet, and reopen friendly communications. This is, at least, apocryphal.

with Madras, Calcutta, and Ceylon, by means of steam-vessels. The pro- spectus of the East Indian Steam-navigation Company appears in our advertising columns ; and it will he...

SATUR DAY. The morning papers fill several columns with intelligence from China and India, brought by the overland mail from Bombay. Before stating the substance of these...

this morning, that the Conservative party would be Much disconcerted by the rejection of the Canada Government Bill, and that the settlement of the question is at least as...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FumAr Arrnemon. The operations in the English Stocks have been on a very limited scale, and the fluctuations scarcely deserving of remark ; the closing...

Lords agreed to the various clauses of the Admiralty Courts Bill; Lord Buounuam remarking that his principal objection to the measure was removed by the clause preventing the...

that place, who had been to London to induce some English capitalists to join in the company for establishing a line of steamers between Havre and New York, have returned in...

BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SPECTATOR. SIR — If evidence were required of the factious spirit that guides the conduct of the two dominant parties in the Legislature, it may be...

'FO THE EDITOR or Tnr, SPECTATOR. SIR — Tkruch has been said of late, both in and out of Parliament, of the per- sedition of the Jews at Damascus. Such instances of...

Cadet It J. Cannon, vice I/lel:sun, imanoteil; t l•.t.t. c I E. W. Dance, vie.. Parker, promoted: Gent. Cadet 1V. Cookson, lice Speincer, promoted, Royal Engincers--To be...

:T.',..arst load ty't his Currey onkiwt . uppeur,d i..cco,i1c/Iti.el last wer.k.] '11) THE T.DITOlt or THE SPECTATOR. 5, 11Iii1eLall, 2711i June 1840, sin-1 " beg to forward...

the Downs, Judy 311, Mantes, Nlantouls, from China. Off Plymouth, 20, Sir I. Paget, Campbell, fres. Bombay. At Liverpool, Jane-, do, l'omona, Asplett, loom the Cape; and July...

MEN deal with truth in the mass as children deal with a mass of plum-porridge—each picking out the sleek, plump, soft fruit that most attracts his fancy. Instead of attempting...

A FEW FACTS ON THE "STATE OF THE NATION." Tuts time last year the state and prospects of the country occa- sioned universal uneasiness : in what respect have they itnproved?...

\Vs: learn from the Teutonic legends of the Niebelungen, that the designation was transferred with the possession of the magic hoard, and that the acquisition of the treasure...

" Tins life is all chequered with crosses," says an old song; and however cheap some may hold " an old song," we incline to think this one may be in the right. The ancients had...

STATIATICA, An improved and greatly Enlarged Supplement to Mr. MtCulloch's Comtnereial 1, DiCtionary ; containing several new Attieles, and bringing down lite Information it,...

THE two American publications, which profess to describe the 'privi characteristics and workings of Slavery in the Southern States ofI'Dy tl the Union, consist of a treatise and...

teetotallers. The deputation was received with the utmost affability and condescen- sion, and the privilege of " kissing the hand " was most readily allowed. Her Majesty...

IN the guise of an ample pamphlet, this publication contains the type and the information of a volume, and more indeed of either than is to be fbund in many volumes. The object...

THIS volume continues, and we suppose finishes, the nursery la - bours of Mr. Ilina,ENnEN KER, by which he endeavours to prove that many common sayings, it pleases him to assert...

BOOKS. The Stage, both before and behind the Curtain, from " Observations taken on the Spot." By ALFRED BUNN, late Lessee of the Theatres Royal Drury Lane and Covent Garden. In...

NASH'S OLD ENGLISH MANSIONS. THE second series of these lively and characteristic representations of the Mansions of England in the Olden Time, abates no jot in point of...