THE week opened with a cry of distress from Downing Street. In- deed, official repose was sadly troubled on the Saturday night, after a day which had disclosed to watchful...

had at length succeeded in procuring a Cabinet ; and on Monday the morning papers published the following list, as that finally deter- mined upon at the Tuileries— "SL Dupin,...

doubt of Count Ness le.le we's disgrace. Ilis appoiutments at home told almond have ;mem rescinded by the Emperor ; who, it is said, thus evieees hostility to _England, which N...

that a despatch had been received from Colonel &t em, announcing a 6e- rious defeat of the British army at Peshawar.

tenants had made a successful incursion within twelve leagues of the Spanish capitel, sed eerried oil' 9.0,000 head of cattle, and about 40,0001. which he lied exacted iirom the...

but :seek.' mammas state with confidence that there ‘vill L'e no light- ing between the Sultan mid Mimes:1;r A: t.

received this week. It is of a pacific character. Through the mediation of the American General Score, the svithdrawal of the troops both of Maine and New Brunswick from the...

Lord BuorostAM called the attention of the House of Lords, on Tuesday, to the Ordinance for regulating the less in the - 161;wd. of Malta. Ile said, that he considered the...

A party, between two and three hundred in number, dined at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on Wednesday, on occasion of the presen- tation of a silver tea-service to Mr. Hume, for...

THE Queen takes almost daily rides on horseback. Her Majesty is generally attended by the Baroness Lelizen, Miss Quentin, the Marquis of Headfort, the Earl of Uxbridge, Mr....

Zealand went on Saturday to Blackwall to inspect the barque Tory, a vessel of 400 tons, in which the new company's first exploring and surveying expedition will go out, under...

Judges, and a numerous assembly. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Denman, and Sir Frederick Pollock addressed time company when their healths were given, in commonplace speeches. The...

and hold meetings ; but their proceedings neither attract nor deserve much attention. Abele three thousand Chartists assembled in Smithfield on Monday evening, and for upwards...

shire, for it rule to show cause why the writ de contumuce capiendo, on which he was committed, and all the subsequent proceedings, should not be set aside, and the Reverend E....

Led Farnham is to be the new R epresentmive Peer of Ireland, in the room of the late Lord Caledon ; studi being the decree of the Tory majority of' Irish Peers. The election...

The Duke of Newcastle has been dismissed from the Lord-Lieute- nancy of Nottinghamshire. It is said that the Duke refused to insert in the commission of the peace the names of...

Sunday afternoon, at Harlevfbrd, on the Thames, near Mar- low. A boat, in which were Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Thomson and a young gentleman, son of Mr. Wadham Wyndham, who resides in...

Mr. Rutherfinel, the new Lord Advomste, was elected without oppo- siziemine Mr. Murray's suecessor in she repeesemation of Leith, on Tharsdav sennight. He delivered a teimming....

by force from farmers mid others, were apprehended by Policemen sent from London by the Home Seeretnry, at the request of the Magistrates. Their arrest cansed much exasperation...

was knocked down by the pole of a carriage, as he was crossing Jerulyn Street. with Sir John Macdonald and Sir William Gossett. The horses went over hint, and the front-wheel...

'Afore patronage to the Whigs and in the Church too !—The Bishop of Peterborough, Herbert Marsh, died at the Palace, Peterborough, on Wednesday evening. He was in his 83d year,...

Committee, accompanied by Mr. Warburton and about 150 Members of the House of Commons, had an interview with Lord Melbourne on Thursday. Mr. Spring Rice and Mr. F. 1'. Baring...

Morpeth. Their object was to induce his Lordship to alter his mea- sure on Irish Railways so as to apportion the 2,500,000/. between three great lines running North, South, and...

night, on the motion of Mr. O'Connell, the Speaker counted thirty-eight Members besides himself; consequently, he declared that the House was ad- journed. Immediately...

his judicial opinion on the famous " Auehterarder " case. He went over all the facts at great length, and briefly stated the main point at issue— The Earl of Kinnoul had...

of the Netherlands, arrived at 3livart's Hotel yesterday afternoon. They were brought to Deptford from Rotterdam in a Dutch Govern- ment steam-boat, and accompanied by a...

pas- sengers and merchandise between the Clyde and New York, by means of an iron steam-ship of great power and capacity, to sail at the rate of at least sixteen miles an hour,...

of Conunons, that it appears to her Majesty the future welfare of her Majesty's subjects in Lower and Upper Canada would be promoted by the union of the said provinces into one...

ap- prehension for the consequences of an accident which befell his Lord- ship within these few days, at the hGase of the Right Honourable Edward Ellice. Dining tete-a-t6te with...

SATURDAY NIGHT. The Paris papers of Thursday mention, that the King had applied to the Duke me Bnoorat: to form a Ministry, but that the Duke had re- jected the overture. M....

his bro- thers, and a son of the celebrated Dr. Jenne; used to exhibit as amateur actors, w as destroyed yesterday, by tire, occasioned, it is supposed, by an escape of gas.....

diznity of a Baron of the United I+ iagdom of Great Britain and Ire- land on the following persons, and the heirs male of their bodies law- fully begot ien- " Richard Wosan...

Bank of England from the 5th of February to the 30th of April 1839. ASSETS. Circulation £iS,t30,000 Securities £23,112,000 Deposits Bullion 6,023,000 X26,45 7 ,0110...

appeared in last night's Gazette. Her Majesty having "been given to understand," that in some parts of the country persons have "un- lawfully assembled" for the purpose of...

West end of London, as well as the citizens, the benefit of the course of lectures on Education, to whirls we some time ago alluded, by Mr. JAMES SIMPSON, of Edinburgh. The...

BIRTHS. On the 11111 tilt., the Countess of GLENOALI„ of a sou, still-born. Out the 26th ult.. at Horton, near Colnbrook, Bucks, the Lady of GEOROE THOMAS of i son. (hi the...

Scotland, possesses extensive and trustworthy political information. It will be seen that he anticipates a gloomy Mnouement of the 4 • Reform " drama; but nothing is gained by...

WAR-,,FFT('E, May 3.-2d Dtaginil Guaribi—Major (1. Nugent, from the 7th Drag. Guards, to be Alajor, vice Grifliths, promoted. 411t Drag. Guards—Cornet A. Rolls to be Lieut. by...

STorlt EZCHANCIE, FRIPAY ArtrRNOON. The Money Market has evinced considerable firmness during the week ; and the quotation of Con.4di for Account, which, np to yesto.dity, bad...

Arri.70.1-011' Brighton, 7tlay si. Geor g e Canning, Winn, from Bombay. Off Pen- zance. April 25t1u, Iluigisuid, Eay, rwa Bengal. At Liverpool, May :AL Watkins, White,ide. rrom...

EIGHT new Peerages have been created ; for a reason which few would have discovered by their own unassisted sagacity, but which . is thus revealed by the Globe— We understand...

HOW TO DO NOTHING ELABORATELY. THE Whigs and the Tories at this moment arc very Much like Jack and Tom in the sea story : when you ask what the Whigs are doing, the answer is,...

opposition, for which he is abused by nearly the whole press, with more virulence than beseems disinte- rested literary sentimentalists, did good : the Sergeant has been...

ROOKE, the composer of Amine, has produced at Covent Garden a second opera, called Henrique,or the Love Pilgrim; which was performed for the first time on Thursday evening, with...

How fade, without fruit, the anticipations which blossomed so gaily last autumn and winter, of a brilliant season in London this spring! The Morning Post announced extensive...

Of Standing Orders gave permission for the introduction of a bill for the Manchester and Birmingham Extension Railway, by a majority of one, obtaued wider time following...

SPECTATOR. 27. Pall Mall, 29th April 1839. Sot—In the analysis of the division on the recent Irish debate, given in the Spectator of the 27th instant, I find my mama classed...

LIVING from the reign of ELIZABETH till the government of Caom- WELL, GODFREY GOODMAN was at his zenith as a courtier-divine, celebrated preacher, and theCogical writer in the...

HISTORICAL MEMOIRS, The Court of King James the First; by Dr. Godfrey Goodman. Bishop of Gloucester; to which are added, Letters illustrative of the Personal History of the...

Toe author of these volumes left England for India in 1808, as a cadet ; and worked his way slowly up to a captaincy, in despite of ill-luck and lack of influence ; after...

UNTIL we read our Home Secretary's Letter to the Electors of Stroud, we never fathomed the depth of the ancient wise man's wish, " Oh that mine enemy had written a book!" and...

Jr seems at first sight a singular thing, that the uneducated should attach the most weight to words,—evidently attributing to them a value in themselves, instead of regarding...

A History of Greece. By the Rev. CONNOP THIRLWA.LL, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Vol. Vi. (Lardner's Cyclopxdia, No. CXIV.) [This volume is devoted to parts of the...

OLD WATER-COLOUR SOCIETY. THE charm of water-colour painting is its atmosphere : sunlight and storm, the shower and the breeze, the river and the clouds, are realized in the...