A VOICE FROM SYDNEY. By a "'curious coincidence," just as Ministers had carried their Australian Colonies Government Bill through the House of Commons, on the statement that...

SHIPWRECK OF THE STAR. DISASTERS of life, like convulsions of the earth, lay bare the primary strata of human nature: they expose to Us elements which we might forget, or...

IN 3tEMORISIM.* ALTIIoUGH only these words appear on the titlepage of this volume of poetry, it is well known to be from the pen of Alfred Tennyson. It is also known that the...

Canadian letters, to the 23d May, state that the Ministry have " a very | strong majority, and carry everything with a strong hand." An amendment to the address in answer to...

POSTSCRIPT. SATURDAY. : The most interesting matter in Parliament last night was " an inter- , pellation" of some liveliness in the HoiLse of Lords, on the subject of the...

The pool-rate at -Twds Iwas further reluced, on Wedneseda afternoon, to 1i. 4d. ill the pound for the ensuing year: ]r several veall's it was 2s. 8d. lalst half-year it was...

Thne Paris paper the (Joraaire, of yesterday,. says that the Greek affair is terminatl .ad that M. Douyu de Lhuys trill ret to London othe sth instaats I The King of Prussia...

- It will be observed that Lord John Russcll has stated in his place in Parliament that the Great Seal is to be put in Commission: the Commissioners are to be-the Master of the...

Prince Albert has come out in the lUniversity affitir withl ola- racteristic moderation and taet; and other letter-writers have appeared in public print this -week. Lord...

NEWS OF THE AWEEK. AWrrnou'r question, the most momentous subject discussed in Par- liament this week has been the Bishop of London's Ecclesiastical Appeals Bill. The Bishop...

The only foreign news of interest is limited to Cuba. It seems 11 L - that a great expedition of knglo-Saxon Volunteers, some eight or ten thousan(l stron-, has set out frotn...

BOOKS. sr. JOHN'S RESIDENCE IN- A LEVANTINE FAMILY. K111. B.AYLE ST. JOHN arrived at Alexandria in June 1846, and sojourned there for about two years; in the course of which...

VthatrB niih Srorrrhiugs in 4hrhlimitrut. PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF TIE WREE. Ilousi: L i-t.1fmday, Juwc 3. "ord Boiigliaim'6 Bankruptry Act Ameadmlnlt IBill; I-t)OO od till next...

The oilv theatrical novelty of the week, a binrleque on the subject of .kieralda, producecd at the Adulphi. pleases simply by the merits of the well-known ballet on which it is...

'I-. 1?, i" , firatm ftll? 311 t 5 i r. 'We learn fromi the Times, that la Tempesta -was rehearsed at Ier Ma- I jestv's Tlieatre on Wednesdav eneiig w +ith every intention of'...

A TRIAL OF THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. Two more experimental sittings have been held in the new House of Commons. Space and hearing were the points to be determined ; and the...

Ronconi has appeared at Covent Garden in a second character-his un- I rivalled 1iiqari in the -Barlicre (di S&irklia. Retaiining all our recent impressions of his...

Vauxhall is in full play; and, aided by the fine weather, its varied at- tractions arc seen to good advantage. The pictorial department consists of a representation of the...

The Philharmonic concert of Monday was supported entirely -by the | efforts of the band. Two of the finest svmihomies-1-ethove's in <; mimor, I and Mendelssohn's Scotch...

AIZFT:AUFS TN THE COURT OF CRUA'CERY. London, 29th May 1850. Sin-F eeling mulch pleased with vour remarks published in the Spectator last iaonth,-and which I cut fromn the...

lrttrr5 t o t?r il it or. MR. ALBERT SMITI 'S PUZZLE. Garrick CluIb, 34 Jane 1850. RSm-The Sphinx, at which you pleasanth- affirm I came hoIIC laughing from Egypt, Dever...

ROME ANT) -THE POPE. LThe following survey of Roman polities, communicated to us by a gentleman now in this countrv, but who resided at Riome during the greater part of the...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE "'MONSTRE" FUNCTIONARY. THE hopes indulged that the opportunity afforded by the retirement of Lord Cottenha-m would not be allowed to pass unimproved,...

THlE RiEPOR]T( 01 TIE' BOARD 01" (> EALT' 1 ON THII AATERI QUESTION. A GREAT part of this blue book is talk(ii up with the question of the-drainage and se-wage of the...

CUBA. BAFFL ED onee more or not, the Cuban expedition from the UTnited I States is really one of the ugliest incidents of the day-likely to endancer the peace of the world,...

THE WHITE LADY OF ILHGHENZOLIE.N. A Roval Commission to investigate a ghbstH!--such is the newest occurrence in the world of wonder. Yet the khost is an ancient one. The White...

IREL AND. Mr. Fagan, one of the Members of Parliament for the city of Cork, has announced his intention to give up his seat as soon as the new Franchise Bill shall become law....

5iivrignfu~ Cutrduu1iint. FRAsrcE.-The electoral law passed by the Assembly on Friday the 31st May; without a single alteration of the least importance. The Saturday and Sunday...

311-isrf Hallrual Tuesday's Gazette notified that the Queen has been plhased to grt the dignities of a Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom unto Charles Christopher Baron...

(17,V.;It 4hauiurm Prince Albert, as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, has ad. dressed the following letter to the Vice-Chancellor, on the proposed issu1 of a Roval...

JAIES's OLD 01K CREST.* TuIs fietion will not rank among the best of the author's novels. It is slow in its movement, and long drawn out both in narrative and description; the...

"Irl r fuitrt. ToE RoKal Famild cohtinue at Osborne, in good health. The Dutchess of Kenot ad thc ;Prince of I xiningce1 have again joined the fiamily circle. 11er Majesty has...

*(rJ1r 3*irtrupuli. The Roval Commission to inqulire into the meaus of (arrning into effect the recommendation of thc Select Committee of the House of Commons on SLithfield...

IEDI{t ROLLI- 'S DECLINE OF JE:NGLtN-D.* THE production of this work has probably been stimulated by the coolness with which the unsuwcessful Revolutionist has been received in...