24 AUGUST 1844, page 10

The Foundation-stone Of The Monument At Edinburgh To The...

Political Martyrs" of 1793 - 4 was laid, in the old Calton burying- ground, on Wednesday, by Mr. Hume, M.P.; who officiated on the oc- casion both as mason and as clergyman! The......

In The Civil Tribunal Of The Seine, On Wednesday Last,

Marie Tag- lioni, the celebrated opera-dancer, sought for a divorce d mensii et ,thoro ; on the plea that her husband, M. Gilbert des Voisins, had re- fused to admit her to his......

Polynesian Orthoepy.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Woburn Square, 20th August 1844. SIR —I spent the school-day years of my life in New South Wales, at Syd- ney; and among my schoolfellows, and......

Several Of The Irish Repeal Papers Are Gloating Over The

French triumphs in Africa, and looking forward to similar attacks upon the United Kingdom. The Newry Examiner, for instance, asks why Irish- men should fight to aggrandize......

A Long Letter Appears In The Times This Morning, Signed

" Arthur Tidman and J. J. Freeman, Secretaries of the London Missionary So- ciety," in reply to the letter by Mr. Walter Brodie which was noticed in our last Postscript, and......

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Money Market.

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY ArrErewoox• The depression of the French Funds in the early part of the week caused a corresponding movement in our own, and the prices of the Government......