9 MAY 1840, page 2

News Of The Week.

Tim murder of a nobleman of' distinguished family, in the very heart of' London, has scattered the Parliament and interrupted the political arrangements of the week. Lord......

The Sugar Question Occupies The French Chamber Of...

Paris newspapers, to the exclusion of almost every other subject. The growers of beet-root insist upon a high protective duty on colonial sugars; whilst the mercantile and......

Further Successes Of The Queen's Forces Over The Carlists In

Spain were reported. The rebels are said to be scattered in all directions.......

The Neapolitan Quarrel Is Virtually At An End. The Embargo

laid by the King of Naples on British vessels is taken off, and the captured Neapolitan merchantmen will be restored. Negotiations for the arrangement of the dispute will be......

The London And New York Packet-ship Ontario Has Brought...

from New York to the 11th of April. There is no political news. The commercial markets were very dull, but stocks had improved in price. The general belief that the Directors of......

The Overland Mail From India Brings Bombay Letters To The

31st of March. Preparations for the Chinese expedition were continued on a large scale. Singapore would be the principal place of rendezvous for all the troops, and the 7th of......