the Chief Justiceship of the Exchequer, have occasioned much shifting in legal places and in Parliament, much speculation, and much comment. Common report at once, and...

THE novelty of Easter-week 1844, is the formal commencement of a Ten-hours Bill agitation, in a series of meetings to be held by Mr. RICHARD OASTLER in Yorkshire and Lancashire...

At a special general meeting of Proprietors of Bank Stock, on Tues- day, Mr. William Cotton was reelected Governor, by 98 votes, and Mr. John Benjamin Heath Deputy-Governor, by...

the free principles of Western Europe, imitated from England,—limited monarchy, Ministerial responsibility, national representation, Par- liamentary control over the...

the brief visit of con- dolence to his relatives. His Royal Highness arrived at Gotha on the 31st March ; and after spending three days with his family, set out for England on...

A public meeting in favour of the Ten-hours Bill was held at Leeds Music Hall, on Monday evening ; the first of a series of such meetings in the manufacturing districts of...

Mr. O'Connell has had one of his great demonstrations at Cork, on Monday last, when the town a as crowded with visitors assembled from all parts of Munster. At nine o'clock the...

GREECE.—Letters from Athens, of March the 20th, mentioned the final settlement of the Greek Constitution ; the Charter having been definitively voted by the National Assembly,...

After the announcement of Lord Abinger's dangerous illness last week, at Bury St. Edmunds, his death will occasion no surprise : it took place early on Sunday morning. Lady...

On the 6th February. at Bellary, the Wife of Captain ATWELL LANE, Madras Engi-- fleece, of a son. 011 the 12th. at Secunderabad. the Lady of WILL/AM WILBY, Esq., of the Fourth...

determina- tion of sending a circular, with the printed form of assent, to all who have not as yet assented to the reduction of the Three-and-a-half per Cents 1818; warning them...

the 1st, that the media- tion of Great Britain has been accepted for the settlement of the differ- ence between the King of Sardinia and the Bey of Tunis.—Morning -Chronicle.

upon the safety of railroad-speculations, which were proceeding to an extent in France beyound all precedent. The National observes, that—" Specu- lations in railroad shares...

at which Mr. Cobden and other leading Corn-law repealers were present. But the striking feature was the presence and hearty concurrence of Mr. Fox Maule, who made a spirited...

SATURDAY NIGHT. Mr. Oastler continues his agitating progress in Yorkshire, and on Thursday he had a Ten-hours meeting in Halifax. It was held in the Odd Fellows Hall, and...

letter from Naples of the 23d March- " We have just beard that serious disorders have simultaneously taken place on several points in Sicily. The people, excited by political...

Court today, Mr.4. Wilkins addressed the Jury in defence of Barber. His speech consisted mainly of comments on the evidence affecting his client, which he treated as improbable:...

STOCIC EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. - There was a rush of the public to invest the amount of the Dividends paid en Tuesday; the Government-broker has been a daily purchaser on...

ARRIVED-At Gravesend, 6th instant, St. Helier, Priaulx. from Sydney; Dublin, Duttiam, from Port Phillip.; Juliet, Alexander, from China; Seriugapatam, Faked- son. from...

THE NEW FAITH. Tama who remember that scarcely half-a-dozen petitions for Par- liamentary Reform were presented to the House of Commons during the six years preceding the...

THE pause which has taken place in the progress of Lord WORSLEY'S Commons-enclosure Bill should be improved by Members in a determination to consider its merits, general and...

EVER since the establishment of the uniform penny postage, there has been a general feeling throughout the country, that the author ought to receive some acknowledgment of his...

A HOUSE-BURNING occurs—people are horror-stricken, and amazed at the want of preparedness evinced by all concerned : the sensa- tion subsides—people afterwards rise every...

TUE first duty of man, and his great business in life, is to render himself unnecessary—to enable others to dispense with his services. Public characters or private—in political...

THE aspect of objects in a journey is very different to him who sees them from a carriage-window, from what they present to the weary foot-passenger. In London and its vicinity,...

THE magnificent performance of the Puritani which took place on Tues- day, with GRISI, MARIO, and LABLACHE, in their respective characters, was a great musical revival for the...

Easter, the KEELEYS having come forward to rescue it from its languishing condi- tion : Mrs. KEELEY ; emulous of the success of Madame 1TESTRIS in this department, has...

of the papers this morning, that " The amateur performances of the officers in garrison at Windsor took place last night"; the theatre being " crowded with a most fashionable...

POETRY, The Poems and Ballads of Schiller. By Si' Edward Bulwer Lytton. Bart. With a Sketch of Schiller'e Life Blackwood and Sons. The Minor Poems of Schiller, of the Second...

Ir is a truism that things are valuable in proportion to their rarity. The most incurious person would examine with interest the com- monest Australian animals he had never seen...

IT is as pleasant to turn with Mr. JESSE from the enatterless letters of fine ladies or gentlemen of fashion, and somewhat bald anno- tations upon the writers, to the scenery...

MR. MAYER is an American, who has travelled extensively in Europe ; but whether diplomatically or at his own expense, does not appear. In the autumn of 1841 he got the...

RULERS. Taose who have observed the lack of soundness in the larger argu- ments of' Ireland and its Rulers since 1829, would scarcely expect from its author the " demonstration...

BESIDES the clear display of collected facts in various phases, this volume, unlike the generality of statistical documents emanating from public offices, contains a variety of...

THE set of Tapestries, wrought from the Cartoons of RAFFA.ELLE under the superintendence of two of his pupils, which LEO the Tenth pre- sented to HENRY the Eighth, have found...

THE AMATEURS' PORTFOLIO OF SKETCHES. TEM amateurs, emulating the example of their professional brethren, have clubbed their talents to produce a volume of sketches ; and a very...

Wart-orrrce. April 12.-8th Light Drags.—Cornet E. Tomkinsou to be Lieut. by par- chase, vice Smythe. who retire,; the Hon. O. F. Toler to be Cornet, by purchase; vice Tomkiusun....

Tuesday, April 9. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Rowett and Co. Liverpool. shin chaeuiers-Wragg and Blackwell. Sheffield, file- manufacturers-J. and F. Jervis. Sheffield....

CURRENT. BRITISH Tuesday. (Closing Prices.) Wedaes. Thurs. Friday . . Saturday FUNDS. Monday a per Cent. Consols ........ 991 100 100 160/ 1001 1004 Ditto for Account 991...