THE week has been prolific in interesting subjects of Parliamen- tary discussion, foreign and domestic. Lord BROUGHAM put the Ministers in a most unpleasant plight, by a...

Russian troops had entered the Persian city of Teheran; but it is not cre- dited. There appears to be no doubt, however, that Russian in- fluence is in the ascendant in Persia,...

incorpo- rate his Polish provinces completely with the rest of his empire,_ another step towards destroying Polish nationality.

VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY : THE WAR IN SPAIN. Lord BROUGHAM, on Tuesday, called the attention of the Lords to certain orders which, it had been stated in their Lordships' House,...

York to Bristol in twelve days and a half, brings some in- telligence from Canada; which, however, is of a confused and somewhat contradictory character. It appears certain that...

foolish pamphlet relating to the disturbances at Strasburg, has been sentenced by the French Court of Peers to be imprisoned for five years, tined ten thousand francs, and...

and Ambassadors was a very splendid affair. The decorations of the Hall were nearly the same as on the Queen's visit to the City. Besides the distinguished foreigners, the Duke...

held yesterday, to take into consideration a bill which Ministers have in- troduced into Parliament for the protection of native labourers sent from India to other colonies. A...

Evart a dinner on Wednesday, at the Eyre ArmsTavern, St. John's Wood ; Mr. Hume in the chair. The speakers, besides Mr. Ewan and the chairman, were Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr....

private in the Twelfth Regiment of Lancers, was found guilty of the murder of his sergeant, Hamilton. The Jury recommended the prisoner to mercy,—it does not appear on what...

performed in Hyde Park on Monday. The force on the ground consisted of three troops of the Royal Artillery, the First and Second Regiments of Life Guards, the Royal Horse...

THE Queen, with the Dutchess of Kent, the Dutchess of Sutherland, and a numerous party, went on Monday morning to Hyde Park, where there was a grand review of cavalry, infantry,...

A party of Brighton Radicals, friends of Mr. George Faithful, gave that gentleman a public dinner on Monday. There was nothing like regret manifested at the result of the last...

A report that Lord Douglas Hallyburton was about to retire from the representation of Forfarshire has been contradicted on authority. The Political Union of Dundee invited Mr....

neigh. bourhood, last week, was quite terrific in the North of England. At Manchester, Rochdale, Bolton, Preston, and several towns in Yorkshire, there was a tremendous fall of...

last, contain accounts of the debate on the New Zealand Bill. The sub ject excites a keen interest in many parts of the country ; and the means by which the measure was defeated...

Active preparations were made by the Orangemen of the North of Ireldnd fur a grand display urn the 12th instant. Mr. Alexander Galloway, of the Common Council, was, it seems,...

By the death of the Duke of Leeds, which took place on Tuesday morning, the appointments of a Lord. Lieutenant of 'North Yorkshire, a Knight of the Garter, a Ranger of Richmond...

the' cotton market in Liverpool, the demand both for goods and yarns was on Tuesday dull, and prices were barely supported in this market. There was nut, however, any marked or...

account of a shocking accident on board a steam-boat, the Pulaski, which left Charleston fer Baltimore, with nearly 200 passengers, on the 11th ultimo. One of the boilers...

are to be in- trusted to private companies. If within fifteen years the profits exceed 10 per cent, on the capital, the rates of carriage, &c. are to be reduced ; but if, on the...

death ends the most singular government that ever existed. His slavish adherents, dreading the vengeance of the inhabitants of Ascension, have left the country and tied to Monte...

in course of signature, complaining of the gross delay of the Post.office authorities in the delivery of the American letters brought by the Great Western. Lieutenant Hosken,...

ac. cepting the extraordinary embassy to London was, that he should demand the remains of Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington has hastened to back the application of his old...

large packet of what had been letters from Messrs. Bell and Long- worth, enclosed in an envelope to a gentlemen of Pera ; but which, on being opened, was found to contain...

announced that "no sum will be applied by them on account of the Sinking Fund, between the 6th of July and the 10th of October," for this excellent reason, that the expenditure...

a considerable interest in the progress of the Railway Commission for Ireland, put forward in its last publication some very invidious charges against the commis- sioners, which...

ON this subject, we have received a pleasant letter, in the character of a defence, from the ingenious Mr. Ilocsani. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. London, 3d July 1838, SI...

SDOCIL EXCHANOZ, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The issue of money consequent upon the payment of the Dividends has alleviated the pressure under which the Money-market had occasionally...

Arrived—At Gravesend, July 8, Friends, Arnold, fiom Singapore; 12th, Dement, iddle, from Van Diemen's Land ; Marquis Camden, Gribble ; awl Premier, Weare, from China ;...

MARRIAGES. On the 11th inst., at St. Martin's-itt.the• Fields. the Rev. THOMAS PHILLIPPS, Vicar of Dew sal, Hereford, to PENELOPE, fifth daughter of John Biddulph, of Ledbary,...

SATURDAY. The House of Commons yesterday was chiefly occupied with the discussion of the Prisons Bill in Committee. Mr. LANGDALE moved an amendment to the 10th clause, in order...

LORD BROUGHAM AND THE MINISTRY. ACCORDING to the Morning Chronicle, Lord BROUGHAM' is " shunned" by the Ministers, as an " unsafe personage." If he was "unsafe" as a friend,...

As we are thoroughly persuaded that the whole system of educa- tion in this country is destined to undergo a change at no distant time, in conformity with that which is actually...

QUIETLY, but with perseverance and system, the aristocracy—lay and clerical, major and minor, lords, squires, and parsons—are advancing towards the grand object of...

lissom Lord GLENELG . S patronage, the Eastern slave-trade prospers exceedingly. The traffic in Hill Coolies promises to become one of the most extensive under the British...

Counsellor, was to frame a new civil and criminal code for our ninety millions of Indian subjects. With this view, he was by law exonerated from all share in the Executive...

pre- tend to say; but certainly Mr. F. Rostioes version of the music, adapted to Mr. AIalie LIMON'S libretto, Rob of the Fen, as performed at the English Opera-house, does not...

have been in this country nearly a month, and yet we hear nothing of the grand affair that was promised with them. Signor GuEalta, who took his benefit on Thursday, was fain to...

Ter closing of the two Great Theatres suggests a retrospect . of the past season, and a comparison of the two managements ; than which, no two things can be more opposite. At...

"rnis expedition was planned in order to accomplish by sea what -Captain BACK had failed to do by a land journey in 1833 *—com- Iplete the survey of the Arctic shore between...

VOYAGYN AND TRAVkL1. Nariarive of an Expedition in If. M. S. Tern r. undertaken with a slew to Geogr.t- pideal Di-eotery ou the Arctic Shores, in the years 1836-7. Be Captain...

of this volume is to lay open to the public the most extensive and extraordinary system of crime which the world ever witnessed : but for what purpose, is not quite so clear....

for one. SHAKSPEARE has furnished titles to two volumes, and entire subject-matter for one. 1. Shakspeare's Autobiographical Poems. By CHARLES ARMITAGE Bitowe. 2. Letters on...

and the solid, rather than to the belles lettres, or to any thing which requires genius, or long and thoughtful labour. Compilation, avowed or latent, is the leading character...

circumstances that give rise to sexual desire, as well as on the regulations to which it should be subjected, the evils that arise from the intermarriage of certain...

occupied xvith the reign of JAMES Cabinet Cyclopedia, is entirely the Second and the first year of WILLIAM and MARY. It nar- rates the events clearly and fully, with ample...

iutroduction to Natural Philosophy ; embracing mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, heat, optics, magnetism, and the various branches of electricity, with an introductory...

form, and resembles an Annual in the fashion of its getting- up. It contains some plates of indifferent landscapes; the sub- jects of which furnish the theme for fifteen poems,...

the origin, 'duties, and privileges of all the great officers of the Court, from the Sovereign to the Page ; including the several ranks of nobility, baronets, the different...

of the statistics of internal communication ; the pur- pose of which is to establish the superiority, in cheapness as well as speed and efficiency, of railway conveyance to...

LOVE ilAMMICK, M.D. This is rather a book of practical instructions for those who are pursuing chemistry as a profession, or with some immediate purpose in view, than a...

and female equestrianism, till lately out of fashion, is now again all the rage. A graceful figure well mounted, with the round black hat, succinct bodice, and full (lowing...

edition of the Poems; the Sonnets. of William Words- worth; to which the poet has added a few additions, only one of them approaching excellence, and several sinking below...

well - in- tentioned collection of solemn, twaddling, and commonplace re- marks to young persons, by a late member of the Honourable i Society of the Middle Temple. Time n the...

on the subject of painting, we by no means desire to disparage the merits of individual artists. There are several American painters of talent now in this country, whose...

forth, a few brief lines must suffice. The most striking, and by far the most important of this class, is a new edition of the Wealth of Nations, with Mr. M'CuLt.oce's " Life...

Some time ago. a correspondent took the trouble to transcribe from the New York Mirror a comment on a paragraph that appeared in the Spectator more than a twelvemonth before,...

THE WELLINGTON MEMORIAL. WE revert to this discreditable affair, merely to dispose of the defence set up by the parties to the job. The Duke of RUTLAND, in reply to the...