THE Marquis of CHANDOS stood fast to his pledge, and proposed the total repeal of the Malt-tax, on Tuesday night. But the majority of the Tory landholders, who had made their...

On Tuesday, a number of petitions for the repeal of the Malt-tax were presented to the House of Commons by Sir C. FUIRELt, 1,0Id NORREYS, Lord DARLINGTON, Air. HODGES, Mr....

Lisbon correspondent of the Times says- " The Bishop of Coimbra gave up the Home Department, and has been cleated a Peer. M. A. J. Freire has been transferred from the Marine...

o'clock on the morning of the 2d instant. He is succeeded by his son FERDINAND, styled the King of Hungary during the late Emperor's lifetime. It was surmised that some change...

sea, in conse- quence of Lord PoNsoNev's orders, received on the 3d of Fe- bruary by Admiral Rowuev, at Malta. The squadron consists of six ships of the line, three frigates,...

Cabi- nets, and speculations on the singular state of affairs in France. Louis PIIILIP is still without a Ministry; and public dissatisfac- tion is becoming every day more...

A Court of Aldermen was held on Monday, at which general busi- ness was transacted, but the members were particularly engaged in an investigation into the conduct of Mr. Brown,...

set down in the House of Lords, and comes on for hearing in a few days. In conse- quence of the elevation of Sir Edward Sugden (who was engaged on the part of the defendant from...

THE King and Queen, who were erroneously stated to have left town for Windsor on Friday last week, attended divine service in the chapel of St. James's Palace on Sunday. After...

Sir Roger Gresley has addressed, through the advertising columns of the Standard, the following letter to his South Derbyshire consti- tuents, in explanation of his vote to...

Mr. G. S. Foljambe and Lord Henry 13entinek are now mentioned as likely to contcst North Nottinghamshire with Mr. Golly Knight. A society has just been formed in Leeds termed...

BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., io Belgrave Square, the Countess of PotaFRET, of a daughter. On the 9th iust., the Lady of the Rev. Dr. LuNOLEY, of Ilarrow, of a son. On the 23d...

Lord Wharneliffe, Sir James Kempt, Lord Sandon, Sir E. H. East, Mr. Cutler Fergusson, Sir Edward Barnes, and Sir Thomas Reynell, to inquire whether " it may be practicable to...

TO TIlE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Snt —The Liberal Members of the House of Commons appear to me either to have made a false move in the late struggle, or to have been guilty of...

SATURDAY. The Paris newspapers of Thursday, received this morning, contain a list of the new Cabinet, as it is confidently believed to be settled for the present. The Duke DE...

the 16th December 1834 to the 10th March 1833. Average Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 16th December 1834 to the 10th March 1833. LIABILITIES. ASSETS....

Arrived—At Gravesend, March 12th, Salad*. Addison, from Mauritius. At Deal, 11th, Eliza Stewart, Miller, from China, At Portsmouth, 9th, Platina. Wilson, from Singapore; and...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The market for English Stock has been firm since our last; and up to yes- terday afternoon the business transacted in Consols had not been...

TO rue EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sunderland, 101.11 March 1035, SIR—Observing that you have dedicated a portion of your iudepewlent journal tu the exposure of those...

Several Continental contributions have been unavoidably excluded. by the pressure of the English Debates. " Bruce Vorort awl the British Parliament" will suffer no injury by u...

the House of Commons. The amount to be provided for the Effective service to the 1st of March 18.36, is 3,9.93,072f., being 6-1,0001. less than last year. In the amount to be...

WANT OF CONFIDENCE IN MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. DISTRUST of their Representatives in Parliament is spreading far and wide among the Constituencies ; and certainly this is not to...

LEMAITRE has left us, just as the public were becoming alive to his extraordinary merits. However, his fame is thoroughly established in this country ; and whenever he returns...

OF all the unscrupulous Tory newspapers, the Standard is the most dexterous. It is curious to observe the skill with which not only the busty slips, but frequently the most...

TIIE " practical men " have not a very pleasing prospect before them. When Lord MELBOURNE was dismissed, the country was in a state of very unusual calm. Earnest politicians...

printed by order of the House of Commons, afford satisfactory evidence of the activity in our foreign trade, especially in some of the most im- portant branches of our...

IT is not in our power to furnish lists of the Members who voted for and against the Malt-tax. The daily papers have published the names of some five or six hundred Members, and...

THE Philharmonic concerts exhibit successive periods of agitation and repose ; the former occurring rarely, the latter frequently. The exertion consequent on the production of...

TursE concerts, once the school of vocal excellence and the seat of fashion, are gradually becoming a mere dirty and vulgar job, and seem destined to sink down into an appendage...

Tars society was originally composed of amateur performers, who met - for the practice of instrumental music. It is now open to the public ; and the orchestra embraces a larger...

MR. WILKINSON has resided in Egypt for some dozen years; and during a portion of the time made Thebes his head-quarters. The object of his sojourn was to penetrate the mystery...

THIS " memoire justicatif" is reported to have had many fathers. MIRABEAU himself is made to furnish an historical biography of the RIQUETI family, wherein the fiery advocate of...

A KTIqUIT I EA, Topography of Thel es, and General View of lig; pt. Being n short Account of the Principal Objects woc,hy of notice iu the Valley of the Nile. to the Second...

THE present volume of Mr. VALPY'S History of Englund intro- duces the Reverend T. S. Huones to the public as the historian of GEORGE the Third. To such readers as require a...

- THESE essays of Mr. RIDDELL are distinguished by indefatigable research, much antiquarian knowledge, and a good deal of minute and curious legal lore. They also display that...

HORACE'S rule, that a piece should be kept nine years, was di- rected rather to the manner than the matter. The poet-critic knew that the original plan of the work might be...

AKENSIDE; an author whose name is perhaps better known to the present generation than his works, although no collection of poetry can be held complete without them. Besides the...

to the Collective. Besides lists of the Mem- bers of each House, exhibited in different ways for easy reference, and an account of the town abodes of our legislators, there is a...

THE most promising book of the week is Mr. BARROW'S Visit to Iceland in 1834. Of its literary contents, however, we cannot speak ; as the volume arrived too late to allow us to...

in Debt, is out at last; and will enable us shortly to pass judgment upon the philosophy of the divine. The opinion which the Clergy- man's experience has impressed upon him, we...

to imprint the absolute and relative position of places upon the mind of the pupil, by a constant reference to the map; and when he is tolerably perfect in this exercise, by the...

for Greek students, of The Seven against Thebes. The text of ZESCHYLUS is that of DI STDOItS ; the notes, compiled from various sources, are chiefly grammatical or critical, but...

in several ships engaged in the South Sea Fishery ; and his Few Observations on the Natural History of the Sperm Whale contain the substance of what he has seen and heard upon...

A Catechism of the British Constitution ; A Catechism gf Chemistry ; The Mother's Catechism if Useful Knowledge. The first is compiled by the author of the " Key to both...

The Labourer's Friend. Though apparently so different in their nature, these two pub- lications have sufficient points in common to warrant their being classed together. Each...