Gazette supplies an authentic account of the affair at Prescott, from the despatches of Sir JOHN COLBORNE, Colonel YOUNG, and Colonel DUNDAS. Colonel Yocum (in Sir JOHN...

England. The Courrier Francais says openly, that "France is no longer on the same terms with England that she was six months ago." The ostensible cause for this change is the...

ing Mr. O'Cosistsm.'s vehement exertions to make it numerous and formidable. Few Members of Parliament have joined it ; and the lawyers, who have their eye on the Castle, shun...

delrereti a speech in the Cortes in favour of an union of the Liberals of all shades. A Ministry supported by such a combi- nation would, he said, be supported by European...

THE interference of Government is required to prevent illegal meetings of large bodies of working men in the North. The Home Secretary, who has exhibited prudent and...

the Court could not go. It was necessary, therefore, to inquire what was the Romish doctrine of Purgatory. The Judge then went into a learned history of the origin and progress...

an attempt was made on the 26th to " revolutionize the city ; " but it was promptly defeated.

on Thuisday evening, at the Guildhall Tavern. The abuses of the coal-trade, and the heavy tax upon coals imposed by the City Govern- ment, were the chief topics of discussion....

The " special meeting" of the Westminster Reform Association, summoned last week to consider the propriety of presenting an address to the Earl of Durham, was held on Wednesday...

afternoon. On Monday, Viscount Melbourne walked with the Queen on the Castle Terrace. ()n Tuesday morning, Viscount Melbourne rdde out with her Majesty. A privy Council was...

-k public meeting was held in Sunderland on the 7th instant, to adopt an address of congratulation to Lord Durham, on his return to England. About five blind/et] persons were...

Jury case having been called on, only three Jurymen answered to their names. Chief Justice Tindal said this was not to be tolerated; and he ordered the absentees to be fined ten...

attended by Mr. Holds's appeared with forty.three natives oh' Prussia, to complain of a transaction by which they had been induced to leave Germany for Loudon, and were thence...

brought before Mr. White, the aiagi-trate at the Queen Square Offiee, charged with having - secreted himself in Buckingham Palace. and with stealing a sword and other artieles...

members of the Com- mon Council and other leading Liberals of that town, on the 5th in- stant, the health of" Her Majesty's Ministers" was "very coldly re- eeivcd, and only...

information, called for by Lord John Russell, respecting the Education of the Working People. On the motion of the Reverend Thomas Spencer, Vicar of Hinton, a friend to the...

din. ner in the Town-hall on the 18th instant ; and Sir Francis returned the following reply. " St. James's Place, December L " Sir—I lose not a moment in replying to your...

forms part of the living of Mr. Ebenezer Morris, who is notorious for his prosecution of John James in the Ecclesiastical Court of St. David's, has been brought before the same...

fulfilled a single promise that ever was made for them. They have not reduced the rates ; they have not raised the wages; they have not in any way improved the character and...

long account, illustrated by wood-cuts, of a murder committed in the Newcastle The Newcastle Journal has been sent to us, with a long account, illustrated by wood-cuts, of a...

Jowett, at Ashton-under-Lyne, on Saturday night, by which one-half of the A fire broke out in the extensive cotton-mills of Mr. Jowett, at Ashton-under-Lyne, on Saturday night,...

declaration that Ministers were desirous of taking the Lyndhurst Cor- poration Bill for Ireland, as an unquestionable confirmation of the truth of their own statement, in the...

The O'Connell tribute was collected at the doors of the Romish chapels on Sumluy last ; and contributions are daily received. The sum received in Dublin last year was 1,3391.;...

The Stirlingshire Liberals gave their Member, Colonel Aber. eromby, a dinner at Stirling, on Friday last. Between six and seven hundred gentlemen were present ; including Sir...

The Countess of Durharn has resigned the office of Lady in Waiting to the Queen ; a very natural arid proper step, we should think, consi- dering the position in which her...

The Globe says that the appointment" vests in that gal- lant officer all the powers which were vested in the Earl of Durham, both as to their nature and extent—powers which we...

the county of Waterford, in the room of Mr. Power, who retires in consequence of ill health. On Monday, a meeting, summoned by the High Sheriff of Louth, was held at Dundalk ;...

have not yet heard the name of the officer likely to be appointed to com- mand her.— Globe. The most active exertions are making to complete the existing es- tablishment of the...

Monday last, it was stated that so much has the value of land increased in Australia, that Governor Hindmarsh, for two plots for which he gave SU each, obtained no less than...

in the Sun of Monday. " The Spectator of yesterday, in a long article on the Corn-laws, has the following passage- " The lime for action has arrived—when good wheat costs 80s....

of Wurtemburg, is dangerously ill at Genoa. Not many years ago, it was the general fashion in France to turn convents into manufactories ; but it appears from the Observateur...

the Aberdeen Herald, we incline to believe that the tem- per of the electoral Reformers in that district is much the same as it is here— that more care is necessary to keep them...

pleased to appoint Lieutenant-General Sir John Colborne, G. C. B., to beGo- vernor- General, Vice-Admiral, and Captain. General of all her Ma- jesty's Provinces within and...

details of preparations for the first election under the new Mu. nicipal Charter—the leading subject of present interest in that town. "Tire Tories, notwithstanding their...

The Paris papers of Thursday supply no political news of im- portance. Some alarm had been occasioned by a decree recently issued by the King of Naples, prohibiting the...

to the Precursor Society's reply to their first address to the People of Ireland. They tell the Irish, that they have Mr. O'Connell's distinct pledge, in a resolution which he...

[From the Musical World, Di e.13] The newlyeliscovered opera of Mozart is at present occupying the attention of musical circles. We find the following account of thie work. "M....

that the French Admiral on the River Plata bad commenced hostilities against Buenos Ayres, and taken possession of an island in the vicinity of the harbour.

was to be given on Thursday evening in the First Municipal Ward of the city, to Mr. Craig, retiring Councillor, and a thoroughgoing Reformer. About three hundred gentlemen were...

anonymous authority.

THERE being little of novelty in the theatrical quarter, we made a pilgrimage to far.off Sadler's Wells ; which, until the present season, we had not visited since the time when...

18th ber 1838— weekly liabilities and assets of the of September to the 11th of Decem- LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation.... ..... £18,469,000 Securities £20,707,000...

A DITTY, AFTER MR. THOMAS MOORE; SUGGESTED BY LORD J. RUSSELL'S DENUNCIATION OF TORCH-LIGHT MEETINGS, AND DEDICATED TO THE MELBOURNE MINISTRY. Oh! the days are gone, when mobs...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Tower Hamlets, 13th December 1838. S1R—As a subscriber to your paper, will you allow tne to inquire of the Post-office authorities, their...

Swim ExCR1NOS, VRIDAT ArTERNO0N. The impetus given to the Money Market by the late favourable intelligence front Canada, has been counteracted by the sinister complexion which...

Arrived — At Gravesend, Dec 8. New Grove. Johnstone. from Bengal. Off Portland 11th, Adeline, NPLecel, from Bengal. OtT Penzance, 8th, King %%Minn's, Thomas, from Bombay. At St....

People," a small pamphlet of forty.five pages, has been recently published, and has ex- cited some interest, from the notion entertained of its being the com- position of Lord...

piece, by the suc- cessful author of Tom Noddy, called My Little Adopted ; whose title the public have realized. A young lady having invited the orphan son of a deceased...

What a glorious bowl and dagger we shall have ! and then the clue !— but we must not anticipate the fun.

Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS this last voyage : their baggage was on board, but the sud- den illness of the lady prevented their embarking. VESTRIS has not succeeded in fascinating the...

the last of, has been revived at the Adelphi, by the return of Mr. RICE. We are as much at a loss as ever to account for the extraordinary popularity of this vulgar and...

AGAIN there is something like a stir in the region of politics. The season of apathy seems to be passing away. The general impression that things are at the worst, is, as usual,...

THE "FAVOURITE SUBJECT" FORBIDDEN. TO TI1E EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. STR—Grave objections are made to the matter as well as the manner of your remarks on "a Favourite...

THE following is from an article in the Ministerial Globe of Mon- day last : we quote only what concerns this journal—the other paper mentioned is able to defend itself. "...

1S4rts. AIARY WOOLFREY'S "excesses" have not met with the "lawful correction" which the Reverend JOHN BREEKS had de- signed for them, nor has his anxiety for "her soul's health"...

THE memorial of the London bankers against the delivery of letters from the Post-office on Sunday, states the only tenable ob- jection to a departure from the present system ;...

WHEN the Poor-law Commissioners, last autumn, sanctioned a recurrence to out-door relief in the Nottingham Union, they sub- stantially admitted, that in times of great and...

THERE IS a very considerable difference between this fiction and the Tales of the Passions by the same author. The latter was evidently the product of unprepared haste, in which...

This equalization of the duties on East and West India coffee has not reduced the price or increased the supply to the extent anti- cipated from that measure. The" trade" finds...

FICTION, The Huguenot ; a Tale of the French Protestants. By the Author of "The Gipsy."' " The Bobber," Sic. &c. 1n3 vol. Longman and Co. Mentent. SCIENCK, 4, 711111 The...

Da. DICKSON is the author of the Fallacy of Physic, which we characterized on its first appearance * as rather the " Fallacy of Other People's Physic." The present volume...

Is a sort of second series, prompted, Mr. ST.ANDISH says, by the indulgence with which the first was received, but rather, we con- ceive, by the cacoethes scribendi, with which...

JONATHAN DUNCAN, B.A. Tbis book is based upon the views of KIRCHER, DUPUIS, and BEAUSOURE, who held that the Pagan mythology was an astronomical allegory ; the deities being...

The circumstances which impart interest to history, are obscure. It is not merely personal change and variety of fortune ; for almost every Asiatic empire has enough of this,...

A ctusasst boot was till lately, a distinguishing mark of a true Englishman abroad : now, travellers get their feet neatly fitted in France, while all at home who regard...

ALTHOUGH the week has not been productive of any thing imme- diately available, except the Huguenot, we have to acknowledge the receipt of the Memoirs qf Charles Mathews,...

book, designed for the use of persons of limited income having to provide for themselves, as an aid to the economical regulation of their finances. Some useful hints to young...

is a collection of short stories, designed for reading-lessons, and countenanced if not authorized by the Board of Education in Ireland. The thread which strings thorn together...

VESPASI AN. It turns upon the passion of one Appius, for a lady called Aurelia, who is gained by Damon, a Greek employed by Appius to woo for him. This leading incident is...

the practical botanist ; containing a catalogue of the plants found in the London district, which, for the nonce, is bounded by the Eng- glish Channel, as far as Southampton,...

. and superstition, addressed to the most ignorant only : but now we have a Book of Dreams which treats of their philosophy, and explains their pita:nomena in a popular and...

periodical that bears it is a neat specimen of an attempt to supply rural readers with amusement and information; but the facts might be . more various, and stated with greater...

ROBERT THOMSON, and affording much useful information not readily accessible. In addition to a calendar by Mr. WooL- house, lists of learned societies in this country and in...

work of its day, but the cheapest work possible to con- ceive possible, till types are set up as well as printed by steam. The Part before us, price tenpence, contains ten...

our late paper on Medical Reform. The writer would seem to have studied at Paris, (for nearly one half of his letter consists of a panegyric on the medical course of study...

but it is rather too independent of the months and the seasons; one continuous story, amusingly illustrated by CRUIKSR ANK, inter- leaving the calendar of Momus. Seasonable...