let us into the secret of his mission—it was to declare to the Czar, that England was equally determined to Withstand the ty- ranny of despots and of democracies ; that is, Lord...

in our weekly summary of events. On Wednesday sennight,. a serious affray took place between the peasantry in the neighbour- hood of Doneraile, County' Cork, and the Military...

THE business of the Election canvass increases in activity. From all the facts, public or private, that have come to our knowledge, it seems plain, that on no former occasion...

peo- ple of Jamaica are wag ing an Anti-Religion war. At a public meeting of the Colonial Union of the Northside parishes, held on the 2Sth July, the following resolution was...

week, put us in .possession of a considerable amount of small, but not uninteresting particulars, respecting the state of the contest between Don PEDRO and Don MIGUEL. Oporto...

of deserting his friends in Kerry. The excuse is a feasible one, and may be true ; but the real reason assigned by the impartial part of his countrymen is, the certainty of...

Mr. FERGUS O'CONNOR, 040 of the candidates for the re- presentation of the county of Cork, and Mr. J. L. STAWELL, a can- didate for Kinsale, are the last of note who have been...

open field. This is magnanimous at least, if it be unwise. The peasantry of Kildare aim at waging a war of greater safety, but of an infinitely more reprehensible character. A...

rara. Up to that date, few estates had more than a fourth part of their usual crop of sugar; and planters and merchants were in an equal state of embarrassment. The exchange was...

and the private letters are equally barren. It would be a waste of time and space to retail the speculations of either. SEBASTIANT has formally resumed his functions. No...

to resist the decree of the Frankfort Diet, is Hanau, in Hesse Cassel. The town contains about 15,000 inhabitants; and political meet- ings have been held there weekly for some...

in the neighbourhood of Kosseir, from the forces of IBRAHIM Pacha. The particulars are given by the latter, in a document entitled the Fifth Bulletin of the Army of Syria. The...

THE King and Queen visited the Earl of Errol's, at Richmond, on Monday; on which occasion there was a dinner for three hundred of the children of the town, in the Park, which...

The Livery of London have no intention to oppose the election of Sir P. Laurie to the Mayoralty this year. A meeting was held at No. 41, Cheapside, on Thursday, on the sub-...

arrested on charges connected with the recent plot, that all the lesser rogues have been liberated, in order to make room for their nobler brethren.

Press, the suppression of which he justifies from the burning of the magical books mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles; where, by the by, the burning was the voluntary deed of...

loan of 44,000,000 florins. A good swinging national debt has been found, in the case of England, so admirable an expedient for preventing breaches of the peace, that it is...

—the arrival there of General GOBLET; for which, as the General left London on Saturday on his way thither, we were somewhat prepared. His arrival has created quite a sensation....

Thursday, with damaging one of Mr. Shillibeer's omnibuses. On Monday evening, as John Church, the conductor, was about to hand two Quaker ladies into his vehicle, the prisoner...

apoplexy, brought on by excessive drinking. His last feat was drinking a bottle of brandy, which he accomplished in fifteen minutes. On Monday night, John Sayers, who for...

murder Mr. Henry Andrews, near Hackney, on the 24th ult. (the par- ticulars were given by us at the time of the occurrence), was*tried on Thursday at the Old Bailey, and...

It ought to be universally made known, that the present Bishop of Gloucester (Dr. Monk) has publicly pledged himself to devote from the present time a tenth part of the revenue...

or retarded the saving of it. Hop-picking has commenced in the neighbourhood of Maidstone,-and in other parts of Rent. The She, teld Iris notices the fact, that a little...

The last week's amount of the Protestant " Rent " in Dublin was 671L 19s.. Sd. ; of which the Marquises of Hertford and Waterford sent each 1001. A meeting was held on the 6th...

BATH.—Mr. Hobhouse's canvass dinner took place at Bath on Wed- nesday evening. About 240 gentlemen were present ; Colonel An- drews in the chair. Sir John Cam Hobhouse attended,...

Sin WALTER SCOTT.—It grieves us deeply to state, that not many hours can elapse are the great author of Waverley will be no more.-7-' , . Edistburyh.:Weeldy,journal. The...

native county at the ensuing election. Curia:rim—The householders of the labouring class of Clitheroe have, in consequence of the late proceedings of the Tory party in that...

110CM-cries. 460 807 :305 391 330 390 New Cases. . Deaths. Saturday 601 197 Monday . 919 333 Tuesda y 413 140 Wednesday 557 181 Thursday 454 143 Friday 492 164...

BATH.—Borough, 2,769; county, 714. BIRMINGHAM.—Borough, 3,193; county, 640. Of the 640 for the .county, 105 are objected to. BLACKBURN.—Borough, 631; county, 180....

tions to the claims for registration. We have beard that about 1,450 objections have been lodged by Mr. Blair's Committee, and about 300 by that of the Lord Advocate and Mr....

of Wellingborough on Lord Brudenell and his friends on Wednesday. His Lordship was seriously hurt, and it was found necessary to call out the military for the conservation of...

CHARTER. THE Secret Committee appointed to inquire into the expediency of renewing- the Charter of the Bank of England, and into the system on which Banks of Issue iu England...

" The Lord is merciful and gracious ; slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy." Ps/a . = TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SPECTATOR. September 11th, 1832. SIR - Much has been said and...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sra - In reply to your correspondent's inquiry, it is true that the house of RUSSELL contemplates any thing rather than releasing the electors...

THE BANK OF ENGLAND FOR THE LAST FIFTY-FOUR YEARS. [Compiled from a table in the Ranh Charter Committee's Report, which occupies 121 pages folio.) Circulation. Bullion....

His Majesty has appointed Sir H. Parnell one of the Commis- sioners for Inquiring into Ecclesiastical Revenues and Patronage.— Globe. The amount of duties received at the...

TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SPECTATOR. Oval, Kennington, 14th September 1832. SIR— Having last week seen an account in a newspaper of the conviction of a fellow, by the officers of...

Arrived—At Gravesend, Sept. lOtli, Ganges, Boulthce. from Bengal ; and Osborne. Kean, from Mauritius; 12th, Triumph, Green. from Bombay ; Africa, Skelton,-from Ceylon ; and...

The Dutchess d'Angoukme arrived at Grillon's Hotel on Saturday; she is accompanied by the young Princess de Berri. She was to leave town for Hamburg to-day. The ostensible cause...

accounts have been received at the Portuguese Embassy. The most im- portant fact announced is the probability of Don PEDRO'S being allowed by the new Board of Directors of the...

This poor Ex-King is setting out once more in quest of a place of refucie. The air of Scotland is getting 'oo cold for him. The higher powers are no longer Tories,—no longer of...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. Consols have fluctuated between 84.1, and 85i during the week, and close this evening at 85. Money has continued very plentiful. It was expected...

THE NEW CANDIDATE FOR LONDON. MR. LYALL - declines to give any specific pledges, but says, " It is usual for candidates on such occasions to make some profession of their...

in the French Cabinet on the subject of the Presidency of the Council. " M. DuriN prefers the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies ; M. ODIL- LON Bonitar refuses to take office...

- An official communication has been sent to the Hague, in the name of the Conference, by Lord PALMERSTON. It contains a minute of the propositions which have been made to the...

Ws mentioned in our latest edition last week, that the lads KEN- NEDY and BROWN had been respited till Wednesday ; on Monday they were further respited during the King's...

ADMIRAL CODRINGTON was challenged, the other day, by a gen- tleman who had taken offence at something the Admiral had written or said in the course of an election canvass. The...

WE have had occasion more than once to observe on the partial operation of bail. It is a practice whose almost invariable effect is imprisonment to the poor and freedom to the...

IT was at one time expected, that even this, the solitary festival of the year, would have been abandoned, and that the harmonious chain which for more than a century has...

THE proceedings at a Police-office against the drivers of some of these vehicles (already noticed in another part of our paper) have called forth the following comments from the...

THE merits of modern sculpture are of the negative kind ; for its qualities are deficiencies. It is destitute of originality and power, of, grand and elevated character. Its...

Tuts publication is a phenomenon in the manufacture of books, using that phrase in its most eulogistic sense. So many compe- tent hands probably never combined in the treatment...

1. In examining the state of the laws affecting the interests and exhibition of the drama, your Committee find that a considerable decline, both in the litera- ture of the...

HISTORY, Historical and Descriptive Account of British India. from the most remote period to the present time: including a Narrative of the early Portuguese attd English Voy-...

THE first volume of this work appeared, we think, more than a year ag o. The volume before us contains the conclusion of the life of ROBERT BRUCE, the lives of the three old...

THE Press is the universal champion—the friend of the Negro, the mitigator of sanguinary punishment, the abater of grievances among the poor and oppressed. Its light is now to...

THIS little ornithological work is by a legislator; and we are happy to see that, judging from internal evidence, he has not devoted more time to its compilation than a member...

THESE works of education, though on widely different subjects, have this in common, that they are arranged in the form of ques- tion and answer, and that they are by the same...