has given rise to one of the strangest episodes in the history of the pre- sent Premier. Thirteen Bishops send Lord John Russell a protest, warning him that the rumour of the...

THE concluding week of the extraordinary session has been marked by a great variety of business in Parliament. THE concluding week of the extraordinary session has been marked...

France, Paris politics have resumed their position as foremost in interest among foreign affairs. The old dissension in the Cabinet is un- derstood to have been much widened and...

THE IRISH Cozaciox BILL. In the House of Commons, on Monday, the order of the day for the third readin g of the Crime and Outra g e Bill havin g been read, Mr. Joan O'Colninkt,...

A continued improvement has been noted in the state of trade of Man- cheater and the surrounding districts. Within the borough of Manchester,. the number of hands employed in...

A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday, mainly for the purpose of receiving a return of the election of an Alderman for the Cordwainer's Ward, in the room of Mr. Thomas Wood....

IcloTumNO has occurred to interrupt the smooth current of the Royal life at Osborne. As usual, visiters have come down during the week. The Honourable and Reverend C. Leslie and...

FRANCIL—Reports were current in Paris at the end of last week, that the- withdrawal of England from the conference on Switzerland had produced a serious effect on M. Guizot's...

The venerable Mr. Justice Burton, of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench died on the 15th, at his residence in St. Stephen's Green. He was in his ninetieth year. His illness was...

The remonstrance of thirteen Bishops against Dr. Hampden's elevation to the see of Hereford has been published this week. In our second edi- tion, last Saturday, we copied from...

SATURDAY NIGHT. In the House of Commons, last night, the adjourned debate on the re- moval of Jewish disabilities was concluded. Mr. LAW, Mr. ALEXANDER HOPE, Mr. NEWDEGATE,...

Dr. Hampden has published, in a pamphlet form, a long letter to Lord John Russell, disclaiming the interpretation put upon the oft-cited passages in his Bampton lectures, and...

ARRTVE'D.—At Gravesend, 12th Dec., Walker, Edwards, from Minim& ; Prinee of Wales, Wilson, from Calcutta; and Devonshire, Browse, from Mauritius; lath, Union, Todd ;and Lima,...

At the Lyceum, a 'version ofthe French piece Tiridate has been produced, under the title of The Tragedy Queen. The 'original was performed at the St. James's several times...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Marylebone, 10th December 1847. SIR—Perhaps you will allow me to adduce, in illustration of your excellent re- marks upon Sanatory Commissions,...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The English Stock Market has been in a quiescent state, and the business transacted, as is usual at this season of the year, unimportant. The...

daily to discuss the drift of the Speech from the Throne on opening the Chambers, but that no decision has yet been come to. The Ministry waits for the answer to certain points...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR —The Bishop of New Zealand, in undertaking to instruct the Natives of New Zealand in their political rights, as he calls them, should be...

Rerveil du Lion, evidently as a great attraction; and probably has looked on the Roused Lion at the Haymarket as a sort of pilot-balloon. The translated version has not been...

A VERY general feeling prevails in Ireland that Sir George Grey's District Coercion Bill will prove inadequate for the sup- pression of crime and outrage. Private correspondents...

NO POPERY. THE Clergy seems to be losing its conservative character : it shows a growing disposition to moot questions which are better left in repose ; and it is now mooting...

Nov many weeks ago, a story was current in the papers which looked like a " good joke." A dealer in Liverpool, so went the tale, received an order from Ireland for a large...

is waste paper—Governor Grey has " suspended" the constitution of New Zealand, and Ministers are asking Parliament to register his edict. The work- manship of that great piece...

THE reports of the debates in Parliament raise a question not easy to solve—whether it is the Members or the reporters who show the most copious amount of ignorance on Colonial...

BIOGRAPHY, The Lives of the Lord•Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times till the Reign of King George IV. By John Lord Campbell, LL.D.,...

THE holly is unusually beautiful this year ; its berries are very red, its leaves a deep rich green. Of the misletoe we have no au- thentic report, nor can we state the...

CAPTAIN RAFTER, the author of this romance, appears to have resided long and travelled much in India, and to have acquired great knowledge of the different races who inhabit...

SINCE the publication of his two great works, "Philip Van Artevelde" and "The Statesman," Mr. Taylor has been in the habit of storing up his observations on actual (not...

BOOKS. Notes from Lire; in Six Essays. By Henry Taylor, Author of a Philip Van Artevelde." A Jar of Honey frovs Mount Hybla. By Leigh Hunt. Illustrated by Richard Doyle. A...

Was - orrice, Dec. 17.-2d Regt. of Life Guards-Lieut. W. A. Tollemache to be Capt b, purchase, vice Boyce, promoted ; Cornet and Sub-Lieut. W. H. Greville to be Lieut. by...

On the 15th September. at Goolahek, near Tehran, Persia, the Wife of Lieutenant- Colonel Francis Farrant, K.L.S., Secretary of her Britannic Majesty's Legation, of a diusitter....

Tuesday, Dec. 14. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Edwards and Bryett, Totnes, Devonshire, attornies-Ashbumer and Co. Litherland, Lancashire, merchants-Johnson and Withers, Winchester,...

BRITISH FUND B. (Clesiag Primal 3 per Cent Consols - Ditto for Account.. 3 per Cent. Reduced 3* per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 9 per Cent India Stock, 10* Exchequer...