mail from India, a letter from Colonel FANS, the Aide-de-Camp to the late Commander- in-Chief, has renewed the anxiety respecting the female prisoners, and has, of course,...

ALTHOUGH this has not been a week of much political " excite- ment," it has been a week of progress. It began with a continu- ance of the long-winded articles in the Morning...

THE Court movements have little incident this week. The Queen has entertained a numerous circle of visiters at Windsor Castle. Besides those mentioned last week, there have been...

rejoicing in the success of Ultra Tories and Orangemen I Mr. SMITH, the new Solicitor-General, has been withdrawn from the contest for the Dublin University : the fight has been...

The position of Alderman Thomas Wood gave unusual interest to the generally dry routine of the election to the civic chair. After the formal swearing-in of the new Sheriffs,...

It is said that the borough of Bodmin has been canvassed on behalf of Sir Joseph Sawle's eldest son, in the Liberal interest ; and Sir Sa- muel Spry, the former representative,...

Mr. Smith has been formally withdrawn from the contest for the Dublin University seat in the House of Commons ; leaving Mr. Hamil- ton in sole possession of the field. The Tory...

The following letter appears in the Times; having been addressed to the editor- " Sir—The Morning Chronicle and other newspapers in the service and pay f the late Government...

A meeting of the Glasgow Anti-Corn-law Association was held on Thursday week, for the purpose of giving expression to their sentiments in respect to the present condition of the...

under the head of " Provinces," proves not to be unfounded after all : the site of Chatterton's forgeries suggested the suspicion that this tale was a forgery itself; but it...

a man, William Skipper, for setting fire to a hay-stack belonging to a butcher : he had just been discharged from St. Faith's Workhouse, near which the stack stood; and he...

the story of Peirce, the Southampton grocer and Chartist, by the apprehension of one John Gifford, a man answering Peirce's description of the person who shot at him. He was...

Arrived—At Gravesend, Sept 29th, Morayshire. Lamotte; and Zenobia. Owen, from Calcutta; Penyard Park. Middleton, from Mauritius; Fortitude, Arbuthnot, from the Cape; aud 30th....

SATURDAY NIGHT. The Income-tax is likely to prove more dangerous to Sir Robert Peel than he supposed, or than it need be, through gross mismanagement of the details. Some...

Mr. Feargus O'Connor had been arrested : like the other semi-gigantic Fergus of the Italian romances, he seemed to have an enchanted skin, to and go scatheless amid the tumult...

out in the neighbouring district. The Nottingham Journal complains of continued depression in the silk-glove and other trades of the town ; and states that there is in- creased...

BIRTHS. On the 11th September, at Boulogne.sur-Mer. the Lady of Dr. HENRY NEWMARCH. late of the Bengal Medical Service, of a daughter. On the 16th, at Collingxood, Hawkhinst,...

Twis is an eventful week in the theatrical world ; but the two most notable occurrences—namely, the opening of Drury Lane, and the ad- vent of Mrs. ALFRED Snew in Covent...

one—a "John Thompson "—abusively, have called our attention to the fact that Charles the First could not have written in the Perth Guildry- books in 1650. Of course everybody...

a Washington correspondent, that immediately after the conclusion of the late treaty with Great Britain, the American Cabinet had addressed to the French Minister a note,...

Prince Michael and his family had on the 15th been declared to have forfeited all right to the sovereignty of Servia, in a general assembly of the chiefs of the Servian nation ;...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The business of the Stock Exchange has not been very extensive, nor the fluctuations such as to require remark. The general tendency of the...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Highgate, near London, 26th September. BrE—As your journal has frequently alluded to the injustice and great na- tional folly of the present...

PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH WAR-FACTION. IT is gratifying to see the utter impotence of the efforts of the War-faction to excite the nation's pugnacity, for its own low and selfish...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. United Sen ice Club, 27th September 1842. Sue—Having just returned from the Continent, I was much pleased with the perusal of the letter of "An...

and clean, and was well filled ; the old familiar faces were greeted on the stage, and two or three new ones; but the spirit that animated the whole—the genius loci was wanting....

pro- mising; varied and excellent. The season opens with As You Like It; which could hardly have a more complete and efficient cast: it exhi- bits the great strength of the...

OUR remarks under this head last week, and the letter of our corre- spondent, have touched a cord of sympathy in many suffering pockets and inconvenienced hearts, who begin to...

THE Queen, says newspaper gossip, wears tartan ; the whole Court ta to wear tartan ; Sir ROBERT PEEL is said to have made at least oqe public appearance with a scrap of tartan...

"WHAT did it matter to the farmer whether he sold 50 quarters at 70s. or 70 quarters at 50s. ?" asked the Duke of RUTLAND, in the best spirit ; and the cheers of his auditors...

" INTELLECT " makes but.olow progress in its "march" compared with the onward movement of electricity. We speak not of its physical movement, for time out of mind a flash of...

BY A MEMBER OF THE PROFESSION. FEES. THE " DRENCHING SYSTEM." PRESCRIBING DK LATIN. "CUE- MISTS AND DRUGGISTS." PATENT MEDICINES. ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICES BY PUBLIC...

26, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall East, 26th September 1842. Sin—Observing in the Spectator of the date of September 24t1i, a report un- der the head of Kensington Police,...

Amerman. A Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises. By Richard I. Cleveland. Prarrow, Num. W.Iiiam Laogsbawe, the Cotton Lord. By Mrs. Stone, Authoress of " The Art of...

THIS novel has a variety of faults, and some which a stroke of the pen might remove. There is an introduction about the County Palatine, which if not out of place is unnecessary...

PzawArs few things better indicate the difficulty of physiological or physical knowledge, than the fact that the professors are not able to tell what sleep is. Once in...

BooKs. Narrative of a Residence on the Mosquito Shore, during the years 1839, 1840, and 1841 ' with an Account of Truxillo, and the adjacent Islands of Bonacca and Roatan. By...

WAS ernes, Sept. 27. - lit Itegt. Life Guards-Cornet and Sub-Lieut. Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart. to be Lieut. by purchase, %tee Allen. who retires; Ensign T. G. Lord Glamis, from the...

Tuesday, Sept. 27. FARTNERMIIPS DiSsuLVED. Simons and Wright, Nottingham, paper-manufacturers-Barnard and Co. Norwich, corn-merchants-Blackman and Johnson, Hildensham,...

BRITISH Saturday FUNDS. Munday. (Closing Prices.) Tuesday. treats. Thurs. Friday' 3 per Cent. Consols 924 921 921 921 921 921 Ditto for Account 3 per Cents. Reduced 34...