INSTEAD of our ordinary heading we might write NOTHINGS of the week. The newspapers of the day belie their names; the most choice of their novelties are reprints of old...

the long-de- layed attempt of the authorities to 'give consequence to the sickly seat of Simonians, by a publio prosecution of their leaders. T6 'those Who are'cntious.Ao knew...

WE have chronicled the only event of the Court week, in noticing the races at Egham,—with the exception of the Levee of yesterday; which was as thin and cold as its predecessors...

Statute or Constitution given by the Emperor of Russia to the Poles. The only noticeable thing about it is the accom- panying note of Lord HEYTESEURY, who describes the Emperor...

The Reform fête of the ward of Farringdon-Without was celebrated on Wednesday, in the Market, which was cleared for the purpose. Some arrangements had been made for a procession...

fleet of Minuet. has been published. It does not state the facts differently from the unofficial accounts. Great exertions are mak- iog to increase SARTORIUS'S force. A French...

Ireland, by those whom it concerns. We have never ranked among those politicians who either refuse to look at that measure, as of too frightful a mien to be examinable, or who...

by the Austrian Government, that the military demonstrations on the borders of Switzerland have for their object the maintenance, Pet the overthrow of its independence. The Diet...

vic- tims a day, has interposed to check the rejoicing which the people would otherwise have prolonged on occasiOn of the King's marnage. That event, which occupied so many...

take place this year. The cause assigned was a fear that some insult might have been offered to the dignitaries that attended it. . The ship Ganges is bringing home 60,000/. in...

the Thames Police Office on Tuesday with propelling his vessel beyond the legal speed. The complaint was laid under the 42d by-law of the Mayor and Aldermen, by the Watermen's...

THE King has not been prevented by the untoward event at Ascot from visiting Egham ; although, from the unfavourable state of the weather on Tuesday, his presence there was...

in the Officers' Mess-room, in the Tower of London ; when Thomas Florentine, a private of the 1st Regiment of Coldstream Guards ' stationed in that fortress, was convicted of...

The Dutchess of Kent visited Llanberis on Saturday, and in her way passed through the town of Carnarvon. The loyal inhabitants seem to have been highly gratified. The Uxbridge...

office of Sheriff. The candidates were Mr. W. Foster and Alderman Steward; the contest terminated in favour of Mr. Foster, the Whig candidate, by the narrow majority of 7. The...

the other day, at Farlemh-Bridge. His wife had been out to a party, much against his inclination, and was intent upon going to a second. The husband, find- ing no entreaties...

William Gates, cler k to the Directors and Guardians, was lately practising some of the yeomanry cuts with a bent sabre; when ' by some accident, the blade struck against his...

Dr. Doyle has addressed a long letter to-the Marquis of Angl esey, on the doctrine advanced by the IVIarquis, not for the first time, that all opposition to an existing law must...

then the high winds and colder weather will, we fear, stop then growth, and diminish the quantity and quality. From the Weald of Kent we have various reports : at some places...

The following is a summary of the reports since our last— New Cases. Deaths. Recoveries: Saturday 703 239 431 Monday 1,747 676 978 Tuesday! • 518 219 330 1,051 333 611...

THE REGISTRY.—In the country, the registry seems to have wortait - \, easily„aathe.followieg specimens will show— ) I 'In Glasgow, the claims far - ensolmentamouralo 7,024; in...

The long talked-of steps for expediting the arrival of the London mail are now about to be taken. On or before the 6th of next month, it will reach Greenock about four in the...

is calculated that not above one fourth (575 out of 2,159) will vote for the Anti-Reform candidate, Provost Hadden. Indeed, apart from po- litical considerations, it was not to...

of Cashel, has pledged himself to vote for a total abolition of Tithes and a repeal of the Union. KILMARICOCK.—Captain Dunlop, the candidate for the Kilmarnock ilistriet of...

We noticed the arguments of the Court-Martial on the case of Somerville the week before last. We now give an extract from the evidence upon which the arguments may be supposed...

THE DUKE OF YORK'S DEBTS.—The Committee of the creditors of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York again met yesterday, at the Thatched House Tavern, where some new claimants...

ing. She left Oporto on the 22d. At that date, every thing remained in statu quo. SARTORIUS sailed on the 21st to renew the blockade of Lisbon. His conduct in the late rencontre...

Despatches have this day been received at the French Embassy from Paris, by which it appears that a favourable prospect is entertained as to the negotiations on the Belgian...

Oporto to the 23d ult. The Emperor presses strongly for 3,000 or 4,000 men, in order to be able to take the field. Admiral SAirroilius has by this conveyance written to the...

Abercromby, late Lord Chief Baron of Scotland, and nephew to Lord Abercromby, will, it is expected, fulfil the duties of Secretary of Le- gation at the Court of Berlin, under...

BIRTHS. On the 28th ult., at Worton Hall, near Richmond, the Right Honourable Lady Lounr, of 'lion and heir. The Lady SUSSEX LENNOX, of a still-born child. On the 24th ult.,...

THERE is great solicitude, apparently, that properly qualified persons should be elected to serve in the Reformed Parliament. It is a question whether this or that c o r a ....

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Stroud, 27th August 1832. SIM—I Congratulate you, and all the friends of freedom, on the late glorious :victory` gained by the People of...

Caper Fife, for SOAIERVILLE the soldier, has been paid over to those who take charge of the General Subscription in his behalf. We shall inquire into the practicability of a...

A PROSPECTUS, accompanied by a very enticing little lithograph, has been circulated extensively about the north-west end of the town, of a statue in bronze, proposed to be...

The Earl Rollie, from Bengal, put into Mauritius on the 10th May to repair, having 'encountered some severe gales. It was feared she would have to discharge. Arrived—At...

AMONG the candidates for a seat in the Reformed Parliament, we find, for the first time as far as our reading and recollection go, a member of the Society of Friends. The...

to the present date Silver coined from 1817 to 1831 Melted down £32,374,090 14,850,840 7 7 11 6 47,224,930 1,500,000 15 0 5 0 £48,724,930 15 5 £8,582,834 500,000 11 0 10 0 About...

Consols closed at 84 to 4, and Exchequer Bills at lls. to 12s. premium. In -consequence of the favourable news from Oporto, Portuguese Scrip rose nearly 2 per cent. on Saturday;...

THE TORY PARTY. LAST night's Standard gives a melancholy but somewhat ludi- crous view of the state of the Tories. The Standard has been lamenting for a long time, that though...

Tral following Police report is a sample of what we sometimes sleet with two or three times a week. It is impossible to read such things without painful feelings and melancholy...

l i ne Duke of YORK'S creditors seem to be in an uncomfortable plight. A great part of the debts remains unpaid, either because the assets have run short, or because the...

IT is almost a charitable duty to point out, for the benefit of those who, like ourselves, are condemned to vegetate in the smoky at- mosphere of this deserted city, the few...

- What voice of awful sound Is that which thrills the ear? It shakes the nations round, And tyrants learn to fear ! It is the warning cry Of Liberty, who calls, With shrieks...

from this heartless piece of German royalty to the mother of Napoleon. It is understood to be the only communication that she has ever made to a family to which alone she owes...

LET no one confound these Memoirs with those finished forgeries which now so commonly issue from the French press,—such as the Memoirs of Madame Du BARRI and of Louis the...

BIOGRAPHY, Memoirs of the Duchesse d'Abrantes (Madame Junot). Volume III. Colbumand Bentley. Preview. The lieldenmauer ; or the Benedictines. By the Author of " The Pilot,"...

THIS is the second of Mr. COOPER'S European novels. It would seem that he is determined to show the world how far he was for- perly indebted to the abundance of his materials,...

33asinEs the extrinsic qualities of cheapness and uniformity of ap- pearance, the distinctive feature of this collection of novels is that the authors are their own editors :...

out contemporarily with the Heiderernauer, —as if to shame She authoLout of his desertion of the Red Indian and his lunting-grounds.

Slavery,. as it exists in one West India Islands. The doctrines are those- of the decided Abo- litionist. It is curious to see to how many useful and important objects the...

PICTORIAL PERIODICALS. • MR. MAJOR, to whom we are indebted, amongst other pictorial adis,, tions to the library, for the best cabinet edition of the works or HOGASTH, has...

A REVIEW exercises a kind of literary police. The Foreign- Quarterly Review, just published, has before it, as the newspapers say, "a singular case of fraud." A soi-disant...

DR. LARDNER'S work on the Steam-Engine is the most compen- dious and generally useful work on this great power. The bulky and voluminous writings on this subject, by able...

especially interesting; for it contains, besides a new view of Newstead and its curious old fountain, and one of Hucknall Church—three very pretty drawings, in WESTALL'S...

in the en- gravings of the Fourth Part of the Gallery of the Society of Painters in Water Colours. The scene from Twelfth Night is beautifully en- graved, by BACON, from the...

IVInes as we like GEORGE CRUIKSHANK as an illustrator, we prefer him infinitely as an originator; when his rich humour gushes out spon- taneously, directed only by the channel...

Words and Music by Mrs. • Whatever be the name of this unknown lady, she has studied with some success. Her harmonies are arranged with the freedom of a practised writer ; and...

Voices. By W. KNYVETT. The only fault that we find with Mr. KNvvErr's later glees is, that they have too much the character of harmonized airs. We admit that,- with such a...

This monthly publication, designed for amateur flutists, exhibits a mixture of good and bad, as most of such periodicals (especially for an instrument of such limited power)...

"Come to our cottage." 1 "Home of our childhood.Songs. By GEORGE LINLEY. Neither of these songs is deficient in the first requisite of a ballad— melody. Their claims to...

de- signs (for he has adapted some of his illustrations of MILTON to this object), but they have no new features ; except that there is a hardness and a want of distance in...

Who Mr. CAMPBELL thought of, when writing the words of this song,- does not appear ; but in looking over the music, we could not avoid thinking of poor MIC KELLY, from whose "...

masterly etchings of the Old and New London Bridges. Now that the last ves- tiges of the redoubted old structure are fast disappearing, we are anxious to possess some memorial...

Illustra- tions of the Waverley Novels are also collected in a separate work, publishing in numbers, to correspond with the first edition of the Landscapes. The First Part...