a speech from the King, on Monday. Loris PHILIPPE had nothing particularly interesting to communicate to his Parliament. His troops had gained no victories abroad, and not even...

Tun class which can effect the abolition of the Corn-laws is be- t tilting to exert itself for that purpose. Our columns this week .ord the proceedings of the Manchester...

Montreal, by the packet-ship Cambridge, which left New York on the 2d instant. Both the Canadas were free from disturbance; and public attention was chiefly directed to the...

week the death of this Administration will be announced. In the meanwhile, we give the names of the persons who have ac- cepted office— Don PEREZ IDE CASTRO President of the...

Great Powers are agreed as to the conditions" on which the dis- putes between Belgium and Holland are to be settled. We hope at may turn out that the English Ministerial journal...

- T!,:s install:et ion, contemptible Is it has been, proves t h e alienation of the Frei, ii-Cau.liati people to an extent whirls I dill not credit—to the fullest ex- t , ,, t...

accounts of the dissolution of the Jamaica Legislative As- sembly. by Sir LtoNEL SMITH. This measure was rendered neces- sary' by the ret'u , :al of the Assembly to attend to...

in the latest edition of the Spectator last Saturday, we published the following letter trout Lord Durham in answer to a request that his Lord- ship would appoint a day for the...

the people of this country, when even they who assume the office of public instructors, and a newspaper possessed of such acknow- ledged resources for obtaining correct...

Viseonnt Millrtnrne - went with the Queen to St. Georg , ? - s Chapel on Sunday, and afterwards walked with her Majesty on the terrace of Windsor Castle. On Monday, Viscount...

Tuesday, Mr. Baylis 'loved a resolution which declared, that " any measure hay ing thr its abject the opening of the Post-office for business on Sundays," would " offensive to...

parish of Lambeth to get rid of the Church-rate ; but on Monday evening the Churchwardens gave up the point, and announced their intention of not applying this year for a rate ;...

Wednesday, at the City Arms Tavern, Hammersmith. The principal object which called them together was the presentation of a very hand- some piece of plate, an epergne, to a...

dined together at the Freemason's Tavern on Monday, Earl Spencer in the chair. The dinner was excellent, and the talk about the breeding of cattle very interesting to those...

the trial of John Joseph Lawson, printer and publisher of the Times news- paper, for the libel on Sir John Conroy. The prosecutor had ob- tained an absolute rule for a criminal...

who also had assumed the names of Reed and Moffatt, was found guilty of stealing some clothing, a clock, and other articles. He was transported for life : being an old offender,...

A special general meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures was held on the 13th, to cousider the propriety of petitioning Parliament to repeal the...

to the number of about four hundred, dined together on Tuesday, in the Town-hall. The principal persons were Sir Francis Burdett. Lords Bradford, Sandon, Teignmouth. Sir Eardley...

Morning Chro- Bich', partially- contradicts the statement g iven last week as to his treat- ment of the widow Hin g e : but the 1.tter is written in so slovenly and contitsed a...

According to the &nutting Mercuq, he told the Marquis of Exetar's serfs, that " as there was more than a probability that there would be a change of administration almost...

the evidence g iven at the adjourned inquest on the body of Joseph Millie, murdered in the Neweastk- Savings Bank. and the verdict of the Jury The principal witnesses were...

in Shropshire, and at Bradley, near Huddersfield. The Magistrates of Ipswich forwarded a complaint to Lord Hill of the conduct of the Military stationed in that town, who have...

The entertainment to Mr. Craig by his late constituents in the First Municipal District of Glasgow, took place on the 13th, and seems to have been a well-managed and spirited...

north of Dublin, was resisted by the debtor, a wealthy farmer named Ward, assisted by his two sons and six peasants. The Sheriff was supported by Police and a party of Lancers....

A statement went the round of the newspapers last week, that Lord Morpeth had assured a deputation of gentlemen connected with private railway companies, that Government would...

Queen Adelaide arrived at Malta on the 5th of December. and was received with great honour. The city of Valetta was illuminated, and a splendid ball was given on the occasion by...

the Hull Working Men's Association, is an indignant protestation against the exe- cution of the American prisoners captured in the Canadian warfare. The Colonel draws a parallel...

Lord Durham. * There is only one sentence in the Spectator's long self-repe- tition that contains the slightest novelty : and that novelty is an un- truth. It says that we have...

of the British Navy. It was compiled from official sources by an "old and valued naval correspondent" of that journal. BRITISH SHIPS OF TIIE LINE NOW IN COMMISSION. *Britannia...

Falkirk refuse their future support to that gentleman, on :tumult of his objection to vote for Universal Suffrage. At two recent meetings. they passed votes of "want of...

N D EAT!' S. 111IITIIS. Oit the lthli inst., at Adelstla0p House, the Lad}' EI.EANI0t CATHCART, Of a sou and heir. Ou the 1411i inst.. at the Rectory, Abbots Atm, Haat,. the...

SATURDAY. At length we have Indian intelligence, from the bead-quarters of the Government. The Agra E.rtroordhutry Grrzette of the h it 11 of October contains a proclamation of...

reader recollects, arrived at New York on the 23d of No- vember, in sixteen days front Cork. She had plenty of fuel, and proved herself a capital sea-boat. The Roscius, one of...

have memorialized Lord John Russell to institute inquiries into the cases of the Dissenters imprisoned at Carmarthen. They strongly urge upon Lord John, the fact that John James...

from Or. unit: on the suMect of the NVesttninster meeting; o Melt We Iris u' nut nom to read, cr room to pilot. The Doetor says that the iusertion of his letter has beau...

an " immediate and total repeal " of the Corn-laws. A petition to that (effect• proposed by Mr. ConnEN, as an amendment to the unsatisfactory Directors' petition offered by...

f.r transmit- thee- to les a copy or 1,o , I 1)1'l:11.%%1' , rcply 111.• addross from Sunder- land. It arrived w hen oar c-luanis were' fall : and tleeigli must be very...

being deter- mined to (11,:contItt•nallev the l'recursor agitation, The noble lord is fearfed of tin-felting his aequired popularity ; he therefore will retire with grace. and...

the voyage from New York in fourteen clays. She brings Presi- dent VAN IlemeN's Message on opening the second session of the twenty - tilt h Congress of the United States. This...

DroIN was elected President of the l'.'hatuber of Deputies by a narrow majority. late on Wednesday evening. The numbers were— De PIN 153 PAssy 178 Votes hest 4 The...

Arrived - .11 heal, lien. 21 , 1. .V.I.etion. From It iiel:a1; Kart of Balearras, V.eux. from 'Itin.I. .11 P■•11 , momik, Yilltone, Perris. fr ; 21 , 4, Waterloo. to,. from...

PowEn returned just in time to enliven the dulnesc of the week before Christmas. and to fill to overflowing the measure of merriment in the holyday-time. The Haymarket dispenses...

trick in the Ex- chequer Bill market. Two hills for Low/. each, bearing interest at three halfpence instead of twopence per diem, appeared without any notice of the alteration...

endeavour- ing to put on the screw, as it is technically termed, with a view of ren- dering money scarce." Communications from Lancashire respecting large cotton operations are...

brought no news of importance. The United States Marshal at Auburn bad suffered Bill Johnson the pirate, and one of his comrade's. " General " Dirge, to escape front custody.

..f* attention. The i i inr ceb;,4, tier, Lan .• eeperi; n(.•.1 11.1 , to NI; eNtentled esrt of ; 114'■ `11 , '11.1 0.11' 1!■ 1.•■i011 .14' ;till! and :silver to...

as seen at the Olympic ; where you are presented with a seem- ingly actual vista of shops, with a pathway between that is practicable for walking upon ; so that we almost...

of the Covent Carden pantomime—time out of mind the best of all. Drury has the congenial one of Jack Frost, with WIELAND us Clown. The Adelphi also will have a pantomime, as...

Lyceum an entertainment of the kind of Museatt's Promenade Concerts at Paris. The pit of the theatre is boarded over level with the stage, which is thrown open to its full...

The Messiah was performed last night by the Sacred Harmonic Society, in Exeter Hall. The opening recitative and air were sung by Mealiest with the grandeur and energy of an...

[From the Globe, Ike, 18.] If the next session shall not be one of prartical measures to alleviate a state of things exceedingly similar to that whose pressure produced the...

Ax elaborate apology for the heresy, which we censured with some freedom a fortnight since, is put forth in the Birmingham Journal of the lath. We are not sure, from his manner,...

THE LETTER TO THE QUEEN. WE last week, briefly, but with promise of return, noticed the sub- ject of a pamphlet recently published, addressed to the Queen,* and which has been...

Dublin paper, the 31mi- for, a systematic misrepresentation of our qualified and conditional sup- port of Lord Durham. Here is a specimen- " The Spertatnr—(and while we write...

linfintAPHY. It',quoin; of Charles Mathews, Comedian. By Mrs. Mathews. In 2 volt's.. Bentley. Mer Aneient seottisli .ledies. front n Matiuseript of the reign of James VI....

THESE Memoirs contain only part of the Life, stopping at the commencement of the thr-finned At Homes:' and persons who have formed expectatilm;is of the vvork froitt their mint...

ARAM` twenty years ago, an ancient musical manuscript was be- queathed to the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh, by the late Miss ELIZABETH SKENE, the last lineal descendant of...

THE gradual inpourings of the medical publishing season have brought so many books before us, that it will be convenient in noticing them to divide them into two classes,—one...

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS—That we are compelled by a regard to our own convenience, to make the change hereinafter specified in the Literary department of the SPECTATOR,...

By THOMAS STEPHEN. Incidents of Travel in the Russian and Turkish Empires. By J. L. STE- PHENS, Esq. In 2 vols. An Account of the Kingdom of Caulad and its Dependencies, in...