FEASTING and speechmaking are the order of the day. Radicals, Whigs, and Tories, differing on other points, agree that this is an excellent mode of " improving " the...

is not parti- cularly noticeable. The insurrection makes progress in Spain. We mentioned in our second edition last week, that GOMEZ, the Carlist General, had penetrated into...

gives us pleasure to add, that as far as we have had the means of ascertaining the results, the Liberals have gained ad- ditional strength. The Parliamentary Registration has...

will be amicably adjusted, gains ground, from the pacific tone adopted by the French Ministerial newspapers, and from certain symptoms of a disposition to give way, on the part...

The demand for gold has not ceased, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer uses no means to relieve the Bank of England. It is not probable that the existing difficulties will...

Monday, with a speech from the King. His Majesty assured his subjects of their increasing renown, wealth, and happiness, under his pa- ternal government; and, unless this were...

The large room in the City of London Tavern was completely filled on Wednesday, by an assembly of the inhabitants of London, who met to form a Society for the Abolition of...

by the discovery of a conspiracy to overthrow the Con- stitution, in the very regiment which was most forward to proclaim it on the night of the 9th of September. Means were...

THE week has passed without the usual visit of the King to London. Their Majesties remain at Windsor Castle, seeing very little com- pany, and occasionally taking rides in the...

the Uletnas are quarrelling; and that MAHMOUD has resolved to cut them off in a body, as he served the Janissaries.

received from the " highest quarter," that the "accident " which the Em- peror of Russia met with, was really an attack upon his life. We give the letter alluded to. " You have...

The members of the Reform Association at Newcastle-upon-Tyne assembled on Tuesday evening, and, after a long discussion, passed re- solutions, declaring the necessity of a...

Central Criminal Court, an Order in Council, dated 21st September, directing that " the Gaol of Newgate shall henceforth be appropriated only for the reception of prisoners...

the Red Rover, occurred on Monday afternoon. The Magnet left Margate in the morning, with 150 passengers ; the fog being so thick that she ran aground, not far from the...

the back of an omnibus in Holborn, another omnibus being close behind : suddenly the omnibus on which the boy was riding stopped ; when pole of the other struck him violently....

hursday, Mr. Coppock assured the company, that "Middlesex was safe," and that "no earthly consideration" could induce Mr. Hume to quit his post in that county. Mr. Coppoek also...

in Norfolk, Sussex, Essex, and Kent, the four counties on which the Metropolis mainly depends for its supply, states that "the straw is decidedly short in bulk, but that the...

are everywhere beating the Tories at the Registries. The Dublin correspondent of the Times admits that the Liberals are everywhere beating the Tories at the Registries. It is...

sell property seized for tithes ; but they have been unsuccessful, as the peasantry assembled in thousands, and overawed any person who might have been inclined to become a...

At a recent meeting of the National Association, Lord Stourton was admitted a member ; having sent a subscription of 10/. Lord Rossmore and Mr. Hyacinth Talbot also joined the...

Nation Reform. Besides having persons appointed to vacant offices solely on the ground of their fitness, it is represented in answer to the question, what has the new Council...

the monu- ment of Shakspeare at Stratford-upon-Avon. The Bishop of Ripon will be confirmed on the 5th, and consecrated on the 6th of November, at York. Sir Edward Kerrison, M....

severe and protracted fit of illness. —Limerick Chronicle. The Limerick Chronicle of Saturday has the following announce- ment: " St. George's Church was yesterday given up for...

The Cupar dinner to Sir John Campbell, on the DM', was a very spirited affair. Sir John was escorted by a procession from the home of his brother, Sir George Campbell, to...

con- stituents on .Mondity, in the Waterloo Rooms. He remarked upon the principal measures of the last session ; defending his own conduct and that of Ministers, and impugniog...

On Tuesday last, sailed from Gravesend, for Adelaide, in the new colony, the John Renwick, a fine ship of 500 tons burden. This ves- sel contains 131 emigrants of the following...

The ostensible motive for his visit is to talk over the marriage of the Inincess Mary with Louis Philip. Thiers left Rome for Paris on the 1st instant. It is said that he was...

Parliament was prorogued by commission, on Thursday, to the 20th of December. Lords Cottenham, Melbourne, Langdale, and Holland, were present at the ceremony. Dr. Charles...

wasorrice, OCT. 2L—Coldstream Regt. of Foot Guards —J. Wedderburn, Gent. to be Assist ..Surg. vice Hunter. promoted. 19th Foot—Lieut. G. Pinder to be Capt. by purchase, vice...

and when one of the players, a noble lord, had shuffled the cards, Mr. — placed his hand on the pack, and called for the groom-porter. When the latter entered the room, Mr. —...

from the 26th of July to the 18th October, is published in the Gazette last night, as under— LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation £17,936,000 Securities X28,845,000 Deposits...

in the district of Cupar Angus on Thursday week, and addressed them in reference to the principal measures of last session. On the subject of Peerage Reform he said— lie a...

of Edinburgh. At a meeting of the Town. Councilon the 14th, it was stated that the Magistrates had offered to pay the creditors of the city 15s. in the pound,—half in cash, on...

fortnight. His Lord. ship left his seat, Brougham Hall, Westmoreland, on Wednesday week, as was stated, but not with the intention of immediately coming to London. The Duke and...

S ATURDAY NIGHT. Intelligence favourable to the Spanish Liberals was communicated in a second edition of the Times this morning. It is to the effect, that General ALAI,/...

the - ..7ndicate1Lr of the 17th, a report that Mr. VILI.IERS, the British Am- bassador, had died at Madrid. This rumour was circulated in the theatre of Bordeaux ; but the...

able to the Liberals. At Tiverton, the Tories have been boasting that they would secure a majority against Mr. HEATI1COAT and Lord PALMERSTON ; but the result of the...

Under the very proper title we have just quoted, the Examiner of to-morrow marshals a number of sentences, against the remarks in last week's Spectator, on the new political...

the 17th instant. The President merely uttered a few formal sentences, and then a Committee of seven members was appointed, with whom the deputations from each Canton will...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Some importance was yesterday attached to the weekly meeting of the Bank Directors, as it was believed that a resolution would be then adopted...

The Doncaster, Pritchard. from Mauritius to London, was totally wrecked off the Cape of L;0041 hope on the 17th July, and all on board perished. Arm - bed—in the Downs, 18th,...

an attraetive title for a drama ; and the good knight's simplicity might be developed very pleasantly by an actor of congenial humour : but to think of Int ing " the Spectator "...

the Lyceum Theatre a few years since, under the title of The Freebooters, was re vived there on Monday night. It is an excellent opera, though not one of its author's best ; and...

THE reception which Mr. EDWIN Foitnasa, the American tragedian, met with at Drury Lane on Monday, must have convinced him of the hearty good.will with which an English audience...

TO TILE EDITOR OF TILE SPECTATOR. Portrane, Ireland, 19th October. Sin—In the Spectator of the 15th instant, in the article headed "Ireland,', I find that my name is...

THE old-fashioned tastes of the Madrigalians seem to generate corre- sponding habits. Their season begins when the days shorten and the leaves fall, and when the fireside is...

LEGISLATIVE REFORM. THE Spectator is formally called upon by the Standard, to supply a distinct plan of Peerage Reform, which would not produce an Oligarchical or a Democratic...

IF Lord MELBOURNE has any doubts respecting the new Tory policy, let him consult his Attorney-General, who knows well enough what the Tories are about. "Plain JOHN CAMPBELL "...

WHEN we first heard of the determination of the Cornwall Whigs to discard Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, we felt convinced that neither Sir WILetast nor the cause which he supports...

Seen is the title which the Standard gives to our controversy with the Examiner. In not much worse Latin, we have named the new AV hig-Radical variety of which the Examiner is...

WE have been agreeably surprised by these volumes. Instead of a novel, which the title, on its first announcement, seemed to pro- mise, Astoria is the history of as grand and...

CONSIDERING the Whigs as a kind of tamed down race, that, Phcenix fashion, rose from the ashes of the fearless and uncom- promising promoters of the Great Rebellion, Mr. COOKE...

HISTORY, The History of Party; from the Rise of the Whig and Tory Factions, in the Reign of Charles II. to the passing of the Reform Bill. By George Wiugrove Cooke, Esq....

the length to which its review has extended, have caused us to postpone the notice of some works, and to delay the examination of others that have reached us. Amongst these are...

HINTS FOR FORMING - PROVINCIAL GALLERIES OF ART. A PARAGRAPH found its way into the London papers a few wet ks ago, which stated that the Liverpool Institution for the...

portraits of the female nobility, and views, by DANIELL, of country. seats, that have appeared in the Court Magazine. The portraits of Lady CAPEL, by HURLSTONE, Lady Howe, by...

Woon, Esq. Easy and familiar; sometimes pretty.

The Catch Club Prize Glee for I836—" Fair is my love." Composed by JOHN LODGE, Esq. " The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club" is nearly coexistent with the existence of the...

Melody by GEORGE STEPHEN, Esq. The melody of this song is pleasing, though not original; the accom- paniment occasionally not "quite correct."

Arid, designed by PARRIS, is, we are told, a portrait of a young lady who is about to make her debut at one of the large theatres. The figure is graceful ; the limbs are round,...

by T. H. BAYLY and others ; the Music by H. HERE. Whether these songs were originally written to the words now at- tached to them, or to any words, does not appear : we incline...

THE title, Gems qf Beauty, would have led us to expect a series of cameos with exquisitely-designed figures and busts a l'antique, had we not been previously aware that Mr....