led, in the present Number, to an encroachment on the columns usually devoted to Lite- rature. Next week will inform us of the Collective Wisdom of the House of Commons re-...

THE debates in Parliament during the week, have been long, and some of them important. The new taxes have been further modified. The tax on cotton- wool will be now 5-8d. per...

it did last week. The -Russians have entered the Polish territory in se- veral divisions ; but up to the latest dates, no rencontre bad taken place. The Poles are wisely...

before two on Tuesday till half-past one ; and on Wednesday Ulla quarter before nine'till Friday, and rose at half-past one, to sit again to.day from twelve o'clock to six to...

posi- tive terms, a refusal from Louis PHILIP mid his Ministry to allow the Duke of NEMOURS to be their Sovereign. The next best plan would perhaps have been to appoint the...

which the people of France have earnestly called for during the last three or four months. The intention of the King to dissolve the present Chambers was announced on...

Brunswick, has given up all intention of returning to .theDuchy ; and that his brother will remain, in consequence, in undisturbed possession.

as intended for the 8th instant ; and the ramifications of the conspiracy against the beloved MIGUEL were said to be extensive. Two decrees of that Prince, dated the 9th,...

in the Mo! denese territories, in the legation of Bologna, of Ferrara, in the States RI provisionally assigned to MAA LOUISA, Parma and Pia- cenza, in Ancona, Urbino, and Lucca....

Lon- don on Al( achy morning. The Brighton people are loud in their ex- pressions of regret; and, mingled with some little selfishness, we do not doubt that in their regret...

verted into a rebellion, have occurred in the county of Meath. It appears that a number of people had assembled at Kells and Nobbor, whose object was to procure a reduction of...

made his abortive attempt on the Northern frontier of Spain, a diver- sion was talked of as intended to be made by General TORRIJOS at Gibraltar. A diversion, or rather a...

; Mr. Hobliouse in the Chair. The Report of the Council stated, that the capital of the University was 164,0004, of which 155,0004 had been received. There were arrears, in...

the inhabitant house- The only complaint to which the deceased, Mrs. Lloyd, had been sub- holders, rated and paying scot and lot, of their elective franchise. The ject previous...

Mr. Vance came, I described to him correctly the treatment I had used. At one time,'a slight hope was entertained that her life would be preserved. I administered internally...

a variety of casts in plaster of Paris, value 2s. Gd., the property of James 3lillest Papera and partner. The principal article alleged to be stolen was a cast of Madame...

Wellington was riding on horseback in Oxford Street, the florse stumbled, threw his Grace with great violence on the ground, and then fell upon him. Fortunately, though the...

A bill was filed to restrain the Manchester Canal Navigation Company from applvine. to Parliament for an Act to convert the Maechester, Bolton and Bury Canal, into a rail or a...

CAMBRIDGE. February 25.-At a congregation on Wednesday last the following degrees were conferred :-Honorary Master of Arts-Lord E. A. C. B. Bruce, Trinity College, son of the...

BIRTHS. Lady WILLIAM MONTAGU, of a son. On the 21st inst. in Longhorn Place, the lady of GEORGE PALMER, Esq. of a daughter. At Brighton, the Honourable Mrs. ANDERsoN, of a son....

SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY, Two o'CLoca. Accounts have been received from Brussels of the ,election of M. SURLOT DE CHOKIER as Regent. The official accounts from Alrarsaw are...

Arrived. At Gravesend, Feb. 24th, Madras, Bsach, from Madras. At Cowes, Feb. 21st, George Canning, Jackson, from Mauritius, with damage. At St. Helena, Dec. 31st, W. G....

WAR-0/PviCE, Feb. 22-5th Dragoon Guards : Lieut. J. 13rymer to be Capt. by purchase, vice Sir H. J. Seton, who retires; Cornet S. M'Call to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Brymer ;...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EvENrco.-Tbe calm of last week has been suc- ceeded by very stormy weather, and severe losses to the adventurous Bulls, who then bought Stock at and above...

Rev. R. H. Whitelock, M.A. to the Perpetual Curacy of Saddleworth; Patron Vicar of Rochdale. Rev. T. Garrett, late Curate of Wilmslow, Cheshire, to the Perpetual Curacy of...

As was to have been expected, the article on Reform in the extra- ordinary number of the Quarterly Review has created a sensation of grief and alarm throughout the country. The...

or, at all events, so frittered away as to become wholly inefficient. We heard the debate on the noble Lord's motion for leave to bring in the bill ; and, to speak frankly, we...

WE are great readers of advertisements :the columns of the Times or Morning Herald, when crowded with them, form a kind of in- dex of life. Imagine the parties brought together,...

IN speaking last week of the Game-Laws, we referred to the delusion kept up by the remains of feudality connected with them: If sporting were not considered a gentleman's...

THE King and the Queen have been to Drury Lane ; and the presence of their Majesties seems—to judge by the newspaper criticisms—to have conferred new brilliancy on the School...

MR. CONSTABLE'S LANDSCAPES. "JOHN, bring me my umbrella—I'm going to see Mr. Cawnstable's pictur," said old FUSEL' to his servant; and the sarcasm was compli- mentary; for, if...

How gradually and steadily has the German school of vocal music been diffusing itself over our concerts! Its pace, though slow, has been sure: every advance has been maintained,...

WE have at length heard Madame VESPERMANN. Of a surety M. LAPORTE must imagine his subscribers the most - easy and contented of human beings, or he never would have introduced...

The Anniversary Meeting of this Society was held at its apartments; in Somerset House, on the morning of Friday, the 18th inst., for the purpose of electing officers for the...

Songs for the Grave and the Gay. The Poetry written and the Melodies selected by T. H. BAYLY. When a volume of music is presented to us, with a smart and enticing exterior, and...

Tuis is a most complete and. compact plan of London, and very elegant in its appearance, being surrounded with eighteen well-executed views of public buildilgs. Its size is only...

"The Knight of the Silver Shield." By S. NELSON. "Thou hast a white Arabian Steed." By A. BETTS. The merit which attaches to these songs is of a negative kind: they are not...

Wednesday, February IG. Professor SEDGWICK, President, in the chair. The following gentlemen—Dr. James C. Somerville, Jun., John IFI'Donnell, Esq., John Evans, Esq., and John...

J. M. HARRIS. We have seldom met with an air in which the spirit of the poetry is more completely transfused into the music, than the present. The filial reverence of the son...

W. 11., HoLmEs. There is not much originality in this duet ; but the passages are vocal and pleasing, and the arrangement is creditable to so young a composer as Mr. HOLMES.

THE French are oracles of dress, and therefore a work illustrative of the costumes of the fashionable world comes with proper grace, and bearing the stamp of authority, from a...

THE Illustrations to the first volume of Kenilworth, forming Volume XXII. of the new edition of the Waverley Novels, are by Mr. LESLIE; and we are glad that they afford us the...

MR. COUZENS has just finished two new mezzotint portraits from LAWRENCE, of Miss Macdonald and Mrs. Wolff. The former is, with- - .out exception, the most brilliant specimen of...

NELSON. We place this song by itself, in order to notice the very cool effrontery with which certain soi-disant composers appropriate the property o -others. This composition...

February 24, 1831. DAVIES GILBERT, Esq., V.P., in the Chair.. William Wilkins, Esq., R.A. F.S.A., of Weymouth Street, was pro. posed as candidate for election. The following...