STIRRING times produce able men and great measures : our times • produce those resolutions of Lord John Russell which the House ef Commons have this week been induced to hear,...

STATE OF THE LABOURING CLASSES. In the House or Commons, on Monday, Lord JOHN RUSSELL brought for- ward the resolutions of which he had iiriven notice some time ago, develop-...

members of the Repeal party who are called " Young Ireland,"— though, being young, they, like all youths, dislike and repudiate the epithet of juvenility,—approve the scheme to...

The pliant Cortes of Spain have been dissolved, and simulta- neously the new " constitution" has been proclaimed; so that the last revolution will be consummated during the...

THE Queen's birthday and the attendant festivities have signalized the week. The natal day itself, Saturday, was passed in more private rejoicings at Clare- mont; where a select...

A Court of Common Council was held on Thursday, for the despatch of busi- ness. A communication was read from the authorities of Christ's Hospital, de- cidedly repelling the...

sport and a small assemblage of company. The Craven stakes of 10 sovereigns each, started for by three horses, were won by Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle, ridden by...

The Roman Catholic Bishops closed their deliberations on the Government Col- leges Bill on Friday; when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted- ' That baying...

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland met at the New Hall, on the Castle Hill in Edinburgh, on Thursday week. In the forenoon, the Marquis of Bute, as Lord High...

Altar/En—Off Dartmouth, 27th inst. Northumberland, Bird, from Madras. Off - Sal-. combe, 26th, Elephants, Boss, from China. At Plymouth, 26th, Wellington, Liddell, from Madras ;...

FftaxcE.—The subject of political di.cussion in Paris, during the past week, has been a misunderstanding between France and Morocco. The facts are not very clear ; but this is...

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, during their tour in Belgium last year, in pa ssing through Bruges, visited the St. Sebastian Society in that city, and inscribed their names on...

POSTSCRIPT SATURDAY NIGHT. Many subjects of interest came before Parliament last night; but our exhausted space will only permit us to describe each discussion in its drift,...

of the slave- trade concluded between France and Great Britain, which was signed on Thurs- day. It consists of a preamble and ten articles. The preamble states, that the present...

Windsor Petty Sessions last week, of poaching on Prince Albert's game, and committed for two months, has been released; "a gentleman from London" having paid the fine, 101. lls....

been questioned in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, the Minister of the Interior declined to state any particulars respecting the negotiations between France and Morocco;...

with the abdi- cation of Don Carlos, who is sty "King Charles the Fifth" of Spain; an event which was commnnicated to King Louis Philippe, in Paris, on Monday last. The...

En= EXCHANGE, FRIDAY APTrasoote. The occurrence of the settlement of the Consol Account on Tuesday produced scarcely any effect; the speculations entered into having recently...

to chronicle their doings needs little more than an enumeration of the last po- pular pieces. The career of The Enchantress at Drury Lane, which was interrupted during the whole...

The illuminated Panorama of London by moon-light, as seen from the top of St. Paul's, forms the grand attraction at the Colosseum in the even- ing, and is a more beautiful and...

THE Italian Opera company is now in full force, running the usual routine of the season, with undiminished eclat; and the arrival of Carlotta Grisi has given a crowning grace to...

THE NEW COLLEGES FOR IRELAND. Tan "fair and reasonable terms" on which the Irish Roman Catholic Prelates are disposed to coOperate with her Majesty's Government and the...

THE inquiries instituted in Scotland by the ambulatory poor-law commission of the Times newspaper will be productive of great benefit. Less is known of the state of society in...

THERE are people-who do not possess ideas, but are possessed by them. If they stumble upon a good thought, they are sure to spoil it by incessant repetition. If they hit upon a...

THE pillory of Parliamentary Committees or Running Rein trials; produces as little effect on the genteel vateriens of the turf an a hanging does on the vulgar pickpockets who...

'Yakima, A Glance at Belgium and the Rhine. By Thomas Ramsay, Esq Cattier. Brotrukrnr, Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth's Reign ; of their gallant Deeds, daring...

Is a very able work, not merely for its medical views, and its literary merit, but for the sensible principle—the wisdom of experience—that pervades it. With extensive...

THIS volume is a sort of sequel to Mr. Barrow's Life of Drake; its production stimulated, probably, by the success of that work, and by the materials that turned up in the...

From May aut to May 29th. BOOKS. Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth's Reign; of their gallant Deeds, daring Adventures, and Services in the infant state of the...

FIFTH PHILHARMONIC CONCF-HT—MONDAY MAY 26. PART 5. Shemin in A minor, (No. 3) Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Recit., "Ungliickseerge," Mademoiselle 5 Mendelssohn Bar- Aria, "Fahret...

We perceive that the two sisters Milanollo, who lately gave an experi- mental concert, are about to perform again in public. These youthful violinists should be heard, for they...

The first of a series of matinees in illustration of a very characteristic department of Sebastian Bach's instrumental music, was given by Mr. Moscheles, on Thursday last week,...

TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS. A MA rtnt.E statue of a Greek Slave by Mr. Hiram Powers, an American sculptor, is attracting crowds of fashionable visiters to Messrs. Graves's in Pall...

The annual concert of this pianist, on Friday in last week, was dis- tinguished by the attendance of the principal Italian singers as well as the other special notabilities of...

WAR - OFFICE, MAE 30.-2c1 Reg. Drag. Guards--Capt. II. B. Head, from 15th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice W. N. Custanee, who retires upon half-pay as a Capt. Unattached. lot Reg....

of sculpture in silver, the prizes for the winners at Ascot and other races excite some in- terest, as showing the progress of taste and invention among the modellers for...

speci- mens of his Portfolio of Lithotint Drawings, preparing for publication by subscription. Looked at as they are shown, mounted and framed, it is at first sight difficult to...

dians, the representatives of eighteen different tribes, is exhibited at the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street. These pictures are all taken from the life, by Mr. Inman, an...

tures of Egypt and of Cairo, are now again exhibited at Mr. Hogarth's Gallery in the Haymarket; preparatorily to the publication of the Egyptian portion of Mr. Roberts's great...

Tuesday, May 27 PARTNERAIIIFS DIRAOLVID. P. and J. Raphael, Ratcliffe Highway, cigar-manufacturers—Throssel and Period Dunnington, Yorkshire, tuachnie-makers—Limmer and'Rose,...

On the 14th May, at Gibraltar, the Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Louis, second In com- mand of the Royal Artillery in that fortress, of a daughter. On the 18th, at Bryngwyn...

BRITISH FUNDS. 11 per Cent Consols . Ditto for Account . 3 per Cents Reduced 35 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock,? per Cent India Stock, lei Exchequer Bills, Ild. per diem...