THE session of Parliament is drawing towards its close ; the mem- bers are weary, so are the public ; yet business does not progress with that rapidity which in an ordinary case...

siege of Paris is raised. - The appeal on which the decision was come to was that of GEOFFROY the artist. It was heard on Friday. The delibera- tions, agreeably to form, were...

will it ever be other- wise? Letters from Antwerp, published in the French journals, say that, on account of the position in which Earl GREY is placed with the King, England...

against the licentiousness of the DresdefinewsprpErs;04-:" told his Majesty plainly, that if he do not interfetretheii'rep sion, the Prussian troops will take the matter '; n...

1. STATE OF IRELAND. The state of Ireland was brought under the notice of the House of Lords on Monday, pursuant to ll notice of Lord RODEN'S, which had been delayed to allow of...

the Honourable J. PONS° NHY, Mr. EDWARD ELLICE junior, and Mr. WARD, embarked on board a steamer on Wednesday, at Woolwich, to join the Talavera, at Sheerness. There are...

A deputation of the freemen of the City waited ee the Lord Mayor on Wednesday, to request the loan of the Guildhall, in which to cele- brate the passing of the Reform Bill by a...

of holding LevcA■; he returned to Windsor in the evening. There was a report, during the week, of the death of the Qeuen's niece, tic Princess Louise; hut it has proved to be...

Lord Nugent, it seems, took offence at something that Mr. D'Ismeli said on the hustings at Wycombe the other day, and a duel was likely - to be the cons - equence ; but the...

at Ken- sington, died on Tuesday, of hydrophobia, in consequence of a bite re- ceived on Whit-Monday. In Shoe Lane, on Tuesday, Mr. John Lumpton, formerly of Wool- wich, in a...

forty-five in num- ber, manned by the peasantry, destroyed the whole of the Scotch weirs in the New Ross river, for about six miles. A party of' military from - Duncannon Fort...

day no -case of interest was tried. Yesterday, the trial of Smithers, accused of The Old Bailey Sessions opened on Thursday ; on which day no -case of interest was tried....

this lady (whom, in despite of her marriage, the reporters persist in designating Miss Bagster), has been sitting every day during the week, greatly to the delight of the...

Mr. W. Ponsonby was returned on Thursday for Knaresborough, instead of Sir James Mackintosh. 3Ir. Coke means to retire from his honourable labours. He has sat in the House of...

Abstract of the Net Produce cf the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended oth Julv 1631 and Stir July 1832, showing the Increase 4 'ustoms Excise Stamps...

l'n renuuiu's'rs,-1t. Amphlett, 11.A. and C. Shorting, B.A., nf St. Peter's College, Can a l 'rile , ', have been elected Foundation Fellows of that society ; and T. Fell, B.A....

BIRTHS. On the 3.1 inst, at his house, Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, the Lady of the Right lion. TIIONIAS ERSKINE, of a daughter, which died the same day. On the 30t1,...

0_ C. W. Forester to be Capt., by purchase, vice Dashwooil who retires; Cornet Hon. II. Pitt to be Lie*, by purchase, vice Forester ; Lord A. Paget to be Cornet. by purchase,...

3er.y 4.-At a Convocation in the Theatre, the Honorary Degree of Doctor in Civil Law was conferred on the inflow in" Gentlemeu-The Earl of Bandon; Lient.-Gen. Sir '.1'....

Lord Al- thorp is understood to have stated, that his Majesty's Ministers have ratified a treaty with France and Russia, binding the contracting par- ties to guarantee the...

FRIDAY EVENING. The Arabian, from Bristol to Bengal, was spoken on the 8th February, in lat. 7 South, 73 ong. 77 East, discoasted and under jury-masts. Arrived—At Leith, June...

au- thorized to take tithe of potatoes ; but as potatoes were unknown in feudal times their application has been refused, as having no foundation in history.— Morning Herald....

A report was current in Paris, on Wednesday, that Soult was going to spend a couple of months at the waters of Mont d'Or. So at least says, the Herald. It would appear that all...

of our Paper is this day devoted, have been drawn up at an expense of labour much greater than a newspaper is for the most part disposed to give. We have but one request to make...

90 deaths, and 146 recoveries. There remain 886. In Liver- pool, there are now 198 patients. The last Irish reports exhibit a remainder of 1,003. There was a rumour of the...

Consols closed on Saturday at 85, and Exchequer Bills at 10s. to 12s. prem. The former close to-day at 85 to 11, and the latter at the same prices as on Satur- day after a iv -...

THE first point to be settled is, who are the Electors? We shalt' therefore begin by stating, in as plain and intelligible terms as possible, the qualifications required in...

COUNTIES to lie divided and to return two Mem- bers for each Division; with the Boundaries of the several Divisions. ELECToRs-4s. .freeltulders 101. ropyhoblers ; 101. sixty and...

a struggle involving principles which are not without interest to the nation at large; and we smoke no apology, therefore, for bestowing upon it a space and consideration that,...

Barnstaple.—Major F. John Fancourt has started for this borough, on the Liberal interest, in opposition to Mr. Hodgson the brewer, one of the present members, and a Tory.- Mr....

A FRIEND has pointed out to us, that, in our last week's article on "Pledges," there is a passage inconsistent with our previously- expressed opinion on this subject. In that...

THE financial accounts of the quarter ending on the 5th instant exhibit a large deficiency of revenue, not only as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, but with...

ZEAL WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE Is one of the things to be now especially guarded against, for there is much of it abroad. The electors of Blackburn required a pledge from Dr. BOWRING to...

PAGANINI has come back to carry off a few more of our sovereigns, and seems likely to reap another good harvest. His first concert, at Covent Garden Theatre, last night,...

WE regret the bringing out of Macbeth, both on account of Mr. MASON; and of M. CHELARD; the composer. It has interrupted the triumphant and profitable current of success which...

THE sunshine of the last fortnight, while it has cheered the hearts of the proprietors of Vauxhall and the waternien, has lengthened the faces of the managers of the Minor...

THIS is a book which will repay a perusal : its popular style will render it perhaps more useful than a more original or scientific work. Unluckily, persons on whom the general...

THERE is a critical slang. respecting Historical Novels, which de- serves exposure. It is said that they confound our notions of truth and falsehood ; that they mix up fact awl...

HISTORY. The History of Spain and Portugal, Volume III. (Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, Number XXXII.) Military Memoirs of the Duke of Wellington. By Captain Moyle Sherer....

A BRITISH MERCHANT, puzzled at and smarting under the presl sure of the times, takes to reading SENIOR On the Cost of Pro- dating Money. The Professor affords him no...

IN Weal and WO in Garceloch, Miss MARTINEAU has continued the history of the people With whose characters and condition she had made us so thoroughly well acquainted in the...

THIs is a most extraordinary piece of nastiness, perpetrated by a . lady in America, and adopted by Mr. THomAs TEGG, a very respect- able person in Cheapside,—for what reason,...

for i32; which we have received from that distant co- lony. We can say this—that it is a thousand times superior to any almanack published in England prior to the years in which...

THE Union of THOMAS MOORE and THOMAS CAMPBELL has been celebrated with due pomp. The noise made about it gave us to expect that the Metropolitan was about to produce a giant...

the whole of Mrs. BRUNTON'S voluminous novels of Self-Control and Discipline—the two best religious novels in the entire round of the circulating library. Discipline is preceded...

second . volume, forming No. XXXII. of the Family Library., It is a very interesting compilation, ably condensed from ample stores.

the Nature, Use, and End of the Office of Dean Rural : it is from an old manuscript by Dr. PRIAULX, who was Dean of Chalke at the Restoration. The pamphlet is edited and...

BRITISH INSTITUTION. Tin: Annual Exhibition of Paintings by the Old Masters, at the gallery of this Institution, opened on Wednesday. It is a treat that always surpasses our...

Grand Tour. Mr. DOWNES appears to be a most industrious note-taker, observer, copier, inquirer, and recorder. We can say no more for him, than that it is very probable that his...

is one of those things which, fortunately, are getting much into fashion —a new edition of an old book. Admiral BYRON was, on his own account, a very celebrated man in his day ;...

of theRegicides, forming Family Library, Number XXXI., is a workmanlike per- formance; but we do not like the spirit in which it is composed : it is altogether Quarterly...

Lffe, is a little volume . of maxims after the manner of our ancestors. It consists of venerable aphorisms, which repeat in various forms the folly of wickedness and the beauty...

that excellent geographical work the Edinburgh Cabinet Library, —have arrived at a second edition : some improvements have been made, and the whole submitted to a general...

THE Second Number of the Gallery of Portraits, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful knowledge, contains Flaxman, i Copernicus, and Milton. The head of Milton s...

full and entertaining account of the Zoological Gardens, with memoirs and anecdotes of the animals contained in them. The compilation is exceedingly creditable to the industry...

on Entomology, entitled Alphabet of Insects. It seems part of an ex- tensive plan. "Alphabets" are about to be published of Plants, Birds, Kitchen Chemistry, Heat, and Cold—in...