12 SEPTEMBER 1835

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Thus closes the eventful session of 1835. The Tories pretend

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that their principles have gained ground in the course of it. But facts give them the lie. What was the state of their party, and of public feeling in February last—what is it...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE House of Commons, on Monday, agreed to take the Muni- cipal Bill, with all its imperfections (facetiously styled amend- ments) on its head. A meeting of the Liberal...

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Accounts from Lisbon have been received during the week. M.

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MENDIZIBAL bad arrived in that city, on his road to Madrid to Accounts from Lisbon have been received during the week. M. MENDIZIBAL bad arrived in that city, on his road to...

The news from the United States continues to be unsatisfactory.

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On the 1 lth of August, there was a larga meeting of planters and slave-holders at Charleston, on the subject of the attempts made in the North to effect the abolition of...

A good deal has been said, in the Tory newspapers,

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of the anti- cipated refusal of the Porte to allow Lord Deimos to pass through tile Dardanelles in a B1 itish frigate ; as, by the secret article of the famous treaty concluded...

The bill to restrict the freedom of the French press

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passed the Chamber of Peers on Wednesday, by a majority of 101 to 20. Orders have been sent to all parts of France not to carry into effect the reducticas in the army, required...

Another change has taken place in the Spanish Ministry. AMARILLAS,

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Minister of War, is succeeded by CASTRO DE TORENO, a worn-out old politician, aged seventy-five; ALAVA, Minister of Marine, makes room for SARATORIO, who seems to be a person of...

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113ebateit an Protraingsi in lantlitinunt.

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I. THE MUNICIPAL REFORM BILL. On Monday, a Committee of Conference was held between the Members of the two Houses of Parliament. on the subji ct of the amendments. The Earl of...

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ORANGEISM.

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TIIE Committee appointed to inquire into the origin, nature, extent, and tendency of Orange Institutions in Great Britain and the Colonies, have made their report to the House...

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TO HIS GRACE THE OHRE OF WELLINGTON. TO HIS GRACE

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THE OHRE OF WELLINGTON. The latter is certainly my e. London. Stohn September MdaeSp. MT LORD Does— "Some achieve greatnew, and some have greatness thrust epos them—Seassms e...

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Int Court.

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THE King and Queen dined on Monday at Busby Park, and on Tuesday visited Sir Gore Ousely at his seat near Blackwater. On Wednesday, their Majesties arrived in town from Windsor...

At the Brentford Sessions, on Saturday, Frederick Robinson, son of

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General Sir Frederick Robinson, was committed to take his trial on a charge of stealing a horse from a basket-maker in Hammer- smith, under pretence of hiring it. The prisoner...

BEAUTIES OF PEEL, SELECTED FROM HIS SPEECH DELIVERED AT TAMWORTH

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ON THE OD SEPTEMBER 1835. PIHDE APING Ilmer.rry.—“ In the first place. I have to acknowledge the undivided attention of this assembly, and to thank them for the enthusiaslic...

The Tories talk of proposing Mr. Richards for Southwark, in

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op- position to Mr. Harvey, at the next election. It is very probable that Mr. Richards, who has earned the reputation of being a stupid sim- pleton, will be turned out of...

trbe OtetrapsItO.

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The Directors of the East India Company gave Lord Auckland, the new Governor-General, a splendid dinner, at the Albion in Alders.. gate Street, on Saturday last. Among the...

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An accident happened on the 4th instant to the Honourable Mrs: Charles Petre, which caused the death of that lady. Mr. Petre, his lady, son, daughter, rind servant, took a...

At Reigate, on Monday, James Hill was examined before a

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full bench of Magistrates, on a charge of being one of a gang of burglars, who made a desperate attack on the night of Wednesday week, on the house of Mrs. Long and Mrs....

IRELAND.

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Mr. Sergeant Wolfe was elected for Cashel, without opposition on the 4th instant. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs elect were on Saturday introduced to the Lord- Lienteumt by the...

fir be Catintrr.

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It is very currently rumoured in Bradford, that an overseer of a town- ship within the Bradford polling district has neglected to make the regular return ; thus disqualifying...

1+11.4ccitancoud.

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Lord 'Mansfield has entered his protest on the Lords' books against the passing of the 'Municipal Corporations Bill, but has simply stated " Dissentient," and signed it "...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY NIGHT. newspapers will be suppressed by their operation. In Paris the Figaro and the Caricature, and five or six provincial journals, have already...

The Gazette of last night contains an Order in Council,

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by which the election of the Town- Councillors under the Municipal Bill is postponed from the 1st of November to the 26th of December next, and the first meeting of the Councils...

The Statistical communication from our elaborate L .mbeth correspondent 'ill

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be attended to in next Seeentor. T. It Ton " Responsibility." arrived only a little before our pages eine put to press. " Humphrey Bunt" will be considered, in the leisure of...

An article in the Vienna paper, the Allgemcine Zcitung, dated

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August 31st, laments the dangerous course affairs are taking in Spain ; and it is added, that the " accounts from England are likewise dis- agreeable." The organ of the...

It was rumoured in Paris, on Thursday, that detpatches had

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been , received from Madrid with a decree of the Queen Regent, denouncing in very vehement language the proceedings of the Liberals in the pro- vinces. Rumours of the Queen...

THE ARMY.

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011/1011 or 01IDNAKeT. Sept. 7 —Roy 0 Regt. of Artillery—First Lient Sir Henry Obsnitterlain. Part. to be. Second Capt. vice Hill, retired on half pay Second Lieut. A. Bean to...

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' Had the Orange conspirators acted with prudence, they would

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have sedulously destroyed a number of documents which throw light on the real designs of their confederacy. The drift of the following extract from a letter, written in April...

BIRTHS, AlARMAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Ill HTI1S. On the 3d inst., at Thornham, Suffolk, the Lady of Sir AUGUSTUS II. Herrmann, tart., of a son. On the 8tit inst., Mts. livenv Quist, of Pulhorongli Place. Vanxhall....

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The English Funds have shown a tendency to improvement ; and the ami- cable adjustment of the political differences between the two Houses of...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Anirol—Off Margate, Sept. 10, Atherton, Shuttleworth, from Bengal. Off Dover. Iltla, Rosalind, Sinclair, from the Cape. At Deal. 11th. Bristol, Riches. from New Auttli W ales....

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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ORANGE PLOT AGAINST OUR FUTURE QUEEN. THE Tories fume at O'CONNELL'S saying that an Orange plot, 4 ‘ a treasonable conspiracy" to alter the succession and to su- persede the...

O'CONNELL AND HIS ASSAILANTS.

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THERE is scarcely a member of the Tory faction, from the Duke of WELLINGTON down to Mr. WINTHORP PRAED, who does not consider himself at perfect liberty to indulge in the...

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THE TORY EX-PREMIER AT TAMWORTH.

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SIR ROBERT PEEL has not raised his reputation for political sa- gacity by his late speech at Tamworth. Little more than half a year has elapsed since lie addressed his friends...

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THE REGISTRATION: TORY TRICKS AND ACTIVITY.

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THE Reform Association has issued a circular containing instruc- tions to the Liberal electors on the subject of the registry. It is indeed of the first importance that the...

THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

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A STATEMENT put forth by Messrs. BRITTON and BRAYLEY,* affords strong ground for suspicion that the pretended " free com- petition" for the building of the new Houses of...

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"Neglected and slighted, different. tools.

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And to such stuff as this, English audiences are compelled to into which, of course, half the volume of sound ascended ; of the listen, while operas written by DRYDEN, GAY, and...

which sacred music so preeminently inspires, but every thing that

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The Festival began on Tuesday morning ; Monday association can furnish is abundantly supplied,—.with such an ad- devoted to rehearsal. The Princess VICTORIA and her mother m...

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noticed, that Baron VON SWIETEN'S ludicrous version of the text

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THE two best things that can be said for the new project which of this oratorio was preferred to the amended one performed at the is announced in this pamphlet are that it...

. OLITIC AT. ECONOMY,

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Ionization Commission for South Australia Longman mid Co,. N•TesAi. tilsTORY, Majesty's Parks Palaces, &c. ',MORA PUY, The Loves of the Four Roses. By Richard Wilfen D.

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JESSE'S GLEANINGS IN NATURAL HISTORY.

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THE third and last series of Mr. JESSE'S Gleanings is characterized by the same qualities as the former ones. Natural history is still illustrated as popularly and pleasantly as...

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LIFE AND TIMES OF WASHINGTON.

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THE current number of the Family Library commences a work on this interesting subject, from the pen of Mr. C. R. EDMONDS; who has brought down his narrative to the battle of...

WIFFEN'S LOVES OF THE FOUR ROSES,

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Is a sort of allegory, in which roses are substituted for ladies ; but the loves of the flowers bear no proportion to the framework in which they are set. At half-past three...

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SQUARING THE CIRCLE.

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A LETTER has been received from Senor OLIVERA LEITAO, on the subject of the remarks in a late number of the Spectator, on his pamphlet stating the discovery of a novel ratio...

FINE ARTS.

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HAYDON'S LECTURES. MR. HAYDON is engaged to give a series of lectures on the art of Design at the London Mechanics' Institution ; and he delivered his first and introductory...