true, the British Minister for Foreign Affairs has revived an extraordinary demand formerly made upon the Porte, to abolish slavery through- out the Ottoman empire! The...

WIELTRYBR may become of the dispute between the Govern- ..ments of Prance and England, however menacing the aspect kept up in London, there are still in Paris signs that the...

a council of Ministers, assembled to deliberate, separates without coming to a conclusion. Such is the present state of the country about whose future government British...

The annual civic pageant and festival took place on Monday. As the day was very fine for November, a large assemblage collected to assist at the spectacle. The proceedings...

famine has been effectually provided against, we have further proof of the extent to which the Irish have been trading on the -dearth and the English intervention. The...

Mr. Grantley Berkeley has addressed another immensely long letter "to the independent electors of West Gloucestershire," as a reply to the pro.- ceedings at the recent meeting...

THE Queen and Prince Albert came to Buckingham Palace for a few hours on Saturday; the Prince having to attend a meeting at the office of the -Dutchy of Cornwall. Monday being...

The accounts from Ireland continue to be of a more favourable cha- racter. Employment has become general; and the price of food is very decidedly lower. The cargo of one of four...

A very interesting public entertainment was held at Edinburgh on the 4th instant, in the Music Hall. The object was to celebrate the establish- ment of the " Philosophical...

FittarcE.--The. ceremony of registering the marriage of the Duke de 'Montpensier and the Infanta Luisa in the archives of the Royal Family of France was performed at the Palace...

Some of the Opposition journals announce a Ministerial coalition. We see the statement in the Morning Post; and we find it again somewhat compressed and put forth as if on...

day, having left Monte Video on the 13th September. She has brought home Mr. Hood; the results of whose mission are thus stated by the • Times- " By this arrival, we are sorry...

intelli- gence, despatched from Lisbon on the 8th instant- " The troops had marched from Lisbon to attack the Conde das Antes, whose, head-quarters were at Lelia. The army that...

SATURDAY NIGHT. There is some mystification about the new Board for managing the affairs of the Dutchy of Lancaster. The Times has a long article on the subject; but the...

On the 3d November, at Ovcrdimsdsle Hall, near Darlington, the Lady of the Bev. J. W. Smith, of a daughter. On the 3d, at Bt. Thomas's Parsonage, St. Helen's, Lancashire, the...

Aaarrs33--In the Downs, 9th Nov. Alexander Baring, Wilson, from Calcutta. Off Fairlelgb, 12th, Assam, M'Alpine, from dittO• At Portsmouth, 10th, John Oldham, Canney, from Bombay...

- Tulle, county Clare, and at Newcastle, county Limerick, against the Su- perintendents of the public works, had ceased. The offending parties have expressed their contrition,...

the late Army promotion by Brevet—the name of Lieutenant-Colonel Per- ronet Thompson. Brevet promotions go by seniority. Colonel Thomp- son was the oldest Lieutenant-Colonel...

Spectator gave notice of from a private source some weeks back, have been officially pub- lished by the German papers. The decision of' the Congress that assem- bled finally at...

Ports, was present yesterday at the opening of the swing-bridge forming part of the new works in the extension of Dover Harbour. The proceedings were con- ducted with much...

at the Mansion- house on Wednesday next, with unusual magnificence. Among the de. °orations, a prominent place will be assigned to a splendid piece of tapestry, worked in...

place in Algeria, from the overflowing of the river Arrach after very heavy rains. The village of liaison Carr& was nearly swept away, and twenty-three persons were known to...

morning— " TO Tint EDITOR OF TUE TIMES. .• London, Nov. 13. " Sir—It having been asserted in the Newcastle Journal of the 31st ultimo, and in the Spectator of the 7th instant,...

A new opera, called Loretta, a Tale of Seville, was produced on Monday at Drury Lane. The dramatist, of course, is Mr. Bunn, who has established a re- gular monopoly of the...

Broca $xaaAseL. FREDAY AFTERNOON. The decline of the Northern exchanges, which has been noticed in a previous number, has been accompanied by its usual result, a rise in the...

During the Parliamentary recess, a correspondence between the Master of the Rolls and the Treasury respecting the building of a Public Record Office has been published. It seems...

night, and not on Wednesday) will furnish matter for comment next week. The French performances at the St. James's (which commenced last night, and not on Wednesday) will...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sm- , --Your correspondent "An Amateur" has displayed a singular boldness in questioning the genuineness of the "Bacchus and Ariadne," so long...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 21, Great Tower Street, 9th Nvventber 1846. SIR—Towards the conclusion of your article on " The Education of the Edu- cator," you state your...

PALMERSTON HOSTILITIES WITH FRANCE. Onn account of the impaired friendliness of the relations between Britain and France has been confirmed from a quarter open to- the best...

GOODS exported into Belgium must now be accompanied by cer- tificates of ori,,e-in ; otherwise they are charged an extra duty. The object of this exaction is to allow the...

WHEN the plan of a Retired list of Captains of the Navy was brought forward by the Government, we submitted some obser- vations on the proposed measure,* and on the system of...

TOWARDS the close of the last session, the Home Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer promised, that during the re- cess they would seriously consider the question of...

Tun Queen, it is asserted, has decided that the Wellington statue shall not remain on the top of the arch at Hyde Park Corner. This story has been contradicted on presumption,...

Wm are to be educated under a system of national education ?- Not the nation, but the individuals composing the nation. It is from not seeing this distinction, that so few form...

" Quand II est question d'eatimer la puissance publicus., le bel esprit visite le palate do prince, sea ports, Fes troupes, ses arsenaux, sea vines; in vial politique parcourt...

Biooaarirr, Memoirs and Correspondence of the Most Noble Richard, Marquis Wellesley, R.P., B.O., D.C.L.; successively Governor-General and Captain-General of India; Bri- tish...

Tim name of Mrs. Holland still survives as a living entity in juvenile literature ; but as a novelist it is almost traditional, like Mra. Opie's and Mrs. Brunton's—preserved by...

THE Buchanites were a small and obscure sect of fanatics who made some stir in Ayrshire for about ten or a dozen years towards the close of the last century. They derived their...

BOOKS. Correspondence of John, Fourth Duke of Bedford: selected from the Ori- ginals at Woburn Abbey. With an Introduction, by Lord John Bowel Volume III. Walter Hamilton • a...

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1846. Wes-envies, Nov. 9.-Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the fhllowing Moen to take rank by Brevet as undermentioned ; the commissions to be dated...

Tuesday, Nov. 10. PARTNERSHIPs DISSOLVED. Scott and Rolph. Liverpool, wine-merchants-Allen and Co. Heath, timber-mer- chants-Sutton and Holland, Greenwich, grocers-Redfern and...

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Boum i. Monday Tuesday. Widnes. nowt. Pr,day. 11 per CentConsols ...... 911 91 911 941 211 949 Ditto for Account . 911 941 941 941...