THE House of Commons met again after the Easter recess on Monday ; and immediately proceeded to the discharge of what Ministers are apt to consider its most useful function—the...

be able to maintain his ground in the midst of the difficulties which press upon him on all sides. He admitted, when attacked in the Chamber of Procuradores, that his efforts to...

Deputies favourably disposed towards any Ministerial project ; but the report even of this committee is expected to be un- favourable towards his scheme for taxing beet-root...

In the House of Peers, on Tuesday, Lord DUNCANNON moved the second reading of the Iri sh Constabulary Bill. He explained the chief provisions of the measure very briefly, and in...

THE King came to town on Wednesday, and held his Levee at St. James's Palace. Among the company, which was not large, were the Duke of Norfolk, the Marquis of Anglesea, Earl...

was held on Thursday in Exeter Hall, for the purpose of giving ex- tension and increased efficiency to the Protestant Association formed in June 1835, and whose existence has...

The members of the City of London Conservative Association, with a considerable number of invited guests, dined at Covent Garden Theatre on Wednesday. For nn hour or two the...

Thursday respecting the election of an Organist ; when the Church party succeeded in appointing Mr. Cope, by a majority of 89 to 73. In the parish of St. Mary, Newington, the...

on Monday when petitions to Parliament, against the bill for removing the market now held at Smithfield to Islington, were adopted; after a long speech from Deputy Hicks, who...

libel, brought by Mr. Peter Borthwick, M.P. for Evesham, against the proprietors of the Bath Guardian, was tried before Baron Bolland and a Special -Jury. The libel was said to...

conviction on a charge of improperly administering Alorison's pills was mentioned last week, was sentenced to pays, fine of 200/. to the King ; which was immediately discharged,...

Mr. O'Connell dined at York on Thursday, the 7th, with a party of 300 "Reformers. After dinner, he addressed the company with his accustomed eloquence and success on the topics...

title of of Lord Oratittiore ; and hums a Varallry is created to the representa. tier of the county of Mayer. Several candid:les have beets hauled; entente them, Air....

As the messing of the rooks portends a storm, it is worth while to mention that the cunning baronet (Sir George Clerk) has come down from London, and commenced a cativess in...

Duke of Wellington to attend their grand dinner on Wednesday : they stated that public business was the cause of his Grace ' s absence; but while Mr. Hoare and Mr. O'Sullivan...

a single pauper in Horsham Workhouse, although this is the house for the reception of the able-bodied paupers oldie whole union, comprising ten pari , lies; nor is there within...

The'' powder " has been " kept dry " in Dublin to some purpose. The statue of William the Third, in College Green, was blown up early in the morning of the 7th ; to the great...

It is stated positively in the Ministerial papers, that Dr. Allen is to be Bishop of Bristol, Dr. Butler Bishop of Lichfield, and Dr. Shut- deworth Bishop of Ripon. We presume...

is treated of in another page. At the chess or yeinco perform- ance, last night, something was dune to obviate the lateness of the second pint, by omitting a number of the...

to Sio'reed 0,30114.1 ART1114: it , I ilit't•InOf or Van Ph.tricit's ; and that Sir Ph:Ar- t:RINE .11.4 414.AND is to proceed to Aligit'ils

suttee ctf Wit.t.ta:.1 the Third it, I tablin ; least so says the Sionebtrd. Would it not tie hour to replace the fractured and co:a- ft:Wed statue with a new and somul ni n e...

Tin: "'retell Play , have commenced this season wider Elimut auspices. The St. James's Tlentre is a ("trim; temple for the groin , of 21I01.11.111: to preside over, and JENNY...

Foreign (Alive this Inca eing.

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.r ill years, lea, a v, v " A Ider- Mali, hilt 15-,l nn t: !I r. %vie, lips hit( firma .1 in the Tory pap.•r.. as Ow tel inset. lir 1:;fraqint. The raih , st rd . the I wo...

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1 farrow, to it bishopric. '1 hat atrangement has not yet been com- pleted ; and before the congi" d'i'kes is actually issued, we would ask Lord MEhnocaNE whether he has really...

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their labours. Two homer:int decisions have been given this week : CHU in favour of the sitting Members tigailist the legality of thuGrand Jury cess for 18:35; and...

The Coeueol Market has experieneed a decline, and is generally much heavier than it has been for some time. The real cause of this depression is. wo be- lieve, to be found in...

departure 4. The Commissioners recommend that the convict-colonies in England from the principle of laissez nous faire. But do the —the great jails of New South Wales and Van...

MR. EWART'S motion for leave to introduce a bill for dividing the landed property of intestate persons equally among their chil- dren or next of kin, deserves notice. In the...

Moss. opportunely with reference to Lord CorreNHAsfs Bill for depriving the Chancellor in the House of Lords of his jurisdiction in appeals against his own judgments elsewhere,...

THE Tories of the City mustered in great force at Covent Garden Theatre on Wednesday. The set-out was splendid, and nothing that the pocket could command was needed. Not less...

IN areviove: ce'etans w e 1 a •- e an aeco t.f the trial at Ta r' ••'•'l i , t a vettl•et with Had. dam:tees against CI.. ■•f ::,tn (ea-eV/ere for it !Wel on Mr. PETER...

We have long thought and said, that the right impulse to musical taste i;1 this couatry will be given by the middle classes. Any combined eillet from the Aristocrecy in its...

SOME managers are so steeped in ignorance, that advice—even flagella. tion—availeth nought to turn them from the wrong course into the right. Nut so the Philharmonic Directors,...

THE real Opera company arrived last week ; and the season began on Saturday, with La Gazza Ladra ; in which Geist, RUBINI, TAMBURINI, and LABLACHE, sustained the principal...

ALTHOUGH not less celebrated and perhaps more influential in his day than BAXTER, HOWE is at present not so popularly known. Some of this difference in the posthumous reputation...

into great agitation by an impending scandalous lawsuit, which, after thirty years of peaceful enjoyment of it, is about to deprive of a fortune of 30,000,000fr. a noble,...

HISTORY. The Despatches, Minutes, and Correspondence of the Marquis Wellesley. K.G. during his Administration in India. Edited by Mr. Montgomery Martin. Vol. I. Murray....

THE name of GRISI, great as it is in song, bids fair to become no less celebrated in the dance. A cousin of the Geist, CARLOTTA by name, made her debut at the King's Theatre on...

WHEN preparing the second edition of the first volume of his History of the British Colonies, Mr. MONTGOMERY MARTIN became " more strongly than ever impressed with the...

THE previous volumes of Mr. BARROW have chiefly derived their interest from the nature of the people and the scenery amongst which he travelled, and the distinct though not...

"Boz" has commenced a periodical under the title of the Pick- wick Club ; which feigns to be a record of the sayings, doings, and adventures of a knot of aspiring Cocknies,...

an in- tended series of ana, which the editor appears to hope may derive some novelty from a classification, if they possess none in them- selves. The contents of the volume...

THE third volume of SOUTHEY'S edition of COWPER completes the Lfe and commences the Letters. Of the latter it is unnecessary to speak ; they are beyond the need or the power of...

divine, whose fluent emphasis of style passes with many for the higher qualities of animation and vigour. His History of the Reformation (LARDNEWS Cabinet Cyclopedia) will...

and Divinity, and the Army and Navy ; one satire being devoted to each profession. The writer apologizes for his verse ; but his verse is the best part about hint : had his...

thing; and the Aphorisms if Junius, which Mr. G. T. FISHER has been at the pains of selecting from that extraordinary writer, is not the kind of argument to convince us of our...

lithographed by LANE, is just so much of a resemblance as to enable us to guess without looking at the inscription whom it is intended to represent. CHALON has taken twenty...

very difficult undertaking—the adaptation of JOHN WESLEY'S Compendium of Natural Philosophy to the state of science in the present day. When it is remembered that little was...

Parliamentary Test-Book, with division-lists on some important questions, and corrections and additions, so as to complete the work to the present month. Our readers are aware,...

THIS splendid publication comes so rarely under our cognizance, and' its merits are of so high an order, that we cannot be content to let it pass among the rank and file of our...

WE chanced to see the other day a cabinet-picture of " Shylock after the Trial," by ALEXANDER CHRISTIE ; which, as the first work of a painter almost self-taught, is of such...

at Bristol in respect to the past state and present condition of the charges on its trade, the best mode, in the opinion of a very active and industrious " Burgess," of...

and controversial matters, that it has little general interest. The learning and acuteness displayed will give it value with per- sons, of whatever creed, who arc fond of...