THE attention of the House of Commons was called to the ques- tion of West India Slavery on Tuesday. The occasion was the delivery of a petition by Mr. BROUGHAM. At the meeting...

of Algiers, and the capture of 1500 cannon with the ships in the harbour; which were the only particulars mentioned in the telegraphic des- patch received at' the French...

THE LYING IN STATE. Tire- preparations for the exhibition of the remains of George the Fourth to the vulgar gaze of those whose scrutiny when living he was so averse from-...

new seals for the Secretaries of State. His 31ajesty was much cheered on his arrival and departure. His Majesty seems resolved to encourage those demonstra- tions of attachment...

took place yesterday in the Crown and Anchor. They mustered between three and four hundred ; Mr. Monck, the member for Reading„ in the chair. The resolutions were moved by Mr....

July, though less lamentable than that of last year, is disgraceful to the coun- try of Ireland, and doubly disgraceful to its governors. At Armagh, notwithstanding the...

of the eight charges against him. On the first indictment, a case of receiving, he was found guilty. A point of law was reserved for the Judges ; ; Mr. Phillips contending, that...

two of them named " Knox," and one named " Thompson "—no Christian designations given—and the fourth with out appellative Christian or patronymic, were charged at the Marline....

the origin, or only the pretext, we cannot exactly say, but the issue of it has led to numerous contests for superiority between the Scotch and Irish labourers in different...

months ago, an account of the murder, by two carters named Thomson and Dobie, of a miserable woman named Paterson, near the village of Gilmerton, in the neighbourhood of...

been mystifying the identity of his Majesty. He is, it seems, not one William, but four Williams rolled into one,—William I. of the United Kingdom ; William II. of Great Britain...

happened at the King's funeral, was one in which Sir Astley Cooper was a sufferer. Some ambitious personage had clambered, for the purpose of seeing the ceremony in the Chapel,...

ADVICE TO RING WILLIAM THE FOURTH. - COBBETT'S REGISTER-4f any rate your Majesty does not seem disposed to shut yourself up ; and you may be assured, that this has given very...

BIRTHS. On the 12th instant, in Old Burlington Street, the lady of Sir WILLIAM HEATH. COTE, Bart. M.P. of a son. At Melbourne, in the county of Derby, the lady of the Rev. 3....

PREFERMENTS. The Rev. W. Hazel, M.A. Chaplain of Christ Church, has been presented by the Dean and Mastership of that Society to the Head-Mastership of the Grammar School,...

STOCK EXCHANGE" FRIDAY EVENING. —There has not been much business, here during the week, and the general character of the transactions resembles those of last week. Money is...

OXFORD, July I0.—This day the following gentlemen were admitted to degrees :— Doctorin Civil Law—J. Hardwicke, Esq. Balliol College. Mas'ers of Arts—Rev. C. C. Barton, Christ...

Arrived.—At Gravesend, July 10, Calypso, Hutchinson, from the Cape. In the Downs, July 15, H. C. S. Hythe, Arbuthnot, from China. Off Portsmouth, July 15th, Waterloo, Addison,...

other advice, is more frequently tendered than accepted. We have no reason to suppose, that amidst the din and hustle that will be spread over the land in a few days, our voice...

STATE FUNERALS. " Sepulcbri Witte supervacuos houores." PAGEANTS are relics of barbarism, and proportionate to the bar- renness or meanness of the understanding is the delight...

some remarks which have appeared in the Times on the sub- ject of the late King. According to its views, nothing but an actual gout and dropsy would suffice to convince the...

present moment puzzling our contemporaries more than their very ob- vious derivation would seem to justify. " Wall" is merely the old spelling of " well," in the same way as "...

have been com- posed in honour of the present King, when serving as a midshipman in the Royal Navy."—Court Journal. [What are the names of these several songs ? When were they...

Red facings are to be substituted for white, and blue trowsers for the white inexpressibles which form at present full-dress uniform. Other facings, more prized by their owners,...

" Buy, buy, buy !"—Butcher is Clare Market. PERHAPS the most curious feature in the approaching election is the general lack of candidates. There never was a period when the...

THE KING'S OWN.* Otru naval writers are determined not to be outdone by the Yankee novelist who first launched a-romance on the wide waters. We had no idea There was such a mass...

A LADY-LIKE production. By which we mean, that the passion is decorously mild, the ideas are of the fashionable hue, and the phrases not inelegant. The subject is conceived in...

OF all professional men, the physician is perhaps the most de- servedly esteemed. His ready intercourse with every rank of the community, gives a frankness of demeanour—his...

arrear in Music, and Short Notices of New Publications. It would, however, be out of place next week, to mention that the Mirror of this week gives the best sketches of Algiers...

noted for its mastiffs, that the Roman Emperors appointed an officer in this island, with the title of Procurator Cynegii, whose sole business it was to breed, and transmit from...

WE have been favoured with a sight of this beautiful piece of portrait sculpture ; which is not quite finished, but only waits the finishing strokes of the master's chisel at...

LAWRENCE'S works still form the best attraction of the print-shops ; and to those which we have already noticed are added—portraits of Mrs. FAIRLIE and of Dr. Woi.LAsT ow,...

AN ANSWER TO THE ARTICLE ON THAT SUBJECT IN THE "WESTMINSTER REVIEW," NO XXV. [IT was said of a celebrated orator, that he was " great in reply"—he needed some sophistical...

MR. MARTIN'S MEZZOTINT OF HIS PICTURE OF "THE FALL OF NINEVEH." Tins magnificent print is engraved from the last great picture painted by Mr. MARTIN, and we may say, his best...

Tuesday, July 13. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. DRAPE and NONE * Brighton, chinamarehonsenten—lIzat, GREEN, and CO. Birmingham, factors — BULL and BILLINGTON. Tarporier, Cheshire,...

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, July 12.—Royal Regiment of Artillery : C. Percival!, Gent. from the 6th Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Coward, placed on half-pay. WAR- OFFICE,...

BRITISH. 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account ....... • 33 per Cent. Old 34 per Cent. New . . 4 per Cent............. Bank Stock .. India Bonds ....

TO THE *lorttator+ LONDON : SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1830.