The Dutch papers contain a curious announcement respecting the disputes ini fhe principality of Brunswick. The States, it i said, have received a communication from the English...

The chief features in the French news of the week, are the death of the celebrated BENJAMIN CONSTANT, and the trial of the late Ministers. CONSTANT qaught a severe cold in the...

THE KrNG.\- -OnL sY-dIIOSdy, I os M^jesty. held a Court and levee at 'the Palace of St. James's. Thle Earl of Gtisgow was sworn a Privy Couneillor, and Mr. Bathurst as Clerk...

I Our old friend Lieutenant Siipp is again in the field, and nearly as amusing as ever. We have riot had sufficient leisure as yet closely to examine his Bijozt. Mr. FRASER has...

The Stories of Anericar. Life are only edited by Miss MITFORD. We were at first disappointed. We had imagined that Our Village had been makini_ a trip to America, and that...

The Romancc of the lHistory of France, by LEITCR RITCHIE (aigen- I tleman who seems to have been nanmed by the chirping, birds), is by far the best of this series. If tlere is...

FINE ARTS. Views in Greece, from Drawings by EDWARD DODWELL, ESq F.S.A. I I .1 .- A _r A ce L- s alp n 1m -^ -A of This is a republication of the splendid Views which appeared...

* We have received the Transactions of the Plymouth Institution, I And value the present. The volume snal L)e laid up in our arenives. The Society seems strong: the papers are...

DRURY LANE THEATRE. LoaD BYRON'S tragedy of Werner, adapted to the stage Dy ivir. MACREADY, was brought out at Drury Lane on Wednesday; and, to the surprise of all who had read...

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. WE regard Miss INVERARITY'S appearance in Cinderella at this theatre, on Tuesday evening, as an important event in our musical annals. Not that she has...

ON TRUCKEPLY. I 1. I IT ought to be understood, that the Truck system, about. wnicti so much has been said this week, is but a bad system of banking. When the small notes were...

EDUCATION AT CAMBRIDGE. Tfo TlZ . TOy OF. THE SPECTATOR0 Trinity College, Cambridge, 9th December IhWl. 1- SM-In the SFWCTATOR of last week it is.asserted, the aussonbeing ma~e...

i SUIeRnDB.-' -A young couple, who lodged in a hoxise in 'Queen Street,. Seven Dials, were found yesterday, the temale with ner murou; Gult, anui quitedeadj Iyiiig ou1 the...

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.- -The sessions closed on Thursday.. Fifteen I peisons received.sentenee. of death. The-crimes -were burglaries and theft: none of them were. connected...

1.O3l-E- nI BY A SERVAN;T.- -A. man iiamed -James Bthi9clier, with -... I. . I - _ twvo dnfe'derates, Hulnt and Cook, wvere corimitted veaterday from QieenifSqniare...

Mr. WHEWELL is, from his character, incapable of making any statement which he does not know to be strntiy true; ana, trom his position in the University, he is necessarily...

EXPOSE' OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND POLAND. I BY A TRAVELLER, INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH BOTH COUNTRIES. WITH the exception, perhaps, of England and France, modem...

I " Humanity;" a Sacred Song. By THOMAS ATTWOOD. We had the pleasure of hearing this sung at the Norwich Festival, and we cannot give a higher opinion of its merits, than by...

I " Love, love, love;- a Song. By JOHN BARNETT. This is the song introduced by Mr. WILSON into the Duensna; where It Was placed in disadvantageous comparison with LINLEY'S...

ROYAL SOCIETY. His Royal Highness the Duke of SussEx again presided at the meeting in the evening of Thursday last. Henry Percy Gordon, Esq. was admitted a Fellow of the...

I"Tis sweet to think ;" a Sacred Song. By THOMAS ATTWOOD. I - -Mr. ATTWooD'S.Compositions. are distinguished no less by the elegrace and expressive character of. their melody,...

I '--The Denounced ;" a Ballad. By C. H. PURDAY. We recommend a little more attention to certain old-fashioned rules of composition, which we were rather surprised to find Mr....

Great Britain Illustrated. A Series of Views from Ori gnal Drawings by WILLIAM WESTALL, A.R.A.,; engraved by E. IN- DEN; with Descriptions by THOMAS MOULE. i vol. 4to. I This...

I4 "England, the land of the free ;- a Patriotic Song. By C. H. I PURDAY. A spirited and loyal effusion, and free from the blemishes which dishgure the "'Denounced."

M U S I C. Anew and improved edition of MOZART'S Masses, for Four Voices, with a separate Accompaniment for the Organ and Pianoforte, arranged from the full Score. By VINCENT...

Portraits of the Principal Actors of the Theatres Royal. Drawn I on Stone from the Life, by J. H. LYNCH. No. II. ... . .~~~~~~ Most of our readers, and all theatrical ones,...

"'What holy calm;," a Dueto forTreble Voice. Adapted to I i nlish words, frotp a Composition by BEKTHOVzN, by EDWARDX TIAYLOR.- 1- .-This duetaAJ taken-from the slow movement...

I A Second Series of Effusions for the Organ, containing Fugues, with Introductions, Swell Diapason, and other Pieces. By C. | BRYAN, Organist, Bristol. Nos. I. to Vl. _ I.' 4...

I "The merry mountain pipe ;- a Ballad. By J. A. BARNETT. I "Come, buy my hearts ;" a Song. By J. BLEWITT. These songs may stand together, as their character and merit are...

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Wednesday, Dec. 15th, Professor SEDGWICK, President, in the Chair. The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of this Society: Dr. Anthonv Todd Thompson,...

We cannot help thinkinlg Mr. CAMPBELL, who is illustrious as a poet, cuts a very ridiculous figure as an editor. His very timidity makes him rash-extreme caution betrays him...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Company's ship Edinburgh left Bombay, for China, onthe 18th July, and the Orwvell and Berwvickshire on the 2nd August. The Dunira left Bengal for China...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. I THE French are really adlnirob',e for their hearty and enthu- siastic love of talent. The funeral of BENJAMIN UONSTANT, me enlightened and patriotic...

I POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS. SPECTATOR OFFiCE, SATURDAT,.TWO O'CLOCK. Many of the letters from different parts of the country, received this mornng,givefavourable accounts...

I Dutch papers to the 15th have been received. The President of the Congress at Brussels had reported, from the Provisional Government, a favourable communication from the...

D APn nN, A rl,'P. .IT.T.TTSTRATED. : I " THiANK God," exclaimed Lord ALTHORP in the debate of Monday last, " the time at which this country could be governed by patronage is...

- Among the numerous causes assigned for the machine-breaking and stack-burning in Kent, the most ingenious is that ot Nir tUSSEY VIVIAN. Sir HussEY has made a number of...

Under the tithe system, the farmer of ten acres ploughs, sows, and reaps nine for himself and his landlord, and one ior IEne Church. If the tithe were removed, the farmer would...

I SPECIAL CO1M1ISSIONS.- -The Special Commission for Hampshire i§ to open at Winchester to-day. The Judges are Vaughan, James Parke, I and Alderson. Many of the cases are...

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.- -This must still form a heading in our I weekly news, but the length of the article included under it is. decreasing. The change of Mlinistry has done a...

PRESTOV ELECTION.- ,Thls electioa has taken a direction which n9bodf and;,Ieast of all, t1b iiuccessful candidate, expected. Mr. Himt was put'in iomination 6n'thie same dav as...

Mr. MILLINGEN, the surgeon sent out by the Greek Committee, whose name used frequently to be mentioned at the time when Philhellenes were, has at length written some account of...

I Mr. NICOLAS is among antiquaries what JOSEPH HUME iS among statesmen. He tottles up their bills; fle examines into ineir pay; he inquires into the disposal of the...

DIGESTED REPORT OF LAW PROCEEDINGS. COUR;T OF KING'S RENCIH. | Ad - _ -l - _ _ _ _ _] - A L r 1r.? I IMURRAY V. SOWLEIR.-The Jury in tMIs case gave a veraict ot vmtU. damages...

FAS11TONABT.E CHANGES.- -A special licence was granted on Thurs. . . . .1 - I - a ~ I I day by the Archbishop of Canterbury, for the marriage of Lord Ffalkland with Amelia...

AWFUL VISITATION.All -11.3 ---s -1C . Ad- -On Sunday last, about noon, a young wo. v_ A A -}. . e. .^ man, well dressed, and of very genteel appearance, was observed walking...

NEWS OF THE WEEK. I TRE SIouse 4 Commons met, as we noticed in our Postscriptlast.| Iweekon-Sattrday. Nothing of importance was transacted. Un *Monday, in the. Lords, a...

THE SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY. OUR Library does not boast the original work of BRUCE; and now that we have got the essence of his five quartos in one little fat dtuodecimo, we do not...

r We have this week to announce another revolution, in which we elieve there is not an honest man in Europe who will not sinerely sympathize-a revolution in Poland. We noticed...