THE only great measure which the Government has the slightest chance of carrying during the present session—the Irish Poor- law — was brought forward in the House of Commons on...

consists chiefly of uninteresting rumours. In France, the pre- valent notion that the Government is tottering gives rise to many reports of changes in the Ministry. Among the...

THE IRISH POOR-LAW. THE IRISH POOR-LAW. The House of Commons, on Monday, went into Committee, on the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to consider that part of the Royal Speech...

arri- val at St. Sebastian of a reinforcement to General EVANS. That operations on a large scale will soon be commenced against the Carlists, is the general opinion ; but the...

taken prisoner by the Texian adventurers, has been released and despatched to Washington, for the purpose of negotiating with the United States Government for a recognition of...

THE chief event at the Brighton Palace, where Dulness has taken tip her abode and is loth to depart, is the completion of the King's minia- ture by Mr. Newton. There appears to...

Liberal Members of Parliament, dined together at White Conduit House, on Wednesday, to celebrate the return of Mr. Wakley as Member for Finsbury. Mr. Wakley himself had been...

At a special general meeting of the Court of Common Council, on Monday, a resolution was adopted in favour of the introduction of the Poor-law into the City of London, by a vote...

trial of the action for libel brought by Lord De Ros against Mr. Cununing, had terminated on Saturday evening in a verdict for the dslindanl. This was equivalent to the...

quisition to the High Bailiff to call a public meeting, Wednesday last was appointed ; but the Church party determined to oppose the resolu- tions, and signed a...

lie does not intend again to offer himself as a candidate for the re- presentation of that borough. He tells them, that although some per- son- have paid more than their share...

Mr. Woulfe, the new Irish Attorney-General, was reelected Mem- ber for Cashel on the 10th, without opposition. The Tory papers say that Mr. Edward Hayes will again come for-...

was not allowed to walk over the course. Ou Ttw-.1iy, the day of nomination, Mr. Leader appeared on the hustings at A■1. shury, and proposed Mr. George Dashwoud, the Liberal son...

Mr. James Kennedy, who accommodated Lord Palmerston with a seat for Tiverton when his Lordship failed to secure one for South Hampshire, was gazetted on Tuesday, " His Majesty's...

SATURDAY. TILE Paris papers which arrived this morning state, that much dis- satisfaction exists on account of the removal of CLAUSEL from the African command ; and that...

Mr. Robert Ferguson, M.P., has been appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Fifeshire, in the room of the late Lord Rosslyn. If Ministers had searched the country to and fro, they could...

Ill WI' liS. On the 15th inst., at !Shyster. the Viscountess CHETWYND of a daughter. On Ors 12th last., at Sltelswell, Oxfordshire, the Lady LOCISA SLATER I IARRISON of...

way last night.. They read the Irish Grand Jury Bill a second time ; and amended the Suspension of Marriages Bill in Committee. It appears to have been very necessary that this...

of Messrs. Hetherington and Cleave, which were seized for stamps under the old law, have been restored to them by direction of Mr. Spring Rice. We are glad of this : it is a...

Nightly Shelter to the Homeless," is fur. warded to the Chairman of that most useful institution. We will attend to the subject or our benevolent correspondent's letter : It...

The Corr missioners fcr Cohnlizil 4 South Australia have ta eeived lettiTs fiunh t :pi...! tt r part of the v. --,I• witteit :tie e , arlwied eon_ %Tying e e tile r s to the...

The Church party had a meeting to-day, at the Freemason's Tavern, to petition Parliament against the abolition of Church-rates. Of course the resolutions were carried, for the...

appointed Commodore Lord JOHN Hay to be a Companion of the Bath. Here we have another proof, that whatever complaint individuals may have against the Admiralty, that department...

WITH much satisfaction we now present our readers with a copy of Mr. Gaom's intended Bill " to enable Electors of Members to serve in Parliament to vote according to their own...

custody, was argued this morning in the Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor dismissed the petition, as insufficient, but gave leave to Mr. Criattur

was—Vigors, 244; Bunbury, 239. At Dungarvan, the majority of Power over Galwey on Wednesday was 89.

A CAPITAL travestie of the tragedy of Douglas is performing at the .Adelphi, with laughable effect. Mrs. STIRLING'S grave caricature of the costume and airs of the tragedy...

STOCK EXCH•NOI, FRIDAY A [TER lOOrr. The pressure for money in the commercial world still continues, although the exchanges have not experienced any further decline, and the...

That leave he g iven to bring in a Bill to abolish the Property Qualification of Members of Parlismeut." AYES. Sharpe, General Steuart, Robert Stran g waya, Hon. J....

the Maltese which must result from the abolition of the grain monopoly in Malta, at advise him to look at an article in the Times of Wednesday, wherein The mortification of a...

as Hamlet; and was so favourably received as to venture on a repetition of his performance on Thursday. T. P. COOKE is going the round of his sailor parts ; and Illy Poll and...

for Monday. That at the St. James's is a drama by Mrs. S. C. HALL, called The Refugee ; in which BARNETT is to play the principal cha- racter. The Olympic burletta is entitled...

force; and on Monday next he is to play .Rolla. This ought to be his most successful character, being one of the class best suited to develop his physit al po rers and coarse...

The Abercrombie Robinson. Scott, for 111:oltas ; and Prince George, Chilcalt, for Ceylon; have put back to Falmouth, having experienced heavy g ales: the latter is leaky and...

PREPARATION FOR EASTER. AT length, the most thoroughgoing and sanguine of the sup- porters of Ministers—those even whose opinions usually agree entirely with their wishes—begin...

THE first impression made by the debate of Monday or. this sub- ject is, that the speeches on both sides of the House were full of bitter reproach to past Governments. The men...

MR. SYDNEY SMITH "feels compassion at the very name of a Curate ;" and knowing, as he must know, the miseries which Curates suffer, not merely from the " res angusta demi," but...

Mr. HUME is to call the attention of the House of Commons to the late Brevet Promotions, and other branches of the Military Administration, on Monday next. He will have no lack...

THE people of this country have been so long habituated to regard gambling, in one form or another, as the favourite amusement of persons of rank and fashion, that it is only...

THERE is no put of the British shores where a place of shelter for shipping is so much required as on the stormy and iron-bound coast of Cornwall; while it fortunately happens...

Ova notice of Lc Nozze di Figaro, in the second edition of last week's Spectator, was necessarily brief; and we willingly recur to so welcome, so inviting a subject. This opera...

Tim example set last year by BLAGROVE, LUCAS, and Co. led imme- diately to the establishment of a rival firm ; and this season Moat, Warrs, and Co. are first in the field. The...

TO THE EDITOR OF TilE SPECTATOR. Isliniton,1411 February I7. Silt—Some years ago I made a faint effort, through the medium Of your journal, to draw the attention of the public...

BLAGROVE, LUCAS, and Co. were not far behind their rivals ; for their first concert was on Thursday night, at the Hanover Square Rooms ; and, having attended both in the course...

TO THE EDITOR or THE. SPECTATOR. Stn — I take the liberty of offering a few remarks on the letter signed " AN UNERANCHISED RENT-PAYER," published in the last Spectator. Your...

Illsormor, The History of Party : from the Rise of the. Whi g and Tory Factions, in the Reign of Chntles II., to the l'ussing of the Reform Bill. By George Wingrove Cooke, Es...

'THE second, like the first volume of Mr. COOKE'S work, is rather a history of ministries than of parties : whence we infer, that the actions of Whigs and Tories are much more a...

THIS work is published " under the Direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the SJciety for- Promoting Christian Knowledge." Its object is to...

LEAVING out of view the common herd and authors sui zeneris, there are four kinds of novel-writers. The first and highest deals with general nature,—more modified, it may be, by...

AN election to fill the vacancies in the Society of Painters in Water Colours took place on Tuesday, at the Gallery in Pall Mall East. There were no fewer than nine candidates....

THE main object of this well-considered pamphlet is to advocate a double standard of gold and silver, or, if that should be objected to, a standard of silver only. In the latter...