THE question of the Budget still forms the principal feature of the week's debates in Parliament ; for almost all the discussions, how- ever beginning or ending, have had in...

half-past one ; on Tuesday tills quarter past two ; on Wednesday till eight o'clock ; on Thursday till half-past eleven; and on Friday till one o'clock, when it adjourned till...

for a moment to regret the loss of its connexion with France and the introduction of the Austrians—a nation of all the Oltramontani most abhorred by the lively Italians—begins...

Lieutenant-General, who shall act as head of the state until the question of the future Sovereign is set finally to rest. The depu- tation at Paris, through SURLET Ds CHOILIER,...

turbed on Monday, by an injudicious display of zeal on the part of a handful of partisans of the old Government. It appears that they had been desirous of celebrating a...

vindication of their independence-they have proclaimed themselves independent. The decree of the 'Diet of the 24th ult. declares the dynasty of ROMANOFF, the reigning house,...

, VAR is gone to that resting-place "where the wicked cease from IP troubling, and the weary are at rest." The news of an event which will clothe the New World in mourning, and...

two (No. VII. and No. VIII.) appear ill another part of this paper, acquire additional interest through the attention which his Majesty's Government is bestowing on the subject...

health have been lately circulated: We have, in consequence, made inquiries where we could rely upon correct information ; and, though the result of these inquiries does not, we...

on. O'CONNELL has in effect pleaded guilty to fourteen out of the thirty-one counts of the indictment against him ; which being quite enough for conviction, the other seven were...

AEI, and he will ascend the Papal throne under the title of GREGORY the Sixteenth. CAPELLARI is an Italian, as all the Popes elected for many years past, very properly, have...

Mayor, the Sheriffs, the Common Sergeant, Mr. Ser- geant Arabin, Aldermen Cowan, Heygate, Scholey, &c. The Judges named in the commission are Mr. BaronBayley, Mr. Baron Bolland,...

the Guildhall, on Wednesday, with creating a mob round the door of a banking-house in Lombard Street. Walker was distributing hand-bills, announcing that a deep monological...

had been appointed to take place at Marlborough on the 2nd of March, has been postponed for the present. THE ASHTON TtIEN-ou.r.—The Manchester Guardian states, that the...

has, in every quarter of the country, produced the highest and most alarming floods that have occurred for a long time past. The hair. breadth 'scapes have been numerous, but we...

Mon- day afternoon, from the house of General Grant, 22, Portman Square. The property was safe at two o'clock of the day. No violence was done to any of the locks, except that...

at Ediriburgh, very suddenly,on Wednesday evening last Week. He had been present at a meeting of Presbytery held that afternoon, where he spoke with his usual animation, and...

into "Ernest," in the case of the young Prince of Cumber; land, has not taken place. SIGN or RETRENCHMENT.—We are assured that Lord Grenville has resigned his sinecure, worth...

of a lunatic for his removal from the asylum of Mr. Still- Well, of Hillingdon, near Uxbridge, to the neighbourhood of the Com- mittee, near Lichfield, was opposed by Mr....

The Company's ships Repulse, for Madras, Bengal, and China ; and the Van. sittart, for Bengal and China, are to be despatched this day, The Minerva, for Madras and Bengal, is to...

The Rev. N. W. Gibson, M.A. late Chaplain to Trinity College, has been presented to the chapelry of Ardwick, Lancashire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. C. D. Wray ;...

BIRTHS. On the 13th inst. the Lady of the Rev. W. C. TOTTON, Of twin daughters. At Arundel, on the 12th inst. the Lady of the Hon. and Rev. EDWARD Jortoi To RN 0 UR, of a...

OxFonn. February 17. This day the following degrees were conferred. Masters of A rts- Rev. J. Lingard, St. Mary Rail; J. G. Phillimore, Student of Christ Church ; Rev. R. W....

Letters from Dover state that the Dutch Government continues to make preparations for an attempt on Bel g ium, secretly prompted, it is supposed, by Prussia. A letter has been...

.. STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVEIVI:40.—It has been seldom, for some time back, that we have had to make our: report of a week the transactions of which have been so few or so...

MANIFESTO OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND SIR ROBERT PEEL ON THE REFORM QUESTION. THE usual period of gestation with quarterly reviews is, as the word " quarterly " implies,...

WE were only not horrified by the Marquis of CHANDOS'S feudal game bill, of which various particulars had transpired, because we were very sure that it would never pass, with a...

THIS young gentleman, who on Monday made a successful debut as a representative of the people, has long been considered a per- son of some promise. After the example of CANNING,...

Ricciardo e Zorcti . de, which we noticed hastily in our second edition last Saturday night, was performed again on Tuesday ; and though it is not, to us, a very attractive...

IT has been remarked for several years past, that the Oratorios are going out of fashion. We should hesitate to give an unqua- lified assent to the correctness of this...

WE so rarely find occasion to pen a pa1e2;yric, that when it is offered we do it with a hearty good-will. Miss KEMBLE'S per- formance of Beatrice is, without an exception, one...

WE have this week a theological candidate for our library—a sec- tarian too—we know not how its heretical red calico back will range alongside of the grave exteriors of SEED and...

The two armadillos from South America, which have for some time been objects of great attraction at the Zoological Gardens, have proved to be male and female; and, to the...

any other species of transfer than of funded securities, we will present them with an elegant little transfer from English into Latin, upon which no Chancellor of the Exchequer,...

Fox's Christ and Christianity—Sermons on the) Tazotoorf Mission, Character, and Doctrine of Jesus ofi• 2 Vols. R. Hunter. Nazareth NATIONAL 1 Mr. Nicolas's Refutation of Mr....

Answer to his "Observations on the State of Historical Litera- ture" in this country. Mr. PALGRAVE'S defence turned almost wholly on an endeavour to convict Mr. NICOLAS of...

Spaniard, Don TELESFORO TRUEBA Y Cosio, the author of the Romance of The Incognito is a novel written in English by a Spaniard, Don TELESFORO TRUEBA Y Cosio, the author of the...

that the histo- rical novel, Geraldine of Desmond, has come to a second edition ; for the general circulation of such a work indicates a taste for historical knowledge, which we...

be formed, the meetings of which will be at the West end of the town. Lord WHARNCLIFFE and other noblemen and gentlemen take a leading part in its arrangement. These societies...

MR. EDWIN LANDSEER has been elected a Royal Academician, in the room of the late Sir Tisoaras LAWRENCE. We can have no reason to object to the election of a painter so eminent...

MESSRS. BAXTER and PEARCE, of Long Acre, have just completed three new carriages for the Queen, which are most finished specimens of coach- building, both as regards shape and...

of pocket size, containing a collection of twenty-four of the best political caricatures published in France since the celebrated " Three Days." They are etched in outline, in a...

the world of art, during the last month, has been the acces- sion to the National Gallery of the late Rev. Holwell Carr's very splen- did collection of paintings, bequeathed by...

NEW PRINTS—MEZZOTINT. MEZZOTINT is becoming, almost indiscriminately, a substitute for line- engraving. This mode has furnished us with LAWRENCE'S elegant por- traits, Msnaan's...

late Lord Ellenborough and Sir Edward Codrington, from LAWRENCE, —the latter being a reduced copy of the engraving which we have already noticed as being effeminate and...

February 17. DAVIES GILBERT, Esq., M.P., lathe Chair. William Snow Hants, Esq., of Plymouth, was proposed as candidate. The following presents of books were announced :—" Gail...

RIR. LINTON'S SKETCHES.—The Second Number of this work has just appeared, and is greatly improved in the lithography, though the style of the sketches themselves is, of course,...

Soma of the most beautiful specimens of sculptural designs, in bat- relief, that we have ever seen carved in wood, have been recently im- ported from the Netherlands, and are...

TO VISCOUNT HOWICK, UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLON:ES. 17th February 1831. MY Loan—But for Mr. WinmoT Honrox's intended emigration to Ceylon, I should hardly have...

MY LORD — I am urged, by persons much interested about the Bill for Colonization which your Lordship will propose to the House of Commons on Tuesday next, to lay before you some...