We shall state as much as we can of what was said on each of these great topics ; minor proceedings must be cast into the shade. 1. PORTUGAL. ViSCOUTIt MELBOURNE moved for...

Majesty to take his favourite recreation, which he did earlier than usual, by ordering his phaeton and attendants at half-past one o'clock. After a pleasant and protracted...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY Ereenve.—The transactionS in our Stock Mar- ket have not been so many or important this week as in the last ; the bond fide sales and purchases of the...

OR Tuesday morning, the English Opera-house, in which the French company had performed On Monday night, was discovered to be in flames. Before daybreak, the theatre, and fifteen...

on Tuesday till ten ; on Wednesday till half-past six; on Thursday till half-past one ; on Friday till half-past twelve. The House of Lords sat on Thursday till eleven ; on the...

the Bishop of London's late accident was of the slightest kind, and that the excision of the part bitten by the dog was advised only as a measure "of extreme precau- tion. His...

SercyATou OFFICE, SATURDAY, Two o'cLoen. Private letters from LisbOn, by Paris, state that the Marquis of CHAVES had been arrested on a charge of treason, but liberated after...

ECONOMY. \Tun first, second, and third duty of a member of Parliament, in the ( present conjuncture, is Economy. The ;. e financiers, t orators, the hoteliers of bad laws,...

on Sunday night. Among the articles carried off there was a time-piece worth 130/. A very daring forgery has been discovered in the Consul-office at the Bank, where a person has...

Wed- nesday in the King's Bench, for penalties under the statute of usury. The defendant discounted the plaintiff's bill for 64/. 7s. at fnur months—for this he took 4/, 10s. ;...

Two projects of law reform have been announced this week. They emanate from very different men. The one comes from a courtier and no lawyer, the other from a lawyer and no...

HAD the fire at the Lyceum burst out while the audience were in the theatre, it is fearful to consider the scene of horror and destruction which would inevitably have ensued....

' WE are gratified to find that our remarks on this institution have been taken in the spirit in which they were made—as amicable cen- sures, wrung from sincere friends, jealous...

LIFE OF SIR THOMAS MUNRO, 'WE hardly know how to express the satisfaction we have derived from the perusal of these volumes—the more than satisfaction, the instruc- tion...

"RANDOM RECORDS"—a very pretty jingle, which contains the secret of its author's pretensions to wit. We could show, we think, without any great trouble, that the fame a GEORGE...

E. H. Barker. Body in Health and Disease. plained for the use of Schools. By Dr. Madame du Barri. 4. The Young Wanderer's Cave, and other Distinction. dren's Fireside.", •...

LECTURES AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY. ON Monday evening, Mr. WEST MACOTT delivered the first of a complete course of Lectures on Sculpture ; prefacing his discourse by an elaborate...

Mr. HOWARD has made a bold and praiseworthy attempt to illustrate the works of the great master of the human heart, by a connected series of de- signs intended to constitute a...

in- troductory lecture for the season; upon which occasion Mr. SHEE presided for the first time since his election, and was warmly greeted on his entrance. The lecturer...

Tut third of these concerts was on Wednesday last. The singers were Mademoiselle Brats's, Miss GRANT, Signor CURIONI, and Mr. E. TAY- Lon. Mrs. (i. Woon also made her debut as a...

TETE number and variety of new prints deserving of notice, which we have been compelled to pass over for want of space, has induced us to adopt a plan of' recording our opinion...