WILLIAM the Fourth expired, at Windsor Castle, on Tuesday morning. For this termination of the Royal sickness, the public has been for some time prepared; as the bulletins...

sonal wishes and opinions to the good of his people ! Lord JOHN death, both Houses met before eleven o'clock, and Members began to RUSSELL assured the Commons, that it was a...

whether it has Let us now turn to the week's doings in Parliament. in any material degree deranged the plans of the Carlists, are mat- ters of great uncertainty. CABRERA is...

Wednesday, the only business in both Houses was the swearing in late King, and calling for Parliamentary sympathy, with an inti- motion that only the measures which were...

This proceeding, it was said, would ruin some of their It strikes us that the speeches were more eulogistic of the de- weak competitors ; and preparatory measures had occasioned...

FOR the last fortnight, this department of our paper has presented more serious matter than the record of courtly frivolities. The alarm. ing illness of William the Fourth has...

Chamberlain, soon left the Castle ; and reached Kensington Palace about seven o'clock. They announced to QUEEN VICTORIA and the Dutchess of Kent the demise of the Crown. A...

the " Alexandrina." She signed her name at the Council " Victoria; " and this rendered alterations necessary in certain documents. " The written rolls of the House of Lords,...

The personal history of William the Fourth, unconnected with the great political events of his reign already noticed in this paper, presents few points of interest. Prince...

on Wednesday, Her Majesty is much better than might have been ex- pected, and dined with her household on Wednesday. It is uncertain where she will reside. According to the...

House, on his return on horseback from a visit to the Queen at Ken- sington Palace. His horse tripped and fell on its side, throwing Lord Lansdowne on his head : which was...

be a can- didate for Finsbury. The electors will know better, we trust, than to eject either of their present Members. It is, we understand, yet undecided who will be the...

Mr. Pidding against Mr. How, for selling Howqua teas. Sir Lancelot Shadwell said— He could not but himself suppose that the plaintiff had got some method of compounding teas...

A Court of Aldermen was assembled on Tuesday to receive intel- ligence of the death of the King, and a notice from the Council Office, that a Privy Council was about to be held...

work just published, (Personal Memoirs and Correspondence qf Colonel Charles ,Shaw,) which we received only last night, we find an amusing instance of his indifference to...

Swynfen Jervis ' of Whitehall Place, London, and the owner of landed property in Staffordshire, to his agent at Uttoxeter ; laying down a rule, which it would be well if...

Viscount Deerhurst has declined the Tory invitation to become a candidate for South Worcestershire. Mr. F. Sheridan, Lord Alulgrave's Private Secretary, and Mr. Matthew...

Political Union, since its reorganization, was held on New Hall Hill, on Monday. Many not unionists attended the meeting ; and it is said that about 100,000 per- sons were...

We understand that in consequence of the expected changes in the Law Courts, and the immediate elevation of the Lord Advocate to a seat on the Bench, a numerous body of the...

The death of the King will have brought the London season to a premature close. Most of the remaining balls, concerts, and fetes of every description, are postponed sine die ;...

the discussion (in the House of Commons on Thursday). Sir Ro- bert Peel entered and walked up one side of the House, evidently in great pain, and with a sort of crutch the...

the Ex- chequer Chamber. The Court of Error has affirmed the judgment of the King's Bench, with costs ; by which decision, the verdict in favour of Admiral Tatham, the...

Ministers last night informed Parliament of the course they intend to pursue with respect to public business. The Supplies are to be proceeded with ; and a bill will be...

spec- tktle in the Champ de Mars. The Messager des Chambres and Le Siicle contribute the following. " It is impossible to ascertain the exact number of victims, but up to the...

Windsor Castle, June 20.1837. On examining the mortal remains of his late Majesty William the Fourth, the fol- hot big appearances were noticed. In the right cavity of the...

STOCK ExcliAstat, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The business here has been very unimportant. The Consol market was agi- tated in a trifling degree on Tuesday, when the demise of his late...

The illness and death of the King, the accession of the Queen, and the prospects of a new reign, have, of course, furnished ample topics of reflection and discussion for the...

Few out of the vast multitude who compose what may be termed the felicity. hunting public, seem to exercise the privilege of reflecting upon the beggarly provision which is made...

Arrived—At Gravesend. June 2001, Alfnal, Tap Tu ley, from Madras; and 21st, Duke of Argyle, Bristow, front ditto. At Deal, 21st .Broxiannelatry. Chapman ; and Ludy Raffles....

THE STATE OF THE MINISTRY. THE King's death has saved the MELBOURNE Ministry : saved them from destruction by an adverse vote in the Commons; saved them from another beating in...

Tire Post-office, we imagine, is not a sacred part of the constitu- tion; not fundamental, or organic ; not tabooed for those even who would touch nothing that has come to us...

I:v the Standard of Thursday, we find the following form of an address to the Queen. "TO THE QUEEN ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " Most Gracious Sovereign—We,your Majesty's most...

" THAT no foreign prince or potentate bath or ought to have power or authority within this real in," is a political axiom in every independent state—a common self-evident...

PASTA, eased of her engagement at Drury Lane, has found one, where alone she ought ever to seek or to find employment—at the Italian Opera. Elsewhere she is but the shadow of...

Our respected contemporary, the Spectator, appears to have fallen into some errors in reference to the divisions of last week, on the Church Lands Inquiry Committee, which we...

CAPTAIN ALEXANDER was employed by the Royal Geographical Society, under the sanction of the Colonial Office, to undertake an expedition in Southern Africa. The plan of the...

to the designation of Englishmen. Day after day we have met with the followirg paragraph—" Sir Baumont, mare/sand de charbon, bas just given an order for different articles of...

THE very mediocre attractions when we last visited the Lyceum, have made us lose sight altogether of the French plays, until an account of the appearance of the famous low...

MR. NEATE gave the last of a series of three soirees on Saturday even- ing. We presume they are thus designated, from a reluctance to an- nounce such entertainments in plain...

VOTACIER AND TRAVELS. Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the Colonies of Western Africa, in tire Flag-Ship Thalia; and of a Campaign in Kaffir Land, on the Staff of the...

commodity whose capabilities we are much better acquainted with than with its nature or its 'rimers, is the result of an attempt by the author, some years ago, to settle his...

A coon translation of the Bride of Messina would be an acqui- sition to English literature. Taken in connexion with those translations of his other works which already exist, it...

THIS is the maiden production of a society whose objects are to collect and disseminate the existing facts of education ; and, harder task, to discover and promulgate its laws....

CAROLINE A. HALSTED, is to show how much of foreign produc- tions may be learned at home by industrious application, and how little foreign travel really profits without...

Notes Abroad and Rhapsodies at Howe, "by a Veteran Tra- veller," is a work which we cannot exactly make out from our present reading. The author has strong character, which is...

is written upon " an entirely new principle." This large claim is hardly supported by the fact. On the contrary, we have dis- covered nothing at all new in principle ; though...

ABUSES IN GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGEMENT OF ART: A COUNCIL OF TASTE PROPOSED. Tim Government attempts to sustain the nation's newly-assumed cha- racter of " Patron of the Arts," must...

Condition of the Earth, is in reality a selection of some of the most remarkable phaenomena of the vegetable, animal, and physical worlds ; their uses being pointed out, and the...

The Miracles if the Lord Jesus Christ. By time Reverend B. H. DRAPER. First and Second Series. Maternal Instructions on the Rile of Confirmation. The first of this class is...

books. Of this class, we have before us- 1. ANDERSON'S Tourist Guide through Scotland; a small pocket volume, which contains a good deal of sight-seeing matter in small...