re- ceived since our. last. The troops in the city amounted to not less than NEWS OF THE WEEK. ten thousand men ; but not the slightest attempt at defence was made. A few of...

during the week, as well as the public journals, it would appear that the example of Brittany is spreading. " Everywhere," says the corre- spondent of the Times, " people are...

apace. In other pages of this paper we notice the two great pro- jects of the day,—for cultivating the waste lands, and purifying the Church. The meeting of the lay members of...

hi s Majesty has taken his excursions daily in the Great Park, accompanied by his suite. On Wednesday, the King passed the afternoon at Virginia Water, enjoyed several hours'...

fate of the Mexican expedition ; although, from the detached notices received through the American papers, it does not seem to have effected a landing for a considerable time...

STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY MORNING, HALF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK.—The aspect of affairs here has changed materially since our last report ; and there have been considerable transactions,...

Sessions on Thursday, William, John, and Richard Cobbett, sons of the political writer, were tried fur the mysterious case of assault lately brought before the public by Mr....

by the sudden death of Mrs. Phillips, has rather increased than diina nished since the verdict returned by the Coroner's Jury, " that the deceased's death was occasioned by an...

the last twenty-five years there were only four inhabited houses in the tything of Westall, a large district of the parish lying south of the Chelt. The present number of...

THE PRESS. GLORE—If the ecclesiastical revenues of Ireland had not been scandalously misapplied, five-sixths of the inhabitants of that country—probably one-sixth- would not be...

WESTMINSTER REVIEW—Russia has greatly profited by widely-spread delusions as to her real influence. Her territories are extended indeed, but her resources are few ; her...

Information has been received from Dublin, that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has refused to recommend to Parliament the application of the Insurrection Act to the County of...

MOUNTCASHEL presided, took place in Cork on the 17th of this month ; when several resolutions of great importance to the Irish Church were passed. We give to the Earl every...

months ago, respecting certain regulations which had been the consequence of investigations into the army pension list, Grievous complaints were made, by parties whose pensions...

lands of Ireland, and at the same time of strengthening the Protestants there, has been promulged by the Orange Clubs, and will probably be acted on,—though we fear not to such...

THE Korn.—The Brighton Gazette, in an article rather drolly headed " His Majesty's Vision;' informs us, as an answer complete at all points to those journals which alleged that...

tion for law, the interpretations of lawyers invariably tend to expose idol dol of their adoration to contempt. We never met a man of plain sense who did not despise law...

of seventy-five sovereigns. The thief was convicted. In his possession were found twenty-nine sovereigns, nine - marked and capable of being identified, twenty unmarked. The...

a great misfortune ; but by no class, not even the poets, was the loss more sensibly felt than by the young ladies. What a charm- ing interest did the stray divinities of flood...

the King and the theatres, the court and the fashions of London ; but the Glasgow courier goes deeper into the matter. He has been inspecting the interiors of our mansions,...

or the late Mr. M., was produced at this theatre on Monday last. We have called it a comedy in deference to the authority of the " house bill ;" but the greatest part of the...

regulations for the new police have been published. They are Very long, and our space does not permit us to attempt even an abridg- ment of them. We can merely glance at those...

OUR Musical Festivals form so important a feature in the history of the art, that no journal pretending to real musical criticism will con- tent itself with a bare and...

Mr. SADLER derives a factitious consequence from the position that he holds in relation to the party that has chosen him for its champion. The speech at Whitby may be received...

" Back and side go bare, go bare ! Both head and feet go cold ! But belly ! God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old !" OLD SONO. ABOUT fifty or sixty years ago,...

(coNTiNcED.) MY third school was one of a better order ; indeed I suppose it to be mu of the best private schools in the country: but the praise is merely comparative, for its...

of elementary works, broken up into question and answer ; and according to the plan of communicating information in this form, they seem very well done. We cannot, however,...

of morality in England. This young baronet has written his notion of the model of a man, and in highly laudatory terms has described as great a scoundrel as ever lived,—a fellow...

WHITE'S NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE*. WE have frequently taken occasion to recommend this delightful work to the notice of our readers, and have even suggested its...

opinion has taken place among ninny efficient supporters of the Anti-Slavery Society. We no longer witness the O n ly of design, or the similitude of arg ument which at one time...

THERE is scarcely an individual in either Great Britain or Ireland, ivho can write at all, who could not have written the Davenels if he would: there is scarcely an individual...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR ,—All persons who entertain a due sense of the wisdom of oussimeesfoiss o and of the glorious Constitution under which we did prosper, will...

On Monday last the Rev. It Ward, M.A. master of the grammar-school, Thetford, was presented by the Corporation of that Borough, to the Rectory of Stanton, Norfolk. —The Right...

WAR-OFF/CB, Sept. 24.—let Reg. Life Guards : Gen. Stapleton Viscount Comber. mere, G.C.B. from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Col. vice Gen. the Earl of Harrington, deceased;...

Dn. SOUTIIKY'S ANTIPATHY TO THADE.—That the Laureate hates trade, is visible in all Iris prose writings, from Esprilla's Letters down to the Colloquies. He is justly indignant...

BOOKS IN Till/ PRESS AND PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. A Topographical and Historical Account of Wainfleet and the Wapentake of Candle- shoe, in the County of Lincoln—Tim st.cond...

The East India Company lucre timed their Chinamen as follows :- Thomas Coutts and Duchess of Athole, for Bombay and China; and Minim and \Vil. Fairlie, for Bengal and China, to...

Tuesday, September 22, PAnrxe nsat es Is is s o Lys:D.—A. and W. Wood, Hastings, bricklayers—Duncan and Fletcher, Liverpool, merchants—Garnett and Co. Mexico, Vera-Cruz, and...

Br ELTIIS.—Ou the 20th lust. at Kingston-grove, Oxfordshire, the Hon. Mrs. William Rodney, of a son and heir— 'AIL ItIAGES.-011 the 22d inst. at Marylebone Church, Henry...

COPPER ORES SOLD AT SWANSEA, SEPT. 12. 1809 Nines. Tons. Purchasers £. s. d. Alliliite; ....... .102 ...... Grenfell and Co. ........ ...... .. ... 8 19 6 Ditto and...