or the provinces. No change has taken place in _thplafrnistky ; and the Guerilla warfare continues to give trou ` t - citing alarm, in Navarre. The Queen has b Bilboa; and the...

of the "Society of the Rights of Man," the commencement of which we mentioned last week, has terminated, in accordance with general expectation, in the acquittal of the accused....

THE Session of the French Chambers was opened on Monday last. The King was well received in his progress from the Tuilleries to the Chamber of Deputies; but, owing to the bad...

ON Christmas day, their Majesties, with the Princess Augusta and the Duke and Dutchess of Gloucester, attended divine service in an apartment of the Palace at Brighton. Prayers...

December 19th, 1833.-111.- S. BRUNEI, Esq. V.P. in the Chair The Lord Chief Justice was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society. A paper was read entitled, "On the position of...

armies having recovered partially from the effects of the cholera. The rebels, under ARISTA, were completely defeated, at Mellado, by the President SANTA ANNA, on or about the...

rive at Washington when the last accounts left New York, on the • 2(1 instant. General JAcirsom has a decided majority in the House of Representatives; but in the Senate the...

cupied in an important debate on the financial situation of the country. Many of the members spoke in a bold style of com- plaint. The expensive military establishment, the...

On Saturday last, St. Thomas's day, meetings were held, as usual, in the -different Wards of the City, for the election of Common Coun- cilmen and other officers for the ensuing...

quarrel with several members of his nobility. - The Count of TAWA, who, it will be remembered, published a letter a few weeks ago, calling upon PEDRO to summon the Cortes and...

well-known case of the Hewley Charity. This de- cision goes to deprive that sect of Christians of all right to the manage- meat or enjoyment of the proceeds of a valuable...

A fuller and better report of the speeches delivered at the Manches- ter dinner, than the one to which we had access last Saturday morning, has appeared since. According to it,...

with having shipped some red wine of little or no value, and having obtained the full amount of the drawback upon it, contrary to an act of Parliament, by which he rendered...

will go to the see of Limerick. There is no material difference between the net incomes of the two sees—none that could have made it an object to the Bishop of Killaloe to have...

of Mr. James Brougham. The Chesterfield and North Derbyshire joint stock bank will open on the 1st of January.for business. A measure is to be submitted to Parliament in the...

Mr. O'Connell has addressed a letter to the " Protestants of Ire- land," the object of which is to gain their cooperation in his plans for the repeal of the Union. In the Dublin...

fortnight, by floods and tempestuous weather. Many farmers have lost stock ; and a large factory on the river Lune, at Halton, has been so much injured, that a great part of it...

under the instructions of some Russian engineers, for placing the Dar- danelles, and all the fortifications along that strait, in the most efficient state of defence, as if they...

SATURDAY NIGHT. Prince TALLEYRAND has received despatches from Paris this evening, which are said to be of considerable importance. Since his return to England, he has had...

25th imk stant, gives the following account of the impression produced there by Louis Philip's speech at the opening of the Session. " The King's speech at the opening of the...

declared to Lord PALMERSTON the dissatisfactions of his Court at Don PEDRO'S retaining the Regency of Portugal. M. ZEA BERMUDEZ strongly recommends the withdrawal of' PEDRO, as...

Another Prebendal' stall in Canterbury Cathedral, in the gift of the Crown, is vacant by the death of the venerable Dr. Norris, who was installed in 1799.—Kentish Gazette. From...

heml-qnarters of Don Midnet, for the purpose chiefly, of urging the departure of Don Colonel HARE, who went lately out " alls`eion to the heml-qnarters of Don Midnet, for the...

Louis Philippe !' tout le reste en rut (Henri).—Le Corsaire. Une bien petite partie de la France crie " Vive Louis Philippe !' tout le reste en rut (Henri).—Le Corsaire. General...

A public meeting of the bankers, merchants, manufacturers, and traders of Glasgow, was held in the Town-Hall on the 19th instant, for the purpose of forming an Anti-Corn-Law...

regulating the mode in which the trade between Great Britain and the port of Canton is to be carried on, have been made the subject of a spirited article in the Courier of this...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Calais, 20th December 1833. • Sin-As the reduction of the Military Expenditure has been advo- cated frequently in your widely circulated...

Arrived - At Gravesend, Dec. 24th, Diamond, Maumee, from Bombay; and Maria, Palmer. from Mauritius; and 27th, John Craig, Lawson, from ditto. At Liverpool, 21st, Tyrer, Ellis ;...

to be Capt. by purchase, vice G. S. Hill, appointed to the 28th Foot ; Cornet G. H. Akers to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Fullerton. 1st Regt. of Dragoon Guards—Cornet 11. D....

STOCK. ILI:CHANGE, FRIDAY AFTEWN0011. The Money Market evinced great elasticity during the early part of the week ; and our Tuesday Consols for account were as high as 90?i....

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Loudon, .93d December 1833. Snt—I address you as one, and in the name of a very numerous class of individuals, who are fond of good music, but...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. But, Sir, before he came to the sweeping conclusion, that no power should be given to Dissenters professing every variety of opinion from CALVIN...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIH — In your last Number, at page 1,298, very near the bottom of the left hand column, I find a passage on Road-making, epitomized from Sir...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Old Swan Wharf, 131 December 1833. Sra—For some months back the types of the Spectator have stood unaltered with respect to the prices of Lead...

HOW TO AGITATE THE CORN QUESTION. WIZEN WILKES was told by an antagonist in some civic debate, that the " sense of the Ward " should be taken against him, the witty demagogue...

THE readers of the Spectator may perhaps remember, that in the first quarter of the last session of Parliament, we presented them with a Speechification-table, or a tabular view...

THE petty faults and follies of the Police Magistrates are so nu- merous, that both we and our readers are as weary of alluding to them as of exposing the absurdities and...

LORD Jonat RUSSELL'S speech at the dinner given last week in Plymouth to the Members for Devonshire, must have administered considerable comfort to the race of military...

" The Honourable Sydney Campbell Roper Curzon, youngest son of Lord Teynhava, has been appointed a Junior Assistant Examiner in the Audit Office, Somerset Place. Lord T. has a...

THE abundance of theatrical novelties, suitable to the season, that have been brought forth this week according to annual custom, has completely nonplussed our ubiquity. We...

THE Millennium of the Press is still at a great distance. The Standard's proofs are the reverse of tangible, and we are afraid the tiling will go off in film°. Besides stating...

account, de- rived from the reports of others; for though we looked in at the newly-opened theatre, the FITZROY (late the Queen's), we could not stay to see out the...

the Pantheon, was on Tuesday night blown down by a gust of wind."—Fr each Paper. This will be regarded as an evil omen by our lively neighbours, whose very superstitions affect...

connected with literature. The Lord Chancellor lately obtained a small pension for the eminent Dalton; Mr. Godwin has been appointed to a place, the duties of which are easy to...

upon wind. 'When- ever this sable King is in want of money (which, by the by, is pretty often), he generally selects a very windy day for walking abroad, and takes care to place...

dramatic performances: at Prestwich parish-church, we have the Earl of Wilton presid- ing at the organ during the morning and evening services, which he does with with great...

of Commerce. The following extract is made from the New York Journal of Commerce. " Frauds on the revenue have increased to an alarming extent on the North- ern frontier. There...

are not fewer than 1,423 prisoners in Cold Bath Fields House of Correction."—Herald. How many of these"are the victims of want of education and of the means of subsistence ?...

is wanted, to attend from nine till five o'clock. He will be able to ac- quire a knowledge of business. No salary will be given. Letters to be post- paid."—.Arkertisement in the...

statute of Edward the Third, which provides that, in case a person presented to any living, and applying is the diocesan for institution, refuses to submit to a private examina-...

his Grace ever nominated a newspaper editor in his life—ever interfered in the dispensation of newspaper patronage—and could swear safely as to any thing we have not seen, that...

THE lives of pirates, and robbers in general, would combine the philosophy of history with the interest of romance. The masses of the introductions of the various was, would...

BIOGRAPHY, Lives and Exploits of English Hi g hwaymen, Pirates, and Robbers. By C. White- head, Esq 2 Vols Bull and Churton. Sketches and Eccentricittes or David Crockett of...

'WHAT a bodily constitution, what a philosophical mind should that man possess, who determines to locate in a newly-settled district! On the finger-post which marks the...