It t% lich Church interests in Canada can ever hope to obtain. Two important discussions in the House of Commons claim at- tention this week. The first occurred on Monday, when...

of which the existence of the TRIERS Ministry depended, com- menced on Tuesday, and was not terminated when the letters and papers were despatched from Paris on Wednesday...

the Shah of Persia had declared war against Turkey, and was actually on his march with a large army in the direction of Bagdad. It was suspected in Constantinople that...

London, but on no credible authority. ESPARTERO seems to be doing nothing with a very large and expensive army.

a treaty with ABD^LI:KADER for the expulsion of the French front Africa. It is said that the Emperor of Morocco has concluded a treaty with ABD^LI:KADER for the expulsion of the...

THE CANADA BILLS. In the House of Commons, on Monday, Lord dons RUSSELL moved for leave to bring in " a Bill to Reunite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the...

• [Front the Colonial Gazette, 25th Mardi.) NARRATIVE 01"rIlE EVENTS WHICH LEO TO THE srers TAKEN BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT FOR T1111 SUPPRESSION OF THE 011UM-TRADE. By dint...

THE Queen and her husband have pail two visits to Covent Garden Theatre this week—on Tuesday to see Charles Kemble in The Wonder, and on Thursday to enjoy his performance of...

The Anti-Corn-law Delegates from the Metropolis and various townS in Great Britain held their first meeting for the season on Tuesday, at Brown's Hotel, Palace Yard. Deputies...

The Earl of Derby has again been attacked with rarelysis. He lay insensible for six hours, but has since graduAlly recovered. Ile expe- rienced the stroke when getting out of...

The death of Mr. Roderick Connor, a Master in the Irish Court of Chancery, has set the lawyers in Dublin on the gni ru-e. The place is said to be worth between 3,000/. and...

Freemason's Tavern, and resolutions passed in opposition to the Irish Municipal Bill. The principal speakers were the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Lord Winchilsea, Professor Butt, and...

A meeting was held in Edinburgh on Monday, to take into considera- tion the state of the poor generally in Scotland, and especially in Edin- burgh. The Lord Provost presided,...

the persons present at a meeting of the Anti-Corn-law Delegates on Wednesday last, and us having taken part in the proceedings. This was a mistake, and the honourable Member...

At an Anti-Corn-law meeting at Bristol, on Monday, "the Chartists" succeeded in carrying an amendment ; and the Whigs retreated from the platform amidst derisive cheers....

against Mr. Tanen at the last election for Devonport, has been much talked about this week, and been the subject of a correspondence in the newspapers. After Sir Hussey 'Vivian...

" Tne QUEEN BNCEINTE. — The London correspondent of a Limerick paper (the Chronic/e) states, in reference to the Mayor of that town- 4 I have ouly to inform you that, had not...

Raleigh ChM have led the way in doing honour to this distinguished person, on Iris wel- come arrival among us, by inviting him to a dinner on Monday last. In pro- posing the...

Commons exhibit the working of the present compared with the former system. The first table shows the amount of postage collected in the London district during the fourpenny...

CANTERBURY gave notice of a formal attack upon the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill. On the 10th of April his Grace will move an address to the Queen, praying her Majesty not to give...

The debate in the French Chamber of Deputies has resulted in a large majority for ; whose closing speech was very effective. A motion to reduce the grant of secret service money...

with Lord Melbourne, in Downing Street. Grave and important facts relating to the bad state of trade and the distressed condition of the bulk of the people were communicated to...

THE OPIUM WAR. " ft is not by force and violence that his Arajestn intends to establish a com- mercial intercourse beetween his subjects and China."—WELTANarou to Lord Namr:n....

STOCK EXCHANOE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. There has been considerable demand for money during the week, and this circumstance has checked the disposition to improvement in the English...

BIRTHs. On the 20th inst., in 'Mansfield Street, Lady JENKINS, of a son. Os the 1 1th inst., at Edgbaston, near Birmingham, the Lady of Captain Mmernoz, Rifle Brigade, of a...

THE great importance of " the Opium War " question, not only as respects the national honour and interests, but as it affects the existence of the present Government, induces us...

" This China question involves such important interests and prin- ciples, that it must necessarily occupy Parliament at the very beginning of the session. The Foreign Office and...

difficulty of getting bread and getting money has been more than doubled. Between 1835 and 1840, the price of wheat has been below 40,s. and above 80s. During the saute period,...

Comma disclosures are made in a Parliamentary return of the sums paid to Revising Barristers in England and Wales, for th e years 1835-6-7-8-9. A very agreeable addition to the...

THE second concert, on Monday, was one to content and delight the musician. Instead of the usual quantity of alloy which is generally mingled with sterling ore, there issued on...

parentage and connexions- The Globe gives the following account of Lady Cecilia Underwood's parentage and connexions- " The maiden name of this lady was Gore ; :41e being the...

THE practical results of the Penny Postage experiment, so far as they have been ascertained and published, are very satisfactory. First as regards revenue. It will be remembered...

Mn. CHARLES KEMBLE'S return to the stage is the only incident of the week worth noting. The venerable comedian obeyed the Queen's command on Tuesday, with so much spirit,...

Ma. MEIKLAM iS a member of a yacht club, and possessor of the " Crusader" of 130 tons : in the autumn of 1837 he was ordered to make a voyage for time benefit of his health ;...

TOAVELS, Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Tetierin, and along the Shores of the Meditera- mean ; including a visit to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Telmessus,...

Ax edition of the whole works of two of the great dramatists of the Elizabethan age, comprised in a single volume, easily accessible from its moderate price to the generality of...

THE substance of this little volume originally appeared in the Co- lonial Gazette, in a series of letters ; which have now been revised, condensed, and produced in their present...

BooKs. The English in China. By 1V iLmAm CURLING YOUNG. Eleven Years in Ceylon : comprising Sketches of the Field Sports and Natural History of that colony, and an account or...

LHCAS, who succeeded beyond any other artist in giving a character- istic likeness of the Duke of WELLINGTON, has finished the full-length portrait of the Duke in his robes as...

SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS. Wrixixorx would we pass over unnoticed the deplorable spectacle 'Which the Gallery in Suffolk Street now presents, out of a charitable feeling for...