" demonstration " to counteract the effects of Mr. O'CossEr.es visit to Belfast, and of the late aggregate meeting of Reformers. They seem quite to have turned the tables upon...

a cucum- ber," the Nonintrusionism which the Perth election tempted them to daily with. On Thursday, Lord MELBOURNE stated, in reply to Lord HADDINOTON, that Government intended...

NEVER within our experience (and that has been neither brief nor unobservant) has the opening of Parliament excited so little atten- tion, so little manifestation of hope or...

cians of Paris. The general debate in the Chamber of Djputies terminated on Monday ; on Tuesday M. TRIERS " sumined3tp, or, as we should say, replied : and on Wednesday the...

poli- tical world in France in a remarkable manner. That country seems to be destitute of a class of politicians which is rather re- dundant with us, called " practical men."...

The Queen opened Parliament in person on Tuesday. She reached the House of Lords about two o'clock ; and was there received by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Melbourne, and the other...

The second election of Common Councilmen for the ward of Far- rinedon Without, the former one having been declared void, was brought to a close on Wednesday, as far as regards...

THE Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert, and attended by the regal suite, arrived at Buckingham Palace, from Windsor, a little be- fore five o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The...

The nomination for Walsall takes place on Monday the 1st February, and the polling on Tuesday the 2d. The contest is expected to run very close. The Tory party charges that of...

The Kirkcaldy election terminated on Tuesday, in the return of Colonel Ferguson. The numbers at the close of the poll were—for Colonel Ferguson, 216 ; for Dr. Bowring, 133 ;...

The Duke of Wellington gave dinner-parties on Monday and Wed- nesday to members of the House of Lords ; upwards of thirty were present at each dinner. Lord Melbourne gave a...

At the meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday, answers re- ceived to the addresses forwarded by the Association to the Queen and to Prince Albert, congratulating them on...

SATURDAY NIGHTIE' th Houses of Parliament met last night, but the sittings were soon over, In the Lords, the Marquis of NORMANDY moved the first reading of a bill for the better...

Arrived—At Gravesend, Jan. 27th. Ten, Smith. from Mauritius; and ESth, John M•Lellan, M•Donald, from Bengal. In the Downs, 29th, William Lee, Shepherd, from Bengal; and Swallow,...

received; but their contents are very' unimportant. The official Gazette contains addresses of congratulation from various municipalities for the firm conduct of the Regency in...

LAST Monday evening there was a concert in the Prince's Theatre, got up by Mr. Auxnorr—a gentleman with whose position in the musical world we are unacquainted. It was announced...

pro- nounced sentence upon William Hetherington, who had been con- victed of publishing a "blasphemous libel" : the sentence is, imprison- ment in the Marsh alsea for four months.

It was generally anticipated that the Speech from the Throne world have produced a favourable effect upon the price of the Public Funds, and several speculative purchases were...

accepted an invita- tion to dine with the New Zealand Company, in the City, on Saturday the 13th February, on the occasion of a royal charter bei: g conferred on the...

paper that contains our Queen's Speech on the opening of Parliament. The omis- sion of all mention of France is thus noticed- " In the paragraph of the Queen's Speech which...

THE private view of the exhibition of pictures by modern artists, at the British Institution to-day, was very numerously attended, notwith- standing the unfavourable state of...

FURTHER REFORM: MEETING OF THE ASSO- CIATION AT LEEDS. " We look upon Universal Suffrage as a right withheld—one that cannot safely be withheld much long■ r; and we consider...

THE business of the House of Commons is to impose taxes, and declare by whom and in what proportion they shall be paid. The business of the House of Commons is, in other words,...

Sift ROBERT PEEL is determined to astonish the world by the versatility of his talents. Not contented with rivalling the Whigs and Radicals in Parliamentary eloquence, he is...

THE war ecclesiastic in Scotland seems to wax hotter than ever. The more immediate topics of controversy are—the action of da- mages brought by the Reverend Mr. YOUNG, presentee...

IT is scarcely possible to conceive any arrangement more open to objection than the system of Private Bill manufacture, as it ex- isted previously to the last session of...

Tsavras, Notes of an Overland Journey through France and Egypt to Bombay. By the late Miss Emma Roberts. With a Memoir Allen and Co. BIOGRAPHY, The Poetical Works of Thomas...

THE fourth volume of this edition is by far the richest of the collection as regards poetry ; completing the Irish Melodies, and containing the whole of the National Airs and...

Ma. JOHNS is already known to the public by a powerful but very unequal work called Legend and Romance, and we believe by several other publications. His fictions display a...

THE title of Major Micam.'s romance indicates the subject, but not its extent. Besides a sketch of the foreign wars of Henry the Fifth's reign, from the muster of his army at...

BOOKS. Greville ; or a Season in Paris. By Mrs. Gortn, Authoress of " Mrs. Armitage," &c. In three vols. The Domestic Management of the Sick-room, necessary, in aid of Medical...

WrEarst two months after the arrival of the news of the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, has Mr. BURFORD produced a panoramic picture of the terrific scene, with figures the size...

WE have received specimens of the new stamped envelopes, which are shortly to be issued, in two sizes, to supersede the first figured one. The new envelope is a plain blank...

ACROGRAPHY ; OR ETCHING IN RELIEF. Tats is a new art, which well deserves the attention of designers and publishers, though as yet in its infancy, and by no means so perfect as...

BIRTHS: On the 28th inst., in George Street, Edinburgh, the Lady of Sir WILLIAM MAxwin.r„, Bart., of Monteith, of a sou and heir. On the 26 11 lust., at Ashburnham House,...

Tuesday, Jan. 26. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Cochran and Co. Manchester; as far as regards G. B. Cochran—Flowers and Co. Wellim5ton Street, Strand, publishers—J. and J. Sculling,...

WAR-OFFICE. Jan. 26.-19th Light Drags.—Capt. the Hon. W. Byng, from the 29th Foot, to be Capt. vice Kitchener, who exchanges. 2,1 Foot—Ensign T. J. D. Reed to be Lieut. by...

Five German Songs, by Louis Scone, translated or adapted to English Words. At any time Mr. WESSEL would have rendered an acceptable service to singers and to the art, by...

SHARES. e Week, ending Friday Evening.) Banks- Australasian I 54/ - British North American - - Colonial 36 Hibernian London and Westminster London Joint Stock National of...