THE commencement of the Parliamentary session of 1843 presents some points of contrast as compared with that of 1842. Then, Parliament was opened by the Queen in person,...

OPENING OP THE SESSION: THE SPEECH. Parliament was opened at two o'clock on Thursday ; but as it was opened by Commission, the ceremony did not attract very great atten- tion....

amount of entertainment for the excitement-loving politicians of Paris. The debate of the Peers, indeed, was rather a tame affair, and Ministers enjoyed an uniformity of success...

Ore- gon Boundary question is rapidly swelling into practical importance. A bill was introduced into the Senate to make ample provision for the occupation of the disputed...

THE quiet life of the Queen at Windsor has been a little broken in upon this week by public business. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at the Castle on Wednesday. It was...

The funeral of Mr. Edward Drummond left Grosvenor Street at eight o'clock OD Tuesday morning, for Charlton, near Wool w ich ; where the body was interred. It is understood that...

The first of a series of "great aggregate meetings" was held in the new Free-trade Hall, in Peter's Street, Manchester, on Monday evening. The capacious building had been...

The election for an Irish Representative Peer in the room of the late Lord Gott terminated on Monday at midnight. There were two can- didates—Viscount O'Neil, Conservative ; and...

The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel gave state .dinners to those connected with Government in either House of Parliament, on Wednesday ; when the Royal Speech was read....

The Commission of the General Asembly met, according to the requisition of the Special Commission, on Tuesday ; Dr. Welsh, Mo- derator of the last Assembly, taking the chair....

SATURDAY NIGHT. The short debate in the House of Commons last night, on the report of the Address, formed an interesting appendix to what was said on Thursday respecting the...

Now that Parliament is sitting, the space devoted to reports of the Debates ne- cessarily limits to the smallest extent our power to insert Letters ; and after this week, our...

pro- ceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League at Manchester on Wednesday and Thursday. We cannot even mention all the speakers, much less their topics : nor is it very necessary,...

that Mr. Parker is about to resign his seat for Sheffield ; and that Mr. John Bright, of Rochdale, will be put forward to fill the vacancy.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 24th Jauuary 1843. Sia — I observe the note which, in your publication of the 21st instant, you have appended to my former communication on the...

by Mr. Featherstonhaugh a veey "startling statement" respecting the settled North-eastern boundary. Among the state papers of France, was dis- covered lately, a note by Franklin...

or two to a furious gale, have already added to the list of disasters so recently witnessed. The latest accounts from Liverpool mention that the life-boat had been sent, with...

Bank of England, from the 5th November 1842 to the 28th January 1843— LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation £19,342,000 Securities £21,672,000 Deposits 10,417,000 Bullion...

On the 22,1 January, at Gourock Ilouse, the Lady of DUNCAN DARROMI junior, Esq., of Gourock, of a son. On the 230 at Came House, Tarbert, Argyllshire, Mrs. CAMPBELL, of...

ARRIVED—At Gravesend, 29th l Jan. Malcolm, Turner, f sair. Greig, from Sourabayriennd Timandra, Skinner, from M Gatenby, lion Rangoon; and Princess Victoria, Blackmore; Downs....

STOCK EXCHANGE, FIUDAY AFTER:COON. The tendency to improvement in the English Funds received a check from the defeat of the French Ministry ; and prices, which had improved 4...

OF THE SPECTATOR. 28th Jauuary 1843. SIR—Since my letter was written which appears in your paper today, the correspondence between Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Birmingham Chamber...

Mauchester, 30th January 1843. SIR—I have read with considerable edification the able letter of your corre- spondent " X " in the Spectator of 28th January, and ain satisfied...

THE OREGON TERRITORY. IT would be harsh to assume that the bill for the occupation and settlement of the Oregon Territory, introduced in the Senate of the United States, can,...

THE Westminster- Review, the Standard, and the Times, have been eloquently demonstrating that the calling of a journalist is far more dignified and important than that of a...

THE letter from Dr. CHALMERS to Mr. Comaiss of Glasgow, on the subject of the Emigration Societies in the West of Scotland, which we copy below from the Scotch newspapers,...

AN attempted adaptation of La Donna del Lago has been produced at Covent Garden this week : but the opera is so disguised in performance that the original work of ROSSINI is...

that pathos is her forte, from her selection of a serious melodrama, entitled Arthur, ou Seize Ans apres ; which could only be made palatable English tastes by very fine acting....

MATHEMATICIANS and diplomatists appear to differ widely in their philosophical premises. The former are generally of opinion that it requires two lines to make an angle ; but...

Ediubureh. 29th December 1842. " My dear Sir—I think I told you some time ago that 1 had received no less than twenty different applications from as many Emigration Societies...

Smea the days of the Pharaohs, it has been understood that the best method of propitiating royalty is by a handsome present. The minds of courtiers and would-be courtiers have...

THE members of the Purcell Club assembled on Monday last, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in undiminished numbers and unrelaxing zeal. It would seem somewhat strange that in a...

POLMCS AND HISTORY, Sir Robert Peel and his Era: bein g a Synoptical View of the chief Events and Measures of his Life and Time Cotes. TRAVELS, Lite in Mexico, durin g a...

THE authoress is the wife of the first Spanish Minister accredited to Mexico since that colony threw off the yoke of the mother- country ; and she appears to be either an...

Tun hero, or at least a subject of this new romance of the inde- fatigable Mr. JAMES, is Robin Hood, transferred from the usually assigned time of Richard the First to that of...

BOOKS. Sir Robert Peel and Ms Era : Leine a Synoptical View of the chief Events and Measures of his Life and Time. Doings in China : being the Personal Narrative of an Officer...

DRAWING-CLASSES AT EXETER HALL TnE Drawing-classes at Exeter Hall made a demonstration of their progress on Saturday and Monday last; and one of a very satisfactory kind,...

Tuesday, Jan. 31. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Marley and Capper, Ironmonger Lane, linenfactors -Henderson and Felton, Long Acre, brassfounders-Hudson and Trewicks....

WAR OFFICE, Feb. 3.-4th Drag. Guards-Assist. Stirg. E. Adolphus, M.D. from the 98th Foot. to to Assist.-Surg. vice O'Callaghan. promoted on the Staff. 1st Drags.- Major F. H....

BRITISH FUNDS. (ClosingPrices.) Saturday Monday. Tuesday. Wednes. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account .. 941 94* 941 943 941 94} 941 941 95 95 95* 951 951 951 951 3 per...