was ever so much glory thrown away upon such bootless efforts ? Captain ELLIOT, it seems, had lost patience, and had actually captured the Bogue forts, and the city of Canton "...

THE ctebate on Sir ROBERT PEEL'S want-of-confidence resolution, interrupted by the brief holydays, was resumed on Wednesday ; and at the time we write these words, it has been...

to the motto of " No surrender," and stands gallantly by its guns while the Kirk is scuttled with interdicts from the Court of Session, without once raising a finger towards...

a greater substance. Several candidates have conceded to the impulse of the day and declared for alteration of the Corn-laws ; while some even of the Tory candidates, catching...

WANT OF CONFIDENCE. The House of Commons reassembled on Wednesday, after the Whit- suntide recess. The adjourned debate on Sir Robert Peel's resolution against the Ministers...

: a new edict from the Emperor broke up the new ar- rangement ; and Sir GORDON BREMER himself was sent in a hurry to Calcutta, to consult with Lord AUCKLAND, and to ask for...

By the overland India mail, intelligence has been received from Can- ton to the 31st March. Hostilities had been renewed, and Canton re- mained in the power of the British....

LIFE at Court has been varied this week by change of scene and re- creations. On Monday, the Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace for Windsor, in an open carriage and...

Many of the leading people in the City met on Tuesday, in the Guild- hall, at the summons of the Lord Mayor, to consider the proposed alteration of the Corn-laws. The immense...

public meet- ings at Manchester, Whetley, Leicester, Bilston, Clayton, Torquay, Wednesbnry, Mortlake, Aylesbury, and Yarmouth ; and by the Town- Councils of Northampton,...

The Lord-Lieutenant has requested leave of absence, in order that he may visit his aged father, who is ill, in Devonshire. The Lord- Lieutenant was expected to leave Dublin on...

The case of the seven ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, who were suspended by the General Assembly for the preference which they gave to the jurisdiction of the Civil...

THE METROPOLIS. FINSBURY. Mr. 'William Tooke has issued an address to his " re- spected friends and neighbours," offering himself to their choice. His pretensions be states...

Prince Albert has announced to the Reverend Dr. Hodgson, the Pro- vost of Eton, his intention to present the sum of fifty pounds annually to Eton College, as a prize for that...

POSTSCRIPT SATURDAY NIGHT. The want-of-confidence debate assumed a greater interest as it drew towards the close, last night ; when the principal actors came upon the scene....

by an influence which has hitherto been entirely overlooked. " Siller will do't," as Dumbiedikes would have said. On Monday last, the Procu- rator announced to the General...

met their friends among the electors, in the Music Hall, on Tuesday, and delivered long addresses ; after which the meeting passed a resolution promising to support them. Mr....

Wednesday in the Theatre at Belfast, to support Ministers. Lord Charlemont was in the chair ; and Mr. Sharman Crawford, Mr. Ross, the new candidate for Belfast, and several of...

Our anticipations of a pressure for money at the shutting the books of the various Stocks previous to the Dividends, were fully realized, and there has been a very great demand...

all the members of the Cabinet, except Lord Minto, Lord Duncanson, and Sir John Hobhouse, being in attendance before the appointed time. A cor- respondent of the Standard say s...

Parlia- ment is to be dissolved. The 12th and the 16th instant are the days mentioned.—Globe.

The Lady Stormont, from Calcutta to Liverpool, upset in going down the Ilooghley- crew saved. Arrived—at Gravesend, June 1st, Agostbart, Perry; Cheviot, Young; and Branken....

BIRTHS. On the 21st ult., in Great King Street, Edinburgh, Lady HAMILTON, of twins, one still.bo;n. On the 96th ult., in Dublin. the Lady of Sir GASPAR Ls MARCHANT, of a son....

THE closing of Covent Garden, on Thursday, has left the Haymarket in sole possession of the field for the "legitimate drama"; but what Mr. WEBSTER'S plans for the summer...

pursuing a mistaken line of policy in offering a show of opposition, in many places, to the declara- tions proposed at public meetings in favour of the ilinisterial move- ment...

THE CANVASS : REPRESENTATIVES AND CONSTITUENTS. THE canvass for the impending general election is fairly afoot : electioneering agencies are in motion from one end of the...

To a dispassionate spectator, the majority of the General Assembly seem to have contrived to place the Kirk in a most awkward pre- dicament. They have declared by one vote,...

THE concert of Monday exhibited a departure from the safe formula which was adopted on the preceding night, and a departure for the worse. The sixth concert was constructed of...

IT requires more strength and coherence to stand a charge than to make one. The impetus acquired in moving to the attack is in favour of the assailing body. The Tories seem...

" REALLY, Tom, you ought to take a wife," said the elder SHERIDAN. " With all my heart, father," replied the son worthy of such a sire : " whose shall I take ? " The lax...

ELSITZINGER'S term of engagement has expired, and his place has been filled by Herr TiCHATSCHECK ; whom Mr. BUNN, speculating upon the ignorance of the public, chooses to...

Frorrox, The Queen's Poisoner; or France in the Sixteenth Century. A Romance. By Louisa Stuart Costello, Author of " A Summer amongst the Bocages and the Viues," &c. &c...

THIS volume contains five speeches of DEMOSTHENES, not here- tofore translated, relating to purely civil suits ; all of them spring- ing out of the attempts of his guardians to...

THE present volume completes this agreeable work, and differs little from its predecessor, except in the route taken and the cities described, as well as in a greater ease and...

From May 20th to Anse 3d. BOOKS. An Account of Discoveries in Lycia ; being a Journal kept during a second Excursion in Asia Minor. By CHARLES FELLOWS. Lights, Shadows, and...

THE object of this work is similar to that of one formerly published by Miss MARTINEAU, except that the lady paid more attention to the philosophy of mind, whilst the philosophy...

VALUATION. FROM a kindly feeling, we should not have published the following ill- advised communication from Mr. ROBERT Alas Wfwiorr, had he not expressly required it. His...

WAR-OFFICE, Blue 1.-12th Light Drags.-Cornet D. A. Monro to be Lieut. by pur- chase, vice Wellesley, who retires; F. M. Mulcaster, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Monte....

IN publishing and replying to the following, we wish to save ourselves from a species of private application which has been growing upon us, not only in the case of Books, but...

Tuesday, June 1. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Potter and Jarrett, South Melton Street. ironmongers-Morley and Co. Oxford, woollendmpers-Willsou and Kerr. Liverpool. priuters-Chell...

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) 'Monday. Tuesday. Wedges. Thurs. Friday. 3per Ceut. Consols \Saturday 90 90 891 894 90 I shot Ditto for Account 904 901 901 901 901....