THE Queen's Speech at the opening of Parliament, on Tuesday last, is not unlike such a note as Boswell used to take of a nigh t talk at the Literary Club. There is the same...

the proclaimed districts in the North of Ireland • but, as usual in that country , to little purpose. One man has been twice tried, but on neither occasion could the Jury be got...

effected in the two Convocations for the provinces of Canterbury and York, sitting simultaneously. but, by a remarkable peculiarity of the case, both victories appear likely to...

to call M. Bonaparte, labours at the completion of his spider- web constitution. The last addition to it is his system of police, which places every action of every Frenchman...

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. HOUSE or LORDS. Tuesday, Feb. 3. Opening . of Parliament by the Queen—The Address carried nem. con. Thursday, Feb. 5. Law Reform; Government...

political capital" of Kossuth and his doctrine of intervention to prevent intervention, are likely to be carried farther than they foresaw. A memorial signed by fifteen...

fac- tion. By the reviews of Satory and St. Denis, he alarmed the Legislative Assembly, and then made the precautions the Assem- bly took for its own defence the pretext for...

Deputations from the parishes of Marylebone and St. Pancras had a joint interview with Lord John Russell at the Treasury on Saturday, to urge the necessity of making speedy...

THE Queen and Prince Albert came to town on Monday. Her Majesty held a Privy Council, at Buckingham Palace, on Monday afternoon ; at which the Royal Speech to be delivered at...

Some of the English constituencies are in the commotion of preparing for new elections. At Greenwich, vacant by Admiral Dundas's promo- tion, Admiral Houston Stewart has issued...

The election for Perth, it seems, will be contested. The Scotsman states that the Lord Provost and Treasurer of the Fair City were at the railway station, expecting Mr. Fox...

An influential meeting of noblemen, magistrates, proprietors, poor-law guardians, and others interested, from all parts of Ireland, assembled in the Dublin Rotunda at the close...

defining tho electoral rights of Frenchmen, has been published in the Monitsur. The Corps Legislatif will consist of 261 deputies, elected by the people in the proportion of one...

SATURDAY. The principal business in Parliament last night was the introduction in the House of Commons of a measure of substantial relief to Chancery suitors, by the...

It is said that Mr. Strutt, M.P. for Arundel, has been or will be ap- pointed to the Presidentship of the Board of Trade, vacant by Lord Granville's promotion to the office of...

later account of the Queen of Spain than to the 3d instant, the day after the attack on her person ; but they are more express on the point of her safety. We now learn that the...

Amid the general decline of the drama, even the combinations of farce appear to be wearing out. A wife who to cure her husband of a propen- sity to infidelity wins his heart in...

St. James's Theatre. Atidsuntiner Night's Dream, the reading of Tuesday last, was further illustrated by the introduction of Mcndelssohn's music. Prophets regard this...

Mr. Lindsay Stepp., have this week commenced serial performances of classi- cal music, chiefly for their own instrument,—Mr. Bennett on Tuesday evening, at the Hanover Square...

a special de- partment at the Board of Trade for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of the existing Schools of Design, and aiding art education generally as applied to...

STOCK EXCHANGE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The tenour of the debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday night gave an upward impulse to the English Stock Market : Consols, which had been...

FiVlS measures were notified by Government on the first night of the session, besides others that we know to be behind ; and already the House of Commons sees plenty of work...

QUEEN VICTORIA ON CONSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE. THE autograph letter by Queen Victoria, placing stringent -condi- tions on Lord Palmerston's continuance in office, corroborates the...

not to speak of little ones, have in the High Court of Parliament, under our most gracious Queen at this time assembled, thought themselves called upon to arraign the conduct of...

"A PIAGUE and misfortune of the country," a " nuisance," an " awful and perilous institution," "trickery, extortion, and impo- sition," are the epithets which Sir Richard...

IT is the duty of a Member of Parliament, not to govern his country, but to see that it be properly governed—to throw all his faculties into the work of making power for its...

Canterbury, 29th January 1852. Sm—It does not appear to have struck any of your correspondents, that the present state of France under Louis Napoleon affords a singular confir-...

ALL authorities agree that the present rise in the price of corn is likely to continue. The consumption in Ireland is increasing, both of wheat and Indian corn. There has been a...

LORD ALREXARLR'S MEMOIRS OF ROCKINGHAM AND HIS CONTERPORARIRS. ° THIS work, clever in its execution and interesting in its subjects, is less a memoir of the excellent and...

London, 4th February 1852. Sut—Akis ! the days of chivalry are indeed gone ! Could the ancestors of the Stanley-a, the Russells, and the Greys, have imagined that the time...

3d February 1852. Stu—With the knowledge of France and the French which frequent visits to that country during many years have given me, I cannot help com- paring the editors of...

FEW Europeans had better opportunities to give an account of the Chinese than the late Mr. Gutzlaff; for he had lived among them • The Life of Taou-kwang, late Emperor of China:...

This work contains an interesting account of the disagreeables, struggles, and hardships in Canada, of a family that ought never to have gone there. Captain Moodie was unversed...

MR. GRUNDY' S WINTER EXHIBITION. This Exhibition opened for its third season on the 17th January. The date is later than in the preceding years—somewhat to disadvantage, we...

The books of the week consist either of works of some mark, for deliberate inspection, or of reprints and aerials. History of the lVhig Ministry of 1830, to the Passing of the...

Gabriel. A pretty little canzonet in the modern Italian style. The melody, without any remarkable novelty, is graceful, easy to sing, and nicely ae- oompanied. The rhythm,...

Schnassfer; translated by Samuel Dickson. A morcean de eirconstance, "dedicated by permission to Lord Dadley Stuart," and used, no doubt, to animate the recent festivities in...

Avondate Schottische. The Castellon Polka. Composed by Fre- deric _Perry. We place these together, as they are all good things of their kind, and the kind itself is by no means...

Vocal Exotics. A Selection of the most admired Songs of various Nations. Written and adapted by W. Bartholomew, Esq. This is a serial publication, of - which six numbers, tongs...

This week's Exhibition lecture was " On the Stearie Candle Manufac- ture," by Mr. George Wilson, of Vauxhall. All the present improve- ments in candles date from the present...

On the 26th January, the Lady of Dr. Edmund Ronalds, Chemical Professor at Queen's College, Galway, of a daughter. On the 29th, in Carlton Gardens, the Viscountess Goderich, of...

Tuesday, .Feb. 3. PARTNERSHIPS DISHOLVED.—Whitehead and Co. Oldham, spinners—Payne and Co. Chard, lace-manufacturers—G. and T. Ashley, Poulton-with-Fearnhead, Lanca- shire,...

SHARES. (Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening.) Itzn.ways- Caledonian Edinburgh and Glasgow Eastern Counties Great Northern Great South. and West....