... FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT.25.-The funeral of his late Majesty tono place on IlieT,. day. At an early hour the movement of the inhabitants, and thes taneous suspension of labour, indicated the anticipation o a grasponn unusual solemnity. The road by which the procession was to pass Wa thronged by an expectant multitude; and notwithstanding the ienw, concourse, the greatest order prevailed. The troops ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE EtXAMINER. SIa,-I hate cant by whomsoever it is put forth. In a country news- paper it is announced, that there is a society of Christians formed at Nanclheeter, who have determined to refrain from animal food and to live Vn vegetables, and my purpose is to prove that it is a mockery on the part ofits members to call themselves Christians; bitt in my humble opinion, thley ...

... NEWSPAPER CHAT, COMPOUND WxNE.-An excellent compound wine may be made of equal parts of red, White, and black currants, ripe cherries, and rasp- berries, well bruised and mixed with soft water, in the proportion of four pounds of fruit to one gallon of water. When strained and pressed, three pounds of moist sugar are to be added to each gallon of liquid.- After standing open for three days, ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. Tuesday, May 11. ALIEN BILL. The Petition of the London Common Council against this Bill was pre- sented by Lord: Holland. The second reading was then moved bythe Earl of LiVsRPOOLaWhO observed, that the subject bad been.so often dis- cussed as to preclude him from offering any new argument in its support, and proceeded briefly to contend, that the bill was necessary to prevent ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. Monday, June 21. The Slave-trade Laws Consolidation Bill,-by which a slave can no longer be exposed to removal at the caprice of his master, though opposed by Lord WESToRmLAD, was read a third time and passed. On the third reading of the Marine Insurance Bill, the LoRD CHANCEL- LOP brought forward some restrictive clauses, which however he did not press, contenting himself with ...

... LONDON, JUNE 13. WE last week announced the fact of the failure of the French Minis- tqrial project for the reduction of the- Rentes, an event which has pro- duiced a great sensation in that countryj and no trifling one in the money-mongering circles otour own. However defensible as a poli- tical measure, allowing for the shifting grounds of expediency, which pass current among Statesmen, it V ...

... THE WISHING - CAP. X ,p No. VIII. I AND WE. ICe, }, You, And, We, It, They, ?? tie ?? . I A, very much hampered with this I of mine. If I value mvyself upon anything, it is upon being social; which is a-thing- essentiauy ,,P. On the other hand, it is- difficult to be plural, when talking o things singular: and the melody of one's prose, as I said before, is injured. WIe were,-kevonce, and lire ...

... filH3 POLITICAL EXAMINER. I Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.-Pors. THE WEST INDIA QUESTION. Til West Indian Proprietors dispute the claim of the iEng- h Parliament to interfere in their local affairs; and cer- inly it is a delicate matter, and one too which, after the ixample of North Americap the British Legislature should be ey cautious in meddling with. It may be true, ...

... VoLTAIFR's character of Cromwell is an admirable example of wisdom ?? conciseness:- Cromwell is described as a man who was an impostor all his life. I can scarcely believe it. I conceive that he was at first an enthosiast, and that lie afterwards made his'faralicism instrumental to his greatness. An ardent novice at twenty often becomes an accomplished orope at forty. In the great game of ...

... |- 7 WEST INDIES. The Jamaica Courant of the 21st January contains the details of the trial of nine-negroes, at Buff Bay, in that island, ou the loth of last Ja4 nuary, for a conspiracy to revolt and murder the white inhabitants Eight were convicted -and three of the eight were sentenced to be exe outed, and five to be transported. It appeared from the evidence. that these unhappy persons were ...

... NICK-NAME CORNER.-No. I. TO WIt. JOHN TAYLOR, OF FLEET-STREET. SIR,-I am sorry that Ned Christian's friends should trouble you about a certain suppressed paragraph. You see what I told you--the effect of making concessions to cannibals. One thing is pretty clear, these fellows never screen any but accomplices. Besides, I have seen a letter in Mr. Blackwood's hand-writing, in which he affirmed ...

... LONDON, JuLY It. THE rumour to which we slightly adverted last week, of the applicaur0 ofthe poor KINoG OfPORTTUGAL for a British auxiliary force, to assistbin in curbingtheinutinousspiritof his ownarmy, proves to be wellifou. ed; and the request, itseems, is to besubstantially granted in theforrri an Hanoverian brigade, and certain companies of British Marins This resolution on the part of ...