... PO LITI CS. AN ESTIMATE OF THE CHARACTER AND POLICY OF RUSSIA. In resuming the subject we commenced last week-the posi- tion of England in regard to her foreign relations-we think a word of explanation may be proper. It is not our intention to make this department of the journal consist of a consecutive series of political essays. We are desirous rather of availing ourselves of the tide of ...

... It is reported that two regiments are about to be immediately sent to Canada, so alarming are the accounts received rinm that quarter; biut the ditliculty will be how to replace them. Qz'rry._ Would not the 1,200 marines now employed is Spain be mul ch more legitimately employed at home in garrisoning cither W oolsviih or Portsmouth, so as to leave more troops of the line available on o1n ...

... I ?? _ TO THE EDITOR OF THE NRA. Six,-Tern LORD CHANCELLOR, LORD COTTENHAM, in es- -teemed by all the profession as a man of the first legal attain- ments, but, in his capacity of Speaker of the House of Lords, he is what may fairly be called very insufficient. To be sure be has the merit (which all chancellors have not bad) of great disinclination for the wordy war, bat that uncon- ...

... LEA:;rwlG ?? :T!N; -,F T C-i A. ?? CANiD'A-;. ali'I th Ill' ?? 110 Olip)tat tlt osimt11 l, fWll~iW c115' 05 15~ 1 ?? out 1111o ,.ps, ~iis -liglit tl 1551101 lht narrnliiv,, of Sir 1.ranci. s i-nte l0iot cil. Cl D) iidi'll 0, and11 tile h11A01)15 of' socvral local O~l~iii5.il~~5can no lolgtier Screen th vjpall);1i5 neglect ofie th i Iely erefttls of VIbsi officers, or involve ni obscni v ity ...

... THa CONiTaovERsY between the Timtes and Standard on the corn-law question has been the source of much amuse. ment to the public. The Standard entered the lists in mortal fear of being roughly handled, deprecating the constitutional irritability of its foe in the following ludicrous terms:- Wve have one consolation, and we confess it is the only one, in meeting the Times as an adversary, and ...

... CIr. ?? EsE.NI:NG, 1FED. 2. As there was no account of the Royal William steamer when the second Railway train left Liverpool, it is concluded that she did not leave Newv York on the 15th ult., the period first fixed for her departure. It is very probable the return letters from Canada would not reach New York by the 15th, and that may be one cause of delay. Not one incident of the slightest ...

... DEVON PORT. | Onl M4o'day evening a meeting was (for the first time) sum- noncd b' the Working Men's Association at Devonport. The place selected was the Long Room, Stonebouse, calculated to contain nearly 2,000 persons, and it was fully occupied some- thne before the business commenced. The assemblage was com- posed principally of working men, whose deportment throughout a as perfectly ...

... The Sultan has already gone through the ceremony of being girded with the Scimitar of the Prophet in the Mosque of Eyoub, situate on the right bank of the Golden Horn. The ceremony was performed according to custom by the Sheik of ?? Dervishes resident at Koniah, in Asia Minor, who was summoned to the capital immediately on the death of Sultan Mahmoud. Abd-ul Medschid was brought up in the ...

... IPAPERIAL PARLIAMENT. I HOUSE OF LRlIDS-MuND.A, MT 13. The folloi i* pe.ers were introdured, and teol thit oaths ard their seats: nameh Lord II ?? L rtl Stan ley, f Alderley-park, and Lord ;Le ighl. dFuiiaL)lStll1 1 The Lord Chancellor took Isis seat on the -oolsack at rire o'clock. PENNY POST-AGE, 3ie,,l th, and the Earl of The FDuke of BicbnI.old, the Earl of Falttanoltas ad t eg earof ...

... I ETY.MOLOGY OF THE NAMES OF COUtNTRIEs.-The foliow ing countries were named by the bhoenicians, the greatest cons mercial people in the world. These slames, in the Phoenician language, signify something characteristic of the places which they designate. Europe signifies a country of white complex ion-so named because the inhabitants there were of a lighter complexion than those of either ...

... The inhabitants of the Caucasas, instead of being subject to Russia, are not even at peace with her, but have for manv years been engaged ins continual war. This war they have maintained single-handed. They have received at no period encouragement or assistance from any power. While the Porte hold the supremacy of these provinces they were left for their means of defence to themselves, but ...

... LATEST INTELLICENCE. CIrY, SATURDAY. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. The attention of our city friends has been engaged this week hy a balance sheet of the affairs of the United States Bank, put forth by Mr. Jaudon. We give the document entire.- TO THE SHAREHOLDERS IN THE BASE OF THE UNITED STATES. London, December 4, 1839. Gentlemen,-Herewitli I hand you a copy of a condensed statement, which I have ...