... Mi R O'CONNELL AND SIa, FRANCIS BUIRDETT.-Mr O'Connell has pub. lisbed a long letter to the electors of Westminster, calling on them to take the first favourable opportunity for getting rid of their present repre- sentative, Sir Francis Burdett. Mfr O'Connell admits the past services of Sir Francis, but points out, in a number of strong instances, the dan- gerous and disgraceful character of ...

... LONDON, JANUARY 31, 1836. Some papers have been forwarded to us, connected with the question of Mr Buckingham's claims. We have always thought, and still think, those claims well founded; and we must remark that after the decision of a Committee of the House of Commons in their favour, in which, it was understood, men of all parties con- curred, the length of time which has been permitted to ...

... If I might give a short hint to an impartial writer, it would be to tell him his fate. If he resolves to venture upon the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth, let him proclaim war with mankind d la mode le pais de Pole-neither to give nor to take quareer. If he tells the crimes of great men, they fall upon him with the iron hands of the law; if he tells their virtues, when they have ...

... Tnz MUNICIPAL ELECTioNs.-Last week we mentioned that addresses. had been presented to the ministry from Oxford, Norrich, Newcastle, Iupon-Tynej Canterbury, Coventry, Maldon, Dartmouth, Walsall, Col.- chester, and Ludlow. Among many others, this week have appeared addresses from the town councils of Cambridge, Carmarthen, W3ycombe, Gateshead, Leeds, Lincoln, Maidenhead, Nottingham, Sudbury, War ...

... - LTO'NDON TJANUTAR 294 I1836 We observe that Mr Arthur Beaumont, whose case has excited some interest in this country, was last week brought before the French Chamber of Peers to plead to his indictment. He reso- lutely refused to do this, and, having received permission,-addressed the court in a very bold and energetic protest against the treatment he had sustained. He admitted that he was ...

... NO TAB ILIA. POPULATION AND SUBsISTENCE.-It is obvious that if the present state of the world, compared with its state at our earliest records, be one of relative poverty, the tendency of population to increase more rapidly than subsistence must Ise admitted. If the means of subsistence conti- nue to bear precisely the same proportion to the number of its in- habitants, it is clear that the ...

... LONDON, JANUARY 3, 1836. The message of President Jaekson to the American Congress has been received in England. It is a masterly document, thoroughly satisfactory in all respects, in its exposition of the internal affairs of America, and in the language held towards foreign powers. First in interest, though not in order, is the treatment of the Frencli question. The history of ail the ...

... THE DEBTS OF THE DUKE OF YorE.-The Times has pit islied during the past week, a petition and some letters, from the unfortunate holderd of claims upon the estate of his Royal Highness the Duke of Ydrk; deceased. The distress and destitution which have been caused by thS extraordinary postponement of the reparation due to these unhappy cre- ditors with their families, is understood to be wide ...

... REFoRM O0 THSE HOTUSE OF Lorss.-A great meeting will be held in Birmingham, on Monday next, the 18th inst., for the purpose of address- ing the King and petitioning the House of Commons for a reform of the House of Lords -From the petition agreed to be presented to the of Commons, we take the following passage :- Your petitioners think it their duty to remind your honourable House, that in ...

... [The following are the results of the~recent election of Aldermen, un- der the Municipal Refarm Act, so far as we have been able to ascertain them. It is unnecessary to continue our last week's list of councillors, as the respective majorities are, of course, repeated in the elected alder- men. We have subjoined the name of the mayor, wherever we have been able to determine it. It is to be ...

... AFFECTING DEATH.-The following extract, from evidence given by a surgeon at an inquest on the body of Caroline Elnies, aged 14 years and 3 months, who had died suddenly, describes a strange and touching scene:- Mr Win. Cole, assistant to Mr Dale, surgeon, in Holborn, deposed that he was sent for by the proprietors of' the Bell and Crown, on Thursday morning, to look at the body of a girl, ...

... NOTAB ILIA. EGGS OVER-FRESH.-Barnaby had a deep respect for his uncle; in fact, so deep, it all but sank to fear. Thus our hero spared no pains to feel his way to the heart of his relation, who, be it understood, enjoyed the reputation of a wealthy mnan,-albeit, old inhabitants of the town would sometimes marvel how his wealth had been acquired. Palms, senior, dwelt in a huge dilapidated ...