... VEiiSES, Written in a Blank Leaf of Si'ARKE's Guide for Travellers. Yc travellers from England. You'd better stay at home. Nor leave your ale and roasted beef In foreign climes to roam: Let Mrs STARKE go ramble From Petersburgh to Spain, While you all in your quiet, At peace, and ease remain. Her book will oft mislead ye, Though wriiten for the use Of travellers to whom she is Of good advice ...

... BY RtrjfNYMEDB. (From the liipies.) A chapter on the English Constitution is a natural episode in the spirit of VVhitrgism. There is this connexion between the subjects,—that the spirit of VVhiggism is hostile to the English constitution. No political institutions ever yet flourished which have been more the topic of discussion among writers of all countries and all parties than our famous ...

... There was a Railway it the Assenlhly Rooms, Cheltenham, a few days since, in which the opponents of the Swindon met in full force. Mr Rov entered into a full and satisfactory statement of what had taken place in Parliament, and it was pretty manifest, tiiat a Bill for a more dtrcct line of raiiroad from Cheltenham to the Metropolis, would speedily be submitted to Parliament. The Chancellor of ...

... CHEAP TRAVELLING.—SUCH is the competilion between the proprietors of coaches running between Uuddersfield and Mancnester, that they have issued tile following announcement:— Outside, what you please! inside, ditto \—PresL,n Pilot. IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIc.-On Wednesday, at the Petty SESSIONS held in Yeovil, a case was de- cided, Frost v. White and others, toll collectors, that a horse or ...

... Whence come ye ? It answered, fjom lannnan. The Prince, To whom do you belong ? 16 farr(iV To a Portuguese. Prince, What do ) °u t lere. Parrot, '■ I look after the chickens. The al, £ e ...

... NUMBERS XX., V. 12.— And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, because ye believed me not. Here interpreters have been much troubled to find what it was for which God was offended at Moses and Aaron for though the text tells us expressly it was for their unbelief, whereby they gilve great scandal, and did not sanctify him as they did formerly before the Israelites, yet it doth not clearly ...

... Sir Francis Freeling, so long Secretary40 Post Office, is dead. He was a remarkably clever, accurate, and active public servant,. brought the Post Office nearly to perfectio' We hope, however, that he has left a legacy to General Palmer, the son of his predecessor. Tb* poor Genera; would find it extremely acceptable at this moment, when his to the tribute most be paid up..Radicalism sometimeS ...

... The Bishop of London has received an anony- mous subset iption of 91,090 towards the fund for building additional churches in the metropolis. VV ithin fourteen days after the Bishop had men- tioned his plan amongst his friends, he received voluntary subscriptions to the amount of £ *20,000. One individual had anonymously sent the munificent Slim of £ 5 000; and a Dissenter, in a letter com- ...

... The Conservatives, of Bristol assembled at the Merchants' Hall, on Thursday, for the purpose of testifying their respect for Thomas Daniel, Esq. late' the senior Alderman of this city, whose eminent services to the best interests of the Constitution in Church and State, as well as those of his native city, for a long series of years, have earned for him a dis- tinction which no man can hope to ...

... The late SirlvITwTRidley had been for some time previous to his death unwell, but appeared to be rapidly getting better. In the early part of the week he left town for Richmond, for the country air, and was expected to return on Friday. That afternoon, about four o'clock, he was seized with a fit of apoplexy, never spoke again, and very soon expired. Sir Mat- thew represented Newcastle in ...

... LA INN.LLIGKNCE. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (Continucd from our last Page.) HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEDNESDAY. Little was done besides presenting a few petitions and forwarding some of the Bills in their stages. 1 itc Church Discipline Bill was re-committed. A new clause, proposed by the Bishop of EXETER, was agreed to; after which The Karl of SHAFTESBURY, as Chairman, re- ported progress, and obtained ...

... RAILROADS ON THE CONTINENT.-The railway system, which has excited so much interest in England and Ainer>ea,iS now beginning Itsprogresa throughout the continent of Europe. In Belgium they are already in highly profitable operation; and in France and Germany many projects on an ex- tended scale are matured, and will be shortly carried into effect. The international Railway, by .which it is ...