... PREVAT3I CORRESPONDENCE. (Froan our Special Correspoadent.) LONDON, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. The Tory faction are becoming desperate, and in proportion as their prospect of making any thing like a respectable stand at the meeting of Parlia- nent diminishes, the vile and degraded organs of the press have become louder and more de- termined in their denunciations of the rights and liberties of the ...

... ?? S -TIUBL DINNER. d to tbe Editor of tbe Ke,'so Cihronicle Wjfe ,,indebted to it (vhitli we have been obliged the fall bridge) of the proceeedingt at a dinner to - arT E. Elliot, Member of Parliament Friday last, by the Ma- rthco yriabtats f awck:- l~ratesartd 2 r w l about 250 gentlemen sat down rioess' °dinner Bailie Peter Wilson took the ?? 9o uon rorit sat the Hlan. John E. Elliot, l. P. ...

... erair-bomatt jut-rcurv. EDINBURGH. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 28. The most potent ally of the Tories at the late general election was the alarm created in the minds of the timid and unsuspecting, by the misrepresen- tations which were industriously circulated regard- ing the principles, policy, and intentions of the Li- beral Government and the Liberal party. Led to believe that there was some cause ...

... - { ?? OFFICE OF ORDNANCE-October G. Ordnance Medical Department-G T. Ferris to bo0 Assistant-Surgeon, vice Turner, deceased; dated Sept. 26, 1837. WHITEHALL, OCTOBER 9. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the seal appointed by fhe treaty of Union to be made use of instead of the Great Seal of Scotland, appointing the following noblemen and gentlemen to be ...

... Q]alebon ian Oercurv#. EDINBURGH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 2. A large space in our paper of to-day is occupied with the Message of the President of the United States to Congress, the greater part of which we have presented to our readers; for whatever diffe- rences of opinion may be entertained as to the soundness of the financial doctrines contained there- in, the document itself is one that must be ...

... SPIRIT Or THE PUBLIC Pnsgi I EXPOSITION OF TORYv PRINCIPLES.-In the fifth volume, just published, of Mr Lockhart's delightful Life of Sir Walter Scott,' a bio- graphy which possesses the rare merit of exhi- biting, without disguise or reservation, the ac- tions, character and views of the subject of it, we find Sir Walter, inma letter to Lord Montague, dated March 1822, laying down what may ...

... MANCHESTEI. SWINDLING TRANSACTION. I This c se exhibits one of the most extensive and sys. tematic systemns of swindling, by means of bills, on re. cord. The followiing short sketch of the life of John Kinnear, formerly of Glasgow, whoseenas to be the prin- cipal party in these transactions, is extracted from the Glseygou Chronicle, and will be read with interest:- John Kinnear is, if we ...

... 1.ra I - '44 'Val 111teltionicti I Portsmouth, September 30. The Wellesley, 74, Captsin T. Maitland, sailed on Thursday, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Maitland, ?? as Conmander in Chief on the East India station. She went tbrough the Needles, and will celi at Plymouth to see if she can pick up about twenty men, of which number she is abort of complement. The American frigate ...

... PRIVAT E CORRESVOWDEVICE. (From our Special Correspondent.) LONDON, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. You will observe that Mr O'CON ELL has ad- dressed another letter to Lord CLONCURRY, ap- proving of his plan of holding the meeting in Dub- lin preparatory to coming to London, and from what is already stated the attendance will be numerousbe- yond the most sanguine expectation. Letters have been received ...

... PRIVATE CORRESPONDESCO I (From, our Special Correspondenzt.) LONDON, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. The absurd report circulated several weekc ago by the Standard, of the expressed determination of Lord MELBOURNE to resign shortly after the meet- ing of Parliament, having gone the round of the Tory press, has come up to town again, and is quoted by the Times from an Oxford paper, taking rare, however, to ...

... ,vorrion Entelliffmce. -FRANCE. Paris, Oct. 14. A letter from Toulon, of the 9th, says_ Trie Diligente corvette (Aviso) Captain Brindgone Treglede, has jastreceived orders to put to sea to- morrow, on a mission which will not suffer any de- lay. It is reported that this vessel is to take or- ders to the division of Admiral Lalande to return immediately to the port of Toulonn to await orders ...

... THE ANNUITY TAX-PUB3LIC MEETING. A public meeting was held on Thursday night, at sc- ven o'clock, in the Secession Chapel, Rose Street, to consider the propriety of establishing a Society for the abolition of the annuity tax. A numerous audience as- Genmbled to witness the proceedings, and Mr W. D. Gillon, M.P. hasing been called to the chair, proceeded to say, the evil of the annuity tax bad ...