... SPIRIT OF -THE JO URNALS. - THE PENSION LIST. (Frorn the Observer.) The opposition to the ministerial proposal for in- quiry was founded upon the fact that, when an inquiry had been heretofore proposed into the merits of the different'pensions on the civil list, that inquiry was strenuously resisted by the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, and other members of the reform cabinet. Doubtless ...

... - Mr. Hlume has given notice of a motion for an early day, the subject of which is to relieve this country from 20,0001. annually, at present received by the despot of Hanover. As an item in the ac- count of profligacy-of the profligacy of the court of George 111.this sum seems comparatively trifling, and the parliament which relieved the Duke of Cum- berland from the care and education of ...

... SPIRIT OF ME JOURRNAfS OBSTACLES TO THE PROGRESS OF REFORM. (Firni Me Spectator.) The heirs of the two -rival factions of the last' century are now avowedly leagued together in de- I fence of the-peecant parts of the reform act, as their predecessors rallied round Old Sarum and Gatton.- The Whig leader of the House of Commons pro- claims its righteous intent to be that of giving the ...

... I MiU- O'CONNELL, IN, BIRMINGHAM. I Mlr. O'Connell Paid a visit to. Bilrmiirghsrm, on Thursday, Ion his Way to Ireland ?? 'ad t thle requrest of.s~ra O influential reformers ini the town, prolonigpd . is stay, ii to few hours, in order to address the: Men., of Birmingliam.? kir Although his arrival was totally unexpected, yet the~moment ad Hes carriage was recognised at, the Swan, Hotel an. ...

... ?? I I s . . . . I Between. six and seven o'clock yesterday evening a fire wastdiscovered to have broken out in one of the large stores belonging to Mr. Lawlor, the coal factor, at the corner of Gloucester-street and Princes-street, in which a large quontity of bay and fodder bad been stored up a few weeks since. At the moment it was discovered the fire bad gained to a great extent, and burst ...

... ISHAMEFUL CONDUCT OF THE TORY GENTRY I OF LONGFORD. the STATE OF THE COUNTY LONGFORD. er, BALLYMARON PETTY SasatoNs, Nov. 20.-The readers of ion the Evening Mail and Packet, who have beard 80 much of alk the state of this county, wilt be much surprised when they oft peruse the following report of outrages which came bbfta'4 to the magistrates assembled at petty sessions this day. A sed number ...

... TRANSATLANTIC PEARLS'I At ?? struvg. Pllacklegs, in their usual disguise of ruffle shirts and broadcloth coats, have made their re.appearance with the busy season in considerable numbers at Columbia, South Carolina.-New York Mirror. The'editor of the Newburgh Gazette says, very good- naturedly -.-We beg to apologise to our readers for the very many tylographic~1 and other errors which ...

... 1.JJ13RIAIY PARL P 4J ?? ,,I HOUSE OF COMMON9-SATVRbAY, Dmc 18 a4 The SPEAKER took ' -te lchsiii'ethis day it -i* D* o'c1lickW -4nJd 'acquaited hthe lossW- :fihit-r.JoSJiO l1il aL 6tand t.brsrpethit j e~a~sthe sefty ofo% ?? ~fiP~ s ~ Pirtarlnton,e hupet^d sait ?? ,mis o-t? pe~i7. 1ct tioners againet- the e tbs'avnfbr th-4:i'y ?? ~esd!tS erntgered into ?? ,tqufred -eacognja nee-nrl ,tarhi~ ng ...

... RIOTS IN HANOVPR I- we can give particulars of the eventsh loss of life at Gottinigen on) the I 5th (whichr Y anet de on Saturday) in consequence of the desoptic lyka(, King of Hanover. On the morttlitng of the It 'h of tie professors were called before the Academic 4tua th l of tlaemn-Dahilmann, Jacob Giim, aod C un ral; thre that they must quit the kingdom within three d ~e etold rest were ...

... SPhl IOr THE JOURNALS. CANiADIAN AFFAIR. (.'rmthe Sun.) In deploring the setfl of affairs in Lower Canada, we cannot withhold the a> Pression of our deep regret that the Colonial Secretas, rI, the rest of her Ma- jesty's ministers, seem to havm en, very imperfectly informed respecting the prbgt., repof events in that province-that the cabinet nevq;, once anticipated the conclusion of a ...

... I1PERXl PARLIAMENr. HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY, DEc.'2L The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Wosack at fi o'clock. Upon the motion of Lord DUNd'NNON tile house resolved itself into a committee oil ti r i Ireland conveyance expenses bill. ° Prise i The hill passed through the committee The ]Ib sumed, and the bill was reported without anedidrent, ordered to be read a third time next day. m ,id ...

... :Y EXPREMS . I; ; - PRES1DIENT-S 1ESSAGE. *' It~, FELLOW CITIZENSa Ot T IHE .SENATEt, AND HousE ~or RE, PaE5SENTATI1VES5rWe have reasorn to renew the. expression y pf our devout gratitude to'the, Giver of all good for his be- nign protection. Our country presents on every side the evidences of that continued favour, under whose auspices: it hits gadually risen from a fevir feeble and dependent ...