The Archbishop of Canterbury will shortly consecrate the new Chapel Royal at Buckingham-palace. The chapel will be finished in a few days. On Monday morning the ceremony of consecrating the new English and French Protestant Church in St. Martin's-le-grand, was performed by the R

The old Latin precepts which teach us not to speak ill of the dead, had almost prevented our taking any notice this week of a farce called " Duprez," produced here on Wednesday night, and which we certainly thought had died on the same evening. Seeing it, however, resuscitated i

be beyond his power to control, but—the truth must out—Mr. Byrne has neither been fitted by nature, nor adapted by art, to the profession which he has chosen. His gait is awkward, his voice harsh and disagreeable, his delivery bad, and his attitudes preposterous. A number of the

manufactured with the greatest precision, so as to combine elegance of shape with the greatest durability of usefulness, at Prices unequalled by any House in Town. A Set of FIFTY PIECES of IVORY, at 355. Superior BRITISH PLATE, which is superseding the use of Silver, and which w

[SIXPENCE. Mr. COCHRANE (who we believe, is only known as the author of certain heavy imitations of BYRON'S poetry) actually threatened to bring in a bill, by which WALTER'S eligibility should be rendered lawful, and would have done so, we dare say, if the practical good sense o

Lord BROUGHAM rose to propose his promised vote of thanks to Lord Ashburton for the manner in which he had brought to a successful termination the negotiations with the United States. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, Earl of ABERDEEN, Lord COLCHESTER, Lord DENMAN, supported the motion, wh

The fourth weekly meeting of the Anti-C - o - rn - -law League took place on Wednesday evening, in Drury-lane Theatre. The attendance of the people was fully as great as on the three preceding occasions. There were as many ladies in the circles as we have before witnessed, and t

Mr. Pemberton is to have the seals of the Duchy of Laneas ter as Chancellor. The Hon. J. Talbot, son of the Earl Talbot, is to succeed Mr. Pemberton as Attorney-General to his Royal High- ness the Duke of Cornwall. THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. —On Tuesday, by order of the Comm

PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. J. Mklyard, M.A., of Christ's College, to be one of her Majesty's preachers, at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall; the Rev. W. F. Douglas, M.A., of Christ's College, to be chaplain to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. By a lit just Published, we find

RIRTHS. On the sth inst., in Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square, Mrs. Luke James Hansard, of a daughter. On the same day, in Connaught-place, the Viscountess Bernard, of a daughter. On the 2nd inst., at No. 2, Hanover-terrace, Itegent's-park, Mrs. Thomas Longman, of a daughte