CH I T-C H AT. A LONG CHARACTER.-An Irishman, who was the defend& ant in an assault case heard on Wednesday by the Marylebone magistrates, handed up to the bench with munb parade a piece of paper, which, he said, was a "five years' character," bat which, it turned out on examinat

ppDICATED TO THE ROYAL WESTERN YACHT SQUADRON. Jus Published, price 7s. 6d. with a Map, Vignette, and Turkish Vocabulary. nRENTAL OUTLINES, or TURKEY, GREECE, 1 and TU7SCANY, in 1838. By W. KNtIGHT, Esq., of the Hon. for. of Lhtcolnt" Iisi. .-l amusing volumse of travels."-Sun. .

THE GOLD-DUST RoBBrEY.-The intense anxiety Which for months pervaded the town, has again been revived by the commencement of the Michaelmas term (with which the sit- tings in Banco has nothing to do), relative to the probable fates of Monnev Moses and the other convicts connecte

Committee of Council on Education, Council Office, Whitehall, Oct. .5, 1839. Reverend Sir,-With reference to the application for a grant for 5'32 in aid of the erection of school-rooms at Paddington. I am directed bv the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education to transmit

WHAT DO WE WANT7 AND, HOW SHALL WE CET IT? - - ?? - - TO TIHE EDITOR OF T1E ERA. SIR,-It occurs to me that the above questions re- quire attentive consideration by the people at the pre- sent moment. It seems generally understood by the more intelligent spirits of the day!, that

The town was put into much commotion the other day by the intelligence thata man bad fired a pistol at the Queen, in the Park, when her Majesty was returning, in her open carriage, to Buckingham Palace after a drive. At first it seemed very uncertain whether any pistol had been

About five oclock on Buotday evening, her Majesty, accom- d by Prince Albert, proceeded in an open carriage and four, with o0triders, for her accustomed drive in Hyde Park, &c., the ?? equerries, as usual, accompanying the cortege on horse. back. On her )lIajesty's return, about

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LITERATURE AND. ART. I Strictures on a Life of William Wilberforce, by the Rev. R. T. Wilberforce and the Rev. S. Wfrilberforbc. By THOMAS CLataSON, M.A. With a Correspondence between Lord Brougham and Mr. Clarkson, &c. Longman. Wilberforce was none of your field-preaching, meeti

POLITICAL LYRICS.-No. 1. LORD DURHAM'S RETURN. A CANADIAN BOAT SONG, TO A NEW TUNE. Row brothers, row, row, Lord Durham says 110w, By their skuls together he'll set them; And till he shall cease, As to quiet and peace, The Ministers " wish they may get them-may get them." With lo