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An attempt is made by the Government organs to gloss
The Spectatorover the declining revenue, by sinking all allusion to the additional taxes imposed last year by Mr. BARING. The facts of the case are as follows. Decrease on the year ending...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorBOTH Houses of Parliament have adjourned for a fortnight's holy- days, after two more sittings, employed in disposing of - a few odds BOTH Houses of Parliament have adjourned...
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The news from China, by the overland mail, is of
The Spectatora more stirring kind than that of last month ; and indeed more imposing at first sight than the facts warrant. Sir GORDON BREMER had attacked and taken two of the minor forts of...
The great French measure, which has been the occasion of
The Spectatorso much speculation throughout Europe, the bill for the fortification of Paris, has passed into law: it received the Royal assent on Tuesday. It seemed to run the last stages of...
The news from India is unimportant : comparative tranquillity and
The Spectatora little success in the North-western provinces, and continued disorder and intrigue in the Punjab, arc all the incidents of note in the Indian papers.
PROGRESS OF THE OPIUM WAR.
The SpectatorIntellig ence has been received from India and China, by the March overland mail from Bombay, announcing what is considered as the ter- mination of the dispute with China. The...
No progress is seen just now in the long-promised settlement
The Spectatorof the " Eastern question." The latest accounts from Constantinople left the Porte still debating the terms of an arrangement, which could hardly have been evaded or even...
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Drbatrs ant Vrouttrings ill Varliamertt.
The SpectatorDUTIES IN THE COLONIES. On Monday, the House of Commons, on the motion of Mr. LABOII- CREAK, resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House on the Act 3 and 4 William IV....
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TEO T•ou r t.
The SpectatorTHE Court has conformed to the universal practice in the great world, and left town for the Easter holy days. On Wednesday, at half-past three o'clock, the Queen and Prince...
gbe _Metropolis.
The SpectatorA correspondent of yesterday's Morning Chronicle announces the rumoured resignation of the Tory Member, Lord Teignmoath- " For same days past a rumour has been in general...
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rite Vrobinces.
The SpectatorThe Ipswich Express says that Sir Thomas Cochrane had determined not to stand again for the borough of Ipswich. As it is every day becoming more apparent, that with our present...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorLord Ebrington left Dublin Castle on Saturday, on a visit to his father, Earl Fortescue, in Devonshire. The Lord-Lieutenant has consented to be President of the Dublin branch...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorAt the ordinary monthly meeting of the Presbytery of Edinburgh, 'on Wednesday week, two lists of representatives for the Presbytery in the General Assembly were proposed; one...
..fflistetlancous.
The SpectatorWe understand that his Royal Highness Prince Albert has been appointed Grand Ranger of Windsor Park. Prince Albert has been munificent : he -has given the Nelson Monument...
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The President, New York steam-ship, the delay of whose arrival
The Spectatorwas a source of wonderment and anxiety last week, bad not been heard of at Liverpool up to a late hour yesterday. The Liverpool correspondent of the Times accounts thus for the...
The Times this morning gives a further explanation, from its
The SpectatorParis correspondent, of the seizure of papers in charge of the courier em- ployed by the London journals. Lord Palmerston, it is asserted, par- taking of the jealousy...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. A letter from Alexandria, in the Morning Chronicle, dated 25th March, states that the note signed by the Representatives of the Four Powers, at the conference in...
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The SpectatorNotwithstanding the broken week, we are unable to find room fin several Letters; which are in type. Among them is one which might seem to claim a place, be , cause it purports...
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THE DIORAMA.
The SpectatorA NEW picture was opened at the Diorama on Monday ; the Coronation has given place to an Interior of the Cathedral of Auch, near Toulouse ; the Shrine of the Nativity remaining,...
The Dublin correspondent of today's Morning Chronicle announces a change
The Spectatorin the prospects of the Antrim election- " The Orange party, who back Mr. Alexander, have succeeded in forcing Mr. M‘Donnell, the Peel - Wellington candidate, to retire from the...
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters-patent to be
The Spectatorpassed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- land, appointing Admiral the Honourable Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.B , to be Master of her Majesty's...
We are happy to announce that Mr. Macready has become
The Spectatorthe lessee of Drury Lane Theatre. This undertaking, so honourable to Mr. Macready, will be greeted, as it ought to be, by every lover of dramatic literature.—Morning Chronicle.
On Thursday, the election of a Town-Councillor took place at
The SpectatorLiver- pool, in the room of Mr. Coglan, who died lately. Mr. Coglan was a Whig : a Tory, Mr. Parker, was elected. This gives the Tories a ma- jority of seven in the Council.
The Morning Chronicle of yesterday celebrated the anniversary of Sir
The SpectatorJames Graham's defeated motion on China, by singing the song of triumph upon Captain Elliot's circular reporting progress in the nego- tiations. It rehearses the victories of...
In a review of the deeds of the session, this
The Spectatormorning, the Times shows that Ministers have exhibited most industry in preparing a huge amount of new patronage. The probable salaries under several bills introduced into the...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, THIIREDAV AFTERNOON. The arrival on Monday morning of intelligence from New York to the 19th March, which was confirmatory of the pacific character of the news...
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorIn Tilnev Street, Lady CAROL , NE TOWNELEL of a daughter. still-lairn. On the 2,1 inst., at Ashbotarti Hall, DerLyshire, the Lady of the Hon. and Rev. CHARLES DUNI/AS. of a...
THE REVENUE.
The SpectatorAbstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Yen' and Quarters ended 5th April 1840 and 1841, showing the Increase o Decrease thereof. YEARS ENDED APRIL...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived-At Gravesend. April 5th. Malcolm. Bell. from Bengal; 6th, Vigilant, Walton ; and W. Turner. Reels. from M onitiu•; and 8th. Friends. Small, from Singa- pore. At Des!,...
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PROVISION FOR THE POOR IN SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorA niscossioN took place in the Presbytery of Glasgow, not long ago, respecting an assertion publicly made by a gentleman who advocates a reform of the Poor-laws of Scotland,...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTRIUMPHANT RESULTS OF THE WHIG POLICY IN CHINA. Tun Dogberries of Government are loud in their self-felicitations about the news by the overland mail. "There is no country in...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorMIMEAL SCIENCE, Mural Philosophy ; or the Duties of Man considered in his individual, social, and domestic capacities. By George Combe Longman and CO. ANTIQUITIES. A Second...
ORATORIOS IN PASSION-WEEK.
The SpectatorPERMISSION to open theatres for musical perforntances in " the Holy Week " is something altogether new : whether it be a step towards Popery, Puseyism, or Presbyterianism, we...
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WILKINSON'S SECOND SERIES ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE
The SpectatorANCIENT EGYPTIANS. THESE volumes are a continuation, embracing such matter as could not be conveniently included in the author's former series ; and containing the agriculture...
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DR. JAMES JOHNSON'S PILGRIMAGES TO THE SPAS.
The SpectatorDa. JAMES JOHNSON is well known as a man of medical acquire- ments and of something still more useful to a physician than even medical science, shrewd common sense. He has also...
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THE Purl IMPUDENT OF COMPTON AUDLEY.
The SpectatorA SUBSCRIBER TO THE SPECTATOR. From the Morning Post, Gth April 1841. "LORD WE. LENNOX'S NEW ROMANCE, COMPTON AUDLEY, Or HANDS NOT DEARTS.= In this new and exciting story we...
SOLOMON BENNETT'S BIBLE.
The SpectatorTHIS is an important undertaking to biblical scholars, and one deserving of every encouragement. The late SOLOMON BENNETT was " a Hebrew of the Hebrews," profoundly versed in...
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MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorWAR-OFFICE, April 9.-1st or Grenadier Foot Guards-Capt. G. B. Mathew. from half-pay unattached, to be Lieut. and Capt. vice C. H. Nicholson, who exchanges; Lieut. R. H. Glynn to...
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBOOKS. A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians; including their Religion, Agriculture, &c.; derived from a comparison of the paintings, sculptures,...
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, April 6. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Hickman and Marriott. Catherine Street. newspaper-proprietors-Hickman and Co. Rutland Place, Upper Thames Street, merchants-Booth and...
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PRICES
The SpectatorCURRENT. BRITISH (Closing Tuesday. Prices.) Wedgies. Thurs. Priddy. FU Soturda! NDS. .11,esday. 3 per Cent. Consols 891 89* 891 891 90 Ditto for Account 891 891 891 891...