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Lord Derby's statement in the House of Lords, on Thursday
The Spectatorevening, supplied an omission in the accounts of the Ministerial negotiations. Substantially, it was a defence of himself against the objections of his party, that he should...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTun " crisis" is over, the Cabinet is reconstructed. It is the ]ate Cabinet over again, with very partial chang es . Lord Aber- deen, who had been the object of popular doubt,...
With Lord John Russell's further explanations on Monday, and Mr.
The SpectatorGladstone's rejoinder, we trust that the question which gave Lord John occasion for breaking up the late Ministry is laid at rest. To continue the interpellations, would benefit...
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On resuming office, the Government finds its foreign relations proceeding
The Spectatoras before; and, unhappily, the condition of our army in the Crimea proceeds without essential change. There may be im- provements attained or contemplated, but the latest...
Uthntro nut Vrntraings in Varliumtnt.
The SpectatorPRINCIPAL BUSINESS OP THE WREN. Horst or Loans. Monday, Feb. 5. North' American Fisheries Bill read a first time. Tuesday, Feb. 6. Cathedral Appointments Act Continuance Bill...
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4t Curt.
The SpectatorAT a Privy Council held at Windsor Castle, on Thursday, her Majesty declared Earl Granville Lord President of the Council. Lord Panmure and Mr. Sidney Herbert were sworn two of...
'lie 31Ittroplie.
The SpectatorThe Lord Mayor had a great dinner, at the Mansionhouse, on Tuesday. Among the guests were Sir Charles Napier, the Earl of Cardigan, and some other officers recently returned...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorA numerous party assembled in the, Music-Hall of Dumfermline on the- 2d instant, to welcome the Earl of Elgin back to his native country, and to congratulate him on the...
(45t VtUnIurto.
The SpectatorThe Mayor of Tamworth, according to an annual custom prevailing in the borough, gave a dinner last week to the Corporation and the gentle- men of the town and neighbourhood....
IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe veteran Sir Edward Blakeney is about to retire from the comma of the forces in Ireland ; a post which be has long and worthily filled,, and in which he has won the respect...
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,fortign not Colonial.
The SpectatorFaaarce.—The camp at Boulogne is now called " the army of the Rhine" by the journals. It is stated that the troops there will be in- creased to 200,000; that the officers have...
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giortiluntun
The SpectatorThe Gazette of last night contained a despatch from Lord Raglan to the Duke of Newcastle, enclosing a despatch written by Lieutenant-Co- lonel Simmons at the desire of Omar...
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BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 1st February, in Tavistock Square, the Wife of Edward Belly, Esq., F.E.S., of a daughter. On the 3d, in London, the Countess Joannes, Wife of the Chevalier Count Joan-...
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The disastrous manifestations of military incapacity in our War ad-
The Spectatorministration have created a strong and not a favourable impression in Fiance. The case is presented to the French in various ways,--through the published reports, the complaints...
The usual summary of the overland mail arrived by telegraph
The Spectatorthis afternoon from Trieste, whence it was forwarded this morning. The latest dates are Hongkong 19th December, Bombay 17th January. "The Burmese Envoy has demanded the...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. All the most important points in the reconstruction of the Ministry appear to be now accomplished ; but it has only been gradually, since Lord Palmerston accepted the...
An unconfirmed report derived from Vienna has appeared in the
The Spectatorpapers, that "the Zonaves had mutinied, and demanded a retreat from the Cri- mea. Four hundred of the mutineers had arrived at Constantinople in chains, and will be despatched...
Both Houses of Convocation held the final sitting of the
The Spectatorsession yester- day. The Upper House had nothing to do, and only met to enable the Lower House to consider the report of a Joint Committee upon the Clergy Discipline Act. There...
The morningjournals announce, that " her Majesty's Government, in appreciation of
The SpectatorMr. Peto's services, and more especially of his recent dis- interested and patriotic conduct in retiring from the representation of Norwich to carry out the construction of the...
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The SpectatorAmong numerous Letters which cover our table, and some of which we will try to find room for, we notice tan more from " Gad " on the Depopulation of the Highlands of Scotland.
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. From a general belief in the early formation of the Ministry, the English Funds opened with firmness on Monday at an improvement of ; and Con-...
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PARISIAN THEATRICAIS.
The SpectatorThe Anti-Russian feeling is stoutly maintained by the theatres of France. While M. Scribe and Mademoiselle Rachel, at the That . ° Francais, are inspiring their compatriots with...
The story of the " Man in the Iron Mask,"
The Spectatorlike that of a false accusa- tion about a stolen watch, is not very new; indeed the particular form of telling that mysterious gentleman's adventures, which is now employed at...
Aram nub 311uffir.
The SpectatorAn Italian critic once computed the greatest possible number of tragi- cal collisions, and thus laid the foundation of a future possible science. The greatest number of...
Mrs. Fanny Kemble's reading of the Midsummer Night's _Dream, at
The SpectatorExeter Hall on Monday evening, drew as great an audience as when the Messiah or Elijah is performed there : a strong proof of progress in the intellectual and artistic tastes of...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorPALMERSTON, PREMIER. PALMERSTON has at last attained the summit of his anibition, and the Public has that which it has desired, if it did not ask, of the Crown. Both ought to...
OFFICIAL CONDEMNATION OF OUR MILITARY SYSTEM.
The SpectatorTIEE late Government broke down because it failed to grapple effectually with the work of organizing the War departments. The new Government comes into existence upon the...
MR. ROEBUCK'S RESOLUTION.
The SpectatorOre of the first things with which Lord Palmerston will have to deal on reentering the House of Commons, after his interview as First Lord of the Treasury with the electors of...
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THE CIVIL SERVICE UNIVERSITY.
The SpectatorA BLUE Boos of commentaries on the plan of Sir Charles Trevelyan and Sir Stafford Northcote for imparting more of a literary or col- legiate character to the Civil Service has...
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THE TWO DINNERS.
The SpectatorCHARLES barns has constituted the Mansionhouse a court of appeal from the Admiralty. That public department, he says, has "joined in the popular clamour" against himself. As we...
MR. MILNER GIBSON "AT BEA."
The SpectatorManchester, lst February 1855. Ma, Enrron—There are some of us here who, acknowledging your answer of last week to Mr. Milner Gibson' to be a complete answer, do still think...
fetters to the titan. POISONOUS VAPOUR OF CHARCOAL.
The SpectatorIesketh How, Ambleside, 27th January 1855. Sue—In the Evening Mail of the 24th instant is a letter from the Timer special correspondent, in which he states that one officer,...
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ORNAMENTAL DESIGN.
The Spectator8, Sandfield Place, Blackheath, 31st January 1855. Sin—I now send you my promised remarks upon your criticism of my - lecture on Ornamental Design, delivered last month at the...
THE COTTON MANUFACTURE.
The SpectatorAshton-under-Lyne, 7th February 1855. Sin—As a subscriber to your journal, permit me to correct a statement or two in the letter of your able correspondent, Mr. W. Bridges...
Glasgow, 30th January 1855. Sin—I wish your correspondent, Mr. W.
The SpectatorB. Adams, who writes so Bright- like (a small attempt at wit, but it may pass for a Scotchman's) of " ar- tificial manufactures," would inform us what the thousands of my...
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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, February 6. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. - Symonds and Jones. Liverpool, ship-store-dealers- Hirst and Sons, Builder-Arid, wool-staplers ; so far as regards M. Hirst-Gibbs...
MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTo be Cornets without purcbase-4th Regt. of Drag. Guards-Regimental Sergt.- Major G. Price. 5th Drag. Guards.-Regimental Sergt.-Major H. E. Fitzgerald. 1st Drags.-Regimental...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The Spectator3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents. Long Annuities Bank Stock, 9 per Cent India Stock, 101 per Cent Exchequer 111114, 21d. per diem...
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Laudon: Printed by Joscru CLAYTON, of 320. Strand, in the
The SpectatorCounty of Middlesex, Printer, at the office of JOSZPII Ciarron t No. 10, Crane Court, in the Pariah of 81. Donstan's in the West, in the City of London ; and Published by the...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorFRANK MARRYAT'S MOUNTAINS AND MOLEHILLS. * IN the year 1850 Mr. Marryat started for California, on what he intimates was an experimental visit, and for which he seems to have...
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MEMOIRS OF JAMES MONTGOMERY. * A MAN of original mind, especially
The Spectatorif his bias is towards intel- lectual pursuits, is to a great degree independent of time. He may be better fitted for one age than another, but he will acquire some distinction...
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BLAKEY'S HISTORY OF POLITICAL LITRRATITRE..
The SpectatorTint title of this work does not imply what many will imagine, an account of political writings or party satires, such as the old come- dy of the Athenians, and the newspapers,...
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MRS. GORE'S MAMMON.
The SpectatorTam new novel of Mrs. Gore has no relation to the "Mammon" of the present day, which is of a speculating, grasping, neck-or- nothing character, greedy to acquire, but as ready...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBoons. The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington. By R. R. Madden, M.R.I.A. ; Author of "'Travels in the East," &c. .4 Journal of the Swedish Embassy...
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Aut 3rts.
The SpectatorTHE BRITISH INSTITUTION. Relatively, this deserves to be called a good exhibition. The number of successful, fair, and promising pictures, is very decidedly above the average;...
31 it tr.
The SpectatorSongs for a Winter Night. By Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, Musical Director of the _Haymarket Theatre. The composer of these songs, who is the son of the late Mrs. Fitz- william,...
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NORWEGIAN SCENERT.*
The SpectatorThough Englishmen have a tolerably definite general notion of the aspect of Norwegian nature, it is not often they see accurate representa- tions of its particular scenes. Mr....
THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART.
The SpectatorA long-contemplated measure of the active directing body of this Deportment is to be initiated on a complete scale. The Museum of Ornamental Art at Marlborough House is designed...
BARNARD ON LANDSCAPE-PAINTING IN WATER-COLOURS.*
The SpectatorThis work cppeared in numbers, the first of which we noticed at the time of its publication. 'We then expressed distrust of all the stereotyped attempts to teach art by theories...