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The-violent, sudden, and ieregular fluctuations in the corn-mar- kets of
The Spectatorthe United Kingdom, may be compared to a short Channel sea : but the commotion is only on the surface. We have the high authority of Mr. Caird to confirm the belief that we are...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE event hastily reported in Lord Stratford de Redoliffe's tele- graphic despatch of the 28th October is still the last of any stirring interest; but the intermediate...
The only authenticated fact of the week which bears upon
The Spectatorthe Russo-Germanic question involving Prussia and Austria, is the " ideal° note" to which the Governments of Saxe Weimar, Saxe Meinengen, Saxe Altenberg, and Saxe Coburg Gotha...
The tranquillity in which Queen Isabella of Spain has opened
The Spectatorthe Cortes is by many regarded as the lull which precedes the !storm. „The circumstances by which the young but not inexpe- rienced monarch was surrounded were indeed painful in...
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tt V eruputio.
The SpectatorThe Lord Mayor's show was performed with the usual ceremony on Thursday, but with finer weather than usual. The remarkable circum- stance in connexion with the show was the...
tt4r (Gout.
The SpectatorTax QUEEN, with the Prince Consort, paid a visit to London on Satur- day morning, and returned to Windsor at five o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert stood as sponsors, on...
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Vrouturro.
The SpectatorThe Collingham Farmers Club held its annual ploughing match on Tuesday, on the land of Mr. Woolley of South Collinghani. Mr. Bar- row, one of the Members for Nottinghamshire,...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorFrom all parts of Ireland, the reports ef 'meetings for the promotion of the Patriotic Fund exactly reflect those which are taking place in Eng- land. Roman Catholic stands by...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe Queen has appointed Sir Willie/it Gibson Craig to be -a nietnber of the-Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor in Scotland, in the plaCe of Mr:William Murray of...
furtign 11111( eniunint.
The SpectatorTHE Carims.—This week several despatches have been received from Lord Raglan, Admiral Pandas, General Canrobert, and various corre- spondents of the London journals, supplying...
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315,ifttllautans.
The SpectatorIt is intended to reinforce the cavalry in the Crimea. The weakness of that branch of the service there is, unfortunately, not to be denied. The heavy brigade consists of five...
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A'Cabinet Council teas -held yesterday at the Forei g n Office. All
The Spectatorthe- '315:Miters ciccpt the 'Mar q uis of Lansdowne were present. The sitting l a sted nearly three hours. ;The Gazette of last ni g ht contained the followin g announcements....
POSTSCRIPT.
The Spectator, at -Balaclava , in the encounter o f the 25th, e 64008 - .Ait throughput the campaign, by disease far more th an 29 ,„ fumi e h • the Awes Oh; mornin g w ith an occasion for...
MONET MARKET. STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAT AFTERNOON.
The SpectatorThe pro g ress of the sie g e of Sebastopol continues to afford satisfaction; but this satisfaetion has failed to produce any favourable effect on the Funds:- the counteractin g...
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Pet:usual THEATRICALS.
The SpectatorThe productive spirit of the French dramatists, or at least the mani- festation thereof, having remained long pent up, now bursts forth with something like preternatural...
tgE COutrto.
The SpectatorSalute*, produced last Monday at the Princess's, does not mark a progress in the course of spectacle as exhibited at that theatre. Hitherto all the French dramas which Mr....
THE BIsnor OF LONDON'S CHARGE.
The SpectatorLondon, 7th November 1851. Bre—There are certain current opinions relating to the important ques- tions of education and the actual condition of society, which have been...
Ittttro to tht tititor.
The SpectatorQ-Aldego's TH233.ISOEHE1IT. lower' Street, .5th November 1864. Sin—In your article of yesterday, on Mr. Cunningham's edition of John- son's Lives of the Poets, you point out...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY
The SpectatorRUSSIA'S MISSION. IT is a great advantage, when man meets man, or nation nation, r in mortal hostility, that neither party should mistake the powers or the purposes of the...
On the 8th September, the Eon, Mrs. Arthur Evans, of
The Spectatora son. On the 20th October, at Corfu, the Wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Walpole, of a daughter. On the 29th, at Edrington House near Berwick-on-Tweed, the Wife of Captain andsell,...
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faatuftiad :ja spirit; it.is the ac t of a trait* to
The Spectatorhis country ; it is SOribes. the Turks ,aa, " r efusin g th eja it ee , "'wicked" on his own g rounds. We do n ot 'intend to carry poll.. without sayin g :that the arbitrators,...
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-Dm ---.POItITICIOJeAMPOIOAltedIr Oil ilar ;AtEKORLE,".:..:.,
The SpectatoritiffiI#mell*tendid"initlelk ilk beeoinestrissilized at 1 "tiglfiftliemtefcit'~ipairrile ne iitittvtnith netlee lit use r thatIdely and'eoastantlY mbve ' Sioni I " ' Tha' '...
'"M T IOXISG: 11.1 hue TIER question of suburban , intertnentriasettled: It has not
The Spectatorbeen accomplialied by the'Boaird of Itealth.■ : Organized:philosophy has not been pail:tatted - to cOMPlete its!dwn.work ; Jar: organized phi- losophy soinetimes becomes...
- - „ TITE 'LAST ARCTIC TYTREDITION. :
The SpectatorCOLiiiisON has returned to the Temperate zone, and no further oh- Sect of. search remains save the relics of Franklin's expedition. Of course relics of Franklia and his...
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ABOLITION OF THE .NEWSPAPER STAMP.
The SpectatorTICE striking fact elicited by the last newspaper stamp returns, that the sale of the Times more than doubles that of all the other morning papers put together,—being in the...
NOTES AND QUERIES.
The SpectatorIVILY does not the Home Office open a public laundry to "get up" the linen of private families throughout the United Kingdom? 00vernment is already undertaking the conduct of...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorMAE - RICE ON SACRIFICE. * TIES reader who is acquainted with the works of Frederick De- n ison Maurice will in these Sermons on the Doctrine of Sacrifice rec ognize many...
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MRS. THOMSON'S, RECOLLECTJOES OB l'EltdONS AND ri,AcEs.* Tii - min are obvious
The Spectatorfaults in these reminiscences of contempo- rary celebrities,' as well as of the 'biographical and historical re- collections associated in well-read minds with certain places. A...
S U LLIV AN' S VISIT_ TO- CEYLON. * .
The SpectatorqtYpxkti ,lihe other accessible regions, has been visited of late ,.47 AQUI . ) 4 - 3 fr • variety or wild sports.; stil l . it_, ia,rintdso. ex', ba.us:ted as many countries,...
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FILL - 114S TICE PAISLEY SCULTT . 011.. i triE name Of Yames Fillanals
The Spectatorfamiliar te us as 'that . of of some note in the annual exhibitions, but we do not retain any immediate recollection of particular works. . To the general pub- lic, as...
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TAYLOR AND READL'S PLAYS. * WHAT with their own merits, and
The Spectatorwhat with the absence of com- petitors, Messrs. Tom Taylor and Charles Reade occupy a remark- able position in the history of the English stage. Their works are not only the...
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBOOKS. Institute of Metaphysic: the Theory of Knowing and Being. By James F. Ferrier, A.B., Oxon, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy. Tales of the Desert and...
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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, November 7, Pairrxensturs Dissotvan.-Haslem and Swer, Victoria Road, Pimlico. lacemen -Hadow and Co. Mincing Lane, colonial brokets-Cooke and Sutton, Newcastle-...
MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorORDNANCE.OFFICE, Nov. 4.-Royal Regiment of Artillery-Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants-V. D. Majendie, vice Blakiston, promoted ; J. E. Blackwelli vice Kaye, promoted;...
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PRICES CLIRRENT.
The SpectatorFOREIGN FUNDS. (Last Ofilelal Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening.) Austrian 5p. Ct.,- Meitgart 8 p. CL . 221 Belgian ' 3 - 92 it'd. New York 6 901 cad. Ditto 23 -...
