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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorSrsten we last met our readers, the existence of the Ministry has been threatened, and there has been a half-jesting talk of Lord George Bentinck's stepping into Lord John...
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The French Deputies have not been able, after all, to
The Spectatorlet the Montpensier affair pass without a wordy debate. The motives to the debate were purely factious. A taunt by a Ministerial rearl j i ce aving a fling at the Minister ;...
Debates anti Vroctebings in parliament.
The SpectatorHeasnans FOR IRELAND. In the House of Commons, on Monday, the order of the day for going into Committee on the Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill having been read, Mr. O'Corarau,...
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Zbt eourt.
The SpectatorTam Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal children and Prince Alexander Mensdorff, arrived at Buckingham Palace, from Windsor Castle, on Tuesday afternoon. The...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe Roman Catholic clergy of the united dioceses of Cloyne and Ross have commenced a movement in favour of extending to Ireland the provi- sions of the English Poor-law, so as...
Zbe Vrobinces.
The SpectatorA meeting of inhabitants took place in Birmingham Town-haff On Monday, to promote a subscription in aid of the distress in Veleta About 800L was subscribed. The congregational...
Zbe .ftletropolts.
The Spectatorhi the Court of Aldermen on Monday, Mr. Alderman Challis brought up the report of the Gaol Committee; and after some discussion, it was adopted. The report described the various...
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anb (Colonial.
The Spectator, PEINSI.L—The long-promised constitution has been promulgated, by King Frederick William, in a decree and three ordinances, bearing date the 3d instant "We recognize in this...
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_Miscellaneous.
The SpectatorIt is generally believed that four new Bishops are about to be created; and there is a rumour, which, however, is not well authenticated, that there will be an arrangement by...
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The Cork Examiner publishes a letter from Messrs. Keeling and
The SpectatorHunt who have been commissioned by Government to look out in the different grain-markets of the world for a supply of potato-seed. They have madk efforts to procure...
The Earl of Powis is announced as candidate for the
The SpectatorChancellorship of Cambridge University.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The SpectatorWe have in type two letters on State Endowment for the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, to which we shall pay due attention next week. Today we have no roan for any letters.
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. The question between Lord George Bentinck and the Government remains undecided. The House of Commons took up the discussion of the Irish Railway Bill last...
BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 26th January. at Rome, the Hon. Mrs. Ross, of Bladensburg, of a son and heir. ,On the 29th, in Montpellier Terrace, Brighton, the Honourable Mrs. White Hedges, dr a...
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The Prussian State Gazette publishes an official and authentic list
The Spectatorof members in the new United Diet. In the first of the " States " are in- cluded ten Princes of the Royal Family who have attained their majority ; and also various "Chapters,"...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY APYR1NOON. The market has been heavy during the whole week. The operations were of an unim t character, if we except those of two Maus of public...
Miss Bassano, who some weeks ago made her dramatic debilt
The Spectatorat the Princess's Theatre in the character of Anna Boleyn, appeared at the same place on Tuesday last in Norma. Like Anna Boleyn, her Norma was a sedulous imitation of Grisi;...
A new dancer, Mademoiselle Marietta Baderna, has made a successful
The Spectatordeb& at Drury Lane. Her figure is small, and her countenance pleasing; and she executes with neatness and precision, though without doing any- thing to astonish beholders. The...
Our readers were prepared, by the announcement in our advertizing
The Spectatorcolumns last week, to expect that Her Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket would open tonight: the opening has been postponed; but we have the positive assurance that it will take...
THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorLe Docteur Noir, one of the thoroughgoing French &antes of the Porte St. Martin school, has been produced at the St. James's Theatre, as an ea- dent vehicle for the powers of...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorARRIVED — At Gravesend, 7th February, Mary, Melville, from Batavia ; 9th, Ramillies, IPLean, from China ; and 11th, Flora Mare, Brown, from China. In the Downs, February 11th,...
Mr. Beale of Regent Street, the manager, has sent us
The Spectatorthe prospectus of the "Royal Italian Opera" in Covent Garden Theatre, "established for thp purpose of rendering a more perfect performance of the lyric drama than Ins hitherto...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY
The SpectatorPOLITICAL PROGRESS OF PRUSSIA. KING Frederick William has at last given his subjects a hold on the real handle of power—the purse-strings. He has not yielded them up...
IRISH EMIGRATION: THE COLONIAL OFFICE. Ma. Hurr proved, in his
The Spectatorspeech of the 5th instant, that it will be impossible to extricate Ireland from her present condition--to effect the transition from potato-feeding to corn-feeding—with- out a...
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THE BRITISH FLAG AND THE BRITISH FLOG. "FLOGGING in the
The SpectatorNavy" again! Honourable and gallant gentlemen are much piqued at the pertinacity with which the question of flogging is renewed ; but by this time they ought to know that it is...
THE SUBSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL EDUCATION. AFTER all, Lord John Russell
The Spectatordoes not bring forward a general educational measure. There is to be some advantageous revising and retouching of the existing system, but nothing that requires tile...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorBIOGRAPHY, The Life and Correspondence of the Right Honourable Henry Addington, first Vis- count SIdmouth. By the Honourable George Pellew, D.D., Dean of Norwich. In three...
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EXPERIENCES OF A GAOL CHAPLAIN.
The SpectatorTHIS is a very clever book, with very smart and effective writing. In every page we see the craftsman, and a craftsman who is distinguished from the common run of liverymen in...
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MILNER'S GALLERY OF NATURE.
The SpectatorIn former times, a compilation very often assumed the character of an - original work. The idea of the book, let alone its plan, was less obvious than such things are at...
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBOOKS. The Galkry of Nature; a Pictorial and Descriptive Tour through Creation, illustrative of the Wonders of Astronomy, Physical Geography, and Gaol logy. By the Reverend...
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MUSIC.
The SpectatorMULLAH'S HISTORICAL CONCERTS. A series of concerts was given last year, in Exeter Hall, in aid of a fund proposed to be raised by the pupils of Mr. Hullah's singing-classes,...
FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorPICTURES AT THE BRITISH INSTITUTION. The exhibition of the British Institution, which opened on Monday, con- tains 560 works of art, and in the Catalogue the Directors state...
MADAME DULCIEEN'S SOIREES.
The SpectatorMadame Dulcken gave the second of her classical and elegant "Soirees Musicales" on Wednesday evening. Independently of their musical at- traction, there is something very...
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The Trustees of the National Gallery met on Monday, to
The Spectatorreceive Mr. Eastlake's report, as Keeper of the Gallery, on the recent picture-cleaning operations. The report describes their extent. The operators have been Mr. Seguier and...
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, Feb. 9. PAILTNERsiiips DISBOLVED. Glover and Dinn, Manchester, silk-dyers-Fltton and Co. Liverpool, merchants-P. and T. Hampton, Birmingham, furniture-dealers-Begde...
MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorOmcs or ORDNANCE, Feb. 8.-Corps of Royal Engineers-Brevet Major C. Wright to be Lieut.-Col. vice Reid, placed on the Seconded List; Sec. Capt. W. Stace to be Capt. vice Wright...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The Spectator1123 243 343 51 lab 363 Weekly Averages for the Week ending Feb. 6. Wheat, 731. 10.1.—Barley, 53s. 6d.--Oats,33,04.—Rye,55s.9d.—Beans,648.34.—Peas,571. 8d. HOPS. POTATOES. Kent...