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We said last week of the Special Commissions, that "thus
The Spectatorfar the conduct of the investigation has been marked by thorough de- azure " : our Postscript limited the commendation, for it described Lord ADINGER'S charge to the Grand Jury...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE publication, on Tuesday, of the Revenue-tables for the year and quarter, with the very unfavourable aspect which they presented, frightened people almost as much as the...
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bc eourt.
The SpectatorTim quiet this week at Windsor Castle has been profound. The Dutchess of Kent has been the only visiter ; walks, rides, and shooting for the Prince, have been the only...
liattrOPOii%.
The SpectatorThe Bishop of London commenced the triennial visitation of his diocese, in St. Paul's Cathedral, on Monday. His charge, as reported in the newspapers, has given rise to a good...
Now the English press opens in full cry on Canada.
The SpectatorThere has been a "crisis "—the fact cannot be concealed : happily it was met, and we hope surmounted, by straightforward decision on the part of the Governor-General. By the...
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Zbe Tirobintes.
The SpectatorThe seventh annual general meeting and exhibition of the East Essex Agricultural Society took place last week, at Colchester. After the show, nearly seventy gentlemen sat down...
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Miscellaneous.
The SpectatorThe Morning Post remarks, that the prevailing unhealthiness of the season has reached the higher classes : the Dutchess of Kent, the Arch- duke Ferdinand of Austria, the French...
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Opinions on the " startlitig " news from Canada come
The Spectatorforth in the daily papers with more or less confidence. A writer in the Morning Chronicle, who is obviously kept well-informed on Canadian affairs, ex- presses cordial...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. The Acadia mail-steamer, which left Halifax on the 3d instant, arrived at Liverpool last night. She brings little intelligence in addition to the Great Western,...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived—Off Penzance, Oct. 12th, Prince George, Grant, from Singspore. At Liverpool, Oct. 12th, Enterprise, Robertson, from Calcutta; 13th, Argyleshire, Scott, from Bombay. At...
"A Loonna-o" wants to know our meaning in the use
The Spectatorof the word" charac- teristic" applied to Lord Ponsonby's letter on the domestic slavery of Turkey. The word did not express our meaning : "curious" or" clever " would have been...
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At a crowded meeting of the Manchester Anti-Corn - law League, on
The SpectatorThursday evening, Mr. Cobden, in measured but emphatic terms, called Lord Abinger to account for his side-blows at the League, his opinions and political economy, and his...
At Marylebone Police - office, today, Alice Lowe was committed for the
The Spectatoralleged robbery of Lord Frankfort ' s trinkets. She declared that he gave them to her to induce her to live with him,
The Liverpool Special Commission closed its task yesterday. The sentences
The Spectatorare far too numerous to particularize : they have varied from fifteen years ' transportation to three months ' imprisonment. In some cases the prisoners have been let off on...
Quarterly average of the weekly li Lbilties and assets of
The Spectatorthe Bank of England, from the 16th July 1842 to the 8th October 1842— LIABILITIES. ASSETS Circulation £20,004,000 Securities £22,573,000 Deposits 9,368,000 Bullion 9,633,000...
Some alarm was created last night by the publication of
The Spectatorwhat pur- ported to be disastrous news from India. It was conveyed in the fol- lowing extract, for whose authenticity the Standard vouches, from a hurried letter written on the...
Mr. G. E. Anson, Treasurer and Private Secretary to Prince
The SpectatorAlbert, was thrown by a stumbling horse, as he was riding out with the Prince and Sir E. Bowater, to hunt with the beagles, on Thursday : he was severely injured on the right...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The statement of the revenue of the Unitedliingdom for the quarter ending the 10th instant was published on Tuesday, and has disappointed the...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorINTERNATIONAL LAW OF RIVER-NAVIGATION. IN the course of the discussions about the Amu:wort treaty, the question of the right of free navigation on boundary rivers, and rivers...
THE REVENUE.
The SpectatorIncome and Charge on the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended 10th October 1841 and 1842. INCOME. Customs Excise Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post-office Crown Lands...
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was drawn up to serve as a model for all
The Spectatorothers: it was ratified, and British Commissioners, Messrs. Munoz and FEATHERSTONHAUGH ; extended to the Neckar, the Maine, the Moselle, the Meuse, and and has laid down on it...
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THE PEWSEYITES.
The SpectatorTHE development of the "ulterior objects" of the Oxford Tracta- rians, supplied by the new number of the British Critic and the week's labour of the Times, goes far to confirm...
SYMPTOMS OF RETURNING WINTER.
The SpectatorTHE bracing air of October seems to produce once in a year the same effect upon the London world that the cool of evening pro- duces daily upon the Neepolitanq. Men who have...
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THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorTHE Parisians have revived GRETRY'S opera of Richard Coeur-de-Lion, and the managers of Covent Garden have followed their example. GRETRY, usually claimed by the French as one...
The Daughter of the Danube has driven away the owls
The Spectatorfrom the Adelphi ; WIELAND'S comical freaks as the Imp, and Madame Paocaz GIUBILEI'S feats of foot as the Nymph, effacing all dismal recollections. The Hazard of the Die, a once...
TAX UPON TRAVELLERS.
The SpectatorOna correspondence and remarks upon exorbitant charges at English inns have brought upon us a most extraordinary proposal; not without ingenuity, and perhaps to be turned to...
Miss Pm:LLIPs, now Mrs. SALTzBunG, has returned to the London
The Spectatorboards, after an absence of eight years, to play the matronly heroines of tragedy and grave comedy at Covent Garden. The reappearance of an actress who had been not so much...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorTasvu.s, A Visit to Italy. By Mrs. Trollope, Author of " Paris and the Parisians " ; " Do- mestic Manners of the Americans," &e. &c. In two volumes Bentley. MISVONARY HISTORY,...
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DR. COX'S HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The SpectatorIN October 1792, a few Baptist ministers met at Kettering in N o rthamptonshire, and, chiefly through the zeal of WILLam CAREY, afterwards the celebrated Orientalist, formed...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,
The SpectatorFrom September 30th to October 13th, Richard Savage; a Romance of Real Life. By Ctiant.Es WHITEHEAD, Author of" The Solitary." In three volumes. A Visit to Italy. By Mrs....
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MR. CHADWICK'S SANITARY REPORT.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Loudon. 7th October 1892. Sin—My attention was only called to an article on the Local Sanitary Re- ports, in the Spectator of the 24th ultimo,...
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MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorOFFICE or ORDNANCE, Oct. 7. — Royal Rest. of Artillery Second Lieut.—B. Lawson to be First Lieut. vice Newcomen. retired on half pay. WAR-0mm Oct. 14.—Ist Drags.—Capt C. P....
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 4th August, in Calcutta, the Lady of Lieutenant ROBERT Puce, of the Sixty. Seventh Native Infantry, of a son. On the 29th September. at Glendamel House, Mrs. CAMPBELL,...
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE. Tuesday, Oct. 11.
The SpectatorPARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Underwood and Picton, Manchester, brewers—Murgalroyd and Whitehead, Burley Mills, near Leeds, dyers—Dennis and Simpson. York, dealers in patent...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBR ITISH FUND Saturday Monday. S. (Closing Tuesday. Prices.) Wednes Thurs. Friday 3 per Cent. Consols ........ 934 931 93 934 934 934 Ditto for Account 934 931 934 93 931 934...