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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE Reform Bill has been reported, without amendments, falsely so called, numerous as were the amendments threatened. Mini- sters have agreed to give Carmarthen and Pembroke an...
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The question of the French Peerage proceeds but slowly. Some
The Spectatorof the journals deprecate the conduct of the Peers themselves, as destructive of their own cause. Not above seventy of them have hitherto been at the trouble of meeting. Perhaps...
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We are without any direct intelligence from Warsaw, but letters
The Spectatorand journals from Posen have come to hand, dated so late as the 5th instant. It had been confidently reported in the German journals, that RUDIGER, having sustained a severe...
The outrages of Don MiGuE E. have become so gross,
The Spectatorthat our Government has been compelled to send a couple of line-of-battle ships, under Admiral PARKER, to the Tagus, to protect the lives of the British residents in Lisbon....
THE KING AND HIS COMM—The royal and illustrious visitors or
The Spectatorthe King, who had remained to witness the coronation, have mostly taken their departure. On Saturday, the Landgravine of Hesse Romberg, and the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, embarked...
The King of Belgium opened his first Parliament on the
The Spectatorsame day on which his illustrious brother of England was crowned. The King of Belgium opened his first Parliament on the same day on which his illustrious brother of England was...
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MEETINGS IN HONOUR OF TRE CORONATION.—In almost every town of
The Spectatorthe least note in the kingdom, meetings were held on the 8th, in honour of the solemnities of the day. Generally speaking, dinners to the wealthy, and distributions to the poor,...
ADVICE To THE Loans.—The Livery meets on Monday. Requisitions have
The Spectatorbeen presented to the Aldermen of Bread Street, Farringdon Without, and various other wards in the City ; where it is supposed meetings will take place in every parish as well...
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REPRESENTATION of Donsrrsmere—Mr. Calcrafes death has °CCP.; skated a vacancy
The Spectatorin the county of Dorset. Mr. Ponsonbv ' member ft r Pooie. has, by the invitation of a large body of the freeholders, presented himself as a candidate. The occasion is one of...
DEATH OF Mn. J. C. CAM - DLit:I', M.P.—This unhappy gentleman cut
The Spectatorhis throat on Sunday afternoon, at las house in ‘I'llitehall Place. The following is the evidence of George Rennison, Mr. Calcraft's servant, at the Inquest held on Monday. "...
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TIIE ROBBERY AT MR. BUTTERWORTIL'S.—The various persons impli- cated in
The Spectatorthe abstraction from Mr. Butterworth's warehouses of an im- mense quantity of books in quires, with a view to dispose of them as waste paper, have been tried. Thomas Waketnan...
FATAL HORSEMANSIIIP.—AR inquest was held on Wednesday, at St. Bartholomew's
The SpectatorHospital, on a respectable female named Earle, who died there on Monday. A groom, in the service of Mr. Charles Cochrane, of Alfred Road, Regent's Park, described the accident...
Dom; BUSINESS.—OR Monday, the Lord Chancellor commenced hear- ing appeals
The Spectatorin the House of Lords at ten o'clock, and continued sitting until two, when he proceeded to the Drawing-room. At half-past three, he returned to the House, and resumed business;...
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THAMES YACHT Ctun.—There was a grand sailing-match on Thursday, for
The Spectatortwo silver cups and covers, given by the members of the "Thames Yacht Club, in celebration of their Majesties' Coronation. The following account of the sport—remarkable for a...
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Mit. WARD:: THE Acron.—This gentleman, who, we observe, rejoices in
The Spectatoran alias (he was cited as James Prescott alias James Prescott Warde), was examined on Tuesday at the Insolvent Debtors' Court. He stated, that he had pursued the profession of...
CHURCH PROMOTIONS.—We are glad to see that in the last
The SpectatorChurch promotions Ministers have had the courage and honesty to promote men who have maintained, iu the worst of times, the principles to which they themselves owe their...
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
The SpectatorGOVERNMENT PATRONAGE. Mortsresra CHRONICLE —We are most unwilling, at so critical a pe- riod, to embarrass the Government by any recommendations or reflec- tions which could...
CnonERA.—The number who have been attacked in the principal towns
The Spectatorvisited by this pestilence, and the deaths and recoveries during the first forty-taro days since its appearance, were as follows. At Lemberg, 45,000 inhabitants, 3,599 cases,...
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POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.
The SpectatorSPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY. The Berlin Gazette brings us heavy news respecting Poland. Official intelligence reached Berlin on the 11th instant, that Warsaw had capi tulated on...
THE UNIVERSITIES. OXFORD.
The SpectatorSEPT. 17. - On Thursday last, the Rev. R. Briscoe, B.A. Scholar of Jesus College., and Curate of Llangollen, North Wales, was elected Fellow of that Society, in the room of the...
THE MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK ESCHA.NGE, FRIDAY EVENING.-Consols closed on Saturday at 821 if; Exchequer Bills at 10s. to Us. premium. There was a slight rise of the former on Tuesday and Wednesday. On...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived. At Gravesend, Sept. 12th, Ceylon, Davison, from Ceylon. At Batavia, Boopooe, Stirlen, from London. Sailed. From Gravesend, Sept. 10th, Norfolk, Henniker, for New South...
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Tuesday, Sept. 13.
The SpectatorPARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Bo EDERIN and CANTRELL, Sheffield, table-knife-manufacturers-Hoott and Coca, Devonport, drapers-F. and T. S. BRITTAN, Swansea, Glamorganshire,...
THE ARMY.
The SpectatorWAR-OFFICE, Setp. 13.-7th Regt. of Light Dragoons : Lieut. T. J. Pettat to be Capt. by purchase, vice Lord Crofton, who retires; Cornet A. A. Cotton to be Lieut. by purchase,...
THE CHURCH.
The SpectatorThe Lord Bishop of Salisbury will hold a General Ordination on Sunday, the 23d of October next. The Rev. G. Croley, who has lately had conferred on him the honorary degree of...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. On the 9th inst. at Montague House, Whitehall, the Duchess of BUCCLE UCH, of a son and heir. On the 8th inst. in Stanhope Street, the Lady L1LFORD, of a daughter. At...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorPUBLIC FUNDS. Salem Mon. Tees. Wednes. Thurs. Irriday . shut 823 i 823 i 1 823 2 3 82/ 1 3 d = 3 4- E323 iad 82i 1 et 82a5 3 821 t * 89Z 90 b9,poi3 oft 1 903 90 JO b97, shut...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorWHAT ARE MINISTERS TO DO? IF the Lords refuse to pass the Reform Bill, will Earl GREY go Out? Ile has declared that he would stand or fall by the Bill—did this involve a...
PATRONAGE—NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
The SpectatorIN another part of our paper will be found an able statement from the Chronicle on the subject of Ministerial Patronage, as it has been misapplied or misused, in its character...
COURT DRESS.
The SpectatorNOTHING can be more warlike than our Levees and Drawing- rooms ; instead of being peaceful meetings to pay respect to a peaceful monarch, they have the air of levies en masse....
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LORD ALTHORP AND THE PRESS.
The SpectatorIN the course of some remarks on the freedom of the Press, made by Lord ALTHORP in the House of Commons on Thursday,—re- marks conceived in a noble spirit of simplicity and...
MONOPOLY OF COALS.
The SpectatorMR. BRISCOE has said, that if the present prices of coals continue, he will, next session, move the-reimposition of the duty, and the reduction of some tax of which the people...
HAYMARKET THEATRE.
The SpectatorSINCE our brief account of the commencement of Mr. KEAN'S engagement at the Haymarket, in Richard the Third, he has per- formed Othello, Sir Giles Overreach, Shylock, and...
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M. DE LA BECHE'S Geological Manual is the first and
The Spectatorbest work of the kind. Geology is now sufficiently advanced to require that its facts should be collected in some compendious form ; that its various theories and systems should...
NEW BOOKS.
The SpectatorDr. Whately's Introductory Lectures on Political Economy Fellowes. GnoLoos., De la Beche's Geological Manual ...• Treuttel and Co. Struounv, Baron Heurteloup's Principles of...
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Baron HEURTELOUP is a celebrated practiser of the invaluable discovery
The Spectatorof Lithotrity. He is not the inventor of it, but the perfecter or improver of the necessary instruments, and the opera- tor whom the scientific world looks up to as the most...
Crayons from the Commons will amuse an idle hour. They
The Spectatorwho take an interest in the personal peculiarities and natural man- ner of our legislators in the Lower House, may find them very exactly described in the verse of PEREGRINE...
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We are glad to see that the spirited author of
The Spectatorthe Corn Law Rhymes has brought his little work to a third edition. In his pre- face, we read an apology for, or rather a defence of, the union of poetry and politics. They who...
FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorTAGLIONI'S ATTITUDES. DANCING has been termed " the poetry of motion ;" but the modern specimens of this poetry are mere conceits, where the art is the only virtue, and that...
A house in the City, which deals wholly in Coffee,
The Spectatorhas pub- lished, in the form of a pamphlet, a treatise on the properties of that berry, and on the best mode of keeping and preparing it. A very impartial work is not to be...
IMPORTANT FACTS RELATING TO THE LATE ELECTION RIOTS AND CRIMINAL
The SpectatorTRIALS IN SCOTLAND. [The Scotch Reform Bill is to be read a second time next week. The Election Riots, as they are called, will no doubt form a considerable topic in !the...
The Village Patriarch, a poem of considerable power by the
The Spectatorsame author, which we welcomed on its first appearance, has also Just been reprinted, or at least republished. We again recommend it to the attention of all lovers of vigorous...