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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTux MELBOURNE Parliament assembled on Wednesday; when the session was opened, according to the usual form, by Royal Commissioners, whom the Lord Chancellor represented. Besides...
It was stated last week, that the King of Hanover
The Spectatorhad issued letters patent, abolishing the Constitution granted by WILLIAM the Fourth to the Hanoverians in 1833, and reestablishing the Con- stitution of 1819 ; which...
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-- ----- Letters from New York allude to the state
The Spectatorof' public feeling in Canada. The Canadians," it is said, "are again kindling up the fires of discord and rebellion. The apirit of liberty and indepen- dence pervades a large...
There aro rumours in Paris of something like a rupture
The Spectatorbetween the French and Russian governments ; but the cause of the dia. agreement, or how far it is likely to extend, is not mentioned. The journals are endeavouring to impress...
i3rbatritanZv pratettingd its 19arIiantrtit.
The SpectatorTHE OPENING. The session of Parliament was opened on Wanesday the 15th. Soon after Iwo. the Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack ; and inlJrined the few Peers who were...
At the date of the last accounts from Lisbon, no
The SpectatorPortuguese Mini-try had been formed. The Morning Chronicle says, that any Ministry of which CASTRO PEREIRO shall be a Member; must be reuarded with deep distrust. The hostility...
From Spain there is scarcely any news this week. General
The SpectatorESPARTERO has assembled a large force in the neighbourhood of tter:a, with the intention, it is supposed, of attacking the Carlists in that direction. ORAA Was defeated by...
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Che jactropotio.
The SpectatorThe annual dinner of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs took place on Thursday at the Guildhall, a week later than the usual time, in conse- quence of the 9th of November having been...
ne Court.
The SpectatorTIIE Queen bas passed the week at Buckingham Palace, not in any way suffering from the fatigue and excitement of the City banquet. On Wednesday evening, her Majesty went to...
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trbe Cauntrp.
The SpectatorA grand dinner was given at Stockport, on Monday, to Mr. Henry 3Iarsland the Member, and Mr. Richard Cobden the unsuccessful candidate for that borough at the late election. Mr....
IRELAND.
The SpectatorMr. O'Connell has addressed a letter to the Protestant Clergy of Ireland, with a new plan for settling the Tithe question ; of which the following are the principal features. "...
The Association of working men at Wakefield have addressed the
The Spectator"labouring classes" of that town, urging them to union and co. operation to obtain political rights. • The Morning Chronicle says that the West Surry Tories have not paid the...
Henry Freaker, coachman to the Queen, hanged himself on Satur-
The Spectatorday evening, by his handkerchief, to a peg in the harness-rooms of the Royal Mews. An inquest was held on the corpse on Monday ; and some evidence was given to prove that the...
On the night of the 8th instant, three stables and
The Spectatora cottage beloneing to AIL Deane, of May's farm, in Oxfordshire, were destroyed by tire, set to them wilfully. Sixteen horses and two men were in the stables ; but the men were...
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giidtetlattroutl. giidtetlattroutl.
The SpectatorA very select party of Tories met at Apsley House on Tuesday afternoon. Sir Robert Peel was there, having arrived the day before from the Continent. No doubt the question of the...
Mr. Sharman Crawford has written a long letter to Mr.
The SpectatorO'Connell in reply to some remarks made by the latter in his speech to the Trades Union at Dublin. Mr. Crawford reiterates his assertion that the Irish patronage has been given...
The swearing in of Members of the House of Commons
The Spectatorgoes on rather slowly; only about four hundred have as yet taken the oaths. The official gentlemen are hugging themselves with the notion that there will be little business done...
POSTSCRI PT.
The SpectatorA letter from Frankfort, in the Chronicle this morning, mentions that the Hanoverians will oppose passive resistance to the arbitrary policy of King ERNEST, and that the...
Mr. O'CONNELL, we hear, has been very " cross" since
The Spectatorhis arrival in town,—talking strong Radicalism to Radicals, and vowing that no Re- former is worthy of the name who refuses to vote for the Ballot.
A correspondent of the Chronicle suggests an ingenious plan for
The Spectatorvir- tually abolishing the Grenville Act, and thereby defeating the " Spottis- woode Conspiracy." By the Act 9th George IV. it is deolared, "that if the name of any Member...
A Privy Council was held this afternoon, at Buckingham Pi:ace
The Spectator; when the Speech to be delivered by the Queen on Monday was sealed. Lord MELBOURNE entertains a large company of Peers, awl Lord JOHN Russera. of Commoners, at dinner this...
Lord JOHN RUSSELL is not [Imre asking a fivour from
The Spectatora foe. His Lordship was, of course, very desk , us of ascertaining whether the Tories would propose a candidate for the Speakership ; so he les- patched a special messenger (not...
A correspondent of the Chronicle says, that in the Royal
The SpectatorChapel of St. George, and in the parish-church of Windsor—the Dean and se- veral Canons being present — the 5th of November service was omitted. Sir George Villiers has...
THE ARMY. THE ARMY.
The SpectatorWast-orrzer, Nov. 17.-011 Light Drogoons-Curnet F. J. isache to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Porter, alio retires ; .1. Sutherland, t to be Cornet, by pnrchase, vice !cache. 25th...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe Perthshire Tory Committee is short of cash, and cannot pay the bills contracted in the election of Lord Stormont. The Earl of Mansfield will not give a penny ; and the...
The Gazette of Tuesday announces that Alderman WOOD has been
The Spectatorcreated a Baronet ; and one of the Supday papers says the honour is as creditable to the Royal bestower as to the receiver: The facts, we bear, are these. In consequence of' the...
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THE QUEEN AT THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorTile Queen's presence has shed a lustre over the two patent houses this week ; and the players, who do not hold lightly . their privilege of basking in the sunshine of Royalty,...
In the Court of Queen's Bench, this morning, a Jury,
The Spectatorempanneled for the purpose, decided that Captain John Goode is insane. Goode behaved in a most violent manner while in court.
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCRAN1K, FR! OAT AFTY.INION. The East Luba Company have issued the following notice , by whiell it will he seen tbst they intend to reduce their present Bowl Debt, by...
The Gazette of last night states the quarterly average of
The Spectatorthe weekly liabilities end assets of the Bank of England from August . 22d to November 11th inclusive-- T.IA1111.ITITS. ASSETS. Cit culatice ecerities .£23,9'6.600 Deposits...
A meeting of Orangemen, whose names, with the exception of
The Spectatorthat of the Secretary, William Swan, are not mentioned, was held on Thursday at Tints's, Grafton Street, Dublin, for the purpose of reor- ganizing the Orange Society. The...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorThe Royal William. Frazer, from London to Madras, struck on the rocks at theta trance of Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, the 19th Sept.—crew and passengers saved. Arrived—At...
An esteemed correspondent, with a view to the Supplement which
The Spectatoraccompanies this week's Spectator, informs us that in our first account of the Civil List Pensions, RICHARD AIREY should have been Ricataana AIREY ; the lady being the wife of...
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A new farce, called The Original, was played after Macbeth,
The Spectatorat Covent Garden, on Monday ; and met with better success than it de- served. There was nothing new in the plot, persons, or language. A. hairbrained scamp contrives to obtain...
CHARLES ManiEws's powers of personation are brought to the test
The Spectatorin the new burletta, called Car/o, er tile ileich.thg, produced at the Olympic on Thursday. Cam o is not of the egnine race, but an idiot biped, who fills the post and the...
The St. James's has been unsuccessful in its novelties this
The Spectatorseason ; but the revivals of The Cabinet and The Miller's Maid show the strength of the company. BRAIIAH every now and then bursts forth with a blaze of splendour recalling the...
THE NEW ENGLISH OPERA.
The SpectatorTHE judgment Of MACREA DT'S musical adviser, Mr. BODWELL, was put to the test on Saturday ; for in all matters that concern the Operatic department of this ;theatre, we presume...
ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA.
The SpectatorTHE second season of this entertainment commenced on Thursday evening, in the Lyceum Theatre. We are glad that Mr. MI TCHELL has found the success of last season so encouraging...
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TRIAL OF ELECTION PETITIONS.
The SpectatorSUPPOSE that the Peers would repeal the Grenville Act, and pass any bill of the Commons to establish a fair tribunal for the deci- sion of controverted elections, how should the...
"TOVICS OF THE. DAY:
The SpectatorPRACTICAL MEASURES!" Ix eomplianee with 'recommendations from 'various quarters, we republish, in a stamped Supplement, the three sections of Practical Measures which have...
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PROGRESS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
The SpectatorTins colony is yet too young to go alone ; and it also requires correction, like most children : we shall neither desert it prema- turely, nor spare the rod in due season. By a...
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There are symptoms of' uneasiness in the great manufacturing districts,
The Spectatorwhich the Government and the Legislature would do well to watch attentively. An official return of the exports from Liverpool this autumn, shows a prodigious decrease in the...
In 191.3, PEEL in power, Mr. O'CONNELL laughed to scorn
The Spectatorthe notion of settling the Irish Tithe question without a provision for appropriating some of the Irish Church revenues for the benefit of the Catholics. Referring to Sir HENRY...
MILITARY PLURALISM.
The SpectatorTHE subject of Military Expenditure is pretty well exhausted in our Supplement, but closely connected with it is the question of Military Pluralism, on which we take occasion to...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorIIrsvostv, Rise and Progress of the British Power in India. By Peter Anber. M.R.A.S., late Secretary to the Honourable the Court of Directors of the East Elks Compant. (Iii 0...
MR. AUBER ' S INDIA—THE MAI:V:1S WELLESLEY'S DESPATCHES.
The SpectatorTux period embraced in Mr. Arlint'S Closing volume of his history of the Brill Sit POlrer iii ladia, commences with the es- tablishment of' the Board of Control in 1 7S4, and...
In former days, Earl FITZWILLIAM was not famous for aristo-
The Spectatorcratic hauteur. We have heard of his familiar intercourse with all classes in his neighbourhood ; and many a stout farmer and peasant could boast of having played cricket and...
The right of voting for 3lembers of the General Legislature
The Spectatoris a trust, and one of a very high and responsible nature towards the community, whatever Chief Justice Coke and Chief Justice Holt may have said of the matter. If the doctrine...
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ALISON'S HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
The Spectatorlbarma reviewed at some length the previous volumes of this work, little more remains for us to do than to announce the publi- cation of the sixth volume, and to say that it is...
MOXON'S ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF CAMPBELL'S POEMS.
The SpectatorTHE productions of the Bard of Hope appear, in this new edition, with all the typographical and pictorial splendour which distinguished the volumes of ROGERS. And though...
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EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN.
The SpectatorTHIS volume is almost wholly occupied with the eminent men of Spain. It contains a short introductory view of the early litera- ture of that country, followed by lives of the...
HALL'S MEMOIRS ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
The SpectatorIT is questionable whether since the time of HARVEY any dis- covery has been made in physiology so important as that developed in these Memoirs. With this oirnion of the work,...
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REID'S CHEMISTRY OF NATURE.
The SpectatorThis is a well - executed and useful little work. It is addressed to the general reader ; and gives a view of the principles of chemical science, awl of their province in...
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Mr. BENTLEY'S TerMbliCati011 Of TIMMS'S popular If/story of the Frcnch
The SpectatorRevolutiou, beAdes the introduction of notes, has the additional recommendation of including portraits of the leading actors in these sanguinary scenes, and pictures of the...
PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.
The SpectatorTHE meeting of Parliament and the consequent return of tourists must have stimulated the publishers; bun their activity has not yet shown itself in any thing of striking...
Of the various methods of warming buildings, that by warm.
The Spectatorwater is, we believe, generally regarded as the most conducive to health and comfort : the apparatus is now used in several public insthutions and private establishments—in the...
Much has been written about the Cartoons of R %PH
The Spectator%EL ; but no description that we have ever read conveys an idea of those divine works: and but few crities have been successful in ana- lyzing their transcendent qualities. The...
The appearance of the Abnanacks reminds us that the sand
The Spectatorof the year-glass is nearly run out, and that we shall soon have to turn it up again, by changing our calendar. A dozen of the cheap Almanacks—principally TILT'S neat and...
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Besides these, we have heaps of things before us—pamphlets, poems,
The Spectatorreprints, and publications without class or kind; for indeed the publishers seem to have turned their attention to driving a safe trade—if safety consist in the absence of...
FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorSICKENED as we have been this season with the vapid ant1 trreavtinglest tribe of miscalled " Beauties," whose perfections consist in an es_ aggerration of conventional ideality...
FINDEN'S Ports and Harbours employ the talents of several artists.
The SpectatorBesides HARDING'S Views of Plymouth, Mount Edgecumbe, and Budleigh—which have the daylight aQpect of out-door nature, and the freshness of the moist and genial climate of...
ORNITHOLOGICAL WORKS.
The SpectatorAUSTRALASIA has already furnished some most curious and unique species of animals ; and to this new continent and the adjacent islands, naturalists will look eagerly for fresh...
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to Me last, appear. to 1111,TO occurred, and the palliation
The Spectatoror expedient 0 knighting acm r . baltdozen or is of the R. A.. to have been recently restated to. But this is neither thoroughly priucipleti, nor effective. It will nppear to...
NEW MUSIC.
The SpectatorMotets for ji,ur voices, by CHRISTOPHER TYE, Miss. Doc. Scorrd front the original edition, and adapted to Modern Paraphrases of Scripture, by THOMAS 01,1PHAN17, Eng. Dr....
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LIRTHS, 31.1111ZIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The Spectator;: , . . On tee eist ,at Floors , the a: of his Grace the Puke of Itexhurelte, the Dutch..., et a .1 OD the 1. .. in Cun.l.erlet. • Peiee, Lady COLCHESTER, of a daughter,...
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Tuesday, Nov. 13. FROM THE LONDON
The SpectatorGAZETTES. Tuesday, Nov. 13. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. B. and E. Wild, Sheffield, pearl-scale-cutters—J. S. and W. I. Burman, Bridge Rod Lambeth. tea dealers—Lauder and Lowden,...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH Saturday -- UN OS. Monday (Closing Tuesday - Prices.) Irednes. Thurs. Friday. 931 934 938 9:4 931 3 per Cent.Consols 931 Dittufor Acconnt 931 934 934 938 938 938 3...
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London: Printed !iy 3rrii CLArToN.or ).7, Witvlso! t . :Iawl.; iiiin at No,
The Spectator9, Werinton St reet,Strauil. sAITFID Y, ISth Nov. 1<+7.
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I.---THE CIVIL LIST.
The SpectatorIN Parliamentary and official language, the Civil List is granted to the Sovereign in lieu of certain hereditary and occasional revenues of the Crown, which have been...
11The Plan of PRACTICAL MEASVRES was formed on the close
The Spectatorof the Elections, when it became apparent from the state of the returns, and the language of Government organs and official people, that all hope of the Ministry's taking...
*upplenunt to the epectator, 18th itobtsubtr 1837.
The SpectatorTHREE OF THE SPECTATOR'S PRACTICAL MEASURES. I. THE CIVIL LIST. 2. THE PENSION SYSTEM. 3. MILITARY EXPENDITURE.
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II.---THE PENSION SYSTEM.
The SpectatorWhen constituencies and the people clamosously call fora revision of the Pension List and the abolition of all undeserved pensions, and when many Members of Parliament pledge...
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III.---MILITARY EXPENDITURE.
The SpectatorIN investigating this subject, we shall consider it WM' three heads,- 1. The improvement in efficiency and the saving in expense which might be accomplished by consolidating the...