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Several of the reelections have now taken place; and they
The Spectatorhave proved, as we foresaw, mere copies, and very bad copies, of the elections for the several places in July. The farcical contest waged between the absent Sir ROBERT PEEL and...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectatorl'HE House of Commons has assembled after its adjournment to allow time for the reelections, and Sir ROBERT PEEL has reentered it in the character of Prime Minister. Sir GEORGE...
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Debate% anti Vrocettlings in Varliament.
The SpectatorBUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Goulburn, &r Henry Hardinge, and the other official Members who had been reelected, entered the House of Commons after its eight...
be eourt.
The SpectatorTHE Court history is still of dry business-records, no gayeties being . noted, The Queen and Prince Albert and the Princess Royal returned to Windsor, from Claremont, on...
President TYLER is at odds with his subjects. He has
The Spectatortaken the liberty to veto a measure popular with great numbers, and there is no bound to the general anger at his audacity. Mr. TYLER is perhaps viewed with more suspicion than...
France is again shaken with political convulsions, though not of
The Spectatorthe most alarming kind. In the remoter provinces the resurvey of the taxes has given occasion to new violences and fresh bloodshed ; while the capital itself has been torn with...
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Ebe ifletropolfs.
The SpectatorA meeting of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association was held on Wednesday, at their rooms in West Strand, to petition the Queen not to prorogue Parliament until it has taken...
Zbe Vrobinces.
The SpectatorThe nomination of candidates for the borough of Tamworth took place on Monday, in the Town-hall. Sir Robert Peel was proposed and seconded by Mr. Tyleeote and Mr. Robinson ; Mr....
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorLord Fortescue, with Lady Fortescue and Mr. John Fortescue his second son, sailed from Kingstown for England, at three o'clock on Thursday week, in the Merlin steamer. At...
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iffistellantous.
The SpectatorA Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office on Tuesday, at half-past two o'clock. All the Ministers in town were present. The Earl of Aberdeen gave his first Cabinet...
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POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. In the House of Commons, last night, Sir ROBERT PEEL having moved the order of the day to go into a Committee of Supply, Lord Jona/ RUSSELL proceeded to state...
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The Paris papers of Thursday reiterate a report which has
The Spectatorfor several days been gaining strength in that city, that the Duke of Bordeaux, who fell from his horse lately and hurt his leg, had died of lock-jaw. There was no disturbance...
The Western Times publishes a correspondence between the Bishop of
The SpectatorExeter and the Reverend Henry Erskine Head, the Rector of Feni- ton ; in which the Bishop asks Mr. Head whether he is the author of a paper entitled, "A View of the Duplicity of...
In hastily copying from another paper last week, we were
The Spectatorbetrayed into the error of calling Lord Lowther the second son of the Earl of Lonsdale : he is the eldest son.
There are more official announcements of Ministerial appointments in last
The Spectatornight's Gazette. Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Milnes Gaskell, Mr. Henry Bingham Baring, Mr. Alkxande r Pringle, and Mr. John Young, are appointed Commissioners for...
Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the
The SpectatorBank of England, from the 22d June 1841 to the 14th September 1841— ASSETS. Circulation ......... £17,481,000 Securities £23,567,006 Deposits 8,052,000 Bullion 4,975,000...
A dejeuner was given yesterday, by the New Zealand Company,
The Spectatorat the West India Dock Tavern, Blackwell, to celebrate the sailing of the second colony of New Zealand. The company, which was very nume- rous included the Duke of Sussex and...
The Morning Chronicle says that a duel was fought yesterday
The Spectatorbe- tween Lord Cardigan and Colonel Wood. "The duel, we are informed, arose from circumstances of a peculiarly delicate nature, in which the character of a noble lady is...
A meeting was held at Manchester, in the Town-hall, on
The SpectatorThursday, to petition the Queen not to prorogue Parliament until the question of relief for the popular distress has been discussed. Some opposition was offered to the...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHAKOK, FRIDAY Santarem In the early part of this week the general subject of conversation in the monied world was the affairs of a Joint Stock Banking Company, whose...
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We were too late to see the antics of Punch
The Spectatorplayed off by KEELEY at the new Strand ; and to hear Mrs. KEELEY, as the showman's wife, mimic the airs of a peripatetic prima donna. We recommend the reader who loves fun to be...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. On the but June, at Columbo, the Lady of Major DARBY Gwynn. of the Ninetieth Regimeut, aud daughter of the Hon. Baron Dimsdale, of a daughter. On the lltb September....
THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorCOVENT GARDEN and the HAYMARKET have commenced running the race of competition in revivals and novelties ; but, happily for the play- goers, not with the same pieces. Riches, or...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived—At Gravesend, Sept. 13th, Herschel', Adamson, from Bengal; and Munster Lass. Carew, from the Cape; 15th, Loudon. Gibson. from Singapore; and Grecian. Richards, from Van...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorSOME OF TILE DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF CORN-LAW REPEAL. THE natural inference of any person who has been satisfied that a restrictive corn-law is an evil in itself, that it is...
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GRESHAM COLLEGE. • THE decision of the Gresham Trustees as
The Spectatorto the future site and character of Gresham College has at length been made ; and those who take any interest in its concerns, and, in what is more important, the extension of...
FALSE AND FOOLISH RELIANCES.
The SpectatorIT is an exploded precept of philosophy, that he can judge best who mixes least in the manceuvres of party but looks the closest into their actions. " Nous avons change tout...
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THE JUSTICE OF PEACE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
The SpectatorAx old English dramatist has defined a Justice of the Peace to be a person "who for half-a-dozen of capons will dispense with as many penal statutes." Like all other things, the...
PECULIAR PRIVILEGES OF ROYALTY IN FRANCE. WHEN Henry the Fifth
The Spectatordilated upon the troubles of the kingly estate, and asked, " What have kings, that privates have not too, Save ceremony, save general ceremony?" be had not been King of...
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PRIVATE PERFORMANCE OF WILBYE'S MADRIGALS - AT CROSBY HALL.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, 16th September 1841. Sir—I am sure you will be pleased to hear that your prediction as to the effect of the...
THE MILITARY, CIVIL, AND ECCLESIASTICAL DRILL.
The SpectatorHE is a terrible man that Duke of WELLINGTON — not to enemies alone, but to all lazy and slovenly subordinates, civil or military. We remember about the time he accepted the...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorHurroar, The History of British India, by James Mill. Esq. Fourth edition; with Notes and Continuation, by Horace Hayman Wilson. M.A., F.R.S.. Boston Professor of &insult in...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorFrom September 4th to September 16th. BooKS. Ina, and other Poems. By Mute M. RAncLrrrs. Proceedings of the General Anti-Slavery Convention, called by the Com- mittee of the...
MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorWaitorrirs. Sept. 17.-3d Re g t. Dra g . Guards—Assist.-StaffSurg. A. C. F. Col- dough M D, tube Assist.-Surg: vice Lister, promoted ou the Staff. 3c1 Light Drags.— Ser g...
NOTE ON MISS RADCLIFFE'S "INA:"
The SpectatorWE have received a letter from Miss RADCLIFFE, offering several explanations touching the structure of her plot of-Ina; from which we quote the most important. "You say, the...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH FUN DS. (Closing Prices.) ,Saturday Monday. ' Tuesday. Wettnes. Thud. Friday. 894 894 891 891 894 894 904 904 904 904 894 904 shut - - - --- shut 981 984 99...
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTimsday, September 14. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and J. Hedges, New Bond Street. boot-makers-J. and D. Sims, Fmmilorle, Glou- cestershire, barge-owners-Burgess and Wheater....
