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Louis Napoleon has got a Ministry ; a Ministry which
The Spectatorhas been received by almost the whole French press with scoffs and de- rision. With the exception of M. de Thorigny, who is understood to be Legitimist, the new Ministers are...
St. Alban's has this week been kept in a state
The Spectatorof commotion by the not unprecedented spectacle of an agent of electioneering oor- ruption brought to bay. Mr. Edwards is a very commonplace specimen of his class : obliged to...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorA LARGE portion of the week's news has consisted of the doings with, by, and about M. Kossuth, and of reports of his remarkable English eloquence. Further speeches have been...
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The SpectatorTHE Queen held an investiture of the Order of the Bath on Tuesday evening. In the presence of several Knights Grand Crosses assembled with the usual state in the Throne-mom at...
4t littroputio.
The SpectatorThe visit of M. Kossuth to the'Corporation of London was made on Thursday, to receive that address of congratulation on his liberation from capti vity, and safe arrival in this...
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Cht Vrnniurto.
The SpectatorThe Mayor of Southampton entertained the lion of the day, M. Kos- suth, at his residence near Winchester, on Saturday last. Mr. Cobden, Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Croskey the...
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The Tbeasury minute of the Government intentions leapect?ng the con-'
The Spectatorsolidated annuities dun in repayment of the famine loans has been fished : it' is dated the 2Tst. of October. The Lords, of the Treasury bear in mindthat the forms of repayment...
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,flitign ant tatanint
The SpectatorFXANez.—The last effiarts of lit Billault proved: as fruitless• as his testi and second' endeavours. On Saturday he threw up his mission finally >. and it became matter of...
KOTTa.10..
The SpectatorAmong other proposals. fur enlarging. the. Parliamentary franelike Lit Scotland, one which has found favour with. Mr..liume,andothers„istliat of taking the poorseato assthe...
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311istrlInnms.
The SpectatorIt has been announced that Mr. Benjamin Hawes has resigned his office of Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, upon his appoint- ment to that of Deputy Secretary at War, in...
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POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATITRDAY. Last night's Gazette notifies that Mr. Fox Manic, the Secretary at War, "has appointed Benjamin Hawes, Esq., to be his Deputy." It also announces formally, under...
We stated last week, on the authority of a "fashionable
The Spectatorcontemporary," that Lord Campbell had effected a safe arrival in this country out of the hands of his Holiness the Pope, of whom he had sought a personal shrieving for words...
The Paris papers of yesterday contain no news beyond the
The Spectatorstatement by the Journal des .Daats, that M. Corbin refuses to accept the office of Minister of Justice, to which he was appointed while absent from Paris. By the Humboldt...
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The SpectatorOur table is crowded with unused Communications, some of them both able and in- teresting: but we cannot this week spare room for any Letters. Let us whisper to correspondents...
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BUST OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
The SpectatorA truly admirable head of the Duke, whether considered as a likeeess or as a work of art, has beenrecently completed by Mr. Behnes, on commission from the King of Prussia. The...
Ingmar, transplanted from Drury Lane to Sadler's Wells, thrives 139 te
The Spectatorchange. A small house is better adapted than a large one for a p which is after all a sort of genteel comedy in ancient costume ; and th is in Mr. Phelps a,genial discernment of...
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE - GREAT EXHIBITION.
The SpectatorThe excellent series of designs, chiefly' by -Mr. Nash, purchased' by the Queen and Prince Albert, of the earliest elf which we spoke some months ago on their first appearance,...
HISTORY OF THE HUNGARIAN WAR."
The Spectator". We earnestly hope that before long some autheaticinetere of the political course of the 'Hungarian 'insurrection will be publiaked by those best 'acquainted with its true...
'jr tztrtm.
The SpectatorWithout risking too much on the strength of a favourable debfit, we may venture to express an opinion that the stage has made an acquisition in the person of Miss Laura Keene, a...
MONEY MARKET.
The Spectator&DXX EXCHANtak FIUDAT Arrzarrooe. The English Stock Market advanced at the beginning of the week, when Consols reached 98. The lull of the French Funds, however, induced specu-...
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TOPICS OF THE DAP./ . .'2, _
The SpectatorKOSSUTH AND THE CORPORATIONS. IT is proverbially a thankless office to be the memento Viaglit i ki SA l ovial party, the Egyptian skeleton of a banquet ; and in political ife...
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MODERN " NONINTERVENTION " TRANSLATED INTO THE VERNACULAR.
The SpectatorM. Koss= seems to have adopted the principle of asking from each country that which it might be expected to give,—a very practical idea ; but moreover, he asks it in the manner...
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NAPLES SOAP AND PALMERSTON CAUSTIC LEY.
The SpectatorHAVING entered into the bookselling business, Lord Palmerston has been invited to increase his connexion ; and he displays a sin- gular amount of irritation at the friendly...
WHAT IS SAID ABOUT MESSRS. HAWES AND PEEL.
The SpectatorMa. HAWES is not he of the two about whom the most is said. On the contrary, his ease is generally dismissed in a few words, and with hardly any difference of opinion. He has...
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THE ERROR OF STATISTS.
The Spectator" Ewan marriage," Says the Registrar-General, in his Quarterly Return, " is the establishment of a family, and is generally the result of some deliberation. It is not...
PHILOSOPHY OF SCAVENGING.
The SpectatorLONDON is at school in the art of scavenging : some of the first philosophers of the age are busied in exploring and systematizing rts deeper mysteries ; and some progress has...
RAILWAY EXONERATION BY " NOTICE."
The Spectator"Mute notice" is a warning often put forth by those who are going to do something illegal. People seem to think that to give notice, exonerates them from responsibility; and,...
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COLTD/e-S DECK AND TORT. * THE Chaplain of the United States
The Spectatorfrigate 'Congress, who Room- panied the ship in her voyage to the Sandwich Islands and CaE- fornia about the breaking out of the Mexican war, is an Azneziaan Episcopalian—and,...
BOOKS.
The SpectatorFRANCIS'S HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH RAILWAY. * THElistory of railways has various branches, all interesting, and, considering the short time since the rail has practically come...
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THE LIVINGSTONES. 5 GREAT freshness of matter, combined with a deficiency
The Spectatorof regular art, is the characteristic of this novel. The writer possesses a knowledge of society, especially in Scotland, dramatic power in depicting character and exhibiting...
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WARDEOP ON DISEASES OF THE HEART. * This volume is the
The Spectatorresult of many years' observation, experience„ and reflection, not only on the diseases of the heart, but on the anatomy and physiology of that organ, as well in themselves as...
GHA.NT'S MEMOIRS OF SIR JOHN HEPBURN. * THE hero of this
The Spectatorvolume was a Scottish soldier of fortune, of the seventeenth century; one of those numerous gentlemen whom peace with England on the union of the crowns, the absence of any...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIV-B.M,
The SpectatorBoons. Tierve/a in Bttropean Turkey, in 18,50, through Bosnia; ffervia, Bul- garia, Macedonia, Thrace, Albania, and Epirus.; with a Nell. , to Greece and the Ionian Isles. And...
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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE:.
The SpectatorTuesday, October 281 PARTNERSHIPS Dmaotven.-Gralittai and Hedley, Llierpool„, mustard - roam- factarers-BinVons and. Co. Manchester, tea-dealers: as far aa regards J. Hunter •...
MILITARY GAXETTE..
The SpectatorWAR-OFFICE, Oct. 31.-1st Regt. Life Guards-Lieut Hon. D. C. B. De Itoe,.ht be Capt. by purchase, vice Brevet Major Biddulph, promoted in , the 7th Light Drags.; Cornet...
Dirrelnk.
The SpectatorOnthend-October, at the Vicarage, Coleme; Wiles; the Wifentthe Rovi.Glibeed Heatlicote, of a son. On the 23d, at Westover, .Isle of- Wight, the Lady , of the Hon, William...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH Saturd. Monday 3 per Cent Consols 971 Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 971 97 96 972 97 31 per Cents 981 981 Long Annuities 7 Bank Stock, 7 per Cent...