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Military operations have been recommenced in the rebell;ous provinces of
The SpectatorSpain, with some shuw of vigour, and, as regards the Queen's troops, with success. Don SEBASTIAN, the nominal Com- mander of the Carlist forces, quitted Hernani on or about the...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator'WHITSUNTIDE has followed Easter, but where is the great "ripe pe ar? " The Attorney-General talks about sending measures in rapid succession to the Lords; and then leaves the...
A letter in the Times from Lisb.in tinntion3, thatd_riptkerti- in4
The Spectatorof the 7th instant, a portion of th e Nttintal m:eting to petitim for the co.istitution tf 1820 wit tion; and that this movement created some uneasiness, until it,was...
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The amnesty continues to furnish the Parisian journalists with their
The Spectatorprincipal topic: of discussion. A good deal of bad humour is still vented in some of the newspapers ; but it is clear that the impression in the King's favour is becoming more...
iStbatti min Procceningi in landintnent. COPYRIGHT.
The SpectatorMr. Sergeant TAIFOURD, on Thursday, moved the House of Com- mons for kayo to bring in II bill "to consolidate and amend the laws relating to property in books, musical...
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Vibe Rirtropotut.
The SpectatorA report has been put in circulation by the Morning Pose, that General Evans had instructed his friends to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds ; and that, if his directions had been...
Elm Court.
The SpectatorTHE King, who did not leave Windsor the first three days of the week, came to town on Wednesday, to hold his Levee ; which was very numerously attended by naval and military...
The members of the Protestant Association for the protection of
The SpectatorReligious Liberty, had their annual meeting at the City of London Tavern on Saturday ; Lord Nugent in the chair. Dr. Brown, Mr. Burnet, Dr. Bennett, and Dr. Bowring, were the...
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In the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, sentences were prs-
The Spectatornouneed on the prisoners convicted at the last sessions. Six were snms- tenced to death (but none of them will be Iranian ; twelve to trans- portation for life; eight for...
The first or spring show of plants, fruits, and flowers,
The Spectatortook place at the Horticultural Gardens at Chiswick on Saturday. The state of the weather kept the company away. The appearance of the gardens, from the backwardness of the...
The Nassau balloon ascended from Vauxhall Gardens on Monday, and
The Spectatoragain on Tuesday evening. On Monday, after travelling twenty- five miles in twenty-three minutes, it descended at Honey in Sussex, a little before seven. On Tuesday, it...
Mr. Joseph Ivimey, of Chancery Lane, has been appointed by
The Spectatorthe Registrar- General to the office of Superintendent-Registrar of the parish of St. Pancras. [This, we believe, is the gentleman through whom Mr. Henry Bulwer lately lectured...
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A correspolident of the Morning Chroniole complains that Mr. Listen
The Spectatorthe Superintendent Itegist mar under the Marriage and Registration Acts, has appointed to the office of Deputy Registrar of Devon. port, a Mr. Beer, an acke Tory, and Secretary...
Mr. G. A. Folks, of Stamford Street, and Captain Corbyn,
The Spectatorof Brampton, fought a duel on Wednesday morning, on Putney Heath. The first fire was without effect ; on the second, Mr. Folks was sea nerdy wounded in the right urea. The...
ebt Countrn.
The SpectatorLord Melgund, eldest son of the Earl of Mint°, was elected Member for Hythe on Thursday, without opposition. We learn from the North Stqfibrdshire Mercury, that Messrs. Da-...
A meeting of inhabitants of the West Riding of Yorkshire
The Spectatorwas held on Tuesday, at Hartshead Moor, near Huddersfield, to petition Parliament ngainst the new Poor-law ; Mr. William Hocks in the chair. This meeting was attended by an...
In what is called the administration of justice, very brutal
The Spectatorthings are alone sometimes. An inquest was held in Newgate prison on Thursday, on the corpse of a young woman, who had been committed on a charge of being an accomplice in...
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A dispute has taken place between Mr. O'Driscoll, the editor
The Spectatorof the Cork Southern Reporter, and Dr. Baldwin, M. P., in consequence of some remarks which were made in the Southern Reporter on speech of Dr. Baldwin at a recent mesting held...
On Monday last, Mr. James Orchard, the celebrated diver, walked
The Spectatorender water from the Pier-head, at Bridport, to the buoy, a distance of half a mile, and from thence landed on the beach, east of the harbour, to the gratification of about...
The accounts from the trading districts are still very gloomy.
The SpectatorAt Leeds, :Manchester, Leicester, the Potteries, and Birmingham, the same tale of distress is continued. The Birtaingh«m Journal says- " The lamentable condition of our working...
Mr. Sharman Crawford has midi essed a hales to his
The Spectatorfellow country- men in Iodate], calling upon them to repudiate the new Irish Tithe Bill ; which he stigmatizes as a delusion—" the consummation of the political farce of the...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorA very large meeting of the inhabitants of Dublin and the vicinity was held on :Monday, in the Coburg Gardens, to address the King to retain his present :Ministers. According...
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The buke of Norfolk has subscribed 10/. to the fund
The Spectatorfor the erer3trlinees monuments in e capitals of England and Scotland to the mete - of Messrs. Muir, Palmer, Skirving, Margaret, and Gerald. The Archbishop of York has placed...
alidrclIttnraug.
The SpectatorThl Tories mire culhi hg paragraphs from all the provincial papers of their party to prove the nationaf exultation at the triumph of Burdett ! With equal weight, and far more...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorAn extensive failure has taken place in Glasgow—that of Oswald and Company. This unfortunate occurrence is the cause of the re- signation by Mr. James Oswald of his seat in the...
The Report of the Select Committee of the House of
The SpectatorCommons 0.11 the publication of printed papers has been put into eirculattort this week. It will be recollected that the inquiry arose from the trial of Stockdale versus Hansard...
Perhaps our readers may recollect that Mr. James Stuart Wortley
The Spectatorbad a legacy of 10,0001. recently left him by Mrs. Freeman, a very wealthy old lady, who resided at Houseley Hull, in Yorkshire The fact was carefully recorded in all the 'I ory...
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Colonel Fortescue, who commands the Rifle Regiment in the Spanish
The SpectatorAuxiliary Legion, has contradicted the statement of Sir Henry Ifardinge, made in the debate on Spanish affairs, that he addressed the following speech to the men under his...
Many of our townsmen (of Ftockport) as well as more
The Spectatordistant readers, may be surprised to hear that for some years John Ilazlitt, portrait-painter,elder brother to William Hazlitt, the elegant critic and essayist, bits resided in...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArm hued—At Gravesend. Mmy I. Henry. Ititany ; Elizabeth, Andre, ; mi Pig ;- conj.., Ogilvie. from Matitilias ; Lord 'longer:urn', Fanquillarsoll ; aunt T;,•• mm• - Ir. •ni'....
LORD BROUGHAM'S PROTEST AGA1NaT THE RESOLUTIONS FOR COERCING LOWER CANADA,
The SpectatorDissentient, 1. Because these resobitions, embracing a great variety or importaut atthjects. upon which ditTerent opiniotts limy be entertained by the eame persons. were all put...
BIRTHS, 11IARItIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorIll Writs. On the 13111 inst., in c:ivellaisli Square, Lady GEORGE litLL,of is son. On the 14th inst., in Yoik Place, Portman Straw% the Latly II. Sr same, of a SOH. At Castle...
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The South Australian Commissioners have received further des- patches from
The Spectatortheir Surveyor-General, Colonel LIGHT. He has dis- covered a second harbour on the Eastern side of Spencer's Gulf, near Mount Lofty, in latitude about 35 degrees south. This...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. While ESPARTERO has been driving the Carlists from Hernani, Ge- neral EVANS has been equally successful against the rebels in another direction. After a terrible...
The Secretary of the Colonial Society, in Parliament Street, has
The Spectatorfavoured with the perusal of the Montreal paper, the Mine rue, of us the 24th April; from which we learn, that a movement has taken place in Upper Canada among the "...
The proceedings in both Houses of Parliament last night possess
The Spectatorconsiderable interest. The proceedings in both Houses of Parliament last night possess considerable interest. In the Commons, Dr. Bownisw. rf!neWea bis motion to strike cut of...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCH EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. There has been a slight improvement in the price of Consols since our last ' and the appearance of the market is decidedly firmer. The demand...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorHOW LONG WILL MINISTERS RUB ON? IN January last, the writer of a sort of official pamphlet,* after .giving a list of Ministerial measures for the session, prophesied or...
THE GOVERNMENT PLAN OF DEALING WITH CHURCH-RATES.
The SpectatorFr is now more than two months since the resolution against Church-rates was carried in the House of Commons, by the isarrow majority of 23. The reception of the plan in...
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SOME THOUGHTS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF GLASGOW REFORMERS.
The Spectator"I speak to freemen, and a freeman speaks." THE Conservative press, in its anxiety to provide a proper candi- date for Glasgow, reminds us of the liberal Dame Quickly in her...
A FOXHUNTER'S RELIGION.
The Spectator"IRELAND," said Sir FRANCIS BURDETT to the Westminster electors, "is Protestant Ireland." "Talk as they might about brute numbers," echoes the Times, " Ireland is Protestant...
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VIOLATION OF MR. ELPHINSTONE'S POLL1NG-LAW.
The SpectatorIF the Tories had been defeated in the last election for West- Minster, and had discove ed dining its progress, or after it was over, that it had not been conducted according,...
HOW TO PUNISH DUELLISTS.
The SpectatorIn consequence of the fatal termination of a (Ittel that took place List year between M. Prestat, now a sub-lieutenant in one of the regiments in. Africt, and a NI. Hans, both...
LORD BROUGHAM'S PLEA FOR CANADA.
The SpectatorTHE Spirit of Lard BROUGHAM'S protest against the Canada Coercion Resolutions is worthy of the best days of their author. But the desire, apparently, of producing something new...
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THE ITALIAN OPERA.
The Spectator,ogra's opera of Maids Adel, which was produced at Paris during e last season with considerable success, was given here on Thursday vening, on the occasion of RUBINT'S benefit....
THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS. CONSIDERING how very limited is the choice
The Spectatorof writers whose names appear, or are worthy to appear in the schemes of these concerts, it would seem desirable, and certainly not difficult, so to arrange them that they...
MADAME SCHRCEDER-DEVRIENT.
The SpectatorJr PASTA'S failure be signal, Scutum:lea's triumph on the boards of Drury Lane is complete. We had some doubts and misgivings as to her power to sustain, in a new and till very...
MADAME PASTA.
The SpectatorAs we anticipated, PASTA'S lust Visit to London has added nothing to her reputation. Even had she retained all her powers, it would be diffi- cult to say what efficient display...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorTamert-e , Aare' tines of Captain Bonneville; or Scenes beyond the Rocky'Mountains of the -- - i.,',.'w eg j, By "Washington Irving, Author of the "Sketch-Book." " The Alham-...
WASHINGTON IRVING S ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE.
The SpectatorTHE hero of these adventures is an American by birth and a Frenchman by descent ; and unites in himself, according to Mr. Jamas the gay philosophy and bonhommie of his...
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VENETIA.
The SpectatorTHERE are a certain set of modern writers who think, with the self-complacent KancsLest, that if they hadleen consulted at the Creation many things would have been made better....
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GILBART'S HISTORY OF RANKING IN AMERICA. THIS is a well-tinted
The Spectatorand able volume ; containing a vast number of facts and a careful selection of opinions on the past and present condition of Banking in the United States, and on the causes of...
MOORE'S HISTORY OF IRELAND.
The SpectatorTHIS volume embraces a period of about four hundred years, from 787 to 1194. The first two centuries and a quarter (787- 1016) treat of the Danish invasions and occupations till...
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head of 1' Designs ; " including all such as
The Spectatortell a story or convey a sen- But beyond the sidling embarrassment of a silly servant-wench at HILTON,—ETTY alone contributes to the present exhibition. HAY- hearing that she...