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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorFRANCE. THE proceedings of the Chambers in France are at this moment a subject of so great and so rational curiosity, that, even in that point of view, they would deserve a...
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At Algiers, the French do not seem to he quite
The Spectatorso comfortable as they were when they first captured it. We have, it is true, only private letters as our instructors ; but these seem to prove that considerable sickness has...
From the present King and his Ministers it is a
The Spectatorfearful descent to the late King and his. In our last Number we remarked of CHARLES, and his singularly tardy march towards Cherbourg, that the slowest journey comes to an end....
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PUBLIC EXPRESSION ON THE FRENCH CHANCES.—Mr. Cobbett had a dinner
The Spectatoron Monday, at which, as we anticipated, he spoke a Register on the subject of Reform in Parliament, with a short appendix on the French Revolution. He also moved an address from...
The rumours concerning Spain have been quite as numerous this
The Spectatorweek as they were last ; but we rather think they have sprung more from the feeling very universally felt, that something ought to be done there, than from the conviction that...
THE KING AND QUEEN. —We hear less of the Royal movements
The Spectatornow that their Majesties have left town, and that their movements are no longer distinguished by that novelty which gave even to the least of them so strong an interest a...
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SOUTHWARK ELECTION.—The electors of Southwark gave their new representative, Mr.
The SpectatorHarris, a supper at the Horns at Kennington, on Monday. We notice the meeting merely to record Mr. Harris's renewal of his pledges made at the hustings. That new member has been...
The Provost of Edinburgh, undeterred by the want of precedents,
The Spectatorhas, on the requisition of one hundred of the most respectable inhabitants of the city, called a general meeting for the same purpose as that which we have just described, was...
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CORONER OF MIDDLESEX.—Mr. Unwin, the Coroner of this county, died
The Spectatoron Sunday evening. The situation is a valuable one, and likely to he contested. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO mPANT.—Thegeneral meeting of the proprietors took place on...
in authority were bound to take the consequences. Now, as
The Spectatorwe have said, we do not object to a policeman's opposing rough means to rough, for the purpose of securing a prisoner ; but here, on unchallenged evi- dence, we have a prisoner...
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MURDER OP A POLICE max.—John Long, belonging to the New
The SpectatorPolice, was murdered on Monday night, in Gray's Inn Road, by a stab in the breast, inflicted with a shoemaker's knife. A female, who was but a few yards from the unfortunate man...
FIRE.—An oil and colour shop, No. 1, Borough Road, was
The Spectatorburnt to the ground yesterday, while the owner, Mrs. Maypole, was enjoying the amusements of Camberwell Fair. Another fire broke out in the same street, but it was soon got...
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ROYAL Gossip.—His Majesty on visiting the gardens at Hampton -Court,
The Spectatorwas received by the head gardener, who alighted from his carriage. ."Mr. —," said the King, " I do not wish to see you in your carriage ; -a plain buggy will do as well. You are...
LAFAYETTE.—A dinner was given to General Lafayette at the hotel
The Spectatorof the Prefect of Paris on the 15th. The whole of the Ministers were present, and many of the Peers and Deputies. The prosperity of " the Nation and the King of the French" was...
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perfectly distinct diseases,_you make me answerable for an absurdity of
The Spectatorwhich I was not guilty. I am the more anxious to have this mistake rectified, because medical men of emi- nence, relying on the reports of newspapers, have not scrupled publicly...
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POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.
The SpectatorSPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY Two o'CLocg. A Government Steamer has been ordered to proceed to Spithead, for the purpose of accompanying CHARLES the Tenth to Lulworth, in Dorset-...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. On the 29th ult. at Estburey, the Hon. Lady ST. Jonx, of a son. On the 13th inst. at Woolwich, the Lady of Captain SAUNDERS, of the Royal Horse Artillery, of a...
The German papers, received to-day, on authority of ship arrivals
The Spectatorat Leghorn, describe the condition of the French at Algiers as very preca- rious, and the boldness of the natives as daily increasing. We suspect these are but echoes of the...
THE MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FaIDAY EVENING.—This has been on the whole a very tran- quil week, considering the near approach of the settling-day, the great fluctuations which have occurred...
THE PRESS.
The SpectatorPUNISHMENT OF THE LATE ATINISTERS OF FRANCE. STANDARD—The Ch?mber of Deputies is engaged with the prelimi. nary proceedings of an impeachment of the late French Ministers....
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived.—None. Sailed.—From Gravesend, August 17th, David Scott, Jackson, for Bengal, and Craigievar, Ray, for New South Wales; 20th, Neptune, Cumberlege, for Madras, and Abel...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE WORST EXAMPLE. Essex—famous for calves and agues—has added to its distinc- tions the exhibition of the nicest pattern of election deformities that the United Kingdoms have...
ADVICE TO MR. BROUGHAM.
The SpectatorMR. BROUGHAM, in his speech to his constituents cn the first day of the election, came under certain pledges (he has reiterated them in other speeches and documents) with...
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NAMES.
The Spectator" Call every thing by its right name."—Mrs. HAMILTOX ; fourth Rule. WE have, like our contemporaries, designated the late changes in France a revolution, but they were, in...
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THE DUKE OF ORLEANS FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
The SpectatorTHE following document, which at the present moment is a curi- osity in its way, has been pointed out to us by a friend, who took the trouble to copy it from an old newspaper....
WHAT WOULD THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND DO ?
The SpectatorMR. WARBURTON put this question at the meeting in the London Tavern on Tuesday; and he answered it by another: if the King of England should dissolve Parliament before it met—if...
WAR AGAINST MINISTERS—MANIFESTO OF
The SpectatorTHE OPPOSITION. IN the present state of the Ministry and the parties in Parlia- ment, we are disposed to ascribe importance to an article in the Number of the Edinburgh Review...
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LITERARY SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorBIRDS, " RISE up, my love, my fair one, and come away," says the royal poet to his Egyptian bride ;, " for lo ! the winter is past, the rain is over-gone; the flowers appear on...
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LYRIC POETRY.*
The SpectatorThis little volume is the production, we have been told, of a Cam- bridge man, who gained the Chancellor's medal last year for English verse. We have no great liking for prize...
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FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorBURGESS'S EIDODENDRON. Now that the woods wear their old summer glories in all the pride of nature and the fulness of maturity, let us encamp under some greets pavilion, "sub...
RETROSPECTIONS OF THE STAGE"
The SpectatorTars is a player's book—about players, by a player, in the manner of a player. It is a collection of stage incidents and characters of the last fifty-years ; many of them...
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WESTMINSTER GREEK.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sin — I should have been glad if your correspondent "No Westmin- ster " had been more explicit in his answer to my question. I have not seen Mr....
Panoramic View of Switzerland.
The SpectatorMr. LEIGH has just published another of his picturesque and com. preliensive companions for the traveller, consisting of a bird's-ere Pano- ramic Map of Switzerland, as seen...
HATTER'S Sketches of Miss Fanny Kemble in the character of
The SpectatorJuliet. Part II. Drawn on Stone by Messrs. HARDING, LANE, SHARP, and TEMPLETON. We endeavoured to do justice to the taste and elegance of Mr. Har. TER'S Sketches in our notice...
PEEPS AT PRINT SHOPS.
The SpectatorAMONG the novelties in Engravings, are a pair of mezzotints, drawn and engraved by Mr. W. WESTALL, who is following the example of Mr. MARTIN in engraving his own works. They...
Mr. HATTER has just finished a beautiful whole-length drawing of
The Spectatorthe Princess Victoria ; which is placed in the hands of Mr. SHARP for the purpose of being lithographed. It is one of the most successful ef. forts of Mr. HATTER'S pencil ;...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorPUBLIC FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Ifedtic'ed 3 per Cent. Consols ...... Ditto for Account 35 per Cent. Old 34 per Cent. New . . 4 per Cent.. ..... Bank Stock .. India Bonds ....
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. MARTIN and Co. Bootle and Liverpool, glue-manufacturers—TRAVIS and
The SpectatorSTOP- FORD, Audenshaw, Lancashire, hat-manufacturers—Kinn and Co. Holderness, Yorkshire, bone-crushers—JoRNsToN and Co. Skipton, Yorkshire, linen-drapers- APPLETON and STAMP,...