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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE Chancellor of the Exchequer has made his second Financial Statement, necessitated by the new demand on the public purse for the past expenses of the war with China. The...
The report that Russia has combined with Austria to dictatd
The Spectatorin the policy of Italy, has been - revived by a Paris paper of con- siderable authority ; but we need scarcely say that the news is not "official." It probably rests upon the...
The first meeting of the International Statistical Congress' ever held
The Spectatorin England took place on Monday last. The present session is the fourth of the series, and was opened at Somerset House by the Prince Consort, in an able and earnest address. It...
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Before we had learned that the Christians of the Lebanon
The Spectatorhad profited by the protection offered to them from France and Eng- land, we had intelligence of the new outrages at Damascus, where the Christians have been massacred by...
Otbate s net Vroretitingn inrarlionant.
The SpectatorPRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEER, Horst or I.-ORDS. Monday, July 16. Sub-division of Dioceses Bill withdrawn ; ew Zealand Bill, third reading postponed—Nice and Savoy; Marquis of...
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THE FIRST PASSAGE OF THE GREAT EASTERN. We have now
The Spectatorthe details of the passage and arrival of the Great Eastern at New York, where she was safely moored, after a run of ten and a half days. The whole passage was a success....
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INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CONGRESS.
The SpectatorThe International Statistical Congress, composed of investigating minds in all parts of the globe, animated by the purpose of applying the science of figures to the discovery...
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THE VOLUNTEERS' SHAM FIGHT.
The SpectatorThis the first attempt on the part of our gallant riflemen to do battle came off on Saturday last, in the grounds of Camden Park, near the South- borough station of the South...
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CO (Court
The SpectatorON Saturday, her Majesty steamed up the Southampton Water, from Osborne, and the Prince Consort landed at the new Military Hospital at Netley. Divine service was performed on...
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The SpectatorThe Lord Mayor gave a dinner to her Majesty's Ministers on Wed- nesday, at the Mansionhouse, which was brilliantly attended by poli- ticians, diplomatists, merchant Princes, and...
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Vroniuti111.
The SpectatorThe election at Brighton for the vacant seat of the late Sir Cl. B Peehell ended by a poll on Monday thus :—Mr. James White, Liberal (formerly M.P. for Plymouth), 1565; Mr....
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe following is an Account, pursuant to the Act 8th and 9th Victoria, cap. 37, of the Amount of Bank-notes authorized by law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in...
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furriga [la (fluidal.
The SpectatorST RUM—The evening Government organ La Pa/sic prints a signi- ficant paragraph. "The Emperor has taken the initiative among the great Powers for the introduction into the...
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• 3tiort11autnno.
The SpectatorLord Elphinstone died on Thursday in King Street, St. James's. He was born in 1807, all was Governor of Madras from 1837 to 1842; he afterwards returned to India as a private...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY IfORN1NG. The House of Commons sat at noon. Disposing of private business, the order of the day was called for. The House then went into Com- mittee on the Savings...
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The trial of Mr. Leathern, under the Corrupt Practices Prevention
The SpectatorAct, - took place at York Assizes, on Thursday. The circumstances of the case are too well known to require recapitulation, as they arose out of the last election for Wakefield,...
The Inde'pendanee Beige says :-
The Spectator"Our correspondence from Turin informs us that the Sardinian deputy, etis. left, on Sunday, for Genoa, where he intends to embark for Palermo. Opiaione asserts that he goes to...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorBronx Exciter/GE, FRIDAY Aermutooe. A good demand for money has prevailed during the week. Up to yester- day the rates were firmly maintained by the activity of the inquiry,...
BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 7th of May, at Sydney, New South Wales, the Wife of Sir William M. Manning, of a son. On the 10th of July, the Wife of Captain Craig, Governor of H.M.'s Model Con- vict...
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TOPICS OF TIIE DAY.
The SpectatorBETTER CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN PARLIAMENT. IT scarcely needed Lord Derby's motion to make us take thought on the state of public business. It is a question by no means limited to...
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BLACK AND WHITE.
The SpectatorTwo methods have been proposed for closing the Negro question. Heretofore only one of these methods has been properly repre- sented in England ; we may call it the Coercive...
RESULT OF THE STATISTICAL CONGRESS.
The SpectatorTHERE has been a meeting of philosophers, this week in London, comprising representatives from almost every nation in Europe, and some from more distant countries. People are...
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A LEGAL REFORM ABANDONED.
The SpectatorTHE feeling of all law reformers and the commercial public will be united in regretful expression at the withdrawal of the great mea- sure of Bankruptcy and Insolvency...
BAILY, THE SCULPTOR.
The SpectatorTHE country is, by the Government, a defaulter in a debt which is due on every ground of right feeling, and the continued default belongs to a class of proceedings which injure...
A MURDERESS "MEEK AND MILD!'
The SpectatorA TRIAL at the Leicester Assizes presents to us the remarkable case of a murderess actuated by kindly and affectionate motives. We have indeed some doubt whether the case was...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorTHE GREAT DESERTS OF NORTH AMERICA. * Tin Abbe Domenech has published, in two volumes, illustrated with fifty-eight woodcuts, three plates of ancient Indian music, and a map of...
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BORE TOURS. * THE pleasant volumes which come every year from
The Spectatorthe hands of Mr. Weld and of Mr. Walter White, present, along with cer- tain individual characteristics, that sort of family resemblance which might be expected in the works of...
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HISTORY OF EDUCATION FOR THE ENGLISH BAR..
The SpectatorTin subject of legal education is one in which the public are at last beginning to be conscious of having an interest. Its impor- tance demands the most careful consideration,...
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorThe Island of Reunion, Bourbon, or Mascarenhas, was discovered (A.n. 1505) by a Portuguese commander, who gave it his own name, the last of the three. This beautiful island,...
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LITERARY NEWS.
The SpectatorMr. Murray has in the press "The Messiah and His Kingdom ; a Narrative of Our Lord's Life, Sufferings, Death, Resurrection, and As- „Ise, cension,” by a Layman, author of "Life...
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The SpectatorAs the " Season" draws to an end, musical matter, in so far at least as London is concerned, shrinks into a narrow compass. No occurrence of any interest—no appearance of a new...
ryt S4ratrts.
The SpectatorThe theatrical season is dwindling into a series of benefits varied by the performances of Volunteer regiments in aid of some special object. The example of the Artillery...
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/int 3rts.
The SpectatorREFORM IN THE ROYAL ACADEMY, The Academy of Arts is one of the very few societies left who wish to keep their proceedings a secret. As is generally the case, however, in these...
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 17. Bankrupta.-FE•xcis Besserr JOHN REID,
The SpectatorLeadenhall Matket, butcher-Jogs Cims Stwvas, Blackman Street, Southwark, boot-manufacturer-Wmuam Church End, Willeiden, contractor-Lewis LEVY, Gravel Lane, merchant-Sex- JASON...
PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorAustrian 5 p. Ct. Belgian 44- Ditto 21- Brazilian 6 - Buenos Ayres 6 - Chills.. 6 - Danish 6 - Ditto 8 - Dutch (Ex. IS Guilders) 24 - Ditto 4 - French 3 - 551 981 651 1001 --...