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Several of our contemporaries have busied themselves this week with
The Spectatorspeculations on the amount of confidence with which the King may be presumed at present to homer the Duke of WELLINGTON. Thu Morning Chronicle has brought forward the fact. of...
It is understood that the affairs of Ireland occupy a
The Spectatorlarge space in the Councils of the Ministry. The great object of all welhvishers to that country must be, to abate those feelings of hostility to the law which possess the lower...
The East India Company does not seem disposed to limit
The Spectatorthe operation of its newly-acquired spirit of economy to a reduction in the amount of the allowances which it has hitherto granted to its offi- cers. By the latest accounts from...
It is reported, and we think believed, that the West
The SpectatorIndia trade is to be thrown open to the United States, as an equivalent for the recal or modification of the Tariff'. America cannot, perhaps, be expected to give up for nothing...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE French Cabinet, instead of meditating a retreat from the hos- tility of its opponents, or aiming at continuance by the bold measure of a dissolution, seems determined to...
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THE KING.—Iiis Majesty has taken his usual drives during the
The Spectatorweek • and ' next week, it is arranged, he will take up his winter residence at Windsor Castle. "The state of public feeling at Brighton," says a Sussex paper, "may be better...
THE MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY MORNING.—CODSOls, which closed at 9If ort Saturday, opened on Monday at 911 f, for Money and for the Account, with a very steady Market, but without any...
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The exertions of the new police in Westminster have caused
The Spectatora great increase of robberies on the Surrey side of the Thames, where increase might have seemed scarcely possible. On Wednesday night, several of the new houses now finish- ing...
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The ship Oscar, of Bombay, with a very valuable cargo
The Spectatorof European goods to have settled; and he has not left the country, as he promised to do. For these board for Bushire, was totally wrecked un the coast of Arabia on the 31st of...
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POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.
The SpectatorSPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY NIGHT. By the German Mail, which arrived this morning, we have received German papers to the. 15th inst. They contain a long article from...
THE LAW.
The SpectatorCOURT OF CHANCERY. FELLOWES V. LORD GWYDER.—In this case the Lord Chancellor affirmed the judgment of the Court below, ordering Mr. Page to perform specifically the contract...
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WE are 0 - ratified to find that the plan, which we
The Spectatorimperfectly developed last wee k, has attracted considerable attention. We have received a a number of letters approving, of its principle, and some of them urg,ing the...
India, which called forth a warm panegyric from a journal
The Spectatorwhose g. present s we shall content ourselves with noticing some objections that praise is worth deservin We confess, that had not the Standard it has publicly called forth....
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• 11' is pleasant to observe how the favourite tastes
The Spectatorof men limit their views. A noble lord, the author of Musical Reminiscences, looked upon the world as a vast opera-stage, and estimated the actors by their vocal or instrumental...
THE NEW OPERA AT COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.
The SpectatorTHERE is scarcely a nation in Europe so devoid of a national school of music as France. Their vanity and conceit have led Frenchmen to talk of " the French school," but there...
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NEWSPAPER SnuannsEs.—Two Edinburgh papers, the Scotsman and the Caledonian. Mercury,
The Spectatorhave, for months past, edified their reeders by mutual attack and recrimination, truces, and renewals of warfare. At iast, by way of commentary on the " ingenues di- dicisse "...
i THE MARCH OF REFINEMENT.—We observe that Mr.HonGsoN, the
The Spectatorfavourite at St. Leonard's, Hastings, is styled "the accomplished," he last epithet applied by elegance to an innkeeper. Spirited, the favourite newspaper word, would have...
THOMAS JEFFERSON.*
The SpectatorLITERARY SPECTATOR. THIS book is a mine of historical information respecting two of the greatest events of modern history, the American Revolution and the French Revolution....
MUSIC IN THE CITY.
The SpectatorWE are happy to find that music flourishes in the City. Three series . of concerts are announced there, and two out of three promise well. The second of the " City of London...
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ROSE'S AFRICAN TRAVELS:*
The SpectatorSOUTH AFRICA has been especially favoured in its travellers ; for although the writers upon it have not been numerous, they have been able and interesting. There is not a more...
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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANNU ALS.
The SpectatorOF all the Souvenirs that overwhelm the town this year, there is not one so entirely successful in its illustrations as the Landscape Annual. It makes its first appearance this...
MATHEMATICS OF MUSIC—INSTRUCTIONS TO MY DAUGHTER FOR PLAYING ON THE
The SpectatorHARMONIC GUITAR."` THE titlepage of this work led us to expect something above an in- struction-book for the Guitar; but we were not prepared to find a treatise displaying, an...
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ATLAS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
The SpectatorTHE first part of an elegant work with this title, comprising eleven of the south.western counties of England, has just been published by Messrs. GREENWOOD and Co. It is on a...
THE CLASSICAL AND THE ROMANTIC.
The SpectatorA REVOLUTION ill taste has been in progress among the French for some years past. As an evidence of the spirit that is busy among them, M. de Vier has translated Othello into...
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LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The SpectatorEGGER IN THE PRESS OE PREPARING FOE POOLICATION. The first number of the New Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland,. by Mr. J. Gorton, editor of the General ....
THE UNIVERSITIES. Ossonn, November 'W.-The following persons have been nominated
The Spectatorto succeed to the office of Select Preacher, at Michaelmas, 1830: The Rev. P. N. Shuttleworth, D.D. Warden of New College; The Rev. E. Hawkins, DX. Provost of Oriel Coligee ;...
T H E ARMY.
The SpectatorOFFICE OF Ortnx.axce, Nov. 10, 1829.-Corps of Royal Engineers : Maj.-Gen. Sir A. Bryce, to be Col.-Commandant, vice Eyers, deceased. \Vali-Device, Nov. Ill, laala-Memormidum :...
THE CHURCH.
The SpectatorThe Rev. AV. H. Havergal, M.A. to the Rectory of Astley, Worcestershire, void by the death of the Rev. Denham J. J. Cooties, the last incumbent, on the present: ien M. H....
EAST INI)IA SHIPPING.
The Spectator:FRIDAY EVENING. We have this week arrivals from all parts of India. The General Palmer, from alaciras, left that Presidency on the 12th July, only six: days later than the...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBiRTITS.-On the 14th inst. in Upper Grosvenor-street, the Lady of Sir James Fitz- gerald, Bart. of a daughter-At Normanby, Lady Sheffield, of a son-On the 17th inst. at...
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HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
The SpectatorLord Petre's Fox Hounds will meet on Monday, Nov. 21, at Ingatestone Ball; Thursday, 26, at W ootillam ; and Saturday, 28, at Standford-le-Hope-at half-past ten. The Somerset...
LONDON MARKETS.
The Spectator. CORN EXCHANGE, Femme', Nov. 20. We are moderately supplied with Grain in general this week ; the density of fug, however, has entirely suspended all business in our market...
PAWL TI1 E LONDON GAZE1TES. Tuesday, Nov. 17. PAWL TI1
The SpectatorE LONDON GAZE1TES. Tuesday, Nov. 17. PARTNERSHIPS DIssOLVED.-Eaton and Senior, Sanclywell, Lancashire, common- brewers-Barber and lYillding, Leicester, hosiers-Adcock and Co....