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The intimation that our Government is preparing some step to
The Spectatorarrest the Russian trade through Prussia, would alone suffice to disprove the late reports that Prussia was growing more reasonable, and to tell her that a time of closer...
The address. presented by the Volksthing of Denmark to the
The SpectatorKing, adopted by a majority of 90 to 1, brings the contest between the Court and the nation to a precise issue, and clearly defines the position of the Danes as opposed to the...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectatorallotted to our Allies ; while a strong portion of their ar od ready to support it, and to repulse any interruption of the work- ing-parties. The siege-parties of the British...
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tht tuurt.
The SpectatorTam programme of the Queen's progress home last week was kept almost to the letter. Her Majesty duly visited Hull and Grimsby, receiving the felicitations of the authorities;...
Vrintitato.
The SpectatorThree Courts-martial were held at Sheerness on Tuesday, on board the Waterloo flag-ship, to investigate the circumstances under which certain ships were abandoned in the Arctic...
3/Ittntfulio.
The SpectatorThe number of deaths from cholera continues to decrease ; but the general sanitary condition of the Metropolis is below the average of former years of epidemic. Nevertheless,...
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IREIAND.
The SpectatorNotice has appeared in the Dublin Gazette for the enrolment of the Irish Militia; the number of men required is 30,000. The fighting in the Crimea has stirred the martial...
farrigu gult
The SpectatorTEE CRIMEA. —The latest authentic accounts from Balaclava extend to the 3d October. They consist of the usual supply of letters to the jour- nals, and a statement in the...
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glut Ilatanno.
The SpectatorThe first autumn Cabinet Council was held on Tuesday, at the Forei gn Offioe. All the Ministers were present, and the sitting occupied three hours and a half. A second Cabinet...
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POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY MORNING. The appeal to the public on behalf of our wounded soldiers, originating with the letter of Sir Robert Peel to the Times last week, has raised up- wards of...
The telegraphic despatches contain a variety of statements' from the
The Spectatorusual sources. - . " Faris, Friday Morning.—The Charge d'Affaires of France at Constanti- nople writes, on the 10th of October, to the Minister of Foreign Affilirs- According...
BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 11th October, at the Abbey House, Glastonbury, the Wife of the Rev. Ed- mund Peel, of a son. On the 12th, in Chester Square, the Lady Louisa Dillon, of a son. On the...
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The Danish Diet has carried out, in its address to
The Spectatorthe King, the spirit already noticed in our compilation of foreign news. The address was adopted, on the 19th instant, by a majority of 90 to 1. "The Volksthing perfectly...
The Convocation of tha Prelates and Clergy of the Province
The Spectatorof Canter- bury was yesterday. prorogued, in the Jerusalem Chamber, to Friday, 17th November.' ' The Gazette of last night contained the following announcement—. "TheQneenhai...
The Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, speaking of a
The Spectatorreport that the Emperor and Empress of the French wonld visit our Queen, says- " I understand, from '."hat would appear to be expellent authority, that the - visit will take...
J14 t *tuff.
The SpectatorThe production of Pericles at Sadler's Wells Theatre shows what a curious turn dramatic " legitimacy " has taken. Twenty years ago, when Mr. Bunn seemed to be placed on one side...
Mr. Westerton, Churchwarden of St. Paul's Knightsbridge, appeared yes- terday
The Spectatorbefore the Westminster Magistrate to answer a charge of assault. The charge arose out of these circumstances. Last Sunday, Mr. Ernest Fitzroy, a youth of twenty, sang instead of...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The payment of the October dividends at the Bank of England has les- sened the pressure for money both in the Stock Exchange and out of doors....
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To employ Mr. F. Robson to the best advantage according
The Spectatorto his known talents, the dramatic author should contrive for him a farcical character in which those intense emotions prevail that might constitute the pathos of tragedy. A...
For a long time the world has believed that Miss
The SpectatorRosins Wright, of the Lyceum, was the only English dancer - worthy of a comparison with foreigners. However, we now see the germ of a genuine Terpsichorean talent in Miss Lydia...
THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The SpectatorThis popular place of entertainment devoted its receipts of Thursday night to the fund for the relief of the wives and children ' widows and orphans, of soldiers ordered on...
MILITARY MORALS.
The SpectatorLesketh How, Atnbkside, 18th October 1864. Son—You have done me the honour to insert a letter of mine in the last number of 'your journal, in reply to one from "A Very Old...
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The SpectatorTICKETS-OP-LEAVE. London, 171h October. Sin — I cannot expect that you will open your valuable pages to a length- ened controversy upon tickets-of-leave; but I should be glad...
The new drama of A Summer Storm has the length
The Spectatorwithout the sub- stance of a genuine Adelphi piece. An attempted murder, a false accu- sation, and ultimate vindication of innocence, are good standing ma- terials, that can no...
Liannaw Tx:mammals.
The SpectatorThose great temples of the drama the Ambigu-Comique and the Ga/te are vying with each other in the production of two long pieces, dissimilar in plot, but very much alike in...
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THE MEDICAL FORCE IN THE EAST.
The SpectatorAFTER the memorandum put forth by the Director-General of the Army and Ordnance Medical Department, there can be little doubt that our forces in the East are supplied with every...
THE CABINE
The SpectatorMrtusrEns have assembled in town , anti IPAIRin Cabinet Council, under circumstances such as the institution itself has never before witnessed. We have had in the history of...
ON SAVING.
The SpectatorBra—Your invitation in a recent number of the Spectator to inquiry upon the question whether an undue proportion of surplus may not have been devoted to the purposes of...
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To pass from the parent state to the youngest of
The Spectatorour Colonies, we have the same truth illustrated directly and inversely. Few Governors have been cleverer than Sir George Grey ; but, trying to govern without honesty or...
COMMERCIAL MORALS.
The SpectatorLIVERPOOL is at variance with our Leviathan contemporary the Times. Statements have been made in that journal respecting the estate of Mr. Oliver, who has suspended payment, and...
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1.1:LB BOITND A RTES OF RAILWAY SPECULATION. Winix the Westminster
The SpectatorReview is defining the "sphere and du- ties of Government," the Edinburgh is defining the sphere and duties of Railway Companies, vindicating the interests of railway...
ANNIVERSARIES.
The SpectatorAN ancient naval club has its rights, and we would not deny to gentlemen whose corporate birth begins in seventeen hundred and sixty-something, the right of celebrating almost...
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NOTES AND QUERIES.
The SpectatorWHY was there no duel between Sir James Graham and Mr. William Beresford ? Let the public confess that it feels disap- pointed. There is something so extravagant in the idea of...
THE CORP D'ETAT IN THE FISH-POND.
The SpectatorRuns is in a state of excitement at a new arrival. By the Stras- bourg Railway, in special carriages, has arrived a strong detach- xnent of fishes for the artificial lakes in...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorWILBERFORCE ' S INQUIRY INTO THE PRINCIPLES OF CHURCH AUTHORITY. * EVERY religion, so long as it is confined to purely spiritual in- fluences, is rightly free from state...
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LARPENT'S TURKEY. * Sue JAirEs PORTER, on whose papers these volumes
The Spectatormay be said to be founded, was born in 1710, and died in 1786. He was origin- ally intended for mercantile business, and was placed with a house in the City; but having through...
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WILLIAM BELL SCOTT'S POEMS. *
The SpectatorTins volume is remarkable for the intellectual vigour it displays, and the little result that vigour produces Mr. William Bell Scott has poetical feeling, keen observation deep...
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBooss. The History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France. By John Cornelius O'Callaghan, Editor of " Macaria3 Excidium," for the Irish Archmological Society, &c....
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MILITARY GAZETTE. OFFICE OF OrinwAxce, Oct. 16 -Royal Re g t. of
The SpectatorArtillery-First Lieut. .1. F. Penuyeuick to be Second Capt. vice Dew, killed in action at the Alma; Second Lieut. R. O'Hara to be First Lieut. vice Pennycuick ; Second Lieut. H....
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, October 17. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.-Evelei g h and Co. Manchester, Cashmere hood-manu- facturers ; as far as re g ards W. Revell-Lillicmp, Brothers, Bishops g ate...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Soloed. Monday. Tuesslasa , Widuss. , Thurs, a per Cent Consols 95 94) 911 941 941 Ditto for Account 911 941 943 94/ 941 I per Cents Reduced...