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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTI-IF. KING'S FIKVI.TH. ge, consider- SINCE Wk last appreached f! , errs.achan ably for the better, has taken plac* . , v .3,1tiogimitetallied won- derfully during the week.'...
On Monday, the House of Commons threw out the Jewish
The SpectatorEmancipation Bill ; on Tuesday, the West India interests, and Irish First Fruits, underwent some consideration ; on Thursday, the state of Mexico, and a Birmingham Canal Bill,...
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TILE JEWS AND Tut: Cuit no it..-.T!w: or Lossnox.âOn the
The Spectatormotion of Mr. Pellatt, a resoluticia w1,5 imsse,1 in the Common ConneU of Wed- nesday, by a majority id:if; w :;i , referring it to the: Committee relative to wholesale...
The French lee e
The SpectatorI. a liberal man. Ti ' evi,lently meant best-informed l'â11 in , o :pond ; France, we i'i'i': to the lei I. (I, where they will he foeed impart , 1:1';w1c( - ig; of the...
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TYLER V. DILAYTON.âMr. Sergeant Wilde, on Tuesday, addressed the Vice-Chancellor
The Spectatorat great length in this case ; for it is a privilege of the bar, that a man may speak for himself and get others to speak for him also. The lirst part of the speech of the...
ATTEMPT TO AIUREER.âAt the Westminster Sessions, yesterday, a ruffian named
The SpectatorRobertson was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, for a most brutal and unprovoked attack on one of the New Police. The poor man, whose leg had been broken in two places, was...
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SIR ROBERT PEEL. â Sir Robert Peel, it is said, is to
The Spectatorbe imme- diately raised to the Peerage.âHerald. [This has been so often said, that we have long ago made up our minds riot to believe it when it happens.] MR. RAYDON. â We...
FATED FAMILY.--A poor old woman, aged eighty, was hurried to
The Spectatordeath on Wednesday, last week, at Be-ness, Scotland. It is not a little singular, that the mother, sister, niece, and nephew of this woman, have all perished at various periods...
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PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.
The SpectatorParis, May IS, 1830. ME most important political event that has occurred here for some time, is the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies; the Royal ordi- nance declaratory of...
f1F CiTi1iMONSâSAI1 1 21:1Y.
The SpectatorON this lintirnal day, and at the szi!I hour of twelve at 310011, the Douse of Coalmons intq for the purpose of hearing counsel on behalf of Sir Jor''" 1!:.rriag'ton,...
The publieatim, of our F rot II n !vas detzyed
The Spectatorcam:h :era:fly beyond the proper hour, to-M:3, lf," :â 7 tirilltiâ¢;a1 of the ;Liu' said massive printing nti,ebInery 1.1.:c11 car mi!m e od d!,:,.1w!oni; celnire. This...
â 11; whatI he Cum-;,',!! :Ipt.nis a consolatory /der , of
The Spectatortionâatatr.olyâ Khan of t.t.'irir:cy and the Khan Id" N.111â¢â¢:rt! to set, tic tl:eir diffi â, es t:11.0 1, : _h time mediation of ⢠". evils of Tiarrel so 1,.,n,...
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THE CHURCH: The Rev. Benjamin Hall Kennedy, M.A. Fellow and
The SpectatorTutor of St. John's College, Cambridge, has been appointed to the Mastership of Harrow School, vacant by the death of the Rev. S. E. Batten. On Friday- last Mr. Florence James...
THE UNIVERSITIES.
The SpectatorOxponn, May 22.âWednesday last the following degrees were conferred :- Doctor in DieinityâRev. Samuel Curlewis Lord, Wittlhant College, grand com- pounder. Bachelor in...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING. sATunnAv Blonsirsrc.
The SpectatorArrivetl.âAt Gravesend, May 200, Royal Saxon, Petrie, from Bengal. Off Portsmouth, May 20th, Catheritie, Fenn, anal Sir E. Paget, Campbell, from BengaL and Madras. At Cowes,...
BIRTIIS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. On the 15th instant, at Ropergate House, Pontefract, Yorkshire, the lady of Fuer, TOFF LEATHAM, Esq., Of a son and heir. On the 14th instant, at East Woodhay Rectory,...
THE MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVEN:NO.âThe altered and more encouraging re- ports of the state of the King's health have given an unexpected impetus to affairs here ; andthe Market...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorWEST INDIA SLAVERY. WE noticed in our second edition of last week, the annual meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society. The principal points insisted on by the meeting were...
MR. BURCHELL, THE TRAVELLER.
The SpectatorMR. BURCHELL, the well-known African traveller, has at length returned to England, after an absence of nearly six years. In this period he has explored those vast inland...
THE NAVY.
The SpectatorTHE MRCS has very usefully called attention to the state of our Navy, and quoted the opinions of eminent professional authorities respecting the inefficiency of the...
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THE ANNUAL BUGBEAR.
The SpectatorEVERY one has heard of the exploits of that wonderful cow com- memorated by GOLDSMITH, which, on being bitten by her mad master, stalked through the straw-yard on her hind-legs,...
THE BAR AND THE CHURCH. ABRAHAM DES â "Put powder in their
The Spectatordrink !"âThe Tailors. THE Church, of late, has had a sorry time of it. What with Ca- tholics and Jews, its boldest friends have had reason to quake ; but of all.the attacks...
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THE BENEFIT CONCERTS.
The SpectatorTr is quite impossible that we can hear one-half of these concerts. As it is, we almost live in some part or other of the King's Theatre ; but to be condemned to listen to every...
THEATRICALSâFA \V( :Im'S FAREWELL.
The SpectatorCOVENT GARDEN had a leave-taking on Thursday night ; bluff JACK FAWCETT has retired. Mr. FAWCETT has been long, and not undeservedly, a favourite with the public. As a stage ma-...
:roh.i . uNza or A PAINTiriCi.
The Spectatorlieu Gloria hr a curious Bow Street investigation of an alleged robbery, it appeared that a picture, valued by the owner at ten guineas, had been withdrawn from a...
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THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.
The SpectatorTHE Philharmonic pendulum has made another oscillation, and this vibration has given us an excellent concert. How are we to account for these alternations ? Is it caprice, or...
LITERARY SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorUNAPPRECIATED AUTHORS. DANIEL DE FOE was the author of Robinson Crusoe, and quizzed in the Dunciad : he was much more, but this is all that the world has cared to know of him...
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GUIDES TO FRANCE.* IN a late hasty notice, we mentioned
The Spectatorthis little book, as contain- ing in a small compass all the information that a traveller destined for France might require : we assumed that it was accurate, and gave it credit...
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REVIEWER'S TABLE.
The Spectator7. The Revolt of the Bees. Second Edit. S. Weithman's Latin Grammar. 4. Introduction to the Study of the 5. Ireland and its Economy. By J. E. 5. Mornin g s with Mamma. 2....
MR. SADLER'S " LAW OF POPULATION."
The SpectatorTim Standard of Thursday has been pleased to declare, of our notice of Mr. SADLER'S Law of Population, that " more falsehood, misrepresentation, and sophistry, were scarcely...
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The Exhibition of Portraits of the Sovereigns and Statesmen of
The SpectatorEurope, painted for the â¢King by Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, and of other portraits by the late President, at the Gallery of the British Institution, in Pall Mall, opens to the...
FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorEXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY. (CONTINUED seen N(,. 97.) A GOOD picture has a magnetic effect, and we are therefore irresistibly drawn to Mr. I.Axriseuit's " Portraits of the...
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SIGHTS FOR THE SUMMER.
The SpectatorTo the bachelor, who prefers "the sweet shady side of Pall-Mall" be- fore the groves of an Arcadia, and who " does the pastoral " on a bench . in Kensington Gardens, or a chair...