23 APRIL 1853

Page 1

The Irish debates, which are usually an encumbrance on the

The Spectator

busi- ness of Parliament, are not profitless this week, because it is a de- cided political benefit to refresh the public memory on some of the principal Irish questions. Lord...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Spectator

THE statement made by Mr. Gladstone on the financial position of the country, and the manner in which he proposed to deal with the revenue for the year, at once fulfilled and...

Page 2

The season for charity dinners and Exeter Hall meetings draws

The Spectator

nigh, and the ordinary Folkmotes for the election of Parliamentary representatives begin to mingle with other meetings of an eleemo- synary or missionary character. From such...

Erhntrn un ruthiiig inVoritaintut.

The Spectator

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OP THE WEEK. HOUSE OF LORDS. Monday, April 18. Maynooth ; Lord Winchilsea's Motion rejected by 110 to 53, and Lord Aberdeen's Amendment carried. Tuesday,...

Page 8

Ij atttropotto.

The Spectator

There was a large meeting at Willis's Rooms on Wednesday, called by the Archbishop of Canterbury, for the purpose of taking measures to raise contributions towards the endowment...

i4t Vrouturro.

The Spectator

Huddersfield:election took place this week; the nomination on Wednes- day, the polling on Thursday. The candidates, Mr. Starkey, a resident in the borough, and Lord Goderich,...

tht Court.

The Spectator

TnE Queen continues at Buckingham Palace ; visited every day by the Duchess of Kent. Prince Albert held a levee on behalf other Majesty, at St. James's Pa- lace, on Wednesday....

Page 9

fmigu anh Canard.

The Spectator

FitrareE.—Lack of public news of the least interest for us has dis- tinguished the French journals this week. But we have some glimpses of the movements of the Emperor, now...

IRELAND.

The Spectator

The nomination of the candidates for Athlone took place on Wednes- day. ?dr. Keogh was opposed by Mr. Norton formerly Chief Justice of Newfoundland ; supported by the Lucas pa...

SCOTLAND.

The Spectator

The annual Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland was held at Edinburgh on Tuesday and Wednesday. On the motion of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, it was unanimously agreed...

Page 10

alistrIlatafin

The Spectator

It was stated early in the week, that an adjourned meeting of Con- servative Members, two hundred in number ' had been held at the house of Lord Derby, to consult on the present...

POSTSCRIPT.

The Spectator

SATURDAY. The Rouse of Lora Spent yesterday evening in debate on the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill. Important as it was, in subject matter, in treatment, and in political...

Page 11

Age is not always to be measured by years, and

The Spectator

the perpetual youth of the great Queen of the Opera, Grisi, proves it. When we count the years of her glorious reign, we fear that it must be drawing to a close : every season...

qtatrto ant Zuoit.

The Spectator

The dulness of the London theatres, as far as anything like the pro- duction of novelty is concerned, has risen this week above the ordinary level. Macbeth, produced in...

The Paris advices of yesterday evening give a more definite

The Spectator

shape to " 6- unfavourable reports" from Constantinople, which had been current for two days : the last version is, that the faubourgs of Constantinople were in a state of...

MONEY MARKET.

The Spectator

STOCK EXCHANOR, FRIDAY Aprzanoon. The principal topic of conversation this week has had reference to the Budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and although it has met...

TO THE EDITOR OP TICS SPECTATOR. 224 April 1853.

The Spectator

Sra—Greatly admiring Mr. Gladstone's Budget as a whole, and trusting that any factious attempts to defeat its main _provisions will be resented as a treason against the...

The polling at Athkne, yesterday, was continued until noon ;

The Spectator

and at that hour the numbers were—for Keogh, 79;. Norton ' 40. Mr. Norton, then withdrew from the contest; from ten. o'clock to twelve he had only polled two votes. It is...

The Great Western arrived at Southampton yesterday, bringing West India

The Spectator

and Pacific malls—six days over-due. This delhy has caused much unpleasant feeling. The latest dates are Jamaica- 27th March, St. Thomas 2d April. The Jamaica Council had...

Page 12

The great musioal performance of the week has been the

The Spectator

third Phil- harmonic concert, on Monday evening. It exhibited the very minimum amount of novelty ever presented at these concerts ; the only thing that was new-a solo on the...

Psexsue Tun:meats.

The Spectator

In the matter of theatrical productions Paris is about as lively as London. At the Palais Royal, to be sure, there is a new vaudeville by MM. Cogniara fr&es, called Me Zilch&...

SUMMARY OF THE BUDGET FIGURES.

The Spectator

43,139,000 _Estimated Revenue. Customs £20,680,000 Excise 14,640,000 Stamps 6.700,000 Taxes 3,250,000 Income-tax 5,550,000 Post-office .900,000 Crown Lands 390,000...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The Spectator

THE BUDGET OF 1853. THE fate of the propositions submitted to the House of Commons on Monday night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be de- cided by a variety of...

Page 13

A LESSON FOR NAUGHTY SECRETARIES.

The Spectator

Tax moral of the sad story of Augustus Stafford at the Admiralty is, that a supercilious disregard of public opinion in official con- duct is an obsolete privilege, and that...

Page 14

CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE COLONIES.

The Spectator

THE political advantages attending the extension of the Church of England in the Colonies are so manifest, that the subject may be treated entirely from a political point of...

A PROBLEM FOR THE AGRICULTURIST.

The Spectator

IT is not many years since agriculture was unaware that it had a mind ; and scarcely is "the agricultural mind" awakened to a con- sciousness of its own existence before it is...

PENNY POSTAGE BY SEA.

The Spectator

THE fondness for compromise may justify the demand of the Co - - Ionial Post Reformers for an uniform postage of threepence, and the same propensity may justify the official...

Page 15

NATIONAL CUSTOMS.

The Spectator

ILizum relates somewhere how two Lamers and two chimney- sweeps, meeting each other in the streets, burst out with uncon- trollable laughter; each overcome by the grotesqueness...

Page 16

BOOKS.

The Spectator

LORENZO BEFONL . This volume appears as the autobiography of an Italian Liberal, who was engaged in one of the plots for the freedom and nation- ality of Italy, when the French...

Page 17

CRUICKSHANK'S GOLD COAST OF AFRICA.'

The Spectator

MB. CRUICKSHANK has passed the last eighteen years of his life at Cape Coast Castle, or the settlements under its influence, engaged fore ooaside,ratde portion of the time in...

Page 18

CYRILLA. * FOREIGN manners, and unluckily foreign ideas of conduct, art,

The Spectator

and morals ' remove this fiction very far from the monotonous character which English novels from their very number must of necessity possess. The scene of Cyrilla is laid in...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The Spectator

Boons. .Tournal of a Cruise among the Islands of the Western Pacifio, includ- ing the l'esjees and others inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races, in her Majesty's ship...

Page 19

FINE ARTS.

The Spectator

EXHIBITION OF THE NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOIJES. Excessive mediocrity, with the almost utter absence of remarkable pictures, has characterized the year's...

Page 20

MILITARY GAZETTE, WAR-omen, April 22.-2d Regt. of Life Guards—Lieut. H.

The Spectator

S. Donley to be Capt. by purchase, vice Hon. R. N. Lawley, who retires ; Cornet and Sub-Lieut. R. O'Brien Jameson to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Lumley. Royal Regt- of Horse...

BIRTHS.

The Spectator

On the 15th April, in Rutland Square, Dublin, the Countess of Courtown, of a son. On the 19th, at Ealing, the Wife of Henry Blackett, Esq., of Great Marlborough Street, of a...

NAVAL GAZETTE.

The Spectator

Anuntavrr, April 8.—Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieut. and Adjt. G. W Forbes to be Capt. vice H. D. Erskine, dec. ; First Lieut. E. C. Doraville to be Adjt. vice Forbes,...

Page 21

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

The Spectator

Tuesday, April 19. PARTNERSHIPS HISSOLVED.-Kintree and Co. Cross Street South, Bermondsey, soap- makers-Morris and Co. Liverpool, woollen-drapers: as far as regards T. Morris -...

PRICES CURRENT.

The Spectator

BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th end 8th Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on - Saturday, the 16th day of April 1853. llama 0.1,11.11..1 T....