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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorA REPORT that Shumla had been carried by the Russians, which has been repeated in several shapes during the week, appears to rest on no other foundation than the previous...
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MONEY-MARKET.
The SpectatorThis has been another dull week on the Stock-exchange, the variations in the price of consols not having exceeded per cent. from Saturday to Saturday. The opening price of...
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THE POLICE OF LONDON.
The SpectatorAt the Mansion-house on Monday, John Kimber was brought up for re-examination, on the charge of being implicated in the exten- sive robbery committed at the shop of Mr. York...
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THE ASSIZES.
The SpectatorAt Oxford, on the 13th current, John Green was convicted of horse-steals ing, and sentence of death was recorded. It appeared that lie was one of the last surviving members of a...
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THE LAW OF BLOCKADE.
The SpectatorTHE PRESS. MORNING CHRONICLE.—The question of blockade (in the cases of Oporto and Madeira) reduces itself to a very narrow compass ; and it is only the confusion of intellect...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorIT is an agreeable reflection for the panic-loving inhabitants of Great Britain, that so long as the world rolls round the sun, there is reason for hoping that Providence will...
STATE OF OPINION ON THE CATHOLIC QUESTION.
The SpectatorGLOBE—The violent Orange papers, both in England and Ireland. are attempting to frighten the Duke of Wellington from the conciliatoty course towards the Catholics of Ireland, on...
THE DUKE OF CLARENCE'S RESIGNATION EXPLAINED.
The SpectatorMORNISG CtilIONICLE—The resignation of the Duke of Clarence pro- ceeded from an honourable and spirited feeling in his Royal Highness, and augurs well for the character of his...
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The newspapers of the week republish the following old lines
The Spectatorby Sir Walter Scott, from the Album at the Bell Rock Lighthouse- " PHAROS LOQUITUR. Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep ; A ruddy gem of...
The newspapers have always given an absurd importance to the
The Spectatorprivate and most trivial actions of players. One journal records their movements with the precision of the Court Circular ; others insert their most foolish speeches, as if they...
"A German Paper states that a Dr. Von Mayerly has
The Spectatorlately invented a pair of boots made of block tin, and surrounded by a hollow body, by means of which he can pass over the most rapid river, lie has lately ex- hibited his...
A great deal has been said by our contemporaries about
The Spectatoractresses dressing in male attire, and we well remember setting ourselves to the task of disgusting Miss Love with her epiccenities (in the Atlas). We do not think, however,...
A cock-and-a-bull story lately circulated among the newspa- pers, setting
The Spectatorforth how the Duchess of Meiningen saved a dis- tinguished individual's life at the launch of the Royal Adelaide. The Morning Post has contradicted the romance, and explained,...
The imaginers of human absurdities have their conceits every day
The Spectatorrivalled in action, as if practical men were resolved to show that they will not be behind the theorists in absurdity. In the Fa- cetim of Hierocles, a sick man is asked by a...
People were perplexed how to reconcile the conflicting state- ments
The Spectatorof the accurate Times and Chronicle respecting the late ascent of Mr. Green (on Friday week) ; the latter paper having affirmed that a Mr. Hemming took the place of the promised...
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LITERARY SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorTIIE author of the work on the Social Life of France and Eng- land* is said to be a lady: indeed we can collect the fact front indications in the volume itself: male or female,...
We have been amused with a French Mother's advice to
The Spectatorher daughter, given in evidence in a law proceeding. There is much that is sensible in her admonitions, as well as much that is trifling ; and the drollery consists in the...
TASTE FOR MUSIC.
The SpectatorDR. ARNOTT, in his extremely useful work, " The Elements of Physics," goes very unnecessarily out of his track of instruction to utter the following galimathias on music. "...
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The Carcanet* is an elegant little collection of extracts, long
The Spectatorand short, verse and prose. It is "small but handsome :" the selection is made with taste and purity : the printer has done his best ; the binder has rivalled him. We wish to...
The Quarterly Biographical Magazine has been commenced : we cannot
The Spectatorbut approve the design, and we shall be glad to find the execution put us on a level with the French in similar publica- tions. In contemporary memoir, our neighbours show an...
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL EDUCATION.
The SpectatorPROFESSOR PILLANS, in the second of his two letters on Ele- mentary Teaching, complains with justice of the total want of provision for the regular breeding of schoolmasters in...
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SPECTABILIA.
The SpectatorCLASSIC TREASURES AT CONSTANTINOPLE.—The Foreign Quarterly Rmiete. suggests, that with due diligence, and a liberal application of money, much: classic treasure might still be...
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THE SUPPLY OF FOREIGN WHEAT, AND HOME PRICES. THE last
The Spectatorweek or ten days having consisted chiefly of tine weather, the farmers have been enabled toget in a large portion of the harvest, and much must have been housed in fair...
THE ARMY.
The SpectatorWar-OSice, August 18. lot Reg. of Foot—Eros'. Lieut.-Col. George Augustus Wetherall, to be Lieut.-Col. by purchase, vice itElieltar, who retires ; Capt. Lachlare inlmrcLaiune,...
NEW WORKS
The SpectatorOn the point of Publication. OCTAVO. Field's Life, &c. of Parr, Vol. II. boards . . 0 Book of Genesis, interlinear, He- brew and English, with text, boards . . Hansard's...
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LONDON MARKETS.
The SpectatorCORN EXCHANGE, Fulmtv, AUGUST 22. There has been a fair supply of Wheat and Flour since Monday, and the trade, which 1vas full 4s. per quarter cheaper on Wednesday, rather...
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.
The SpectatorTuesday, August 19. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVE!). J. and R. Grace and E. Mann, Bristol, maltsters—J. Field, T. Whetnal, and A. Faulds, as far as regards T. Whetnal—J. illottram awl...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS.—On the 12th, at Gopsall, the Countess Howe, of a son—On the 15th, in Brompton-square, the Lady of Commodore Patrick Campbell, C.B., R.N. of a son and heir—At Fetteresso...