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The French Papers have been occupied with debates in the_
The SpectatorChamber of Peers on the law relating to the state of siege. - The French people, it is said, feel very little interest in the subject. A large number of amendments have been...
NEWS OF TIIE WEEK.
The Spectator'The scene will be changed when the bill reaches the House of onateona. Every clause will be met by the Irish Members with Miring opposition. The eloquent and impressive speech...
Some alarm has been created among the merchants trading to
The SpectatorSpain, by the publication, in a Madrid journal, of a Royal decree for the prevention Of smuggling, containing regulations of the most absurd and vexations nature, and which...
The news from Oporto is contradictory. The Times publishes letters
The Spectatorfrom two different correspondents, who scarcely agree ia any one particular of importance. We suspect, however, that it will. turn out that the Portuguese really prefer - Don...
The nes - vs . from the United States is not of much
The Spectatorimportance this week. The President's last message to Congress had been received in Charleston ; where it excited great indignation. A pub lic meeting was held soon after its...
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Oenatel a0.43coreetingsi in parliament.
The Spectator1. IRELAND. On Monday, when Mr. BERNAL brought up the re- port of the Committee of Supply for granting three millions, Mr. O'CoNNELL said, that often as he had endeavoured to...
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Inc Court.
The SpectatorTHE King and Queen arrived at St. James's Palace on Thursday afternoon, from Brighton. On Friday, his Majesty held his first Court and Levee for the season. The attendance was...
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The SpectatorIn the Court of Exchequer, on Wednesday, an action was tried, brought by Mr. Watson, the Captain of the steam-boat Rothsay Castle,—which was wrecked on the 17th August 1831, on...
Itittropral.
The SpectatorIt is reported that the candidates for the City will be nominated on Tuesday, and that the election will take place on Thursday, and close on Friday at four. Mr. James Harmer...
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MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCII•NOE, FRIDAY EVENING. The fluctuations in the English Market have not been very great. Consuls for Account were, on Monday, at 874, have since been as low as-87L and...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. Letters from the Noah of England, received this morning, express great dissatisfaction at the course winch Ministers have pursued in Parliament since the...
It is useless to bestow time upon the conversation of
The Spectatorthe House of Lords. We expect soon to be released from the necessity of reporting their Lordships' de.. bates.— Standard.
Since our first edition went to press, we have glanced
The Spectatorat the Ordnance Esti - mate, which arrived after the topic on Retrenchment was written. It only exhibits a saving of 95,5911., and will afford ample work for economical mem-...
be Country.
The SpectatorThe Council of the Birmingham Political Union held a meeting on Tuesday last. Mr. G. F. Muntz, Mr. B. Attwood, the Reverend T. Macdonnell, and others, addressed the meeting in...
The Conservatives are spreading a report that Earl GREY is
The Spectatorab011t to form an- alliance with their party, the result of which will be a new election in October: This is a very silly story,—not the "alliance," but the "new election."...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorThe Providence. Campbell, from London to Bombay. was drivess on. the Rocks at Scilly, on the 1311h inst., audit is feared will be totally wrecked. The Indiana, Web- ster, which...
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MR. COBBETT AND THE STAMP-LAWS..
The SpectatorMR. CoBBETT's speech on the Stamp Acts was broad, massy, and somewhat highly-coloured : it produced a great impression upon the House. Before a better-informed audience, it...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorINFORMATION FOR LORD GREY. As to the state of public opinion concerning the Ministry, we pre- tend to have -bettes, information than the Ministers themselves ; who, surrounded...
ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT.
The SpectatorIN the Reformed Budget, which will be found in another part of our Journal, two points are more especially worthy of attention,—the Excise Taxes on Trade, and the reform in the...
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THE SANCTION OF SINECURES BY THE REFORMED PARLIAMENT.
The SpectatorTurn is at present no party, no description of men in Parliament, who are not pledged chin-deep to the enforcement of rigid economy in the management of public money. During the...
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THE LENT ORATORIOS.
The SpectatorTHESE performances have for some years been slipping out of the public favour; and M. LA.PORTE has commenced his season with a novel exhibition of Sacred Music,—no other than a...
A PASSAGE FROM LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S COMMONPLACE-BOOK.
The SpectatorIN the debate on Irish affairs on Monday night, Mr. HUME dealt • a blow at the Ministerial phalanx, Which hit hard. He said— He never witnessed a more humiliating spectacle than...
KINGLY SPITES.
The SpectatorON the day of GEORGE the Fourth's funeral, many thousand per- sons went from London to Gravesend and other places for the pur- pose of amusement. All over England, in short,...
LORD ALTHORP'S PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE - WORKING OF THE
The SpectatorHOUSE OF COMMONS: THE House of Commons on Wednesday adopted the arrangement proposed by Lord ALTHORP for facilitating, as it is hoped, the transaction of public and private...
THE VOCAL CONCERTS.
The SpectatorAMPLE as our room is, we have not had "verge enough" for all the contending claimants for admission into the Spectator; we have been compelled to make notes give way to figures,...
