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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorLoan PALMERSTON has summoned his faithful adherents to stand by him at the opening of Parliament on the 3d of February ; and his great ally the Times foreshadows the story of...
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Ii Curt.
The SpectatorTHE QUEEN has entertained several distinguished guests this week at Windsor Castle. There was a second theatrical entertainment on Thursday; the plays selected being "Our Wife,...
tip Ventralio.
The SpectatorThe Property and Income-tax Association held a meeting in Exeter Hall on Wednesday ; Mr. Alderman Wire in the chair. It was intended to be a field-day manifestation of public...
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Vrouintigl.
The SpectatorSome prophets have honour in their own country.. The memory of the late Mr. Brotherton is to be preserved by the erection of a statue in Peel Park. At a meeting on Saturday...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorAt a meeting of the electors of Dumfriesshire, held at Dumfries last week, it was unanimously resolved that Lord Henry Scott, the second son of the Duke of Buceleuch, at present...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorMr. George Henry Moore, one of the Members for Mayo, was feasted by his constituents at Castlebar, last week. Archbishop M‘Halo was present, but he yielded the honour of...
furrigu nut( Catania'.
The Spectatort f rantr.—Feruk Khan, the Persian Ambassador, arrived in Paris on Sunday. He is a man of about forty years of age, very tall and plump, with a dark complexion, and very black...
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Bioullauran
The SpectatorLord Palmerston has addressed the customary intimation to his supporters, that Parliament will open on Tuesday the 3d of February ; and has expressed his earnest hope that they...
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POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. A deputation from the Property and Income-tax Association waited onthe Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence, yesterday at one o'clock. Major Reed...
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MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The demand for money in the discount - market and; at the Bank has been moderate all the week, and loans have been effected with much greeter...
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t4t t4tatrts.
The SpectatorLet no one venture to say inconsiderately that any form or expression of human thought is entirely obsolete, merely because it is not found in its accustomed place. When "Uncle...
PARISIAN THEATRICALS.
The SpectatorII Trovatore has been translated into French, and is now played as Le Trourere at the Imperial Opera. The anniversary , of Moliere's birthday, which fell on the 15th instant,...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorA SESSION WITHOUT PARTY. THE House of Commons this session, is to emulate and excel that "happy family" with Commons, we are all familiar in its zoological cage. Law Amendment...
THE NEW EASTERN WAR.
The SpectatorTHE " Persian question" is not one that can be easily disposed of either by the offhand stroke of a diplomatic pen or a speech at a public meeting; it is much too knotty and,...
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DEBATES ON THE BANK CHARTER.
The SpectatorONE of the subjects for the coming session is the Bank Charter Act of 1844; its continuance simplieiter, its repeal, or its continuance with modifications. All parties are...
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APPROACH OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
The SpectatorA mnr, "to be brought in by Sir John Pakington and Mr. Cobden" ! The simple collocation of the names upon the back of a bill is an event that marks one of the most extraordinary...
HINTS ON THE STUDY OF HISTORY AT THE ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES.
The SpectatorMa. FRFEMAN ' in the letter which will be found among our correspondence this week, draws attention to an important subject at an opportune time. He complains that the...
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THE DOCK-WARRANT QUESTION.
The SpectatorA smesknow has been created in the trading world by a decision affecting the validity of securities representing goods, such as dock-warrants, delivery-orders, bills of...
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LEGAL FALSEHOODS.
The SpectatorTEEB.E is one amendment of the law which needs not wait for °edification, consolidation, or change of principle. It is simply to purge our statute-book and practice of direct...
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BERA.NGER AND EUGENIE.
The SpectatorCA.LITMNY sometimes confers a benefit upon the world by the truth it draws forth. It has lately fastened upon strange subjects of scandal—the aged poet Beranger and the Empress...
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THE NEW OXFORD EXAMINATION STATUTE.
The Spectator.Lanrumney, Cardiff, January 131h, 1867. Sin — I shall be much obliged if you can find space for a few remarks on the new system of examinations for degrees which has been...
GREECE.
The SpectatorAthens, 29th December 1856. Your observations " on the root of our foreign troubles" have awakened me from a long lethargy with reference to Greek politics. There is so much...
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CUSTOMS SUPERANNUATION QUESTION.
The SpectatorLiverpool, 13tIt January 1857. This question is now before the Legislature; a puzzle to officials and non-officials, and a subject of much misunderstanding and...
nIitirnI 61,tutings. THE Income-Tex.—The gentlemen who address public meetings on thesubject
The Spectatorof the Income-tax would do so to rather more purpose if they showed. themselves quite up to all the facts of the case. As it is, they are sometimes liable to a very short...
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BMTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 12th August, at Nelson, New Zealand, the Wife of Edwin Hare Dash wood, Esq., of a son. On the 9th January, at the Hotel de Lille at d'Albion, Paris, the Wife of Captain...
nturatszs.
The SpectatorOn the 18th November, at Kandy, Ceylon, Captain David Stewart, Ceylon Bide Regiment, to Isabella, second daughter of Major-General John Fraser. On the 6th December, at Colombo...
DEATHS.
The SpectatorOn the 26th December, at Clifton, near Bristol, Brigadier-General nacres Pitcherbert Evans, of Sixteenth Regiment, (Grenadiers,) H.E.I.C.S. Brevet-Colonel in the Army, and late...
Of 31414.
The SpectatorPROM THE LONDON GA2ETTE, TANLARY 23. WAR-DEPARTMENT, Pall Mall, Jan, 23.-Royal Artillery - The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants-E. W. Sandys, A. May, J. M....
frau.
The SpectatorPROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, 7AN17ARY 20. Partnerships Dissoleed. - Gregory and Co. Birchin Lane, and elsewhere, merchants; as far as regards D. Chinery-Cutler and Son, Birmingham,...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorBACON'S WORKS, EDITED Dr SPEDDING, ELLIS, AND HEATH. * IT has long been generally known that a new edition of Lord Bacon's writings was in course of preparation under the joint...
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LORIMER'S LIFE OF PATRICK HAMILTON. * BOSWELL was right in his
The Spectatortheory of biography. The "life" of a man without'a letter, or an anecdote, or some contemporary portrait of him with living traits distinctly marked, is not a life at all. We...
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BERMUDA BY A FIELD-OFFICER. * Fox the geographical space they occupy,
The Spectatoror the historical events with which they have been connected, "the still vex'cl Bermoothes " have had their full share of attention. If Shakspere did not, as the " Field-Officer...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,
The SpectatorBOOKS. The most remarkable publication of the week is a volume comprising the various labours of Lord Overstone on metallic and paper money ; collected, if we rightly read the...
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$iu 3rto.
The SpectatorBORE'S WANDERING JEW.* Every one to whom the name of Gustave Dore is yet new will hail in these designs the advent of an extraordinary artist. To many, however, he is already...
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THE BRITISH WORKMAN.*
The SpectatorThis sightly volume consists of the two-years' numbers of a penny monthly broad-sheet edited by a gentleman, in hours of leisure, and with a view not to profit, but to...
etrinitugr, fnat lTiUbrUIL ATHENs Axn ENGLAND.—" Peace is restored: we
The Spectatorhave nothing now to prevent us from again turning our attention to the revision of our institutions, so that, if we should again be called upon to put forth our strength, war...