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• The modest mien assumed by Ministers in proposing their
The Spectatorplan of University reform, has not disarmed the fears or prejudices of the learned bodies. In formally announcing the intended issue of the Commission, Lord John Russell ....
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorGREECE, coerced by England, and the angers of France thereat, lave filled the journals and the public mind for the week. The pass of wrifing, and printing devoted to this joint...
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It is quite plain that Oxford and Cambridge use the
The Spectatorwords " progress," " natural." "..bstructien," &R., in a sense different from the official and popular use : they suppose themselves to be a sort of " fast!' corporatiOn,...
Vtliatts nub rorraingo in Valiant.
The SpectatorPRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. House op COMMoss. Thursday, May 29. Greek Controversy ; Ruphzre with France; Ministerial Explanations—Committee of Supply—Chicory and other...
.The AfFreedee contumacy on the Indian border explains in part
The Spectatorthe impossibility of reducing our military expenditure in India; while the provoking cause of the rebellion, an exorbitant increase in the price of salt,—salt being a...
Of Continental news, the French is alone in possessing much
The Spectatorpresent interest. While the country still heaves to the oscilla- tions of parties gathering strength for the struggle, the Assembly has been the scene of a new and stirring...
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tht alttruputio.
The SpectatorA deputation from the " London Committee appointed to promote the Amendment of the Law of Debtor and Creditor," and from the Chamber of Commerce, the Guardian Society, and...
Cht tout.
The SpectatorTHE ceremony of churching the Queen was performed on Monday morn- ing, in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. Several royal and other distinguished visiters called early...
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eht Vrinliutto.
The SpectatorAn official correspondence on the intention of Ministers to issue a Royal Commission of inquiry into the state and revenues of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge has...
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fintign an CnIntiat
The Spectatorrnaeree.—The general discussion on the electoral law in the Assembly was commenced by General Cavaignae : he had voted for the previous question, and new lie would give brief...
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VistrIkums.
The SpectatorThe Queen has appointed Sir John Jervis, Attorney-General, Mr. Samuel Martin, Q.C., Mr. William Henry Walton, Master of the Court of Exchequer, Mr. George William Bramwell,...
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MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorBroca EXCHANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The French Funds have been in a continued state of improvement during the week ; the closing price of the Five per Cents in Paris yesterday...
The leaffing incident of news in the morning prints is
The Spectatoran attempt to as- sassinate the King - of Prussia. The King and Queen were about to leave Berlin on the 22d instant, for the palace of San Souci, but were detained It'short time...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorA proposition to repeal so much of the 3 and 4 Victoria cap. 17 as im- poses an additional duty of ten per cent on Assessed and Window taxes, was brought forward by Mr....
A royal sign manual warrant has just been issued granting
The Spectatora pension of 251. a year to Mrs. Harriet Waghorn, widow of the - late Lieutenant Thomas Waghorn, "in consideration of the eminent services of her late husband."—Globe.
The venerable Duke of Rutland, whose state of health has
The Spectatorlately occa- sioned much uneasiness to his friends, has arrived in town from Cam- bridgeshire, much recovered. The Reverend Dr. Warneford has given the generous donation of...
The Paris journals contain an improbable report, that Lord Palmerston
The Spectatorhas offered to " compromise " the Greek affair, on this basis- " That the convention of London, concluded between France and England, should be enforced, in place of the one...
PRINCIPAL HOUSE OP COMMONS BUSINES. S FOR NEXT WEER.
The SpectatorMonday, May 27. Supply: Mr. Hamilton to move an address on the subject of Dish Education. Supply: Report. Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill : Third reading. Elections (Ireland)...
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At the Lyceum and the New Strand, the old fashion
The Spectatorof making Whitsun- tide a theatrical festival has been revived. At the former, we have one of those pieces called " revues," which are produced M Paris as regularly as...
rfittrs nut( usir.
The SpectatorMadame Frezzolini, who has appeared this week at Her Majesty's Theatre, is not only a great actress-singer, but her genius has a pecu- liarity which distinguishes her—it is...
At the Adelpbi also, there has been an attempt to
The Spectatorshow the want of connexion between wealth and happiness ; though here the lesson is con, veyed in the farce form. A costermonger, the betrothed of a chimney sweeper's daughter,...
At the New Strand, the Whitsuntide novelty is by ce
The SpectatorMr. Tom Taylor and is entitled The Philosopher's S i tone. It is a happy instance of the ;dent already exhibited in Diogenes, of seizing on a traditional idea, and so turn- ing...
The Plulharmonic concert of Monday last was, in various respects,
The Spectatorone of the most interesting we have ever listened to. The attractive charac- ter of the programme was evinced by the extraordinary demand for ad- missions. The room, at these...
With here and there a propensity to caricature, and with
The Spectatorusual dilet- tante want of strength, the Rent Day of Mr. Jerrold and the Poor Gentle- man of Colman were respectably acted at the St. James's on Saturday last, by the "Amateur...
At Covent Garden, on Thursday, Grisi's performance of Alice, in
The SpectatorRo- berto a Diavolo, could not have disappointed those who had considered the nature of the character and the qualities of the performer. Grisi cannot do anything positively ill...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorBRITISH INDIA: THE "BLACK ACTS." THXELE is a romantic interest about tales of fighting and hair- breadth escapes in unsettled countries, of which commercial statis- tics and...
THE CONDITION-OF-IRELAND QUESTION.
The SpectatorD'Arannsur allegorized the healing art, by likening a physician to a blind man armed with a. club, and intent upon quelling a fray between Nature and Disease : the blind man...
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THE AGAPEMONE MARTYRDOM.
The SpectatorPars/mem is best shown in extremes, but we are amazed at the severity of our own principle when we find ourselves defending the Agapemone !—that the austerity of consistency...
ROYAL PARKS AND POPULAR PLEASURES.
The SpectatorOF late years considerable improvements have been made in Hyde Park. New paths have been formed, more coaveuient ancl di- rect ; the gravel laid down, firmer and yellower, is...
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'Ztutt5 to elan.
The SpectatorAPPEALS IN ClIA.NCERY. Lontion,;22d May 1850. Sra—The newspaper of this morning. contains a list - Of fifty-one appeals depending before the Lord . Chancellor but does not...
DANTE'S PORTRAIT.
The Spectator48, Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, 21st May 1850. Me. Enrron—I scarcely believe that Mr. Kirkup wrote and authorized the publication of the personal attack that appeared in...
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Beneath the solemn shadow he doth sleep Of his own
The Spectatormountains ! closed the poet's eves To all earth's beauty—wood, and lake, and skies, And golden mists that up the rallies creep. Sweet Duddon's stream and Rydal's gezasy steep,...
BOOKS.
The SpectatorMR. WELD'S SUMMER RAMBLE. * IN the summer of 1849, the Assistant Secretary of the Hord Society was puzzled how to pass his holydays—lucky fellow! the puzzle with most of us...
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SOUTHEY'S LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE. * Trris fourth volume extends from 1813,
The Spectatorwhen Southey was in his thirty-ninth year, to 1819, his forty-sixth. It has less of biogra- hical variety and fulness than the previous volumes, and is per- ha ps slightly...
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ANNB DIrs-Ax.x. •
The SpectatorThis fiction is very superior to the generality of novels, both in . matter and execution. In one or two points- of detail the writer has fallen into mistaken views, of art, but...
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GOODSIR'S ARCTIC TOYAGE. • Tiers volume originated in fraternal feeling. A
The Spectatorbrother of Mr. Goodsir was in Sir John Franklin ' s expedition, and as the uncer- taintyabout its fate rose into fear, Mr. Goodsir and his family na- turall y became anxious....
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THE ARTS.
The SpectatorACJIMENY EXHIBITION : STORY PICTURES. Tax subject of Mr. Solomon's picture is of a kind unsuited to any but a trifle or a caricature ; and the proposition which it involves is...
TURLICATIONS RECEIYED. Boors.
The SpectatorThe Shoe and the Canoe ; or Pictures of Travel in the Canadas, illus- trative of their Scenery and of Colonial Life, &c. With numerous Plates and Maps. By John J. Bigsby, M.D....
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BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 15th May, at Goldington Hall, Bedfordshire, the Lady of William K. untie, Esq., of a son. On the 18th, at Totes Court, Kent, the Wife of Hughes F. Ingram, Esq., of a son...
MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorWes-OFFICD, May 17.-5th Begt. of Drag. Guards-R. T. Cadman, Gent. to be Gimlet, by purchase, vice Helfoni, promoted. 10th Light Drags.-J. E. Severn, Gent. to be Comet, by...
MORTALITY TN THE METROPOLIS.
The SpectatorResults of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last : the first column of figures gives the aggregate number of deaths...
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PRICES CURRENT,
The SpectatorSHARES. (Last Official Quotation during the RAILWAYS— Caledonian Edinburgh and Glasgow Eastern Counties Great Northern Great North of England Great South. and West. Ireland...
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTaeaday, May 21. Emir:magnum DISSOLVED.—J. and T. Parkinson, Bacup, Lancashire, sizers—Bar- raclough and Parkin, Rotherham, steel-rollers—Leigh and Johnson, Manchester, auc-...