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Politically, the progress announced by the official documents which we
The Spectatorpublish in another page is even greater than the naval or military progress, and it is of a kind to lend new value and energy to every hostile step. We have now the text of the...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator-Com) we transfer ourselves to that chamber where, probably, the most intense amount of anxiety in all the world at present exists, -Com) we transfer ourselves to that chamber...
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The SpectatorThe Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the Province of Canter- bury was prorogued on Thursday, at the Jerusalem Chamber, by the Vicar-General, Dr. Twiss, under a...
The Board of Health is in action, and is taking
The Spectatorsteps to remove the causes of epidemic disease. A circular has been sent to the lo- cal authorities for publication, and extensively published ; giving directions how to survey...
i4t ',Protrium.
The SpectatorThe Hull election, details of which had not reached us last week, ter- minated in favour of the Liberal candidates. At the close of the poll on Friday the numbers were—Seymour,...
'At (gut.
The SpectatorTins has been a gay and busy week in the Isle of Wight. The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh arrived at Osborne on Monday, on a visit to the Queen : the Duke of Newcastle also arrived on...
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,Carttp. nit-rlirnint. --,,
The Spectatorby the capture : of two -thensand Russiao., prisoners, was °far:" „tele- Tim Ikurre.—The final ceriquest of the Romemund forts,:acez i panied graphed to the public teat...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe election of Lord Haddo for Aberdeenshire, in the room of Admiral Gordon, took place on Tuesday. Lord Haddo was proposed by Sir J. D. Elphinstone ; who briefly stated that he...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorA Roman Catholic Synod, which has been sitting for some time at - Tuam, was closed with great pomp and ceremonial on Sunday. Dr. APHale occupied the most conspicuous position,...
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OFFICIAL PILFERS: NOTES OP THE THREE POWERS.
The SpectatorThe notes, interchanged between France and Austria, and England and Austria, on the 8th August, referred to by Lord John Russell on the. last day of the session, have been...
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311istri1anutts.
The SpectatorThe Board of Health has issued a general circular to the public and to Boards of Guardians, giving some useful information on the alibied of the removal of nuisances, and some...
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A vacancy is created in the representation of Wigan, by
The Spectatorthe death of Mr. Ralph Anthony Thicknesse, on- Tuesday last, rather suddenly, at Harrowgate. It is reported that Mr. Wood, a son-in-law of Mr. Charles Hindley, will be the...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. The telegraph affords little intelligence this morning, either from the Baltic or the Black Sea. "Hamburg, August 24.—We have telegraphic advices from Stockholm,...
The Massager de Bayonne publishes a note, communicated by authority,
The Spectatorasserting that the visit of 31. de Persigny to Madrid is "entirely uncon- nected with polities." The troops which originally raised the standard of revolt under O'Don- nell...
Captain Penny's expedition to Davis's Straits, for the purpose of
The Spectatorestablish- ing a resident whale-fishery, has been successful. One of the ships, the Lady Franklin, arrived at Aberdeen on Thursday, with a cargo of oil worth 80001. The second...
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Tag POST-OFFICE. AND TER RAILWAYS.
The SpectatorIn the earlier part of last seed= numerous complaints were made of i r regularity in the postal deliveriei at Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead ? , North and South Shields, and...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A demand for money, which it is believed will be only temporary, has led to some sales of Government Securities; and early in the week the...
BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 14th August, at Godstone, the Wife of the Rev. Arthur M. Hoare, Rector of Calbourne, of a son. On the 17th, at Wiseton Hall, Notts, the Wife of the Rev. Robert Sutton,...
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TO FIRE TILE TOWER GUNS. ,
The SpectatorTIAE capture of liomersund was announced to the inhabitants of the French capital by the „firing of 19,1 09, no firing of guns in the b)gliali capital ;...
GARIBALDI TO KOSS17T1f.
The Spectatormost European countries, at present; there is a party which ealls itself "the Patriotparty," and which hag some claim to the i title, since its principle s to assert the...
,TO_PICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorITTI-I;r (tie:fennel deaaeaticiti ofirwer. against Russia,, the primary obiegg ofEtirtipeaninterventionwas,to,ejeot4he invader feoni tho Psinbipalitiee ;aa JOjeat to be...
RUSSIA'S UNBLOCKADED PROVINCE.
The Spectator"'Russia does not appear to have formally withdrawn from the Conference at Vienna, but, to repeat an expression which is generally applied to the ease, she appears to 'have...
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NEW OFFICES OF STATE. - •
The SpectatorTHE Coalition Government is attacked for the comprehensiveness of its relations, and for its weakness, as if the two were the same thing ; whereas the weakness,' such as it is;...
ADULTERATION OF PARLIAMENT.
The SpectatorAFTER , all, the last session of Parliament was not so barren in xesnlia ; and if the results were not exactly what the public ex- *fed, they were exactly what competent persons...
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THE CENSORSHIP OF WISEM.A_N Olt OF ASHBURTON.
The SpectatorIT is curious to see the art with which members of the Ultra- montane Roman Catholic party employ upon Protestant minds the -rule of making the object justify the means. It is a...
THE EXCURSION-TRAIN FROM DOVER TO THE HOSPITAL.
The Spectator"Men proposes," we sometimes say, "but God disposes"; when we ought to say, "Man proposes, but neglects to perform." The frightful scene at Croydon on Monday afternoon resulted...
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fetus In Ot eititnr.
The SpectatorTHE WINDSOR C OURTS-MARTIA.L. 23d August l854. Sue—Although the attempt to stem the tide of popular feeling, when setting strongly in one direction, is seldom at the time...
PARTNERSHIP LIABILITY.
The SpectatorEdinburgh, August 21, 1854. 8in-1 anz sorry that I should have " evaded " the drift of W. S.'s ergs. meats; -certainly I did not intend evasion. As stated by himself, that awn....
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorFOOTE'S AFRICA AND WEE AMERICAN PL/.G. * This quain.t-looking title indicates the contents of the volume ex- actly. The book contains a geographical and historical sketch of...
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LORD lianoVs. /Lis - FURY OF ENGLAND..
The SpectatorTHE': seventh volume'olthe history of Eneland from the Peace Of :Utrecht to the close Of the American W as' completes an able work. In largeness of grasp and comprehension, in...
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AMERICAN NOTELS—FASHION AND FAllINEl
The SpectatorTHE SHADY SIDE. * THE decision that an undomiciled foreigner cannot convey a copy- right valid in this country, seems likely to work some change in the book-trade, and in a...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBooxs. The Earnest Student ; being Memorials of John Mackintosh. By the Reverend Norman Macleod, Minister of the Barony Parish, Glasgow. Fashion and Famine; or Contrasts in...
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THE ALRAMBRA COURT OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
The SpectatorHere stands the fountain cool in the pallid grey. 'of its itarble, but'bet Ath .1;ont-, J N - . Ramsay, Gent.; - E...Idtclan,_ , Gent. , 19th -J. G. SnirtIC, ypt pouring its...
AIILITART .
The SpectatorOFFICE op OnbssIven, Aug. 21. -Royal Regiment of:Artillery-Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieuts.-F. G. Bayley, vice Tyler, prosnoted,;, Harris. Vice Slnarl, promoted; 0. -Carr,...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices ) 1 Solari. , Moneta!, Tenthly. Wanes.. Thurs. Friday, 045 911 94 03i 1 ai 3 per Cent Consols 944 1 911 9.1i oil 94 941 as ' Ditto for Account 3...
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The Spectator• - Tuesday, AvustV. • PARTNERSHIPS ,DISSOLTED.-Tully and Co. Rio Janeiro-Barnes and Seabrook, RodeSwell Road. SlePtley, naptha-reetifiers -Hays and Kelly, New Barford, Notting-...