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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorLORD ALTHORP opened his long-delayed Budget last night. His surplus — with the aid of an increase in the receipts from tea- . duties, an addition on licences for the sale of...
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Marshal SOULT has retired from the Presidency of the French
The SpectatorCouncil. Various reasons are assigned for this step. One is, that M. HUMANN, the Finance Minister, absolutely refused to furnish the funds required by the Marshal for the...
The movements of Don CARLOS are but imperfectly known. It
The Spectatoris even doubted by some, whether he has actually reached Spain; but there seems scarcely any ground for scepticism on this point. The last accounts represent him as moving...
A correspondent of the Times, who writes from Constantinople, says
The Spectatorthat the Emperor NICHOLAS is supposed to be " labouring under the same unfortunate malady to which his father fell a victim." It is also said that the removal of Prince LisvEN...
Mebates1 ant( Proreetting# in parliament.
The Spectator1. THE BUDGET. The House of Commons last :light resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means ; and Lord ALTHOEP proceeded to lay before them the financial statements of...
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John Steening, the common informer, appeared at the late Old
The SpectatorBailey Sessions, to speak to the character of' a prisoner ; and on being asked his trade, he replied, "my employment is to put the penal slat tea in force." Five young men, of...
nr Court.
The SpectatorTire King, who spent the first days of the week at Windsor, returned to town on Wednesday, and was received at St. James's Palace by the Dutchess of Gloucester. His Majesty,...
the Country.
The SpectatorSir John Hobbouse has met with violent opposition at Nottingham, from the partisans of the rival candidate, Mr. Eagle, the barrister ; in whose favour Mr. O'Connell has written...
Eby iiirtrapoTiO.
The SpectatorIt appears that Government are extremely anxious to check the large purchases of annuities for short periods going on for some time past at the office in the Old Jewry, which...
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Lord Walsingliam, following the example of his brother-in-law, the Earl
The Spectatorof Guildford. has resigned his Prebendary stall at Winchester, whirl] has been conferred upon the Reverend Philip Jacob, Rector of Crawley, near that city. The Ihitehess of...
At the York Assizes, on Saturday, Joseph Webb, proprietor of
The Spectatorthe London Coffeehouse in York, and a young man of good character, was found guilty of manslaughter, in having administered some large doses of Morison's pills to another young...
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:ii.c.kruttnrattL A rumour was prevalent in the beginning of the
The Spectatorweek, that the Erni of Carlisle had resigned the post of Lord Privy Seal, mid that the Earl. of Mulgrave had been appointed his successor. This, however, turned out to be...
The Reports of the Commission appointed last year to inquire
The Spectatorinto the Revenue of the Excise have been presented to the House of Conn mons. 'I'he Reports presented are but seven, though they include the Eighth, the Seventh not bring yet...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe turn-out calico-printers, after a determined struggle of about nine months' continuance, have been forced to yield to the superior power of their employers, and offer to...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe Dublin Evening Post mentions an expected visit to the Irish capital from the Dutchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, toward the end of next month. Last Wednesday week,...
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The household of the Duke of Cumberland are packing up
The Spectatorfor the return to the Continent. The Duke proceeds to Pyrinortt baths. Yesterday, sentence of death was passed at the Maidstone Assizes on Benjamin Gardner, a private in the...
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The SpectatorPOSTSCRIPT SATURDAY NIGHT. There is reason to fear that serious disturbances have broken out in Madrid. The following letter, dated from Madrid on the 18th instant, is taken...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived—At Gravesend, July 21st, Sarah. Whitesides, from China ; Statesman. Quitter. horn Singapore; Orient, White. from Bengal ; Severn. Dixon, from Bombay ; and Rambler....
Since the commencement of the Tribune, Paris paper, it has
The Spectatorsus- tained ninety-five prosecutions, involving damages to the amount of 125,800 francs, and twenty-seven years' imprisonment, apportioned be- tween six editors. [And the result...
Mr. Tracy Leigh, a Whig, and Mr. E. Codrington, a
The SpectatorTory, are candidates for the representation of East Gloucestershire, vacant by the death of Sir William Guise.
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The Money Market has been in a comparatively tranquil state. Both the English and Spanish Stocks were depressed, but have since recovered. The...
THE ARMY.
The SpectatorOFFICE or Oa ow AMIE, July 19.—Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieut. A. 0. Mulesworth to be S..tcoutl Capt. vice Hough, deceased; Second Lieut. S. B. lloruby to be First...
The Nottingham election terminated yesterday in the return of Sir
The SpectatorJohn 1 lobhouse ; the numbers being—for ilobhouse, 1591 ; Eagle, 566; majority for Hobhouse, 10'25. The election for Sudbury also closed yesterday, under singular cir-...
The French papers of Thursday, received this morning, contain some
The Spectatoradditional particulars of the proceedings of Don CARLOS. On the 20th, he was at a place called Santa Cruz de Campezo, with eleven battalions ; but of what force these battalions...
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. At Waldershate Park, the Countess of G ei tromp, of a son. At Woodbrook, Queen's County. Lady JANET WILMOT, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Wetnyss Castle. the...
LETTERS FROM PARIS, BY 0. P. Q.
The SpectatorNo. XX. ENCORE! THE GACHIS ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Paris, 2',Jd July 1834. Sin—In my last letter I dwelt at some length on the affairs of Spain. To- day I must...
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TOPICS OF TH v. DAY.
The SpectatorDEMORALIZED STATE OF THE ARMY. Mn. ELLICE has informed the House of Commons, that " in the last two years one fifth of the whole Army on English stations has passed through the...
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE OBSTRUCTIVES ; MINISTERIAL CHANGE OF
The SpectatorPOLICY. Ir has been a frequent complaint in this journal, that public opinion is not brought to bear against the Peers with any thing like its real force. The miserable...
MORE EXCUSES FOR WHIG PROCRASTINATION. THE eradication of all proved
The Spectatorabuses, is the principle on which the Reform Ministers profess to act. It was the expectation that their deeds would accord with this principle, that induced the Na- tion to...
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KNOWLES'S FAREWELL BENEFIT.
The SpectatorSHERIDAN KNOWLES has been playing at the Victoria this week, in his own dramas, previous to his departure for America, the land of promise for theatrical talent. To make the...
THE ENGLISH OPERA.
The SpectatorTHE new opera, Nouljahad, with which it had been intended to open the house, was produced on Monday night. The same, or nearly the same piece (without music), was brought out at...
THE " UNNOBLING" OF BARON BROUGHAM AND VAUX.
The SpectatorLoan BROUGHAM is reported to have told the canny Scotch Mem- bers who treated him to a dinner the other day, that lie would give all he possesses, whether in fortune,...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorDreDucte v, Journal of an Embassy from the Governor.Oesteral of India to the Court of Ava. By John Crawford, Esq. KR A. 8c. &e. late Envoy. With an Appendix, containing a...
CRAWFURD'S COURT OF AVA.
The SpectatorA SHORT time since, we alluded to the Indian diplomacy of Lieu- tenant BURNES with the Court of Sinde. Looking into the se- cond edition of Mr. CRAWFURD'S Mission to the Court...
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ARUNDELL'S ASIA MINOR.
The SpectatorASIA MirsoR is fruitful in reminiscences and ruins. A delight- ful climate, a good soil, and an excellent position, early pointed it out to the Greeks as an advantageous spot to...