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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorINDIAN legislation scarcely " drags its slow length along," but rather proceeds by periodic jerks, and this week it has received a twin impulse from the hands of Stanley and of...
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Ethan mill uttiringo in furliannt.
The SpectatorPRINCIPAL BUSINESS , OF Tilt w Bra. Rom es Loans. Monday, June 21. Government of India ; Lord Lansdovrne's Questioa—The Coolie Trade ; the Bishop of Oxford's Motion, Tuesday,...
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CO t ou t.
The SpectatorTHE QUEMN held a Court at Buckingham Palace on Monday. Her Ma- jesty gave audience to M. Juan Alberdi, the Minister from the Argen- tine Confederation. Sir John Crampton had...
t4t 33ittropo1io.
The SpectatorLord Mayor Carden gave a banquet on Wednesday evening in honour of her Majesty's Ministers. But it was shorn of its glory. Indisposition kept away, not only that idol of the...
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Iftniuriat
The SpectatorIn consequence of some legal doubt, en church-rate was attempted to be levied last year at Kingston-on-Thames, but a voluntary subscription was made—it produced much more than...
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SCOTLAND.
The Spectatorit is understood that Mr. Inglis will vacate the post of Lord Advocate, and accept the high judicial office of Lord Justice Clerk. In this case it is supposed that Mr. Baillie,...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe exciting incident in Dublin this week—and nowhere else out of Ire- land—is the trial before the Commission Court of Colonel Browne and some sixteen studentsof Trinity...
Zisultautono.
The SpectatorThe continued indisposition of Lord Derby has rendered it necessary . to hold the usual Cabinet Councils at his residence, instead of in Downing Street. The Oxford Middle-Class...
„furtigu nut Cranial.
The SpectatorYrItUre.—The Emperor returned from Fontainebleau to St. Cloud on Sunday, but he did not, as on former occasions, pass through Paris. There is some not very authentic-looking...
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DEATHS. On the 8th May, at Ahmedaead, Gujerat, from the
The Spectatoreffects of fever, taken in the discharge of his duty, Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Skynner, 11.M.'s 89th Regiment, youngest surviving son of the late Robert Skynoer, Esq., of...
MARRIAGES.
The SpectatorOn the 27th May, at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Charles Steel, Esq., Captain 17th Lancers, eldest son of Major-General Sir Scudamore Winde Steel, K.C.B., to Anna Caroline, third...
BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 16th June, at Shrub's Hill, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, the Lady Margaret Lushington, of a daughter. On the 17th, in Eaton Place, the Wife of C. Darby Gliffith, Esq., M.P., of...
POSTSCRIPT.
The Spectator- - -- SATURDAY. The India Bill (No. 3) I ntsele some progress in Committee last night, at the evening sitting of the House of "Commons. Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to at once....
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Muir.
The SpectatorAt Her Majesty's Theatre there has been a series of" last nights" of Mademoiselle Titiens in consequence of the supposed necessity for the fair prima donna's immediate departure...
ft4t 64rairts.
The SpectatorMadame Ristori, since the commencement of her present engagement, has appeared (for the first time in London,) in two of Mademoiselle Ra- chel's characters, the Phedre of Racine...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY Arremmoir. With the exception of a daily purchase by the Government Broker of about 15,000/. in Reduced, there is nothing particular to report in the...
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CONFESSION IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
The SpectatorSan—The calm thoughtfulness with which you discuss "topics of the day" contrasts favourably with the careless misrepresentations, and too often, I fear, deliberate unfairness of...
CAPTURING NANA. SAHIB.
The Spectator22d June 1858. Sin—Here is the only infallible receipt for catching Nana Sahib. Let the Government ask Mr. J. C. Wilson, of the Civil Service, now, I believe, Judge of...
tottno to t4o ettitlir.
The SpectatorFRENCH NAVAL ARMAMENTS. Southsea, 21st June 1858. Six—Is France arming her ships in the manner attributed to her ? or is she merely doing what we have done for the last six...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE GREAT EXPERIMENT. IN many respects the discussion we the second reading of the India Bill No. 3, on Thursday night, served to define clearly the actual position taken up by...
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THE PAPER DUTY.
The Spectator"THE tax on paper is one of those taxes which, when a favour- able opportunity shall arise, we shall be glad to see erased from our fiscal system ' : that is the view taken by...
LAW AND ORDER IN FRANCE.
The SpectatorTHE appointment of M. Delangle as Minister of the Interior, in the room of General Espinasse, has created scarcely less satis- faction in London than in Paris. It is regarded as...
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LOWEST POINT IN THE COMMERCIAL DEPRESSION. IF the height of
The Spectatorthe fever in Capel Court during the paroxysms of 1846 and 1847 marked the extreme of London speculation, pro- bably the state of the money market at present marks the exact...
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COMMENCEMENT OF THAMES PURIFICATION.
The SpectatorCkrr of evil cometh good : a case of cholera has already appeared in the metropolis, and. the House of Commons is alarmed, as well as disgusted, at the atmosphere amidst which...
ELIGIBLE ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
The SpectatorWHEN Lord Hotham carried a resolution renewing the prohibi- tion on payment of Members for personal services, he might have Mcluded the prohibition upon a gratuitous use which...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorRAWLINSON'S HER.ODOTI7S. * Tot oldest authors are in one sense the youngest ; their freshness never decays. The patriarchal history—Homer—Herodotus-- where can we find any other...
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THE OXONIAN IN THELEMARREN..
The SpectatorTHE Reverend Frederick Metcalfe's two visits to Norway described in his present volumes are more circumscribed than his previous tours. Instead of embracing the length of the...
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MISS PROCTER'S LEGENDS AND LYRICS. * WHEN a daughter of Barry
The SpectatorCornwall appears before the world as a poetess, she is entitled. to expect a cordial welcome. In reality, however, Miss Procter's Legends and Lyrics deserve a welcome for their...
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. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBemis. Histo r y of of the Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington. From the French of M. ont, Captain on the Staff of the Bel gi an Army. With emendations - and additions. By the...
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THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION.
The Spectator(Cbncluding Notice.) With more space at our disposal, we might enter somewhat at large into the grounds of the present depression of British sculpture, as an exordium to what...
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COLONEL HAMILTON'S MODEL OF SEBASTOPOL.
The SpectatorPerhaps a more admirable topographic and military model has never been constructed than that which forms the last addition to the Museum of the United Service Institution. It is...
CASSELL's ART-TREASURES EXHIBITION.*
The SpectatorThis slovenly-showy book of wood-cuts and letterpress will be repro- bated by all who do not desire to see the popularizing of art merged in its vulgarization. It is a false...
MACBEAN'S LUCKNOW SKETCHES.*
The SpectatorAnything from Lucknow is interesting at present—provided only it be genuine ; and the interest is doubled when, as in the instance before us, the record comes from "an actor in...
BURFORD'S PANORAMA.
The SpectatorThe view from the summit of Mount Righi is the midsummer picture at this exhibition; appropriately chosen for stimulating Swiss tourists, and indicating, though not...
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The Spectatorit4t FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JUNE 1 o 5 . FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JUNE 1 o 5 WAR OFFICE, Pall Mall, June 22.—Itifintry--100th Itegt . f jpoet,—Major-Gen. Visct. Melville,...
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PRICES CURRENT,
The SpectatorBRITISH FUNDS (Closing Prices.) Soloed. Monday. Tussday. Widnes. Thurs. Friday, 3 per Cent CODS0111 Ditto for Account 11 per cents Reduced New 9 per Cents Long Annuities...
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The SpectatorFROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JUNE 22. Bankruptcy Annulled. - 1TEERT FRANCIS NORTON, York Street, St. James's, Westminster, brush-seller. Boakropts.-PIIIMP ABRAHAM BARNES and Joint...