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A report of the sudden death of Lord BROUGHAM, by
The Spectatoran accident in Westmoreland, alarmed the Metropolis on Monday evening. The origin of the false rumour, and its speedy contradiction, with sundry lucubrations of the newspapers...
The mission of General Emo to the head-quarters of the
The SpectatorCount d'Eseausn has been a failure. The Count positively re- fused to lay down his arms :It the command of Don CA Possibly lie and his officers are waiting for some of Esr...
, The accounts from the manufficturing districts continue gloomy. 'here
The Spectatoris little demand for the products of the loom, and there ap- pears to be a general disinclination among capitalists to work "for stock." The consequence is " short time" and...
The liberation or retention of' Don Caneos is almost the
The Spectatorsoli- tary topic of discussion in the Paris newTapers. It is said that the Austrian Ambassador had obtained a promise from Lovirs PHILIPPE and Marshel Sori.T fir the Pretender's...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorIN some of the principal towns—Glasgow, Leeds, and Hull espe- dally—far more interest is felt in the result of the approaching Municipal elections, than was excited by the...
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Cape of Good Hope newspapers, dated 24th August, state that
The Spectatorthe Council had passed a bill abolishing all distinctions between the White inhabitants and the Coloured ; also regulating contracts between masters and servants, and removing...
c ifictropolis.
The SpectatorA rumour of Lord Brougham's death was extensively circulated on Monday evening. The Count D'Orsay was reported to have read a letter at Crockford's Club-house, which Mr. Alfred...
- (7.."In (Court.
The SpectatorThu grand review, which vas to have enlivened Royalty at Windsor this week, has been twice iostponed in conseqoence of the rainy wea- ther. The Queen, howeve:', Ims contrived to...
"TO TI1E EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.
The Spectator" Sir—I have seen the following paragraph in the Morning Thrald of thi day, relating to the reported death of Lord paragrap h rumour that th s e noble and learned lord had been...
At a meeting of the Court of Aldermen, on Tuesday,
The Spectatorcomplaints were made of the statements of the Inspectors of the Metropolitan Prisons, who, it was alleged, had exhibited in their reports to the.Goveno mem a strong inclination...
MEHEMET Are has privately withdrawn from Alexandria, and gone to
The SpectatorCairo ; where he intends to spend the winter. The cause of this movement is not known ; but it is surmised that the Pacha did not feel secure in the immediate neighbourhood of...
Accounts have been received from China, by way of St.
The SpectatorHelena, to the Hai of June. The trade was still suspended. Several 'Vessels had sailed for England, but others had arrived at Whampoa.
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On Saturday, an inquest was held on the corpse of
The Spectatorthe boy who killed himself by leaping from the .Monument. The name of the boy was Richard Donaldson Hawes. His mother, a widow, stated the following particulars respecting his...
trtbe Vrobinces.
The SpectatorSir Edward Codrington, having, accepted the command of the Ports- mouth station, has issued a farewell address to his constituents at Devon- pen. Sir Edward assigns two reastms...
At the Marlborough Sessions, G core,. Taman sv eouvieted of
The Spectatorhaving. published and eirenlat ed a eedi 'I: cum :el:tressed to the Chartists of Wiltshire: and he was see a. to be imprisoned niac months, and at the end of that time t, , ,...
The conduct of the Duke of Somerset towards the electors
The Spectatorof Totnes, who refused to support .Mr. Blount, the Duke's candidate and son-in- law at the last election, has excited much indi.eutttion in that borough. Although a distinct...
marked the The absence of demand, and the 1;1 eperatioes
The Spectator01' the Manehester market duri• ,- three weeks, CO:AN:LW 1111:1Ii■iilqi, mind the prices both or dually to deeline. To yarn generally there r to id. per pound, awl printing....
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and to other such subjects. * * The consecration of
The Spectatorthe new chapel took place this (Sunday) afternoon. The ceremonials observed on this occasion certainly rendered it one of an imposing character, and could not but have gratified...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorA letter from Mr. O'Connell to the Trades Union, dated the lath in- stant, from Darrynane Abbey, is published in the Dublin papers. It has reference to Mr. Sharman Crawford's...
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The following correspondence lee ween the Ilishep of Exeter and
The SpectatorLord John Russell. is taken from the Preffice to the tenth edition of a pamphlet entitled " Recent Meaeurss for the Promotion of Education in England," which pamphlet was...
In consequence of a statement in a Ministerial Sunday paper
The Spectatorcalled the Observer, which blazons the Roval arms over its paragraphs and boasts of great Court patrarenre, Sir Ilobert Peel has sent the following letter to that journal. The...
On the evening of the 15th instant, a considerable number
The Spectatorof the in- habitants of Glasgow assembled in Dr. Wardle w's Chapel. and passed resolutions promising support to the Aborigines Protection Society ; entreating the British...
ftliuttlancous.
The SpectatorThe Globe this - week announce". that the Earl of Clarendon is to be Lord Privy Seal with a seat in the Cabinet ; that Mr. Henry Tuffnell, Private Secretau to Lord Mintu, is to...
A complimentary address, e by five thousand Protestants of
The SpectatorDown, has been presented to the Earl of Roden. Colonel Magregor, Inspector-General of the Irish Constabulary—in which there are about five hundred officers formerly belonging...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorMr. James Aytoun, of Edinburgh, in compliance with the requisition of the Liberal electors of Dunfermline, mentioned in last week's Spectator, attended a public meeting in...
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The Duke of Bo iled was att.:wield by apoplexy on Friday
The Spectatorlast : be never spoke after the fit, and died on Sunday , at his seat in Seetland. The Duke of Bo iled was att.:wield by apoplexy on Friday last : be never spoke after the fit,...
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The merchants of Nantes are thrown into consternation by the
The SpectatorEnglish colony at New Zealand. The owners of whale-ships, con- sidering their intereAs at stake, have joined the others in an appeal to the French Cabinet, and recommend that...
Travellers across the Alps mention tremendous torrents of rain in
The Spectatorthose mountains. A correspondent of the Morning Post rrites thus from :Raven°, on the 10th instant- " The deluge which has poured upon the Alps and their neighbourhood with such...
For the last fortnight. Pisa has thrown aside the wonted
The Spectatorsombreness of its character, and donned a little of ho ancient life and. anhuation. The Scientific Congress el Italy is now assembled here ; and snore than 300 professors and...
The Paris papers contain particulars of an attempt by a
The Spectatormad woman to injure the King and Queen of France by throwing a stone into their Carriage— On Friday afternoon a hive o'clock, just as the carriage containing the King, the...
The Company's ship Glenbervie, Black, sailed from Gravesend for New
The SpectatorZealand on Sunday last. Among the passengers, are the manager and accountant of the branch of the Union Bank of Australia about to be established in the Company's first...
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At a meeting of the Town-Council of Birmingham, yesterday, the
The Spectatoroffice of Alderman held by Mr. Hadley was declared vacant, he having been absent from the borough more than six months.
The Leeds Mercury says that Sir Francis Burdett is about
The Spectatorto make a tour in the provinces, and that he will dine with the " Operative:Con- servatives" of Ashton, on Wednesday next.
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. The letters received from Lancashire this morning give a gloomy Tepresentation of commercial affairs. No improvement has occurred in the Liverpool...
Colonel Cunningham, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. F. Smith, and Mr. Barlow
The Spectatorof the Woolwich Military College, have been appointed Com- auissioners to report on the best mode of communication between London and Edinburgh.
The Moniteur of Thursday officially contradicts a report that pass-
The Spectatorports had actually been sent by the French Government to Don Carlos, The Univers regrets that the French Government had not anticipated the English in the colonization of New...
The Morning Post publishes a communication from the gentleman despatched
The Spectatorfor that paper into Westmoreland to make inquiries into the circumstances of Lord Brougham's accident and supposed death. He had been to Brougham Hall, and seen Lord Brougham in...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOOK EXCHANGE, FR:DAV AFTERNOON. The last monthly statement of the liabilities and assets of the Bank of England may lie called a statement of dimiaation, for every item is...
Mr. James St. Aubin is spoken of as likely to
The Spectatoroppose Mr. Tuffnell in Devonport. Mr. Leach is also mentioned as a candidate for the repre- sentation of that borough.
The Standard to-night says that Lord Sorry is to succeed
The Spectatorthe late Duke of Argyll in the Lord Stewardship of the Queen's Household.
Madrid newspapers, received this morning, contradict reports, circa- lated in
The Spectatorthe beginning of the week, of insurrections in Cadiz, 3Ialags, and Seville. The Chamber of Deputies had presented a courteous address to the Queen Regent, in reply to her speech...
'The Leeds Intelligencer of this morning claims for the Conservatives
The Spectatora gain on the revision of Parliamentary voters in the West Riding, of B53 votes. The Leeds Mercury, of the same date, admits that the Liberals have lost 96. In each of these...
A company of gentlemen residing in the colony, and who
The Spectatorare con- tweed with the shipping interest, have forwarded 16,000/. to England per the Caroline, for the purchasing a steam-vessel to ply between Sydney and Port Philip. We...
The arrival of the packet which was to leave New
The SpectatorYork on the 8th _instant, is anxiously expected, as it will probably bring accounts of the effect produced in America by the news carried out by the Liverpool.
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TRIBUTES TO LORD BROUGHAM 13Y THE DAILY PRESS.
The SpectatorAirougbam Drab. [From the Morning Chronicle, (At. 22.3 It has been our duty of late to comment with some severity, though not more, we think, than the occasion demanded, on...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived — At Gravesend, Oct. 18tb, Jane Cumming. Cumming, from the Cape; 20d,, Isabella, Thorp. from Manilla ; 22d, Allmon, Hesse, front the Cape; 24th, trIcs Carter, Rosul; and...
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THE LOCAL COURTS.
The SpectatorTHE Appropriation Bill of the last session of Parliament directs that the Lords ofthe Treasury may issue any sum or sums ofmoney, not exceeding 31,0001., to pay, to the 31st day...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorWANTED, A " PRINCIPLE " FOR THE WHIGS. ANOTHER line of demarcation between Whigs and Tories has been nearly obliterated. " HENRY EXETER" and " Jonx Russtua," have discovered...
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PROGRESS OF THE POLITICAL SEASONS.
The SpectatorJr a man sets hinir:elf seriously to consider the present state and constitution of society, so - multiform and contradictory are the pinenomena they present to his view, that...
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COURT PHYSICIANS AND TREASURY HACKS. ALTHOUGH, our business as journalists
The Spectatorbeing- with public measures and public men, we seldom turn aside to criticise newspaper s timings of our own metier — yet doubtless, On strong provocation, we have occasionally...
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BRITISH AMERICA.
The SpectatorAMONGST the various serial publications of the day, the Edinburgh Cabinet Libmra is one of the best, the most instructive, and the most popular. Its volumes do not seem to be...
BURTON'S MANUAL OP TUE LAW OF SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorIVF; very much doubt whether the value of this book will be found commensurate with the care and labour bestowed upon it. The plan is ably executed, but liable to objection. The...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The Spectatorkresreurmiecx, A Manual of the Law of Scotland, Civil, Municipal, Criminal, and Ecclesiastical ; with a Practical Commentary on the Mercantile Law, and on the Powers and Duties...
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JACK SHEPPARD.
The SpectatorIN this fiction of Mr. Amswoms, the leading events of his hero's life, in robbery and prison-breaking, are pretty closely followed and the general character of the period, in...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBOOKS. A New Home —Who'll Follow ? or, Glimpses of Western Life. By Mrs. 3Ianv CLAYERS, an actual Settler. Rol Pearls in a False Setting. By the Count DE LA PASTURE, late 18th...
ROTE ON MR. MOORE'S CORRECTION RESPECTING ALCIPIIRON.
The SpectatorIs reference to an alleged "mistake" in the notice of A/eiphron, MoonE has addressed the following well-tempered and gentle- manly letter "to the Editor of the Morning...
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FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorTIIE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE. MEncEn's HALL has been converted into a temporary exhibition-room for the designs sent in for a new Royal Exchange ; the public being admitted by...
M US IC.
The SpectatorNational Psalmody ; consisting of Original Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Chants, Responses, and Anthems. By C. 1). llacKETT. Every now and then comes out a work of the same character,...