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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The Spectatorrithl GREAT ECCLESIASTICAL DEBATE. -11 11 MIALL observed in the middle of the debate which closed with so great a majority for Government on Tuesday, that there had been an air...
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THE LORDS AND THE BILL.
The SpectatorE VERYBODY is asking, early as it is, "What will the Lords do with the Irish Bill V" for, as politicians clearly perceive, the power of preventing, or at least of delaying, the...
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FRANCE AND BELGIUM.
The SpectatorI T is quite delightful, all this peace! particularly to Christians. and speculators for the rise ; but as politicians, we should like to know a little better what it all means....
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THE DETHRONEMENT OF THE FUR KINGS.
The SpectatorT this is power left somewhere in th Constitution of ours, though it is occasionally hard to know where to find it. It is very difficult sometimes to get a very little thing...
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THE DISSENTIENT TRADES-UNION COMMISSIONERS.
The SpectatorT HE dissent or separate report of the non-signing members of the Trades' Unions' Commission—of which the Times has given a highly imaginative account—is a remarkable document....
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HANS BREITMANN'S "PHILOSOPHY"
The SpectatorTT may be remembered by some of Hans Breitroann's , th e German Yankee's, admirers, that when at the head of his Pennsylvanian cavalry corps he encountered the troop of Se uth....
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'WANDA LTSM AS A LEGAL OFFENCE.
The SpectatorS IR H. VERNEY is, we believe, about to bring in a Bill for the better protection of public monuments, and the public will, no doubt, wish him every success. If the people...
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THE PROVINCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
The SpectatorXCVL—LINC OLNSHI RE. EARLY HISTORY. I 1NCOLNSHIRE lays within the , territories of the Celtic tribe called by the Romans the Coritani. On the Roman Conquest it was included...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorUNIVERSITY TESTS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " EPROTATOR.1 hope the writer of the article on "Sir Roundell Palmer's New Test" will complete that article. He has ably shown that Sir...
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THE CONSCIENCE CLAUSE IN IRELAND.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR?') Si,—In the " News of the Week " ending 13th March you say, on the subject of Irish education :— " Of course, where there are Protestant...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorST. BERNARD.* IT is with great pleasure that we welcome a second edition of Mr. Morison's Life of St. Bernard. It cannot indeed claim a place in that rare class of historical...
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THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO; BICKMORE & WALLACE.* [SECOND ARTICLE.] MR. WALLACE
The Spectatorhas already communicated to the public, in various shapes, so many of the results of his travels in the Eastern Archipelago (he mentions in his preface having written since his...
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MAXIMS BY A MAN OF THE WORLD.*
The SpectatorTHE genie of the Arabian Nights whose liberation nearly proved fatal to the fisherman was not the only victim of Solomon. He has found a companion in the Author of Lost Sir...
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ELLA'S MUSICAL SKETCHES.*
The SpectatorAx artist discoursing of his travels is apt to be egotistical ; a professional man enlightening the public as to the details of his profession is prone to the vice of "puffing."...
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PAUL GYELAPS TALES.*
The SpectatorTHE exact relation of cause and effect subsisting between the political circumstances of a nation and the character and position of its literature is an interesting subject for...
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NEW POLITICAL ECONOMY.* '
The Spectator"THE opinion," says Ricardo, "that the price of commodities depends solely on the proportion of supply to demand, or demand to supply, has become almost an axiom in political...
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MODERN CAVALRY.* THE progress of military science has always been
The Spectatorunusually rapid in the years immediately following the great wars. This is a natural result of the leisure afforded by the return of peace to active minds, which have learned...