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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorQUEEN VICTORIA has set herself down in her Highland lodging at Ardverikie, among the Macphersons. She was welcomed by Cluny Macpherson and his kilted clansmen, a host of moun-...
The French Chamber of Peers has been convoked by King
The SpectatorLouis Philippe to try. a Peer for murder ; but the prisoner has escaped from gaol and judge, by committing suicide. Never perhaps did any atrocious crime excite more indignation...
The contumacy of Guardians and genteel ratepayers is a less
The Spectatoragreeable symptom. Asked to repay advances, the Guardians of Fermoy declare that they are paying for support of the poor as much and as fast as they can, and they won't be...
Austria has strengthened her grasp on the Roman territory :
The Spectatorinstead of merely throwing a garrison into Ferrara—which she had under certain treaty stipulations a right to do—she has taken military possession of the whole city. Although on...
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The SpectatorTan resumed narrative of the Queen's progress begins with the re- embarkation from the Crinan Canal. The squadron anchored on Wed- nesday night at Crinan, and on Thursday...
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The SpectatorThe failures in the corn - trade received a startling addition on Saturday, in the stoppage of the house of W. R. Robinson and Company. The liabili- ties having been estimated...
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The SpectatorThe Duke of Newcastle has appeared as the champion of Dukes in gene ml, assailed, as he conceived, by the 7'imes, and defended by no,one except " very partially " by the Morning...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe Dublin correspondent of the Morning Chronicle transmits the most flourishing accounts of the grain and green crops- " With regard to the grain crop, nothing could be more...
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The SpectatorFittaticE.—The all-absorbing topic in Paris, and indeed throughout France, has been the murder of the unfortunate Dutchess de Choiseul- Praslin. Instead of allaying the excited...
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Arliliscellantous.
The SpectatorPrince Albert's birthday on Thursday was kept with the usual obser- vances, both in the Metropolis and at Windsor. The Prince has now en- tered his twenty-ninth year. The Queen...
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POSTSCRIPT •
The SpectatorSATURDAY. Letters from Turin, of the 22d instant, announce that the King of Sar- dinia had formally protested against the occupation of Ferrara, and for- warded copies of that...
Last night's Gazette contains an order in Council announcing that
The Spectatora treaty has been concluded, and is now subsisting, between Great Britain and the Grand Duke of Tuscany, by which that state is declared entitled to all the immunities enjoyed...
The Times announces the failure of Messrs. W, and J.
The SpectatorWoodley, in 9041s. sequences of speculations in corn- " The liabilities are 90,0001., and it is understood-that the assets are certain to yield a considerable surplus. These...
The Paris papers and letters of Thursday are still filled
The Spectatorwith the Pras- lin affair. The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle reports upon the post mortem examination— " The autopsy of the body of the Duke of Praslin took place on...
The following facts, whiob seem to have escaped.tbe attention of
The Spectatorthose who watch over the interest of Naval officers, show the injustice that is done to some classes of veterans in comparisoa.with others, arising from that want of a general...
The Dublin letters of Thursday report continued complaints from the
The Spectatorunions against the repayment of relief advances. The general demand is for an exten- sion of time. Some base coin has been put in circulation at Birmingham. It is in imitation...
MONEY MARKET.
The Spectator&Mel' EXcHaltoil, ritADAT Arruxoon. In addition to the failure of Messrs. Robinson, noticed in our last report, more than one insolvency of important firms has occurred since....
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THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorThe real and final closing night of her Majesty's Theatre was on Satur- day last; with Jenny Lind in the Sonnambula. The " last night of the subscription" at Covent Garden was...
THE ITALIAN OPERA SEASON.
The SpectatorThe conclusion of a season unparalleled in - the musical annals of England for the degree in which it has excited the attention of the public, naturally suggests a few...
The shutting up of the Operahouses seems to have been
The Spectatorthe signal for activity in the outskirts. A few years ago it would have been difficult to make any one believe that the movements of Her Majesty's Theatre could affect those of...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE DISEASE OF FRANCE AND ITS SPECIFIC. THE morbid state of France is too apparent and too serious not to indicate an approaching crisis; and the root of the disease is to us...
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THE PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL WANT.
The SpectatorAMONG the advantages accruing from the new system of sub- sidizing schools under the inspection of the Education Commit-- tee, will evidently be a better knowledge of the state...
IRELAND FOR THE IRISH.
The SpectatorA RENEWED cry comes across St. George's Channel, that Ireland cannot support her poor—they are, it is said, too numerous ; and the implication is, that England must do it. Irish...
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BAD ARRANGEMENTS IN OUR CRIMINAL COURTS.
The SpectatorIF all who have to attend criminal courts were criminals, har- dened to shame and corruption, worthless to shield from physical suffering and injury, the arrangements in those...
The Baroness Von Arnim, the " Bettina " of Goethe,
The Spectatorhas been at war with the authorities of Berlin. According to the current explanations, the lady takes an active part in publishing her own works, and lately began to publish the...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorHISTORY, A History of Servia and the Servian Revolution, from original MSS. and Documents. Translated from the German of Leopold Ranke, by Mrs. Alexander Kerr, Authoress of...
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DR. WHITE ON PLAGUE AND . QUARANTINE.
The SpectatorDR. WHITE is a veteran who served in the Army of Egypt ; and en- oyed practical opportunities of studying the plague, as be had to form a sick-depot when the plague broke out...
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SHERIDAN KNOWLES'S FORTESCUE.
The SpectatorTHE second novel of Sheridan Knowles confirms rather than alters the opinion we intimated upon noticing his first—that long habits of mind, if not Nature herself, had totally...
AN AMERICAN'S SCENES AND THOUGHTS IN EUROPE. THIS volume is
The Spectatorakin to various other books that have lately appeared from American pens ; where a traveller, without special qualification or novelty of ground, keeps a journal of his thoughts...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBoors. Cholera, Dysentery, and Fever, Practically Considered; or the Nature, Causes, Connexion, and Treatment of these Diseases, in all their forms. By Charles Searle, M.D.,...
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BIRTHS. BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 17th July, at Anti g ua, the Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Brown, the Royal Re g iment, of a son. On the 13th Au g ust, at the Baths of Lucca, the Wife of the Rev. William...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorARRIVED-At Gravesend, 25th Au g . Ostrich. Smith, from Madras. In the Channel, 26th, Rookery, Gre g , from Port Phillip ; Wm. Mitchell, M`Lochlan, from Lombock ; Larkins,...
MILITARY GAZETTE. MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorWAR-OFFICE, Au g ust 27.-Coldstream Guards-H. W. J. Byn g , Esq. (Pa g e of Ho- nour to the Queen,) to be Ensi g n and Lieut. without purchase. 14th Foot-Assist. Sor g . W....
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE. Tuesday, Aug. 24.:
The SpectatorPARTNEESMIM DISSOLVED. Howarth and J. and J. Harrison, Wri g htin g ton, Lancashire, coal-proprietors-Chappla and White, Manchester Street, Kin g 's Cross, sca g...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH FUND 8. (Closing Prices.) FOREIGN FUNDS. Alabama (Sterling) Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening.) Austrian 5 p. CL — Masser hese tts...