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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectatortertain of a holyday. But, alas ! except by young gentlemen and ladies released from school, the idea is scarcely realized in this land of labour. No doubt, most shops and...
Mr. O'CoNsan.r. has returned to Dublin, and recommenced his course
The Spectatorof public harangues. Of the composition of his audience on Tuesday last we know nothing ; but as the worthy Ilibernians ap- pear to have been much delighted with the speech Mr....
The session of the French Chambers was opened on Monday
The Spectatorwith a speech from the King, delivered in the Chamber of Depu- ties. The appearance of Paris in the morning was that of a city expecting to be attacked by an enemy. The military...
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By the arrival of the British Queen from New York,
The Spectatorwe have intelligence from Canada to the 22d of November, and from the United States to the 2d instant—the day on which the steam-ship sailed. Mr. Pouserr TitomsoN reached...
The Madrid papers are much occupied with a sort of
The Spectatorquarrel between the Minsters and ESPARTERO. M. LINAGE, Aide-de-Camp and Military Secretary to ESPARTFRO, published in the Leo, an Arragonese paper, a sort of manifesto...
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The United States news is unimportant except in a commercial
The Spectatorview. Several banks were preparing to resume specie payments. In New York and Boston many failures had occurred, the banks in those cities being unable to discount liberally ;...
Mr. Thomas Attwood's resignation of his .s.ezt for Birmingham was
The Spectatormentioned in our second edition last week. It was formally commuuie cated to the " Electors and Inhabitants of the Borough" in a letter published in the Birmingham. Journal of...
be etrop olis.
The SpectatorThe election of Common Councilmen for time ensuing year took place on Saturday. In some of the wards there were contests, but generally- the proceedings excited little interest....
The Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday, tried an action
The Spectatorbrought by Mr. Harvey, a carpet-manufacturer in the Westminster Road, against the Honourable George Norton. The plaintiff's object was to recover the stun of 49/. Ils. 24d. for...
Tourt.
The SpectatorTem Queen and the Dutchess of Kent attended divine service on Christmas-day, in St. George's Chapel. Her Majesty communicated ; the Reverent Mr. Musgrave and Honourable and...
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A large party of Liberals dined together at Ashton on
The Spectatorthe 19th instant, " anxioue to tonere their borough from time disgrace which had attached to it, in coeseoneee e of the coarse treason spouted by some itinerant politicians who...
Lord Normanby has addressed the following letter to Mr. William
The SpectatorSeholefield, late Mayor of Birtningham, and the other Magistrates, acquitting the Magistrates of wilful neglect of duty during the riots on the 15th of July. " Whitehall, 20th...
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The good people at Newport were much alarmed on Friday
The Spectatornight, by a discharge of cannon in their neighbourhood. The troops were immediately ordered out, and every preparation made to put the town in a state of defence ; when it was...
lew d Ehrington has deei,h'd, ',:ii+. I I - ,..1!,• - .. entirely failed
The Spectatorto substantiate his charga.s meal - est Sub-! a-. : c egeetild : and declares Lis smistbei ion at Mr. Fitzgerthi's - , motil iirmourable acquittal" ret charges " unsupported...
f An affair of a singular nature has recently occurred
The Spectatoriu the county o Norfolk. We abstain from revealing the names of the parties, as we are informed a court of law will speedily decide on the merits of the case. It appears that...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe Honourable and Reverend Robert Plunket has been appointed by his brother, the Bishop orrnatn, to the living of I leadfort, worth 7001. a year, vacant by the death of the...
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Tuesday's Gazette mentions the appointment of " Henry V. Hunt-
The Spectatorley, Esquire, Commander in the Royal Navy, to be Lieutenant-Governor of her Majesty's settlements on the Gambia." We are happy to learn from a source on which reliance may be...
ftlisceItaneotts.
The SpectatorRumours come from Con sten tint)] Ile, through Paris, that Lord Pon sonby is about to he removed, and Lord Durham appointed to succeed him as Ambassador to the Porte. The...
A public meeting was held on Tuesday in the Hopetoun
The SpectatorRooms, Edinburgh, to set on foot a subscription for erecting a national testimo- nial to the Duke of Wellington in the Scottish capital. Men of dif- ferent politics attended ;...
In the Port Philip Gazette of July the 31st, received
The Spectatorwith our last batch of papers from Australia, we find the following- " The happy object of Queen Victoria's choice is Prince Albert, son of the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg,...
A meeting, summoned by the Lord Provost, was held in
The Spectatorthe Town- hall of Glasgow, on Saturday, to petition Parliament for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. Alexander Johnston moved the first resolution— attributing to the Corn laws the...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe Court of Session have granted an " interdict," on the applica- tioirof the Reverend J. Cruickshank and the six other ministers mem- bers of the Strathbogie Presbytery, "...
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POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. A public meeting will be Itch' at Leeds on Tuesday, sunnaoned by the Mayor, to petition Parliament against the Corn-laws. The Leeds Mercury of this morning is...
The British Queen encountered most tempcetuous weather on her last
The Spectatorhomeward voyage from New York, which lasted twenty-two (leas. One day, December 3d, she only made 52 miles; the report in the lug being—" violeat gales, with tremendous sea,...
An unpleasant collision between the British armed brig Columbine, commanded
The Spectatorby Captain Elliot, and some Portuguese snips off the coast of Africa, is mentioned in the Lisbon newspapers. Before giving an opi- nion as to the conduct of either party, we...
The Prase states that the embassy to London has been
The Spectatoroffered to M. Guizot, and that the Minister of the Interior is earnest in pressing his acceptance of it. The report-of the intended marriage between the King of Holland and...
The Fife Herald of Thursday states that Mr. Aytonn's election
The Spectatorfor the Stirling Burghs is secured, and that he will be returned by a "de- cisive" it' not "sweeping" majority. Lord Dahneny will lose the sup- port of' about eighty voters,...
At a special meeting of the 'Manchester Chamber of Commerce
The Spectatoron Thursday, a report was received from the Directors on " the effects of the admm:iaiyt•atton of the Bank. of Eileleed upoll ;he matmlheturing and commereial interest of the...
The Times has this week repeatedly mentioned, and pointedly com-
The Spectatormented out, a rumour that Mr. O'Connell is to be Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer Court ; cud no contradiction of the rumour has yet appeared in the Ministerial journals.
Dr. Chalmers has published a long address to the "Dignitaries
The Spectatorand Ecelesiatics at large of the Church of Englinel," imploring their aid to preserve the Unwell of Scotland from Mt (A.,Intetitot ?rid( tehieh it is thr,,it, by the civil power...
The Paris papers of Thursday allude to the probability of
The Spectatora fierce debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the Eastern question. Calmon, Ganneron, and Jacqucmiuot, had been elected Vice-Presidents. 01' general news the papers are quite...
We learn front the Dirmingl,cn ourn , that last night the
The Spectatorrequisition to Mr. C. P. Muntz had received 500 signatures, although the canvass of his friends; had been desultory and irregular. It was expected that the number of...
A strong force of the Metropolitan Police is to be
The Spectatorimmediately sent down to Monmouth, consisting of picked other '1'llis step has been taken in consequence of the apprehensions of the inhabitants of that town. Soule of them have...
The morning papers coataia letters from ",' . ..1annioatlishire, describing the "
The Spectatormetallization of the Chartists" as very formidable, with rumours of meetings on the hills, attended by 40,000 men—" threats to cease working "—conspiracies to release Frost and...
A correspondent sends us some figures confirmatory of a statement
The SpectatorIm•le in our last number, (article on the Corn-laws,) that though the experts of' 18:39 might exceed those of any previous year since lc 36, the trade had been forced and...
The Times this morning contains a long report of speeches
The Spectatordelivered at a dinner of the Glasgow University Peel Club, on Monday last. Lord Eglintoun, the Chairman, encouraged the party to expect the early return of Sir Robert Peel to...
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NEW POSTAGE REGULATIONS.
The SpectatorCosy of :1'reamry Minute, dated '20/i December 1839. My Lords read the Minute of the 23d of Ang,ust, proposing to receive cow- munications from the public with reference to the...
EAST INDIA SHIPI'ING.
The SpectatorArrived-At Gravesend, Dee. 230, Cleopatra, Laity. from Mamititis; 24th, Lord finnmarez, Simon, from ditto; W a ne, Purvis; and Hopeful, Beeves, from The ('nine' Port-ea, Lowe,...
r i MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorS roes EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. - Considerable anxiety was occasioned in the City on Monday and Tuesday, by t pon- arrival of the British Queen, and as much as five guineas...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorMATHS. On the 14th inst.. at Lisbon, Lady HOWARD DE WALDEN, of a son. Oa the 20th inst.. at Lewkuor Vicarage, the Laity CAR0LIFTE GAUNTER, or athaiglitge. On the 26t11 inst.,...
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TILE ELEPHANT AND HIS KEEPERS.
The SpectatorTRUTHS are absolute or conditional. That "knowledge is power" Inv be called an absolute truth ; that " ignorance is bliss " is a conditional one. It may have been true that the...
11,30-C,
The SpectatorTOPICS OF • THE DAY. A NEW-YEAR'S GIFT. " Mr Lords" of the Treasury promise Penny Postage on the of January ! Thank you, my Lords, for surpassing our expects= ' tions. Though...
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THE KIRK IN ITS CANTRIPS.
The Spectator" F:rst cantrip, sync :wither, tint his wasn't a'the4nher."—ItunNs. Tres Church of Scotland seems resolved on self-destruction. Its attitude at the present moment, in direct...
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Of the Drury Lane Harlequin Jack Sheppard,or the Blossom of
The SpectatorTyburn Tree, we can only speak by report : it seems to have been successful, and there is no lack of "tricks and transformations," whatever their merit may be. The overture, by...
Next, the favourable reports of Harlequin Mother Red Cap, or
The SpectatorMerlin and the Fairy Snowdrop, drew us to the Adelphi, in preference to Drury, which ought to have had precedence; and expectations unduly raised had perhaps some share in...
AN EVENING AT THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The SpectatorBr a recent arrangement, and a very good one it was, this Gallery of Art and Science is opened every evening from seven till ten ; when, in addition to the multiffirious objects...
THE PANTOMIMES.
The SpectatorTHE Christmas gambols of the motley crew crowded half a dozen theatres on Thursday night, with juvenile spectators; whose impatience ruder the preliminary penance of the play...
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We have heard on what we consider good authority, that
The Spectatorit is the intention of her Majesty to avail herself of the suggestions thrown out in Sir Harris Nicolas's admirable " History of the Orders of British Knighthood" for the...
MR. PAGET'S HUNGARY AND TRANSYLVANIA.. • •
The SpectatorTHESE are very agreeable and instructive volumes. Mr. PAGET is, apparently, a gentleman, with the ease, the manner, and the per- fect intelligibility which always distinguish...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorTRAMS. Hungary 1 Transylvania; with Remarks on their Condition, Social, Political, and Economical. By John Paget, Esq. In 2 vole • MUrray., Fromm . , Up the Rhine. By Thomas...
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HOOD'S UP THE RHINE
The SpectatorIs a series of letters from a party of Rhenish tourists to friends at home, descriptive of' a trip front London to Coblenz. The " groundwork " of time volume is confessedly...
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CAPTAIN MAItRYAT'S POOR JACK.
The SpectatorIn the Second Part of his Diary in America, Captain MARRYAT turned aside from criticisms on American authors, to expound the gains of those iu England ; and, after a...