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The Duteliess DE BERRI was at Florence when she was
The Spectatorlast heard of. She was received by time Grand Duke of TUSCANY with great respect, and has been visited by some of her partisans, who happened to be in that neighbourhood. It is...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorNOTWITHSTANDING the defeat of the Miguelite attack upon Lisbon on the 5th instant, the Queen's cause is still in a very critical state. There have been no accounts received of...
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The Spectator;We ha . ve nothing to record of the august Congress of Munchen- aratz, except that the Emperor NICHOLAS had made his appear- . ance there, and expected shortly to be joined by...
The Revising Barristers under the .Relbrm Act have been •
The Spectatorpursuing their labours during tha last fortnight. We . perceive that in some places the number of voters registered is less than it was last )'ear. There may be several Ways of...
The Austrian Government is, or pretends to be, alarmed at
The Spectatorthe state of public feeling, in Italy ; and is reinforcing its army of occupation to a considerable extent. Numerous arrests have taken place at Pisa, Genoa, Leghorn, Florence,...
The Spanish Carlists are full of activity ; the priests
The Spectatorevery- where haranguinfr upon the necessity of supporting the holy cause of CARLOS: and 'of MIGUEL. ZEA BERgUDEZ has overcome the only Opposition in the .Cabinet wiliCh it was...
Another great fire, certainly—it is reported an insurrection also— has
The Spectatorbroken out in Constantinople. This news was brought to Ancona by Mr. MANDEVILLE, the Secretary to the British Ambassador there. No official accounts have yet been received, as...
There is no news of much importance this week from
The SpectatorFrance. During the King's absence from the capital, his Ministers are re;- ported to have been quarrelling with each other. It seems that the Marshal Minister SOULT has...
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Messrs. Richard Heale senior and junior, of Mincing Lane, who
The Spectatorwere charged last week before the Lord Mayor with selling an article called Prepared British Leaf, which is used as a substitute for tea, were again brought up for examination...
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The SpectatorAt the Quarterly General Court of East India Proprietors, held on Thursday, Mr. Weeding gave notice, that he would move, at the next quarterly General Court, " That a petition...
Inc .enutt.
The SpectatorTHEIR Majesties enjoyed a long ride in the neighbourhood of Windsor on Saturday, in company with Prince Talleyrand and the Dutchess de Dino. In the evening, Princes Esterhaxy...
At the Mansionhouse, on Tuesday, Joseph Kaye, the servant of
The SpectatorMr. Thomas Dutton, who was stated in our paper, last week, to have been charged with forging his master's name to a check upon Sir John Lubbock and Co. for 348/., was fully...
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Mrs. Hampton, the lady of Colonel R. Hampton, at present
The Spectatorwith his regiment in India, applied at the Marlborough Street Office, on Saturday last, for a summons against Mr. Barnes, a jeweller, residing in Henrietta Street, Cavendish...
Mr. Oppenheim, a merchant, with several of his friends, and
The SpectatorMr. Cashmore, attended at Guildhall on Monday, to ask the advice of Sir C. Marshall. It appeared that Mr. Cashmore had in his possession a bill for 300/., purporting to be...
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:t la. Chambers, the liTagistrate, who is also a coal-merchant,
The Spectatorhas had a ••aetrial with Air. Samuel Pope, a brother coal- merchant, respecting aa• settlement of the affairs of a bankrtmt whose creditors they both ea , Some violent and...
Are. litany Hubert, a solicitor, residing at No. 5, Clement's
The SpectatorInn, ea_ lcheek belOre Jr. Chambers, at Marlborough Street, at hdrged with stealing sonic hock-glasses and other articit s from de l'Europe, 11;tymarket. Inspector Abrahams...
One of the seamen on board the United Kingdom when
The Spectatorshe was run down last week by the Queen of Scotland steamer, summoned the owner of the former vessel, Mr. Fletcher, before the Magistrates, in order to obtain the wages for...
Charles Williams, a journeyman plasterer, was charged, on Saturday, at
The Spectatorthe Hatton Garden Office, by a hackney-cabman, with refusing to pay him his legal fare. The cabman said, that on Friday night he took the prisoner from the Strand to Tottenham...
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On Sunday last, Mrs. Anne Wray, of Bazing Place, Waled'
The Spectatore Road, a fine woman, only twenty-four years of age, had a slight quart:ell with her husband. She took up a couple of books, went to lute owes bedchamber, and locked herself in...
Henry Hampfeldt, butler to the Duke of Cumberland, drowned him-
The Spectatorself in the Thames on Saturday night. His body was discovered, and taken out of the water on Sunday ; and on Tuesday a Coroner's Jury assembled at the Ship Tavern, in Mortlake,...
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it Ctruittrn.
The SpectatorSir john Campbell, the Solicitor-General, met his constituents at Dudley on Monday last. The horses were taken from his carriage on Ins entrance into the town, and the populace...
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CLOS!: OF I/ON:CASTER llacns.—In last week's Sypeclator, we gave an
The Spectatorareount of the raving at Doncaster to Thursday evening. We now subjoin the return of the last day's sport. Friday, September THE ScARI:oicueoo , 4r.vitEs of 30 Sol,•11.•k!IIS...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorMr. O'Connell has written the first of a series of letters to his con- stituents [ Mr. O'Connell seldom gets beyond Numbers 1 or 2 in his series of letters], in which he demands...
Sir James Graham, upon the representation-of Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell, has promised
The Spectatorto appoint Towsey, one of the three men who escaped from the wreck of the Amphitrite, to a new ship without delay, as second master. He has also sent hirn five pounds. Colonel...
-11lict Malan& Their Majesties have taken a private box at
The Spectatoreach of the great theatres. Prince Tulleyrand and the Dutchess de Dino left London on. Tues- day for France. Lord and lady Lyndhurst are about to pay a short visit to the...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorWe observe from an advertisement in the Greenock Advertiser, that a meeting will be shortly held between Mr. Wallace and his consti- tuents, the people of Greenock. Mr. Wallace...
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POST-OFFICE IMPROVEMENTS.
The SpectatorThe following list of changes in the Post-office establishment ap- pears, as an appendix, in thefith edition of the Government pamphlet, 7/ie /O. br»i 21/iniateg and the...
King Leopold has appointed a commission for encouragment of steam-carriages
The Spectatorin Belgium ; for whit It the country, Leine almost a perfect plane, is peculiarly well adapted. Two adventurers bare already started carriages from Brussels. One of enormous...
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The SpectatorTian:5—We observe by a Parliamentary return, that the limit: issues have materially increased since the same period of last year. The dif- ference between thenutount of...
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of the National Guards to the present Government. On Monday
The Spectatorlast, there were upwards of 200 of the National Guard of Paris in custody, fur refusing to serve; nay, the number had been as high as 500. It seems highly probable, that the...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. By the last arrival from Oporto, Government have received accounts . from Lisbon to the 14th instant; but it does not appear that any thing new particularly worthy...
.e private accounts from Paris are more than usually interesting.
The Spectator_di Wednesday last, there were two telegraphic despatches from Toulon, supposed to have reference to some Carlist plots ; and severe Cabinet Councils had been held during the...
We arc informed that an intrigue has been for some
The Spectatortime going on between the King of Holland and the Orangeists in Belgium; and that the result has been the departure of several of the most wealthy Or a ngeists for the seat of...
THE WINTER THEATRES.
The SpectatorTin. smaller Winter Theatres commence their season on Monday. Covent Garden or Drury Lane was to have opened on the same day, but no announcement has yet been made of the time...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BI RTHS. BI RTHS.
The SpectatorOn tin, 23.1 inst., at Westbrook. I lertfordshire, the Lady GEOWITANA Rvm m,of a son On the 23,1 inst., at Albury Rectory, Heels, the Lady of the Rey. JAMES GALLOWAY, of a...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorRIGHTS OF PROPERTY, CORPORATE AND PRIVATE. To affirm that the proceedings of the Corporation Commissioners would be only preliminary to a general scrutiny of the titles by...
BRITISH MUSEUM.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR. OF TILE SPECTATOR. 2.f,ISop!,inber 1 Sin—It is a must grievous and cryinz evil, that the Parliamentary Papers are never to be had at this place until long after...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorA severe hurricane was experienced at Calcutta on the 2(1 June, wh e n the following ships were driven ashore—viz. 11. C. ships Duke of York, and Lord Amherst, Robert, Sultan,...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The business of the week in the English Funds has been on the same limited scale as for some time past : the tendency of the Market has,...
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CASES FOR LORD MELBOURNE.
The SpectatorWE call upon Lord Mmeioue xi: to inquire into the conduct of three Police Mauistrates,—Mr. LAING of the I fatten Garden, Mr. Cr, s.MBERS of the Marlborough Street, and Mr. V.;...
REDUCTION OF MILITARY EXPENDITURE.
The SpectatorTHE Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Military and Naval Appointments will disappoint those who had flattered themselves with the hope that a...
IN AND OUT OF PLACE.
The SpectatorLORD ALTHORP has carried away some half-a-dozen prizos at the Northamptonshire cattle show for fat pigs and oxen. Tile of the animals " bred by himself" were far more sat...
THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND'S BUTLER. AN expression in one of
The Spectatorthe letters left behind him by Him , - FELDT, the Duke of CUMBERLAND'S suicide butler, in spite of pity for the madman, provokes a smile. It is this—" Posterity must know it."...
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WORCESTER FESTIVAL.
The SpectatorIT was rather with the wish than in the expectation that the hints we threw out, three years since, re . , arding the conduct of the Worcester Festival, would be attended to,...
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will succeed. It is put forth in an ''nonest, tradesman-like
The Spectatorstyle, and its advantages are palpable, Only ten guineas for a niche in this Parliamentary temple-, , and a sketch given in to boot! It is really too cheap, We 'Would suggest...
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:;t:!IENTIFIC HON( ir118:
The SpectatorTO TILE LDLIOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Stn—Concurring with you entirely in the view taken in the ..Cpectaie:r of lith August, of the propriety of rewarding " British science by...
THE •PORTUG l' ESE QUARREL.
The SpectatorTO THE anrrout or THE SPECTATOR. L1111,1011. tr,th September IS:33. St it—Obset ving that many generous friends to the cause of the Queen of Portugal art in rather...
A supplement, explanatory and laudatory of the Duke of filcx-
The Spectatormomiis improvements and reforms in the Post-office department has been attached to the fifth and last edition of the Treasury; pamphlet of puffs entitled " The Reform...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorBIOGRAITTY, The Autobiography of Sohn Galt, 2 'cols ANATOMY, The Hand. its Mechanism and Vital Endowments. as Charles Bell, B.R.S. L, toad B II ISTORY, A Popular History...
C.: ALTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The SpectatorAPPEARS under circumstances so melancholy as almost to disarm criticism. It was unwillingly undertaken, to meet the necessities of the passing day. It was dictated, in part,...