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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator-Tier. Commons have taken far more time than the Lords in adjust- ing their verdict on the foreign policy of the Government ; the question being propounded to the Commons in a...
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The outrage to the Queen on Thursday evening, with which
The Spectatorthe town rings, is an occurrenoe of a kind to hurry ail the world into ab- surdities. Involving the highest political interests in the person of the Sovereign, it is yet so...
Few public acts have provoked such a storm of anger
The Spectatoras the sus- pension of the Post-office on Sundays. Its practical inconveniences Few public acts have provoked such a storm of anger as the sus- pension of the Post-office on...
Mthatts net Trurrthiugs iu Varliaurnt.
The SpectatorPRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. Houtz or Loans. Monday, June 24. Small Tenements Recovery (Ireland) Bill, Mt through Committee—Sunday Letter-sending—Drainage and Improvement of...
The world beyond our "four seas" is not stagnant, of
The Spectatorcourse, yet the incidents narrated in the news of the week are not salient. The compromise of the French Assembly, which makes Prince Louis Napoleon a present to indemnify him...
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itqt Court.
The SpectatorTEE christening of the Queen's youngest boy, in the chapel at Bucking- ham Palace, on Saturday, was performed with much pomp and ceremony. The Prince of Prussia had made a rapid...
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The SpectatorMr. Alderman Carden and Mr. Csddecott have been chosen by the Livery of London to fill the office of Sheriff during the ensuing year. In' returning thanks, Mr. Carden alluded to...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe accounts' of the crops assume SOI110 interest. Appearances were ' *tie BUMMedlllp on Monday— , la Still there is no authentic =aunt of the reappearance of the potato...
itrtign nh CI11111in I.
The SpectatorFaaNea.—In the Assembly on Friday, General de la Hitte, the Minis- ter of Foreign Affairs, announced the favourable termination of the nego- tiations with England _respecting...
SCOTIAND: The inhabitants of Dunfernilise and the Irish navigators employed
The Spectator,an The 'works Of the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway are at feud, in a man- ner threatening to the peace of the whole West of Fife. : It does not ap- pear who were originally...
Zht 43ruti1Irto.
The Spectator• The inhabitants of Windsor are in a state of excited 'gratitude to Queen Victoria, for an act of generosity which they declare to exceed all the numerous favours hitherte...
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31iiortt1autato.
The SpectatorThe public will be gratified to learn that all the preliminary arrange- Ments are completed for erecting a building on a site of the Rolls estate sufficiently large to contain...
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POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. The House of Commons finished its week's work at four o'clock this morning. The majority that "voted hleek white, to keep out the Tories," was 46-310 to 264. After...
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Electric despatches bring anticipatory news from the overland mail, which
The Spectatorleft Bombay on the 25th of last month. A tremendous accident had oc- curred at Benares. A fleet of thirty boats containing ordnance-stores had been blown to destruction by the...
Otatrtonub ,Vitoir.
The SpectatorThe immediate past is singularly barren of theatrical events, but the future is not without objects of interest. In the first place, the St, James's Theatre, which has been...
The run of La Tempesta at Her Majesty's Theatre and
The Spectatoroan Prophets at the Royal Italian Opera, hiss for a time supersede d all other operas at these houses. At the former, -however, two :novelties of some interest have been...
Robert Pate was examined at the Home Office yesterday, on
The Spectatorthe charge of striking the Queen. The witnesses described the assault nearly in the same terms as those used at Tine Street ; adding, that "the blow caused her Ma- jesty to...
i. eilult ,%cda Mr. John Parry's new entertainment, whichhe gave
The Spectatoriate4471,1,4ins ta. Music - hill in Store Street, though of the lighteet deZeriptiomitineawidi- mit.e Pgiveee:- He 04414, "Notes, Ve.C41 / 04 InAtrtiniedtatV Oft* certainly...
• PRINCIPAL lEOTISE OF COMMONS i BUSINESS FOR NEXT WEER.
The SpectatorMonday, July I. Supply; Committee. Ways and Means; Committee. Twenty-seven Bills. Tuesday, July 2. Irish Church; Committee of the whole House to inquire into the Appropriation...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSX. EXCHANGE, FRIDAT KFCERNOON. The fluctuations of the English Stoc k Market have not exceeded per cent: The range of variation of Consols for Account has been from 95/ to...
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GALLERY OF ILLI7STRATION.
The SpectatorThe moving panorama of the Overland Route from Southampton to CAcinta has been completed According, to its original design, by the in- -" Teflon Of Madras. The cliarribr Of that...
IS PURE WATER FIT FOR DETRE?
The SpectatorMalvern House, Redlands, Bristol, 22d June 1850. Sin—Your correspondent "A Water Drinker" must be very ignorant of the laws of the animal economy, if he supposes that water...
IRON SAFETY-SHIPS. •
The Spectator• ' _London, 27th June 1850. Sin—The loss of the Orion ought to be improved. It is evident that she struck upon a shelf of rocks, and ripped open her bildge ; and that the few...
- - . Correargrems IN Mrcrisrmis Vozs—Iune 28.
The SpectatorMr. ROsbuck's nrotion,of Confidence in the Foreign Policy of Ministers is carried, after four nights' debate, by a majority of 46 For the Motion (including Tellers)- 312...
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REVIVAL OF PURITANISM.
The SpectatorAre important and palpable, but neglected truth, merits more ear- nest inculcation than it has obtained,—namely, that the world was not meant to be all alike. Into whatever...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorSUM OF THE PALMERSTON DEBATE. Is it desirable to have such a foreign policy as Lord Palmerston's ? Is it desirable to have such a Ministry as that of which Lord Pal- merston is...
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votes, and so the discussion ended. For what useful purpose
The Spectatorwas we do know a little more than this. We know that Ireland now Stout resistance they have already provoked ; unanimity they ean „ good. cord. We have witnessed—strange sight...
nearly unanimous ; and it is likely, if the -universal
The Spectatoropinion were lusters complain that they were deserted by many Liberals whom taken, more would be found in favour of adding one day more to they counted upon for resisting the...
CHOICE OF A SITE FOR TIIE GREAT "EXPOSITION." but to
The Spectatorremove the project from a good site to a wOree, would re- quire very strong and dearly-stated grounds. Several other sites have been suggested,--Vietoria Park in the East,...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorSIB ANDREW MITCHELL'S DIPLOMATIC ..PA.PERS.* Ataziousn the name of Andrew Mitchell is not so familiarly known as that of deeded heroes who reach the climax of celebrity by...
LATENT BEAUTIES.
The SpectatorNATURE is bountiful even in her sternest moods, and not only has her solace for vicissitude, but actually reserves some of her boun- ties as the necessary accompaniments of...
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DE VERE'S SKETCHES OF GREECE AND TURKEY. * MR. AUBREY DE
The SpectatorVERE has published some poems, but he is chiefly known for a rhetorical pamphlet on "English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds." It is his poetical feeling and his rhetorical power,...
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JULIA HOWARD. * This fiction is worthy of a better title
The Spectator; for " julia Howard" ttOt only gives an insufficient idea of the heroine, but conveys a totally wrong notion of the period and subject of the book. Instead of the loves and...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBOOKS. The publications of the week are peculiar. • The common books are few in number ; while several of those winch seem to challenge more attention than a mere note, are...
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MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
The Spectator- Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last : the first column of figures gives the aggregate number of...
NAVAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorADMIRALTY. June 24.—The following promotions have taken place, dated the list instant, consequent on the decease, on the 20th, of Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir .1. C. Coghill,...
MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorOmen or ORDNANCE. June 24.—Royal Regt. of Artillery—Gent. Cadets to be See. Lieuts.—J. S. Stirling ' vice Close, prom. ; F. T. Whinyates, vice Sinclair. , prom. ; J. II....
BIRTHS,
The SpectatorOn the 20th June, at Hilderstone Hall; Staffordshire, 'the-Wife of John Bonnie, Esq., of a son: On the 21st. at WolseHy Hall, Staffordshire, Lady VT -.. n i l l eeley, of a '...
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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, June 25. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLYED. — Bather and Griffiths, Shrewsbury, builders—Frost and Wright. Portland, surgeons—Leeds Union Company, Leeds, carriers—Liver- pool,...
PRICES CURRENT,
The SpectatorBRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Saturd. Monday Tuesday. Wants shut 96 96 971 81 209 ou 69 90 70 FOREIGN FUNDS. (Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday...