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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorIN the two - measures of Reform still before Parliament, this week has witnessed two important amendnients,—one, of great practical value ; the other, establishing a principle...
There Nee been several more trials of real or presumed
The Spectatorcon- spirators at Paris. TIELMANS, a pretended Colonel, was, on Thurs- There Nee been several more trials of real or presumed con- spirators at Paris. TIELMANS, a pretended...
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tiebittrg anti Pructairigd in Parliament.
The Spectator1. hunt REFORM Btu. On the committal of this bill on Monday, Mr. STANLEY announced a very important amendment which Ministers meant to introduce in the county qualification...
The nuptial ceremonies of King LEOPOLD will, it is said,
The Spectatorbe performed at Compiegne on the 20th July ; the Princess Louts s brings with her a dower of 17,000,000 francs [680,000/.] M. C. LE HoN, Belgian Ambassador at Paris, will act as...
There is a rumour that the King of Holland is
The Spectatorabout to lay aside the kingly dignity, and take the title of Stateholder, by which his ancestors so long governed Holland. The title of King, it is well known, was assumed by...
Lord DURHAM will proceed immediately to St. Petersburg, an a
The Spectatorspecial mission. We repose high and not undeserved con- fidence in his Lordship's talents and integrity. We are sure that he will not fail in the object of his mission from want...
Russia and Austria, together with several of the small States
The Spectatorof Germany, have, it is said, entered into a treaty offensive and de- fensive against the encroachments of popular power and of the press. This seems not unlikely. WIRTH and...
It appears that the spirit of the Poles is not
The Spectatorconsidered even yet as sufficiently subdued; if we may judge from the continued op- pressions of their barbarous conquerors. The latest letters from Warsaw mention the...
A royal decree, dated Windsor Castle, 11th May, declares that
The Spectatorhis Majesty, as King of Hanover, has a right to make laws for the regulation of that kingdom, independent of the sanction of the States: it claims the exclusive direction of the...
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Qrbe airtrapii#.
The SpectatorThere was a Common Hall cn Tuesday, when a loyal address was voted to the King in relation to the recent outrage at Ascot. It was moved by Mr. Williams, and seconded by Mr....
e Court.
The SpectatorThe King left Windsor, for town, on Monday at three o'clock ; he made a short stay at Wimbledon, to witness the fete given by the Duke of Somerset; and arrived at St. James's...
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An advertisement in a Dublin paper calls on the independent
The Spectatorelectors of Westmeath to "keep themselves disengaged, as a person of intellect and constitutional principles intends to call upon them the first oppor- tunity." A pretty...
Rats attli Suitite.
The SpectatorWALKP.11 LVEIIIINGTON.—This case, which was the subject of a long conversation in the House of Commons on - MOnday, was tried in the King's Bench on Tuesday. The charge against...
WESTMINSTER PURITY OF ELECTION DINNER.
The SpectatorThe twenty-fifth anniversary of Sir Francis Burdett's return for Westminster, was celebrated in the Crown and Anchor Tavern on Wed- nesday. About three hundred gentlemen sat...
be Country.
The SpectatorThe dock. dues received in the port of Liverpool during the present year are considerably less than those received last. The receipts uc to the 24th of June 1831, were 200,1721....
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. . ELECTION TALK.
The Spectator. BATH. —Mr. Henry Hobhouse, son of the late Under-Secretary, has offered himself. • - BERKSIIIRF..—A requisition has been audiesSed to Mr. Walters, of Bear Park, by 500 of the...
COMMITMENT OF COLLINS.
The SpectatorThe - final examination of this man took place at Reading Gaol on Wednesday, in presence of Sir John Sewell, Mr. Swabey, arid several other magistrates of the county of Berks....
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ABERDEENSIIIRE.—Sir Michael Bruce has announced his intention of opposing Captain
The SpectatorGordon. AYRSIIIRE.—Mr. Oswald, of Auchincruive, has again offered him- self. He must succeed this time. BERWICKSIIIRE.—The candidates are Captain A. Maitland and Mr. Charles...
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iflilterfaneatW.
The SpectatorSm JAMES Har.t.-This eminent philosopher expired in Edinburgh on Saturday last, and his death extinguishes one of the last of a bright constellation of genius and science which...
CROLERA.-There has been a considerable increase of numbers in the
The SpectatorCholera lists during the week. Yesterday, however, there is a slight recession. The new cases are fewer by 38, and the recoveries more numerous by 22; the deaths also, it must...
STURGES BOURNE'S ACT.-The working of the chef d'retwres of this
The Spectatorgentleman, to secure whose presence in Parliament Sir Robert Peel deemed the whole of Schedule A wisely retained, is curiously shown in the election for a lecturer in St....
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Tuesday, 26th June.
The SpectatorPARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. B. and W. MORLEY. York, coach-makers -ELLA and Haves, Ilarriott Street, New Cut. Lambeth, card-manufacturers-T. and C. IliTCHARD, Lower Belgrave Place,...
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A working model of a copper-mine exhibiting at Exeter Hall,
The Spectatoris a highly interesting and ingenious piece of mechanism, which gives a vivid representation of the whole process of the works of a mine, both above and below ground. You see...
The Scotch Bill is already frighting the isle from its
The Spectatorpropriety. " On Monday, Sir David Baird," says a correspondent, " accompanied by two Haddington writers, canvassed Tranent, Prestonpans, and Coekenzie. His reception was most...
The merchants ■vlio have signed the address to the Duke
The Spectatorof Wel- lington, met yesterday at the City of London Tavern, to appoint a committee to wait on the Duke with a view to learn when it would be connvenient for him to receive the...
• FANCY FAIR AT THE BURRY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
The SpectatorTHE zeal with which the preservation of," the Chapel of our Ladye" has been advocated, is worthy of a nation of Catholics ;• and the celebrity of this of Southwark rivals the...
Slit WALTER SCOTT.
The SpectatorDURING the week, the papers have had daily paragraphs respecting Sir WALTER'S situation, several of which have been calculated to raise hopes, which, unhappily, are quite...
THE PAPYRO - MUSEUM.
The SpectatorThis is one of the prettiest and most amusing displays of ingenuity • and perseverance that we have ever seen. It consists of more that- eighty different groups and figures,...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorThe Assembly of Jamaica have passed a law making it felony for any editor of a newspaper to print or publish any matter which has a tendency to excite the slave or free...
The following statement respectiug Collins has appeared in the Morning
The SpectatorPapers. Collins seems to have told the truth, but not the whole truth. He is evidently a quarrelsome, brutal fellow. The grand error Committed in regard to him, was his...
It appears from a statement made by Mr. P. Thomson
The Spectatorlast night in the _House of Commons, that there is now a certain and speedy pros- pect of a daily post between London and Paris. Mr. Robinson has given notice of a motion for...
THE MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. The 3 per Cents. closed on Saturday at 841 to I F , with nothing doing. On Monday, there were a few purchases, and 12 per cent. of advance in...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAV EVENING.
The Spectatornor, Carruthers, from Bombay. At Liverpool, on the 2211, Britannia, Ramsay, front Van Diemen'. Laud; and With, tady Flora, Ford, for Madras. New South Wales. At (ho Cape,...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY
The SpectatorIS THE MAN WHO THREW A STONE AT THE KING A TRAITOR? DENNIS COLLINS has been committed to take his trial for high trebson, under the 36th of GEORGE the 'third. This statute con-...
THE FIRST ELECTION.
The SpectatorOBJECTIONS have been taken, in a pamphlet published a few days ago by SAUNDERS and BENNING, to the system of Registry under the Reform Act. The author, Mr. J. D. CHAMBERS, seems...
PLEDGES.
The SpectatorWHEN a pendulum is tied up for a time to one side, and then on a sudden let loose, it swing s away to the other as if it never would stop; nor is it until a number of vagaries,...
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MINISTERIAL SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SpectatorSOMI of our contemporaries have been disputing on the subject of the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON'S Bill, without exhausting the question. The Morning Herald has attacked the measure...
REFORM IN THE CUSTOMS.
The SpectatorTHE present net produce of the Custom-duties on Imports is nearly eighteen millions per annum. This sum is collected on many hundred enumerated articles, besides a sweeping duty...
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AMBULATORY SCTENTIFICS.
The SpectatorOUR readers may not be generally acquainted with the fact, that there has been established a moveable Metropolis of Science. Last year this capital invention was exhibited at...
NEWSPAPER-DUTIES.
The SpectatorIN his speech on this subject, Mr. BULWER fell into some er- rors of fact, which it may be well to correct. In the first place, he was wrong in his estimate of the prime cost of...
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TIME-KILLERS.
The SpectatorDE BEGNIS, in the announcement of his concert, which took place on Monday, promised : a duet by Madame : De Manic and himself, of which he stated- " This duet is composed of 164...
ECONOMICS OF THE DRAMA.
The SpectatorTHE folowing able letter will be Perused with interest by such of our readers as love the Drama. our correspondent's picture of the abuses arising from the monopoly in. favour...
. THE OPERA.
The SpectatorTHE public is -receiving the performances of Mr. MASON'S Poly- glot Theatre with a very nice discrimination of their merits. The inimitable Fidel° has drawn increasing crowds,...
THE SOCIETA ARMONICA. • WE suspect sfe have not bestowed
The Spectatoron the proceedings of this institution, -Awing - the present season, the attention which they are entitled to. It is a junior Philharmonic Society; and the ground has been so...
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THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Spectator"Mr. Abbott, of Covent Garden is in treaty with Mrs. Waylett for a stipu- lated period."—Morning Chronicle. The world is much indebted to the "Best possible Instructor" which...
INFANT CONSCIENTIOUSNESS.—The conscience may be acted on at an early
The Spectatorage, as the following fact will demonstrate. At the opening of the Chester School, a child four years of age was admitted, whose nuither had provided a pair of new boots • and...
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MISS MITFORD'S LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF AMERICAN LIFE.
The SpectatorTHIS is another series of tales selected by Miss MITFoRD from the stores of North American fiction. She has adopted the fanciful title of Lights and Shadows., wider the idea...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorLights and Shadows of American Life. Edited by Mary Russell Mitibrd. 3 vols Baum and Bentley. Henry Masterton; or, the Adventures of a Young Cavalier By the Author or "...
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HENP.Y Itt ASTERTON
The SpectatorIs what is called a spirited pciformance. That is to say, its per- sonages bustle about whit great activity: they are not slow in un- dertaking Mortal combat and, in the short...
SIR JONAH BARRINGTON'S SKETCHES.
The SpectatorTHIS is the third volume of a work, the two first of which, pub- lished some years ago, excited general attention, by the raciness of their humour and the extravagance of their...
THE NEW EDITION OF BYRON'S WORKS.
The SpectatorTHE following verses form the conclusion of a poem written by BrnoN in his youth (in 1807), at a time when, for some reason or other, he was anticipating an early death. They...
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The Fourth Part of the Landscape Illustrations of Byron, con-
The Spectatortains a great variety of subjects ; all of which, both as regards the talents of the artists and the skill of the engravers, Messrs. FINDEN, are of the highest order of...
THE ARTS.
The SpectatorLOUGH'S STATUES. Tuts young artist, whose Milo, almost the first production he ex- hibited, stamped him at once a genius, and placed him in the first rank of modem sculptors,...
ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATIONS.
The SpectatorThe publication of another volume of the Waverley Novels, awakens with a painful feeling the interest which we felt on their first appear- ance. The mighty mind which teemed...
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The appearance of the successive numbers of the Outlines of
The SpectatorPaint- ings and Sculpture of the English School (Parts XXXIII. and XXXI V. are before us) recals to mind the best productions of various artists; a few amongst whom have faded...