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Our Colonies are resolved not to leave Ministers in peace.
The SpectatorThey will ne t t hold their tongues while Lord Grey legislates for them, Out of his own head, all for their benefit. The Cape of Good Hop e people have taken a very active...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator=NO-POPERY has now attained f a ll swin g throu g hout the land. If 'the tumult is troublesomely swelled beyond reasonable proportions, the chief Minister may reflect that his...
The war q uestion bf 4§164,1hilti &ken a n ew shape, "
The Spectatorif'sh a pe it can be called which shape has nolli the horrid-haired meteor 'has shrouded itself for the nonce in the triple veil of diplomacy, and the world wat c hes...
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, Ae Cart.
The SpectatorTax honoured guests at Windsor Castle have been very numerous this week ; and have included a very distinguished foreigner, whose entry of the Palace, though in an unofficial...
nittropoliff.
The SpectatorThe meeting in Guildhall on Monday, of" merchants, bankers, traders, and other citizens" of London, under the chairmanship of the Lord Mayor, was an immensely numerous...
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4fr 1 4 natural.
The Spectator- Most of the principal towns in England have nowjoined their voiees to the Protestant chorus with which the country resounds ; and the counties are now swelling -the roar with...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe new Dublin Corporation called into existence on Monday is of a constitution extremely different from that which expired last week. In the late corporation there were...
Jump Ruh tendril.
The SpectatorGERMAN - T.—Only the purport of one portion of the King's speech at the opening of the Prussian Parliament had arrived in London by telegraph at the end of last week. That...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe Commission of the Church of Scotland have adopted indignant re- solutions, moved by Mr. Hill, upon the Romish invasion. Parenthetical assaults on the Free Church were made...
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Vortilautu
The SpectatorThe Earl of Shaftesbury, it is understood, intends resigning the Chair- manship of the- Manse of Lords next session. Lord lledesdale has inti- mated his consent to succeed the...
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POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. Berlin letters, of the 27th instant, state that Baron Manteuffel has " suc- ceeded in foiling the Austrian ultimatum " : ho had proposed, with the consent of the...
The counties of Somersetshire and Derbyshire raised their voices in
The Spectator:p.ftt meetings against the Pope, yesterday. At the Somerset meeting, Mr. Sandford, M.P., warned his diocesan, that the Reverend Mr. G. A. Denison ought no longer to hold the...
William Dyson, James Mahon, and John Mitchell, the three men
The Spectatorwho broke into Mr. Holford's house in Regent's Park, and met with such a mauling from pitchforks and guns at the hands of Mr. Paul the butler and his men ' were tried at the...
THE POPE AND THE QUEEN.
The SpectatorSon—As a lover of fair play, I feel sure that you will allow me a line in your journal to remark, (in reply to your article in the last Spectator,)-that it was impossible for...
In reference to the reported intention of the Earl of
The SpectatorShaftesbury to re- tire from the office of Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords, and the Standard's announcement that Lord Redesdale will be put forward as his...
LIFE AND SCENES IN LYDIA.
The SpectatorSuch is the title of a new diorama opened at Willis's Rooms, and aim- ing to follow up the path opened by the popular Overland Route. Views are presented of the principal points...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK ETCHANGS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The English Stock Market has been more than usually agitated. The de- cline of the French Funds in Paris on Monday, and the warlike tenour of...
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The SpectatorThe communications which we have received on the all-absorbing topic of the day, would occupy ten times our available space. In our duty of selection, we never think of the side...
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4tairto nut Vuoir.
The SpectatorThe assumption of the character of Cassius by Mr. Macready is the first departure from his accustomed track during his present engagement at the Haymarket. That his rendering is...
Dr. Spohr's new descriptive symphony, 27,e Seasons, produced this week
The Spectatorat the Grand National Concerts, is an object of interest on several grounds. It is so long since anything has appeared from the illustrious master's pen, that the world had...
Two concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms have been got
The Spectatorup for the benefit of the Berlin choristers : .the one was given on Thursday morn- ing, the other takes place today. The room on Thursday was but in- differently filled; which...
The oratorio season has begun at Exeter Hall. Last night,
The Spectatorthe Sacred Harmonic Society had their first performance ; and, as usual, gave prece- dence to The Messiah. In the manner in which it was got up and exe- cuted, it did not...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE UNIVERSITIES SELF-REFORMED. Trim document which appears below was sent to us by a friend from Oxford, where it has been circulated in a printed form. As it is too...
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DEFECTIVE STATE OF Tfit: CIVIL INSTITUTIONS OF THE METROPOLIS.
The SpectatorIF Parliament could spare a corner of time next session for any subject besides the conflict of Roman and Protestant' spiritualju- risdictions, it would not be unreasonable to...
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THE RIGHT OF WAY AND VIEW.
The SpectatorFEw questions come more home to•the feelings and excite resent- ment more strongly than the attempts made by the rich and power- ful to encroach on the rights of the public by...
TICE FLAX-CULTTTRE MOVEMENT.
The SpectatorTHERE is now an active movement for the extension of the culti- vation of flax in Great Britain and Ireland ; based on sound princi- ples, and full of promise. The view taken of...
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PROGRESS OF REPRESENT.A.TrVE RESPONSIBILITY. THE French Legislative Assembly seems bent
The Spectatorupon infusing more and more the element of individual responsibility among its mem- bers. During the time of Louis Philippe, and anterior to it, the Deputies voted by ballot;...
rttr to 4t Cahn.
The SpectatorDANGERS OF THE NO-POPERY AGITATION. 27th November 1860. Sin—In the present passionate state of the public mind, it is perhaps hardly to be hoped that either journals or...
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SIR—The most remarkable phsenomenon attending the present University Commission is
The Spectatorthe apathy of the very persons who are most directly inte- rested in it, namely, the Under-graduates. No attempt has as yet been made by them to obtain from the Commissioners...
EVIDENCE AGA.INST TILE UNIVERSITIES.
The SpectatorWord, 18th November 1850. Sin—In the notices which from time to time have appeared in the public papers of the doings of the University _Commission, there is as yet no men-...
'BLUNDERS ON ALL SIDES.
The SpectatorSte—The publication of a Papal bull affecting the feelings of the people of England was ill-advised at this period of the year, when the daily press are hard set to fill their...
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13 0 01C S.
The SpectatorTHE RETEREND r crolu ON SIERRA LEONE AND THE oemBrA." Da. POOLE'S taste seems-originally to have inclined to the army, and his name was placed on the commission-list. Not...
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KNOX'S GAME-BIRDS AND WILD-FOWL. * THIS book exhibits a great improvement
The Spectatoron its predecessor, Orni- thological Rambles in Sussex ; Mr. Knox having apparently gained confidence from success, and both art and facility from practice. There is much less...
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FREEMAN AND COX'S LEGENDARY AND HISTORICAL
The SpectatorPOEMS. * THE preface to this volume contains a rather elaborate defence of modern ballad poems, with some general remarks on the nature of the ballad. We scarcely go along with...
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PUBIICATIONS RECEIVED:
The SpectatorBemis. Life, Scenery, and Customs, in Sierra Leone and the Gambia. By Thomas Eyre Poole, D.D., formerly of Magdalen Hall, Oxford. In two volumes. Imagination ; an Original...
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MITES.
The SpectatorOn the list November, the Wife of Captain H. G. Hamilton, R.N., of Eccleston Square, of a daughter. On the 22d, at Elsham, Lincolnshire, the Lady Mary Corbett, prematurely, of...
FINE ARTS:
The SpectatorBREUER INSTITUTION. Tnz present show of copies from works by the Old Masters exhibited last season at this gallery, may be allowed' to rank as generally the most creditable we...
COMMERCIAL. GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, November 26, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—Bornes and Co. Greenwich, iron-founders; as far as. regards J. Freeman—Freeman and Cowell, Greenwich, engineers—Nash and Son,...
' MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorWan-orrice, Nor. 22.-2d Regt. of Life Guards—A. Congreve,,Gent. to be Cornet. and Sub-Lieut. pur, vice Lord Loughborough, promoted. 1st Drag. Guards,- Lieut. J. R. S. Sayer to...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) • Salurd. Monday. Tueaday. Thum FrAny.. 96/ 96/ 961 961 961 96/ 97 961 961 96/ 96/ 96} 96 96 95; 951 96/ - 96 971 971 971 974 97 1 974 73 7/...