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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorGREAT joy in London now! The wearisome session of Parliament is ended. Tuesday witnessed the release of the few Members who bad not previously effected their escape to the...
The session having closed, we shall not omit the customary
The Spectatorses- sional retrospect ; though our weekly reckoning has been so closely kept and constantly balanced, that little matter of retrospection is left to us. For compression, we...
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By the arrival of the packet-ship Independence at LiNcryool
The Spectatorfrom New York, some intelligence has been received front Isiper Canada. A party of' " Sympathizers," who were about to make ao attack upon time town of Coburg, had been...
There is no French news of any interest. The Paris
The Spectatorpapenare occupied with discussions on the sugar question, and on the affairs of Turkey and Egypt. The tone of the journals towards this cowry is the reverse of friendly.
The Carlist rebellion in Spain appears to be drawing to
The Spectatora elos General O'DoxxEl.r. has gained important successes over Cabs;, in Valencia. his last exploit was the capture of the Fort of Tais after a battle with the Carlists which...
MEHEMET ALI is resolved not to relinquish the advantagesit has
The Spectatorobtained, without a struggle, lie denture to.the delivery of the Turkish fleet, and insists upon time hereditary possession oily& A communication from CHOSREW 1 3 1ICIUL time...
Accounts from Bombay to the 4th of July, and from
The SpectatorCalcutta to the 18th of June, have been received this week through the agency or Mr. WAenonx. The intelligence from the army in Affghanistan reaches to the end of' May ; when...
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Debates nab Vrotrebings in Valiamcnt.
The SpectatorEDUCATION. EDUCATION. In the 1-louse of Lords on Monday, Lord BnotTcttAm moved for .'n.vers..y and or the University copies of the charters of ;he Londo n h ollege ; and...
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Zbe Vrobinces.
The SpectatorMr. Baring, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, will probably be reffiected for Portsmouth without opposition. Dr. Quarrier, wt was selected as a candidate by some...
rig „Metropolis.
The SpectatorA party in Marylebone are endeavouring to secure the return of Mr. Urquhart at the next election. The new Metropolitan Police Net is now in operation. One of its provisions...
gbe (Court.
The SpectatorA Privy Council was held at Buckingham Palace on Monday ; when the Royal Speech on proroguing the Parliament was arranged. The Duke of Sutherland took the oaths as...
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publiemeetin composed of electors and non-electors, was held at the
The Spectatorvi c t o ria Rooms, Hull, on Monday evening, to consider " the facts con_eiected with the late purchases of freedom of new burgesses in re- turn r a p a %ten engagement to...
On Monday, the cause of Rutter verses Chapmen. involving the
The Spectatorquestioa of the validity of the Manchester chat - ter, was triet1 before Baron Manle. at Liverpool, Chapman, the defendant, is Cormier of sloe municipal borough of Manchester;...
The Conservatives of Hull and Shrewsbury have had public (Beaters.
The SpectatorThe.specches oil both occasions appear to hot vet been pstrticularly flat. Sir Henry Ilardinoe has much:I:esti S.nith Park, Peuslotest, in Kent; and the gallant General intends...
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The provincial newspapers sopply the following accounts of the prospect
The Spectatorawl progress of the harvod. The last few days of glorimis wcalfer have effected a wonderIld improve- moment in the appearance of the criips ill Yorkshire. Si tin Monday we have...
The Chartists threaten another " National holyday," to commence in
The Spectatora month from next 711onday. Chartism is very still now at Sheffield; bust many new entries ate said to have taken place ; and bills have been issued by them, stating that as...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorMr. O'Connell, who left London on Monday, addressed a meeting of Ins constituents at the Corn Exchange, Dublin, at noon 00 Wednesdaft geulogized Lord Normanby, and his successor...
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The Duke of Wellington left Apsley House. fir Waline:. I
The Spectator'astle, on Tuesday. Ills G nos: gave a " sumptuous banquet" on Tleirsday even- ing . , to a party, including Lord Brougham, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord llosslvn, Viscount Ca nterlotry,...
Lord Ebrington has declined the timiour iutended him by the
The SpectatorCorpo- ration, of dining with them on the. inauguration of their &Deers in September.-1)0A/ Pilot. The Bonouralile Captain Hay, brother to Lord Errol, has been ap- pointed...
Mr. Feargits I Yl'onnor addre.-s,-,1 a iminero , chartistg am the
The Spectator31:m• , :alen Yard Cream, Dundee. on Tite,alay 20111. The 1"../d . iiiiirie estimates ft.. of i.m.sons pi esent at about 0s,i ; Mr. O'Connor said 150'0m. illdn tbe last few...
Tuesday's Gazette annonneed that Mr. Spring Bice had been created
The SpectatorBaron 3lonteagle, of Brandon, in the county Of N/i00 ;nioul that Mr. I'rancis 'Thornhill Baring hail been appointed ClEmeellor of the Ex- chequer. Last night's I ;:izette...
The .1Tiniiii ; / Chrnni,fli , says: that the (: , .,leen Wa': V --II
The Spectatorr?evi red on her road from Bueliinglinin Palace to NVestininster tat Ttic , i1:1■', and that one 1 , t7tSt.11 Who hitiSe11. WaS immediately hat 'eke I :low:: by a byst.. imler....
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe noble lords and ladies who were to take part in or to view the tournament at Eglintoun Castle, were continually arriving towards the end of last and beginning of the present...
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The States composing the German Customs Union possessed, to- wards
The Spectatorthe close of 1838 ° , eighty-seven manufactories of beet-root sugar in full operation, viz. Prussia, 63; Bavaria, 5; Wurtemberg, 3; Darm- stadt, 1 : other states, 15; besides 66...
Arguelles, Calatrava, Olozaga, Beres, and Otway and Southern of the
The SpectatorBritish Embassy, says a letter from Madrid, decided at a dinner that a gold medal should be struck to preserve the memory of Lord Clarendon's late speech in the House of Lords...
Few persons have any notion of the value of the
The Spectatorpatronage created by Irish Improvement Acts. The opposition to the Shannon Bill was, no doubt, diminished by Mr. Spring Rice's promise to Colonel Perceval, on going into...
The Times publishes an " Expos6 of the Mexican Government"
The Spectatoron the subject of its differences with France. This document is of an enor- mous length, occupying nearly eleven closely-printed columns. Its "im- pression upon us," says the...
We understand an invoice has been received of ninety-five chests
The Spectatorof Assam tea, which may be very shortly expected in this country. This tea has been put on board ship in Calcutta in the best possible order ; and has not required to be dried a...
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Cr The Money Market report is, to suit an accidenfal
The Spectatorpr:n'inr,-arrant, - e meat, transferred from its usual piece to page 832.
POSTSCRIPT
The SpectatorSATURDAY. The 211oniteur of Thursday contradicts an official statement published in its own columns, under the head "Telegraphic Despatch from Mar- seilles," that MEHEMET ALT...
The great toast of the tiny—the Duke of Wellington's health—was
The Spectatorconfided to Lord Brougham; 'who was greeted with "tumultuous cheer- ing," and commenced his speech as follows- " I rise to perform the duty which has been cast upon, and, to...
The Committee of the North American Colonial Association have formally
The Spectatorprotested against Mr. POULETT THOMSON'S appointment as Govemor-General of Canada. In a letter from Mr. Russets'. Ewen, the Chairman of the Association, to Lord MELBOURNE, the...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE GOVERNMENT STRENGTHENED. WELL, the Ministry has been "reconstructed." The seed sown in May fructifies in August. When Lord MELBOURNE returned to office on the shoulders of...
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TIM SCHOOLMASTER AT FAULT.
The SpectatorIVuirsvss inconsistencies Lord BROUGHAM has hitherto been r ay of, be has held fast , to the great cause of education with an earnestness and indefat i ga bility which have...
POLITICAL CONVERSIONS.
The SpectatorTiE right to political conversion, claimed by the present Liberal candidate for Cambridge, (late Conservative Member for Ipswich) on e of considerable ancient respectability :...
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AN HONEST CONFESSION.
The SpectatorTim Tory candidate for Portsmouth has offended his party by an. flouncing the true reason why opposition to the retilection Of the new Chancellor of the Exchequer would be...
THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE'S JOBS.
The SpectatorIT was announced last week, that on Sunday the 18th the Marquis of LANSDOWNE had taken his departure froin Dover for Ostend. The Lord President of the Council left much...
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• THE ENGLISH OPERA-110 USE,
The SpectatorOS rather any Opera-house but an English one. Under a former tly- va sty it was a place for the receptacle of German operas, sometimes good and sometimes bad: the present...
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The SpectatorFINE ARTS, A Treatise on Woral.Engraring, Historical and Practical. With upwards of three huudred illustrations, engraved cu Wood, by 7oltu Jacits• u Knight and Co.....
THE 'WORCES'PER. FESTIVAL.
The SpectatorTim autumnal music meetings this year are but two; and of these Worcester is first in point of time. We have often had occasion to' remark that this is one of the best- maneged...
IIISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING. •
The SpectatorTHE practice of illustrating books with wood-cuts is becoming so universal, that tun account of the history and process of this popular style of embellishment was a desideratum...