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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorIT is necessarily a characteristic of a Government which has an incomplete hold over the Legislature, that those who are under it should not have so orderly an idea of their...
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The SpectatorPRINCIFAI• IIIISINIMIS OF MEE 41VBEN. Horsy. OF Loans. Monday, July 26. The IliAht Sd "kit; Lord Lyndhurst' ' Statement—Law of Copyright ; Lord Lyndhtuest'e Complaints —...
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THE QUEEN is still at Osborne. She has, during the
The Spectatorpast week, taken only one cruise in her yacht. The Duchess of Kent, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg-Strelitz, and Prince Adolphus, Count Mensdorff,...
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The SpectatorAt a meeting of the Court of Common Council, on Thursday, a resolu- tion, expressing regret for the loss of Sir John Key, and condolence - with his family, was carried on the...
routuriat.
The SpectatorSir John Yarde Buller, took leave of his late constituents in Devon before the announcement of his elevation to the Peerage was made public. He has represented South Devon for...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe Earl of Roden has been sworn in a member of the Irish Privy Council. He took his scat at the board on Monday. " The time was," remarks the Belfast _Mercury, "when such an...
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The Spectatorfraurt.—The Emperor returned to St. Cloud from Plombit:res on 'Tuesday. There he will remain until he sets out for Cherbourg, The following purports to he the Imperial...
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The SpectatorThe Commander-in-chief has issued some new regulations affecting promotion in the Army. Before officers are recommended for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant they must be...
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BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 19th July, the Wife of the Rev. C. A. Assbeton Craven, M.A., Assistant Chaplain to the Forces, prematurely, of a son, which survived its birth one day. On the 22d, at...
MARRIAGES.
The SpectatorOn the 23d July, at Swanage, Dorset, Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. Campbell, 46th Regiment, to Lila, sixth daughter of the late Francis Gibbes, Esq., of Harewood, Yorkshire. On the...
THE NAVY.
The SpectatorFROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 27. ADMIRALTY, July 21.—Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieut. J. C. Travers to be Adjt. vice Ellis, promoted. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 30....
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DEATHS.
The SpectatorOn the 17th April, at Bathnrst, Gambia, West Coast of Africa, Thomas Mitchell, Esq., R.N., Commander H.M.S. Dover, of Barkham Terrace, Lambeth; in his list year. On the 25th...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY APTEBSO05; On Monday the English Stock Market opened with renewed dulness at a decline of to k per cent. Consols, 951 this depression was mainly owing to...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. Both Houses of Parliament last night wound up the business of the session and adjourned until midday on Monday, when they will be pro- rogued. In the House of...
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The SpectatorMr. Ira Aldridge, who has made his debilt at the Lyceum in the cha- racter of Othello, has created on the whole a favourable impression. His elocution is careful almost to a...
Muir.
The SpectatorHer Majesty's Theatre, it is now announced, will close this day week. Till then, the performances at reduced prices will be continued ; Titiens, Piceolomini, and Giuglini...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorINDIA. Tans week we have reported another Indian victory. That is to say, a strong place CFwalior, has been stormed, the regulation number of rebels killed, and the great...
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REPORT OF THE BANK COMMITTEE.
The SpectatorTHE report from the Select Committee on the Bank Charter Acts whiSh has recently been issued ought to form a new starting-point for the discussion of the quintuple question...
AMERICAN COMMENTS ON BRITISH CONCESSIONS TRH time has arrived for
The Spectatorcomparing the declarations of our Ministers in parliament on the "British Outrages" question and the comments made on their statements by Americans of various ways of thinking....
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THE MODERN GUY_FAWKES.
The SpectatorA JEW has sat and voted in the House of Commons. We have at last to record that historical fact, but we cannot do so without noticing the extraordinary circumstances under which...
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"PROGRESS."
The SpectatorAN Englishman has reason to be proud of his country. There is scarcely a relation of life, scarcely an aspect of the land which does not strike upon the eye with glaring...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorBEA.SSEY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. * IN this second volume of his History of England under Geor ge the Third, Mr. Massey exhibits, we think, some improvement as regards style and...
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The SpectatorNEW SYSTEM OF TAXATION. 23d July 1858. Sin—About two years ago, the late highly respected and lamented editor and proprietor of the Spectator courteously inserted a letter from...
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THE PRIVATE jOBRNAL OF LORD H STINGS WHIN GOVERNOR-GENERAL. * READERS
The Spectatorwho elect a revelation of what the elder Disraeli called "secret history " during the Indian government of the Marquis of Hastings, (or Lord Moira,) from 1813 to 1822 may at...
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MEMOIR OF THOMAS SEDDON. * AN interest so deep and peculiar
The Spectatorattaches to a career of promise cut short by early death as not unfrequently to justify, to a circle wider than that of personal friends or acquaintances, some written record....
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBoons. Personal Adventures during the Indian Rebellion in Rohiletmd. Futtehohur. and Oude. By William Edwards, Esq., B.C.8. Judge of Bermes and late Magistrate and Collector of...
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The SpectatorFROM Tim LONDON GAZETTE, IDLY 23, WAR OFFICE, Pall Mall, July 23.—Cavalry—Id Regt. of Drag. Guards—E. VEui- daleur, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase, vice De Montmorency,...
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The SpectatorFROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, ;TILT 27. Bankruptcy Annulled.-Joint WALL, Southport, Lancashire, carpenter. Bankrupts.-HENRY TATHAM, Charing Cross, qun-maker-THosus STRATFORD,...
PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) &turd. Monday. Tuesday. Wane. BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) &turd. Monday. Tuesday. Wane. Thurs. Friday. S per Cent Congas Ditto for...