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At the private conference in Constantinople between the Reis Effendi
The Spectatorand the representatives of France, Russia, aud England, on the 28th October, the Turkish Minister put into the hands of the diplomatists a note setting forth some of the...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorIT might be supposed that the Whigs were by this time quite con- vinced that they are out of power. But they are not. Lord LEVE-• SON'S speech at Lichfield is but a faint...
Switzerland has taken another instalment of revolution. A theologico-political dispute
The Spectatorin the Canton of Argau has given occa- sion for dissensions in other, Cantons ; the Aristocracy of the Pro- testant provinces siding with the turbulent and oppressed Catho- lics...
The popular feeling is not always most forcibly displayed in
The Spectatorset forms of agitation, but sometimes in irregular and conflicting efforts towards a common object of so wide a nature that all parties and classes bend towards it. Thus it is...
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Zbe Court.
The SpectatorTHE Queen continues to keep her case as little "interesting" as possible, by preserving unbroken health. On Thursday, her Majesty took her first drive with Prince Albert in Hyde...
Zbe _Metropolis.
The SpectatorOn Saturday, the Lord Mayor, attended by the high City officers, waited upon Prince Albert for the purpose of requesting that his Royal Highness would do the citizens of London...
The next candidate for the Presidency of the United States
The Spectatoris already named, and American writers take it for granted that he will be the President. General SCOTT is favourably known to the English public, as a man who unites to a...
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gbe Vrobinces.
The SpectatorThe death of the Earl of Elgin has caused a vacancy in the repre- sentation of Southampton ; Lord Bruce succeeding to the Peerage. It is said that the Honourable Frederick...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe Dublin Evening Packet announces that "the Queen's letters, ap- pointing Baron Foster a Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Right Honourable Mr. Lefroy one of the Barons of...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorIt is probable, says the Morning Post, that the Earl of Home will be elected by the Peers of Scotland to represent them in the Imperial Par- liament, in the place of the Earl of...
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, it is said,
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Sir James Graham has excited a little commotion among the
The SpectatorLiberals in different towns, by adding some Tories to the Magistracy. Yesterday, the inhabitants of Worcester held a meeting to protest against "this most uncalled-for,...
An Anti-Corn-law Conference of Ministers of North Wales is sitting
The Spectatorat Carnarvon ; having been promoted by a local Committee: it as- sembled on Wednesday. The clerical adherents of the cause number 96 Independent ministers, 50 Baptist ministers,...
Last night's Gazette announces several minor appointments.
The SpectatorWalter Francis Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K.G., is to be Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of the shire of Roxburgh, in the room of the Marquis of Lothian, deceased. Mr....
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. The Times publishes the following in a second edition today- " The Indian mail arrived at Malta on the 28th ult., and at Marseilles on the 1st instant. It...
The Standard of this evening announces the death of the
The SpectatorCountess of Durham. She died at Genoa, on the 26th of November, from the effects of a violent cough and sore throat, of about fourteen days' dam. lion. Lady Durham was in her...
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Edward Beaumont Smith, charged with felony in the matter of
The Spectatorthe Exchequer Bill fraud, was put upon his trial this morning, at the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Baron Parke presided. On the bench were Lord Monteagle, Sir Thomas Trowbridge,...
The first annual meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
The SpectatorNavi- gation Company was held on Tuesday. The chair was occupied by Sir Hochepied de Larpent ; who read the Directors' report. The profits of the Company for the year amounted...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived—At Gravesend, Nov. 97th, Anne Laing, Hudson, from China; and W. Parker, Sewell, from Bengal ; 28th. Grafton, Cocks, from ditto; Dec. 1st, Euxine, WMillan, from Bombay;...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCEIRKOZ. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. There was a considerable demand for money during the early part of the week ; and on more than one occasion 6 per cent, interest was given...
Further accounts, dated the 19th September, but reaching to the
The Spectator211, have been received of the Niger expedition, which had at the former date ascended the river to the confluence of the Tchadda and Quorra; and at this point de- termined upon...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorMEDDLING. IT is a curious propensity of human nature, that every one would mind other people's business in preference to his own. This disposition is far from being confined to...
WHAT A GOVERNMENT CAN AND OUGHT TO DO.
The SpectatorTHE late Mr. Blouses stated, in the preface to the Population Returns of 1831— " The annual number of burials, as collected in pursuance of the Population Acts, authorizes a...
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MR. WAKEFIELD ON THE MEANS OF NATIONAL EMIGRATION.* THE prevailing
The Spectatorrumours that the Government contemplate a scheme of Emigration worthy of the country of "ships, colonies, and commerce," have induced the Author of the New System of...
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THE DUKE'S LAST RETREAT.
The SpectatorSOME documents have been published this week which establish the important historical fact that the Great Captain has been hunted—hunted from pillar to post by one or two Scotch...
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF CAUDLE.
The SpectatorTHERE are more traces of primite simplicity to be found in the Royal state of England than remain in any other court of Europe. The Beef-eaters still survive, to remind us of...
THE NAVY PROMOTIONS
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR OF Tut SPECTATOR. Sue—Were you not rather hasty in your conclusions last week on the late promotion in the Navy, that " it had been conducted with graceful...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorTasvma, Journals Of two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia. during the years 1817,18, and 39, nudes the authority of her Modesty's Government....
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DEBATES OT THE UNREPORTED HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SpectatorTHE Parliament which met in May 1768 and was dissolved in June 1774 has been called the Unreported Parliament ; the standing order for the exclusion of strangers having been...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorFrom November 1915 to December 2d. BOOKS. On the Remote Causes of Epidemic Diseases. By JOHN PARKIN, Hono- rary and.Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Academies of Medicine and...
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FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorINTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS. AN able review of the Modern Schools of Art in France, Belgium, and Switzerland, in Blackwood's Magazine for this month, closes with the following...
MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorOFFICE or ORDNANCE, Nov. 27. —Royal Regt. of Artillery—To be Colonels-Brevet Col, P.M. Wallace, vice Pym, removed as a General Officer; Brevet-Col. It. Jones. vice Brattish,...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. On the 14th November, at Lockerbie House. Dumfriesshire, the Lady Jerre JOHN- STONE DOUGLAS, of a son and heir. On the 17th, at Ashley Park. Lady FLETCHER. of a son. On...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH ■ Satarday. FUN OS. Monday. (Closing Tstesday. Priem) Wanes. Thurs. Friday. Seer Cent. Consols 891 89 88/ 89 894 shut Ditto for Account 891 891 894 891 881 lead. 3 per...
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, Nov. 30. pARTNERsHips DiSsOLVED. Dance and Lewis. Abergaveuity, maltsters-M. and S. Gerrard, Manchester, lodg- ing.housekeeperti-T. and S. Harwood, Shrewsbury....
THE NAVY.
The SpectatorAntromsris Nov. 30.-Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint the four officers undermamed lobe Naval Aides de-Camp to her Majesty-Capt. Sir C. Napier, K.C.B ; Capt....