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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator-" ACCORDING to the salutary principle of the constitution," as Mr. Disraeli phrases it, the new Ministers begin their official career with a trip into the country—a sort of...
At this time, the Reform Conference in St. Martin's Hall
The Spectatoris a memento not to be disregarded. It reminds us of several fasts which bear upon the questions that we have just mooted. In the first place, it reminds us that the suffrage...
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Cht tout.
The SpectatorTin Queen gave an audience to the Marquis of Lansdowne on Saturday. On Tuesday her Majesty held a Court, in Buckingham Palace, at which several of the minor members of the late...
The ghostly shadow of a Parliament is about to assemble
The Spectatorin Prance, and "the Prince President" has anticipated its only pos- age semblance of a practical function, by decreeing a budget before It meets. Yes, a budget of 60,000,000/....
War has actually broken out with Burmah, and is most
The Spectatorlikely Ele ding with enlarged activity. The King of Ave. seems to vr been only temporizing and trifling when he promised redress for the outrages on British merchants ; a...
'ijit 311ttrupulis.
The SpectatorA conference of "delegates from the Branch Societies of the National Reform Association, and also from other political Reform Associations , " was opened by a meeting in St....
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tht Vrunittrro.
The SpectatorThe members of the new Administration have issued their addresses to the constituencies they represented, asking for reelection; and in some instances the reelections have...
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IRELAND. Lord Naas, as the new Chief Secretary, will have
The Spectatora sharp fight for his" county—Kildare. Mr. Cogan, a Liberal Catholic, stands against him; and it is said that but for some intrigues by a portion of the Irish Bri- gade there...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe Dean of Faculty, Mr. Adam Anderson, has been appointed Lord- Advocate, and Mr. John Inglis has been appointed Solicitor-General, for Scotland. Their commissions had not...
ELECTION TALK.
The SpectatorThe approach of a general election, and possibly its close proximity . , has made election prospects and preparations a principal feature of the news in the daily journals. We...
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irrtigt Culunial.
The SpectatorFBA ...veu.—The result of the elections for Paris was published on Wed- "d a y ; that of the remaining elections throughout France is still only per tly known. In the capital,...
Ritittllourung.
The SpectatorThe Queen has granted the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Knight, Chancellor of Great Britain, by the...
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The Leeds branch of the Anti-Corn-law League was reconstituted on
The SpectatorThursday, at a monster meeting in the Circus. Mr. Cobden was the lion. The newest feature of his speech concerned his own relations to the re- presentation of the West Riding....
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorBATITEDA7f. - The Secretary of State for the Home Department, Mr. Walpole, en d the Attorney-General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, were returned yesterday, by their respective...
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The elections to the Corps Legislatif known in Paris up
The Spectatorto last night were 230; of which five only were gained by the Opposition, including General Cavaignae for Paris.
The Fedrelanekt, of the 28th ultimo, contains a very remarkable
The Spectatorleading article on England and Denmark. It starts with the historical truth that England is a Northern land, a member of the great Scandinavian champion- ring. Its sympathies...
At Chelmsford Assizes, on Thursday and yesterday, Henry Harrington was
The Spectatortried for the murder of Elizabeth Cobb. This was the Tolleabury mur- der, which we described at the time it was perpetrated. A strong case of cir- cumstantial evidence was made...
C44 ttotrts.
The SpectatorThe novelties of the past week are of trifling moment. At the Olympic, there has been a melodrama, called The Last of the Fairies ; a stale make- up of those quasi-supernatural...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY Arrsinvoox. The chief financial occurrence of the week has been the reduction of the rate of discount by the Bank of France from 4 to 3 per cent. This...
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rrittrg tg tYt (Puha.
The SpectatorTILE IRISH BRANCH OF TIIE NEW ADMINISTRATION. Dublin, 2d _March 1852. SIR —The very able writer whose speculations respecting the new Ministry you have given your readers the...
THE NATION'S DEFENSIVE FORCE.
The Spectator16th February 1852. Sin—You inserted some weeks back a letter of mine on the subject of making the soldiers of our standing army citizens as well as soldiers. In that letter I...
TURNER'S "WRECK."
The SpectatorThis famous picture, the property of Lord Yarborough, will continue en view at Messrs. Colnaghi's till the 20th; being destined for engraving by Mr. llcniy Cousins. The subject...
EFFECT OF A FIVE - SHILLING DUTY ON CORN.
The SpectatorLord Derby's exposition of the policy to be pursued by his Administration ought to prove satisfactory to the friends of Free-trade. The principles of that system could never be...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE OPPOSITION POLICY. THE sole object, meaning, and explanation of the official investi- ture of her Majesty's present Ministers, is to put an end to the uncertainty of the...
22d February 1852.
The SpectatorSia—Any hints on national defence coming from so distinguished a soldier as fkr C. Napier must merit the respectful attention of all English- men; but, if it be not too great a...
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WITZERLAND. .
The SpectatorAUSTRIA and France are said to be drawing the toils round Swit- zerland, whose freedom is to be first invaded, and then perhaps her existence. What will the other Powers do ?...
THE INCOME-TAX CONTINUANCE.
The SpectatorTHE Income-tax f—the single word ought to startle Mr. Disraeli in his new but not unsought capacity as Chancellor of the Ex- chequer. What does he mean to do with the Income-tax...
ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN BY THE COMMONS.
The SpectatorTo be moved at the proper time, by a Member of sufficient ability, independence, and courage. "May it please your Majesty—We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects,...
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REFORMATION OF J U V LNILE OFFENDERS.
The SpectatorTHE comparative inattention bestowed upon the Birmingham Con- ference on Reformatory Schools is vexatious rather than difficult to account for; but it may in itself suggest the...
THE ENGINEERS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS.
The SpectatorTHE dispute between the masters and the mechanics in the iron trades has now lasted for two months, and on the surface it ap- pears as far from a settlement as ever. Surely it...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorNIEBITHE'S LIFE AND LETTERS. * Tim life learning, and character of Niebuhr, were more extrae r _ dinary than would be inferred from hi History of Rome, extraor. dinary as that...
THE GOLD-LICENCES OF NEW sornt WALES.
The SpectatorThsonErr politicians in Australia are dismayed at the effect of Sir Charles Fitzroy's measures to control the wanderers of the gold-diggings,—Sir Charles being followed by Mr....
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330WEN'S .10178NET FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO CORFU" Mn. BOWEN varied the
The Spectatorusual mode of getting easily in a steamer from the city of the Sultan to the capital of the Ionian Islands, by lauding at Thessalonica, visiting the monasteries of Mount Athos,...
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WYNVILLE t . OR CLUBS AND COTERIES. * THE author of Ireland and
The Spectatorits Rulers, and some other books of a Clever, sketchy kind, in which polities and the characters of poli- ticians were hit off with a flashy vigour, has turned his hand to...
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BLUNDELL'S IENDICINA NECHANICA. a Twig object of Dr. Blundell's book is
The Spectatorto introduce to the British public the Swedish physiciarr Ling's system of exercises or mani- pulations as a means of cure in chronic disease. These move- ments have nothing...
SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME TO GoTHR'S WORKS. * FEW persons who take a
The Spectatorpractical book-buying, interest in Ger- man literature can be ignorant that a new and splendid edition of GOthe's works, in thirty volumes octavo, published by the immor- tal...
, PUBLICATIONS RECELYBD..
The SpectatorDorms. History of Greece. By George Grote, Esq. Volumes IX. and I. The Literature and Romance of Northern Europe : constituting a com - plete History of the Literature of...
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MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorWAR-OFFICE, March 5.-8th Regt. of Light Drags.-Lieut. the Hon. S. F. Carew has been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. 17th Foot-Major A. L. Cole,...
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The SpectatorOn the 10th February, at Corfu, the Wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Walpole. Deputy- Quartermaster-General in the Ionian Islands, of a son. On the 15th, at Halifax, the Lady of...
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE: Tuesday, March 2.
The SpectatorPARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.-Cox and Pidgeon, Basingstoke. stationers-Ednionde• BOIL and Mason, Peter Street. Southwark Bridge Road, coppersunthe-Clare and Hill. Liverpool,...
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PRICES CURRENT,
The SpectatorBRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Saturd. Monday. Tuesday. Trains+ Thurs. Friday, 3 per Cent Consols 971 971 971 971 971 971 Ditto for Account 971 974 971 971 97i 3 per...