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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorREFORMERS are to have no respite from political activity this autumn. The Registration Courts have only just been closed, and the time is already at 'hand for making...
The Continental newspapers this week have been remarkably bare of
The SpectatorMyth-taut intelligence ; and the correspondence of our ; own daily journals has been equally uninteresting. The Journal des Debuts, now that it has been disowned by the French...
A vessel laden with stores and ammunition, despatched from England
The Spectatorto the Carlist insurgents, has been captured off the coast by the Queen of Spain's steam-vessel of war th414i1g t Au r- andom. This is a heavy loss to Dolt CARIps j whb, kik ....
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Monday was the first day of Michaelmas Term ; and
The Spectatorthe Judges went, as usual, in procession to Westminster. In the King's Bench, almost the first business that occupied the attention of the Court was the challenge of Mr. Rotch...
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The SpectatorThe Court of Common Council assembled on Tuesday; when Mr. Wire, after an eulogium on the conduct of Lord Mayor Winchester for refusing to accept a challenge from Mr. Rotch,...
In the Westminster Court of Requests, on Thursday, Soames, a
The Spectatorcarpenter, obtained an order against Mr. George Rawlins, a solicitor, Secretary to the Conservative Club, and supporter of the Tory objec- tions before the Revising Barrister,...
By the last accounts from Madras, it appears that RUNJEET
The SpectatorSINGH had not been defeated by the Affghans ; but that, on the contrary, his assailants, the Sikhs, had been driven back. It is to be hoped that the last report is the true one....
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The SpectatorTHE King and Queen, with the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, Prince George of Cambridge, and Prince Ernest of Philippsthal, left Windsor Castle on Monday, for Brighton ; and...
The Second Chamber of the Dutch States.General has been adjourned
The Spectatorto the 23d instant. It is surmised that their High Mightinesses have been found unmanageable by the Court. The proposed corn-duty is the source of much dissatisfaction, and will...
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The friends of Municipal Reform in Leeds have come to
The Spectatorthe reso- lution to let all their proceedings, in the choice of Councillors, &c. originate in the wards rather than with any meeting of a more general nature ; and in compliance...
On Wednesday, his Majesty's steam-packet Lightning arrived at Woolwich, from
The SpectatorHolland. She was boarded by the Revenue-officers ; who seized tobacco, tea, and cigars on board, all interded to be smuggled. The cigars were found in places to which the...
The Irish agitators had a meeting at Liverpool on Friday..
The SpectatorThe noted Mr. Holton was Chairman, and Mr. M‘Ghee the principal spokesman. There was a Tory dinner at Rochdale, in Lancashire, a few days ago. It is intended shortly to feast...
We have not yet quite exhausted the memorandums of the
The Spectatorpro- gress of the Registration furnished by the country newspapers ; but before giving the few additional particulars we have gleaned, we must refer our readers to the letter of...
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The SpectatorA meeting of the Agricultural Association of East Suffolk was held at Framlingham on Tuesday, and was very numerously attended. The object sves to consider the propriety of...
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On Wednesday week, the electors of Ross and Cromarty enter-
The Spectatortained their Member, Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, at a public dinner at Ding- wall ; Mr. Roderick Macleod, M. P., in the chair. Mr. Mackeezie deli- vered what may be called a very...
The ceremony of laying the first stone of the new
The Spectatorchurch, now erect. big at Dorking, Surry, took place a few days since. The Bishop of Winchester was present at the ceremone, and laid the stone. Lord Francis Egerton has given...
Five persons were killed, and three houses reduced to ruins,
The Spectatorby an explosion of gunpowder, which occurred on Wednesday week, on the premises of a fireworks-manufacturer, named Wood, at Holbeck, one mile from Leeds. Wood employed three...
A few days ago, a fire broke out in the
The Spectatordwelling-house of Griffiths, a masen, in the parish of Beguildy, Radnorshire. Every article of household furniture was destroyed, and a little girl of five years of iaa: was...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe Commissioners of Supply for Haddingtonshire met on Tin-- day week ; the Marquis of Tweeddale in the chair. The only topic a discussion was the Land-tax Collection Act ;...
A ease which occurred in a neighbouring county last week,
The Spectatorhas re- minded us of the claims of the Squire-Magistrates on public attention. It was an appeal with regard to the licence of a public-house. The Bench divided ; when there...
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The Liberal electors of Castle Douglas and the vicinity gave
The SpectatorMr. Cutlar Fergusson a public dinner on the 26th of last month. The principal guests, besides Mr. Fergusson, were Lord Dudley Stuart, and Prince Czartoryski. Mr Fergusson...
We have conversed within these few days with gentlemen who
The Spectatorhave visited various parts of England and Scotland, and they are unanimous in describing the general state of the country as prosperous beyond any thing known in the course of...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe Dublin City Commission for the trial of uffonders was m last week. The 'wales who charged Mr. Mareus Costello with her) before the Election Commissimi were discharged, as...
The Election Commission Court was reopened on Aionday. Chambers took
The Spectatorhis seat as Chairman at ten o'clock, but mad.. servation of any moment. The oath, as required by the Act, s ministered to him ; and a very serious responsibility it imposes. It...
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The heads of Colleges at Cambridge have again passed over
The SpectatorDr. LAMB inn the nomination of candidates for the Vice-Chancellorship. Last year it was Dr. LAMB'S turn to serve the office ; but his Liberal principles rendered him...
Mr. Acheson Lyle has been promoted from the Assistant Barrister-
The Spectatorship of the King's County, to the second or Deputy Rementhrancership. Mr. Acheson Lyle has been promoted from the Assistant Barrister- ship of the King's County, to the second...
Lord Kenyon has sent a letter to the Chester Chronicle
The Spectatorwith a copy of Fairman's denial of treasonable talk to the Yorkshire Orangemen ; and this the silly Lord, of singularly short memory, thinks quite suf- ficient to clear himself...
Mr. HICKMAN KEARNEY, one of the Paving and Lighting Commis-
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Her Majesty was treated with some indignity when passing through
The Spectatorthe gate at Henley Bridge, by Bolton, the gatekeeper. Immediately the circumstance was known to the Commissioners, they met and passed a resolution, regretting that they had no...
THE ARMY.
The SpectatorWAR -orrice.. Nov. 6.-hit Regt. of Life Guants-Assist.-Surg. W. Brernet. M.D. to be Snrg. vice M. L. Este, who retires upon hilt-pay; Assist.-Surg,. F. Goods in, from the 10th...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. The Tories committed a blunder when they descended from vague boasting of their success in the Registration Courts, to figured state- ments of gains and losses....
A considerable portion of an extensive spinning and weaving mill,
The Spectatorbelonging to Messrs. Bowers and Co., at Levenshulme, near Manches- ter, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning. William Worth, who was employed in the gas-works belonging to...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived-At Gravesend, Nov. 31, Tamerlane, M'Kellar, from Bengal ; and 4th, Claudine. Bentham from Madras. At Liverpool, 5th, Ranger, Guy, front Bombay. At St. Helena, Aug' Pith,...
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A new burletta of serious interest, entitled The Daughter, was
The Spectatorpro.. duced at the Olympic on Thursday. Its materials are slight, and some- what improbable; but the spirit in which it is written, and the feeling with which the principal...
THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorTHE most noticeable incident of the week is the re-reduction of the prices of admission to the Lyceum ; which are now just half those of Covent Garden, the Olympic, and the...
The last novelty at the Adelphi, called The Castilian Noble
The Spectatorand the Contrabandista, is worth sitting out, if it be only to see a superb set of Spanish scenes, painted by PITT and GORDON, from LEwts's Sketches of the Alhambra and ROBERTs...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK Exciisxor, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STOCK Exciisxor, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The recent pressure for money has now entirely passed away : the last mea- sure of the Bank of England, bv...
The French newspapers furnish particulars respecting some sharp fighting in
The Spectatorthe neighbourhood of Vittoria, between the Carlists and the Royalist troops commanded by CORDOVA. The latter gained the advantage on the field of battle ; but Alms unable to...
The magnanimous Ministers of Louts PlIlLIP dread the wit and
The Spectatorsarcasm of the vaudeville. Nothing worth seeing is to be seen at the theatres ; but the Datchess of R— (her name is not given in full) has converted her saloon into a theatre,...
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THE TRUE THEORY OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION. TO THE EDITOR
The SpectatorOF TINE SPECTATOR. The British Constitution, as settled at the Revolution of 16'39, has often been cried up as a model of perfection : and if carried out in its true spirit, and...
NEW LONDON BRIDGE.
The SpectatorTO TINE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sin—I would gladly join in a public subscription for the statues recoil]. mended by your eorres,iondent J. H. T. in the Spectator 31st Octohe :...
. THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.. London, 5:11 November 1933. Sin — The other day I got a printed paper handed to me, calling upon all good citizens to lend their aid to...
THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH MUSICIANS.
The SpectatorTim society was established, avowedly, to support the school of Eng- lish music—really, to perform the compositions of its members : a me- ritorious object as far as it goes,...
THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR—Mr. W. News. st., in his letter from Edinburgh last week, does not inform your readers where his printed thoughts can be purchased in...
BRISTOL REGISTRATION.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Bristol, 4th November 1 9 135. SIR—A constant and gratified reader of the Spectator, I had intended to have transmitted to you at the earliest...
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 3d November 1833. Sin—Your report in the last week's Spectator of the speech of the Earl of DA it LINcToN, at Bridgenorth, encourages me to lay...
Paul Clifford at Covent Garden, and the Siege of Rochelle
The Spectatorat Drury Lane, continue to be the nightly attractions : to which have been super- added, at Covent Garden, Jonathan Bradford, as acted at the Sorry; and at Drury Lane, two...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE MONARCHY AND THE PEERAGE. IF any reply has been made to the arguments by which we endea- voured to controvert Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S assertion, that to re- form the House of...
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TORY EMBARRASSMENT AND OVERTURES.
The SpectatorA LARGE majority of the House of Peers are resolute Tories : this no one disputes. But the Tories maintain that the King is on their side, and that the Registration has given...
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ON WHICH SIDE ARE THE PEOPLE?
The SpectatorTHE author of an article on the State of Parties, in Fraser's Maga- zine for November, has made ample use of Lord Baounnesi's " important contribution to the Conservative cause...
TREASON IN THE ORANGE CAMP.
The SpectatorTue person who styles himself Co/oed Fentateer has found what is vulgarly called " a rough customer " iii Mr. Joseen Heswoon of Sheffield, now or lately Grand Master and Grand...
TIIE TIMES versus TIIE CATHOLIC CLERGY. THE Times complains of
The Spectatorthe "absolute power" of the Catholic priesthood. Their power of taxation is declared to be "snore than Royal." " They frame the scale of each impost at their leisure, and read...
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PARTISANSHIP OF THE ENGLISH CLERGY: MR. SINGLETON'S EVIDENCE.
The SpectatorFROM the evidence given before Sir GEORGE GREY'S Intimida- tion Committee, we showed, last week, that if the Catholic priest- hood were active partisans in Irish elections, the...
PERPLEXED AGRICULTURISTS.
The SpectatorLORD DARLINGTON told the Shropshire farmers, the other day, that although a majority of the Members of the House of Com- mons were disposed to relieve the agricultural interest,...
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Her Majesty was, we arc told, greatly pleased with time
The Spectatorgood humour and honesty of the Mayor on her late visit to Oxford. On time Queen's arrival, the Mayor was observed driving at a quick rate in his little open carriage to the inn...
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NOR7LAN LESLIE.
The SpectatorHERE is another American novel—a class of literature in which our Transatlantic brethren are exhibiting considerable strength. Norman Leslie is by an author (THEODORE S. FAY)...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorP0 V. Ma!mond. I n 3 vets. Norman Leslie; a Tale of the Present Times. fly Theodore S. Fay. In 3 vols. The English Boy at the Cap.. An AngloAfrican Story Poems and Lyrics. By...
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MAHMOUD
The SpectatorIs the autobiography of a Greek adventurer, and may perhaps have been designed by the author for a sort of Turkish Gil Bias. The time of the story takes place sonic sixty or...
THE ENGLISH BOY AT THE CAPE.
The SpectatorTHE author of Keeper's Travels enjoys a high reputation among the useful labourers in juvenile literature, nor will the present work diminish his character for ability and...
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NICOLL'S POEMS AND LYRICS.
The SpectatorWE learn from the last number of Tail's Magazine, that these poems are the production of a very young man, whose years are considerably less than those of BURNS were when he...
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COAL°, COLLIERIES, AND THE COAL-TRADE.
The SpectatorTHE subjects of this volume are more extensive than the title- page would lead one to imagine : the author not only handles coal, but all its relations,—commencing with the...
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BOID's HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE.
The SpectatorTHE appearance of a new edition of this admirable little work— which is not known as it deserves to be—is peculiarly well-timed. The building of the new Houses of Parliament is...
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Selections from Cobbett's Political TI - Orks, is a monument which the
The Spectatorsons of WILLIAM COBRETT are about to raise to the memory of their father. It is intended to present the public with the cream of the hundred volumes of political polemics which...
PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.
The SpectatorFlom the number of publications of one kind or another on our table, we infer activity in the publishing world. It seems, how- ever, to be more in the trading than the literary...
The second part of Henna Stilling completes JUNG'S auto- biography,
The Spectatorand comprises the conclusion of his Domestic Life and the whole of his Years of Tuition. In merit the present volume equals the first, and surpases it in point of interest....
The Ceylon Gazetteer is a useful and well-arranged book of
The Spectatorreference, containing a great deal of various information respecting a country but little known in detail. It is also a great curio- sity,—a book written in English by SIMON...
The Proceedings of the Fifth Meeting of the British Association
The Spectatorfor the Advancement of Science, held in Dublin in August 1835, is a quarto pamphlet, which will tell the curious in such matters much about the Dublin doings—how some lectured,...
Frank and his Father is an attempt to explain, or
The Spectatorrather perhaps to expand, the mysteries of the Creation, the Fall, and the Re- demption, in a series of dialogues, in which various texts of Scripture arc commented on, and...
DE BOURRIENNE'S Memoirs of Bonaparte, in one volume, is an
The Spectatoraddition to what Messrs. SCOTT and WEBSTER call their " Eng- lish Classic Library ;" and it appears to us to contain the best life of NAPOLEON which has yet been published in so...
Mr. NEGRIS is a modern Greek, who is favourably known
The Spectatorto the public by his Dictionary of Modern Greek Proverbs, and an edition of HERODOTUS. He has now published a School Edition qf Xenophon's Anabasis, with Various Readings and...
Some readers may not have forgotten our notification of the
The Spectatorappearance of an endowed edition of GEORGE COMBS'S Consults- lion of Man considered in Relation to External Objects. The result shows that Mr. HENDERSON was not only a man of...
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The First Part of IVEsTaLL and MARTIN'S Illustrations of the
The SpectatorNew Testament,—containing eight engravings on wood, with descriptions, —has just appeared. They correspond in style, execution, size, and price, with those of the Old Testament,...
Amongst the Serials before us, the Thirty-fifth Number of the
The SpectatorAldine Poets, commencing the Poetical Works of Pam, may be noticed, for Mr. MITFORD'S biography of PRIOR and its appendix,— the first pleasantly telling us what is known of the...
ADELAIDE GALLERY.
The SpectatorAN exhibition of the powers of two new additions by Mr. CARY tO his Gas Microscope took place at the Adelaide Gallery on Thursday evening. The highest magnifying power hitherto...
Mr. BENTLEY has followed the successful example of Mr. Cot-
The SpectatornuaN, in reissuing his cheap and handsome republications of Commis Novels, in weekly parts, at a shilling each. Each story is to be completed in five parts. The series begins...
NEW PRINTS.
The Spectator" THE Pirate's Isle, or the Parting of Conrad and Medora," engraved by DAVID LUCAS after a painting by HARDING, is one of the largest and finest specimens of mezzotint applied...
PICTORIAL PERIODICALS.
The SpectatorTHE portrait of RAFFAELLE, in the last number of the Gallery of Portraits, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know- ledge, will set aside ninny of the...
FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorROYAL ACADEMY. DANIEL M.CusE and Sow:km*1 Haar were elected Associates, and SAMUEL COUSINS Associate Engraver, of the Royal Academy, on Monday last. These elections do honour...
We must also welcome another reprint ; although the twelfth
The Spectatoredition of Dr. BUTLER'S admirable Sketch of Modern and Ancient Geography for the Use of Schools, and the accompanying At- lases, with their elaborate tables of the latitude and...