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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE two sets of State trials have exhibited the usual contrast. The English Chartist trials, conducted in quiet, are over, and THE two sets of State trials have exhibited the...
Among the subjects on which the Ministers in Paris have
The Spectatorbeen catechized, is their position in Italy. M. Ledru-Rollin tried, by dint of insidious questions and taunts, to force them into a de- cidedly belligerent policy of attack on...
The present rulers of France show signs of fear lest
The Spectatorthey should be drawn into the vortex of political moderation, and swallowed up by M. niers and his friends. In taking a stand against all parties—and in France, at present, each...
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From opposite quarters of the British dependencies come re- ports
The Spectatoras opposite : while Major Edwardes is pursuing his chival- rous career in the Punjaub, the Anglo-Dutch Boers at Natal are again suffered to brave British:authority ; while the...
• ZOE 114Ettopolis.
The SpectatorAccording to ancient custom, the new Sheriffs were presented by the Recorder to the Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer, on Saturday; with an eulogistic resume of the chief...
'be eatirt.
The SpectatorThe Queen arrived in London on Sunday; not by sea, but by railway. After the embarkation at Aberdeen on Thursday evening, the weather be- came so heavy, that the sea voyage was...
Of all the strange affairs that are becoming commonplaces in
The SpectatorEurope, the state of the relations between the Imperial Govern- ment of Austria and Hungary is one of the strangest. The Em- peror, of course at the instance of his Ministers,...
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vr.rbt iprobintes. We are requested to state that Mr. G.
The SpectatorF. Young, late Member for Tyne- Mouth, has been requested to offer himself as a candidate to fill the vacancy in the representation of King's Lynn, caused by the death of the...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe trial of Mr. Smith O'Brien proceeded, at Clonmel, on Friday; rais- ing increased interest, and drawing together a crowd of eager spectators. The prisoner was perfectly calm...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe Premier has prolonged his stay in the North. On Friday last week, Lord John left Inverary Castle, the Duke of Argyll's seat, for Dan- oily Castle ' on a visit to Mr....
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foreign anD GDolonial.
The SpectatorFnexcE.—A Democratic and Socialist banquet at two francs a head, was held on Saturday, at a wine-house at the Barriere de Sevres, by 1,000 or 1,200 guests ; among whom were MM....
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„Miscellaneous.
The SpectatorMajor-General Thomas Banbury is to be Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica, with the chief command of the troops, in the room of Major-General John H`Donald, C.B. A long...
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POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. in the Commission Court at Clonmel, on Thursday, Mr. Whiteside resumed his dissection of the evidence. The assertion that his client had used the military privilege...
Last night's Gazette announces that the Queen has appointed Thomas
The SpectatorSouthwood Smith, M.D., to be the Medical Member of the General Board of Health. The Gazette also contains a notification on the prevention of cholera, is- sued by the General...
The Paris advioes of yesterday evening leave the debate on
The Spectatorthe mode of electing the President still undetermined. Disturbances occurred at Lyons on Tuesday: the disbanded Gerdes Mobiles assembled, and riotously demanded their pay,...
The Gazette of last night orders a Court mourning for
The Spectatorthe deceased Queen-Dowager of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies—to commence on the 8th instant, to change on the 22d, and end on the 29th. The camp at Everton has been finally...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The week has been barren of events, and the fluctuation of the English Funds as limited as usual. The only variation in Consols for Account...
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WOODS AND FORESTS COMMITTEE.
The SpectatorLETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR—I proceed to explain some of the legal characteristics and usages of a Forest. With the exception of the New Forest, which was made...
THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorThe Lyceum is the only theatre that has opened without alteration or improvement,—and, be it added, is the only theatre that did not stand in need of them. In the place of...
Great are the virtues of the wheaten loaf.! Some years
The Spectatorago, an inge- nious philanthropist wrote a pamphlet in which he tried to demonstrate that nearly all the maladies incident to humanity could be prevented by eating a crust...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorAN EUROPEAN CONGRESS. THE rumours of a Congress still continue ; and although we do not attach too wide a meaning to the phrase " general pacifica- tion " in the diplomatic...
THE CHARTIST SENTENCES.
The SpectatorFEW subjects have given occasion for more copious or curious commentaries than the sentences on the principal Chartist rioters. One writer exults, as if at some unexpected...
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OBSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSIT TO INDIA.
The SpectatorBEFORE an order issued from the General Post-office in March last, two mails a month used to be sent to India by the overland route, on the 3d and on the 20th of each month :...
RIGHT OF SPY.
The SpectatorTHE employment of spies by Government, both in England and Ireland, causes a feeling of dissatisfaction which finds vent in persevering controversy, and receives an impulse from...
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BREAKING BULK AT STOWE.
The SpectatorSTowB still resounds to the hammer of the auctioneer ; the sale being endless. The catalogue of curiosities, works of art, furni- ture, &c., reads more like the inventory of a...
A CONSERVATIVE PLEA FOR CITY DIGNITY.
The SpectatorSIR JAMES DIIKE ' the Lord Mayor elect, has satisfied the pub- lic opinion of the City by the pledge which he has given, and which we find reported in these terms- " If his...
THE DISTRESSED MANAGER.
The SpectatorTing defences upon which theatrical managers are put are extraordinary. It seems that any actor who has the face to de- mand a very exorbitant salary, conceives that he has ipso...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorHISTORICAL ME110111.14, The Fairfax Correspondence : Memoirs of the Reign of Charles the First. Edited by George W. Johnson, Esq., Barrister-at-law. In two volumes Bentley....
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM FRANCE.
The SpectatorParis, October. 5th. The spirit of centralization is the ruling spirit of France. It had grown for centuries under the Kings. The work of Richelieu and Louis the Four- teenth...
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BARHAM ' S BIBLE REVISED—ECCLESIASTES.
The SpectatorMa. BABHAM appears to be one of those learned men of whom a great country can afford to maintain a few, among its " curiosities of literature," but of whom the multiplication...
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A.NDERSEN'S TWO BARONESSES.
The SpectatorIT seems singular that those persons who are most exposed to the hard realities of life and undergo the lowest extreme of fortune often have the untruest and narrowest ideas of...
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBoma. The Bale Revised. A carefully corrected Translation of the Old and New Testaments. By Francis Barham, Editor of the "Hebrew and English Bible," "Collier's Ecclesiastical...
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BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 27th September, at Stowlangtoft Hall, Suffolk, the Lady of Henry Wilson, Esq.. of a daughter. . On the 28th, at Whitmore Hall, Staffordshire, the Lady of Captain Rowland...
MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorWAR-OFFICE, Oct. 3.-1st Drag. Guards--Capt. R. J. Hanley, from half-pay Unatt. to be Capt. vice Ilammersicy, appointed Paymaster ; Lieut. J. S. S. Stuart to be Capt. by...
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, October 3. PARTNEESEIPS DISSOLVED. Donley and Goodwin, Blackman Street, chemists—Sinclair and Facey, Banner Street, auctioneers—W. and W. Bennett, Horwick,...
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PRICES CURRENT.
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