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QUEEN ADELAIDE had been so long ill, that as the
The Spectatorannouncement of her death crept abroad on Sunday, it was received without surprise; yet few public events of the kind have caused so genuine a feeling of regret. The subjects of...
Cabinet Councils have been held almost daily for these last
The Spectatortwo weeks, and conjecture is busy with the cause. Various guesses are ade. The Standard avers that Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Viscount Palmerston, are...
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be Gourt.
The SpectatorTHE demise of the Queen Dowager, which had been so long expected, took place at two o'clock on Sunday morning; and it became known to the public through various channels, long...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe Orange "Grand Lodge of Ireland" has been sitting in Dublin, and deliberating on the state of its party and country. A long repeat was known to be in preparation; it has been...
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It will be recollected by most of our readers that
The SpectatorMr. Thomas Carlyle was travelling in Ireland, lately, with Mr. Charles Gavan Duffy: we find the subjoined suggestion in the last number of the Nation; whose editor prefaces the...
Mr. Dargan, an enterprising capitalist, has taken 2,000 annea of
The Spectatorland at Kildinan, near Ratheormac, for the purpose of forwarding Elie cultivation of flax, and introducing the linen manufacture amongst the,farming and labouring population of...
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A correspondent, who wishes to be satisfied on an argument
The Spectatorin favour of the recent change in the Sunday labour of the Post-office, asks whether there is any necessary connexion between the small increase of duty in London and the larger...
QUEEN ADELAIDE.
The SpectatorDEATFI still left to Queen Adelaide the power to do good, not only by the example of that pions resignation which di.: tinguished her through life, but also by giving cause to...
THE NEEDLEWOMEN AND THEIR RESCUE.
The SpectatorMn. SIDNEY HERBERT goes to Shadwell, sees a thousand net diewomen suffering from all the misery and degradation incider to extreme poverty, and his kind heart is impelled to...
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CONVICTISM SENT HOME.
The SpectatorWHAT to do with our convicts, is a question which cannot be postponed much longer; nay, it presses already. Most of our Colonies in any way suited to receive convicts have...
DRAINAGE, ITS EFFECT ON THE CLIMATE AND SOIL
The SpectatorOF THE - UNITED KINGDOM. Mr. Hawirr Devul examined.-368. "You are of opinion that both the warmth of the climate and the health of England would be improved by a more general...
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MR. CAREW'S DEATH OF NELSON.
The SpectatorThe front of the Nelson column in Trafalgar Square is now adorned with a high relief, representing Nelson, at the point of time when he told Captain Hardy of his fatal wound,...
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WASHINGTON IRVING'S LIFE OF GOLDSMITH. * ONE would have thought a
The Spectatornew Life of Goldsmith was needless. From the time when he first emerged into notoriety as an essayist and ready writer, whom Johnson (it was thought unaccountably) made a good...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorTHE week has exhibited a rare influx of publications, both as regards &erecter and number; and with few exceptions they came pouring in too late to allow of anything to be done...
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BIRTHS.
The Spectator' On the 2311 November, at Shipley Hall, the Lady of Alfred Miller Muudy, Het, of a son and heir. On the 3d December, in Cavendish Road West, the Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel 11....
