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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorROPE dawns for Ireland in the new temper of moderation and candour which many circumstances indicate. Journals of an ex- treme colour, on both sides, give marked signs of this...
The official authorities deserve commendation for a new and comprehensive
The Spectatoractivity in striving to grapple with the artificial causes of disease which exist in the bad sanatory arrangements of our towns and dwellings. Some of the reforms urged in our...
Diplomacy preserves its secrecy, and report now describes the Congress
The Spectatorof Princes at Frankfort as one "to settle the German question." We defy any power included within "Germany ". to settle" any great section of the European question. The rivalry...
The capital of Canada has again been the scene of
The Spectatordisturbances, and blood has been shed ; the weak and compromising spirit of the Government at once exasperating opposition and inciting attack. The riots of April had been made...
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'Obt Biletropolis.
The SpectatorOrders were issued by the General Board of Health, on Thursday, for the closing of the grave-yard of St. Ann's, Blackfriars, and that of St. An- drew's, Holborn, and of...
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Irbe Vrobintes.
The SpectatorFriday [week] having been set apart by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury as a day of special humiliation and solemn prayer on account of the present national visitation, it was...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe Habeas Corpus Suspension Act expired on Friday last; and on Saturday morning Mr. Gavan Duffy resumed his place among the "public instructors" in Dublin, with a new series of...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe Court news is told in the fewest possible lir.es of the daily Court circular. The Queen and Prince Albert had a fishing expedition on Loch Manion on Thursday sennight; and...
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foreign anb 4501 011idi. Fuearcn.—The President of the Republic has
The Spectatormade another progress in the provinces ; a briefer and a more successful one than before. It was on occasion of the opening of the Epernay section of the Paris and Strasbur g...
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Atli% tellaneous.
The SpectatorIn the event of our foreign relations presenting a sufficiently peaceable aspect, her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the leading members of the...
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Some of the newspapers from the South and West of
The SpectatorIreland contain particulars of furtive removals of growing crops by the tenants. On the border of the counties of Westmeath and Roscommon, so busy is the scramble, and so...
Shabbiness has characterized the treatment of the Italians by France
The Spectatorand England; the conduct of France being the more flagrant, of England the more mean. Not only did France swindle the Romans out of their revolution, but official men in Paris...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. The report of differences between the French Government and the Gaeta Conference was authentic: a letter which may well have annoyed the Cardinals and the Pope had...
At the Privy Council held by her Majesty on Wednesday,
The Spectatorat Balmoral, an order was passed for a prayer on account of the great mortality of the cholera; and the Archbishop of Canterbury was directed to prepare a form of prayer.—Court...
THE ARMY.
The SpectatorWAR-OFFICE, Sept. 4.-1st Reel. of Drags.—Capt. J. Yorke to be Major, by purchase, Irlee Littlodale, who retires ; Lieut. W. de Cordonnel Elmsall to be Capt. by purchase, vice...
THE NAVY.
The SpectatorAnsultALTY, ag. 23.--The Right Hon. Franey; Nathaniel Marquis of ConyngliaM, K.P. to be Vice-Admiral of the Province of Vlster. ADMIRALTY, Sept. 4.—The followiiirpromottoren -...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorPUBLIC HEALTH. FATALLY' during the past week have the events of every day and hour corroborated our recent remarks on the want of a truly efficient department of Public Health...
"THE BERMONDSEY TRAGEDY."
The SpectatorALTHOUGH a revolting theme, the dismal business on the Surrey side presents too many significant aspects to be hastily hushed. The talk continues, with undiminished vehemence,...
THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorProduction of theatrical novelty is still confined to the New Strand Theatre; where one of Mr. J. M. Morton's happiest pieces has been brought out this week. The author has...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSzocx EXCHASIOE. FRIDAY A1112140011. Scarcely any business of importance has occurred in the English Funds; which bad been at an advance of ith per Cent upon the prices of last...
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PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY.
The SpectatorDOCTRINE floats upon the uncertain waters of language, and cannot but share in its fluctuations as the stream grows broader and more open to the winds of thought ; but there are...
GENEROUS DISCIPLINE.
The SpectatorCERTAINLY our system of routine in all public matters which ignores personal feeling and motive, has very grave defe cts; and we might learn not a little from countries and...
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ENGLISH REPUDIATION.
The SpectatorA CLAIM is made on behalf of Nelson's representative—Horatia, now the wife of an exemplary country clergyman, Mr. Ward, Vicar of Tenterden. Nelson left Lady Hamilton to his...
MASKED IGNORANCE.
The SpectatorEVERY age has its general specific and universal agent, to the efficacy or activity of which all maladies are to yield, or all effects are to be attributed. The less that is...
LOUIS PHILIPPE ON GOVERNMENT.
The SpectatorEVERYTHING is true in its essence ; falsehood lies in our imper- fect knowledge. Louis Philippe's self-defence, as published in the Ordre, may be adulterated by error in the...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorTHE EMIGRANT CHURCHMAN IN CANADA, * THE author of these volumes appears to be a man of family and good education, who so far partook of the character of an adventurer as to look...
A PUBLIC FAST OR THANKSGIVING DAY.
The SpectatorUNDER existing dispensations, several of the journals and some of the Bishops have begun to move on one of these modes of public expression, namely, the expediency of appointing...
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GEALE'S ERNESTO DI RIPA.LTA. * This " tale " curiously exemplifies
The Spectatorhow good abilities, a living knowledge of a subject, and the habit of taking large views of things, will stand in the stead of special qualifications, and overcome even a...
RIGSBY'S VISIONS OF THE TIMES OF OLD.*
The SpectatorTHE plan and the matter of this work are better than the execution. One object of the author is to delineate the character of the genuine an- tiquarian, who lives in the world...
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DR. ADDISON ON HEALTHY AND DISEASED STRUCTURE. * THERE have been
The Spectatorso many instances of error, supported not only by logical reasoning, but by what seemed (till overturned) demonstrative experiment, that we may safely land in these...
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BMTIIS.
The SpectatorOn the 30th August, M High Legit, the Wife of the Rev. W. Blake, of a son and heir. On the 31st, at Sandford House, Cheltenham, the Countess Baptiste Metaxi, of a son. On the...
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PRICES CURRENT,
The SpectatorThum. I per Cent Consols Ditto for Account I per Cents Reduced 33 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent India Stock, 103 Exchequer Bills, 114. per diem Dulls....
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, September 4. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Docks and Garwood, Ipswich, bookbinders-Moon and Liddiard, Millman Street, Bedford Row, auctioneers-Miall and Co. Harwich,...