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THE FOURTH OF JULY.
The SpectatorTHlE' FOiURTII OF JULY. The An-.c'ican A: ~,i ation of London celebrated the eighty-third annivcrsary ot th 4th of July, 1' a public dinner in St. James's Hall, on Monday. 'I...
Miscellaneous.
The Spectator3olig II autunu. Mr. Milner Gibson has been appointed President of the Board of Trade, the post intended for Mr. Cobden. Mr. Charles Villiers has been appointed President of...
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THE OLD PATENT BANK THERMOMETER.
The SpectatorTHE OLD PATENT BANK THERMO31ETE1U. EARLY in the week there was an expectation that the Bank of England would reduce the rate of discount to 2l per cent; a remnaklkable...
FREE TRADE IN THE CABINET.
The SpectatorFREE TRADE IA- THE CABINET. TEE appointment of Mr. Charles Villiers will be hailed with hearty satisfaction by the Free Trade Party, and especially by those honest veterans of...
"NONINTERVENTION."
The Spectator"XNONnINTERV-ENTIONT." THE influential and powerful speakers who dilated at the American dinner on the doctrine of nonintervention appear to us to have missed the point of the...
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[A "comedietta" which in spite of its diminutive appellation, is of no...]
The Spectatorgor 6 4ratrrs. A "o omedietta," which in spite of its diminutive appellation, is of no I inconsiderable length, has been brought out at the Strand Thcatrc, with the title, A...
[Many benefit concerts continue to be given.]
The SpectatorMINany benefit concerts continue to be given. Few of them are worthy I t. I- of notice. Most of them are given by teachers or performers (often obscure ones) who get their...
PARISIAN THEATRICALS.
The SpectatorPARISIAN THEATRICALS. MM. Siraudin, Lambert Thiboust, and Arll-ien Scholl,-three in all, -have united their forces to write a little verse-comedy, called Rosalinde, which is...
[The Bradford Musical Festival of this year is to commence on Tuesday,...]
The SpectatorThe Bradford Musical Festival of this year is to commemce on Tuesday, 23d August, and to terminate on the following Friday. The morning perfornmance, will include T/e Crcatioe,...
[We scarcely remember a season when the annals of the Italian opera...]
The SpectatorMusir. We scarcely remember a season when the annals of the Italian opera in England have been as barren of novelty and interest as they are this year. With the exception of...
CHURCH'S HEART OF THE ANDES.
The Spectator'fiur arts. CHU2RCH1'S IIEAIRT OF THE ANDES. The picture now exhibited at the German Gallery in Bond Street, No. 168, by Mir. Frederick Edwin Church, an American artist, is a...
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THE REVIEWS FOR JULY
The SpectatorBOOKS. THE REVIEWS FOR JJLY WAR topics occupy of course many pages of the Reviews for July. "Italy; its Prospects and Capacities," is the title of an important article in the...
[Sir John Bowring, the late governor of Hong Kong and Minister to...]
The SpectatorSir John Bowring, the late governor of Hong Kong and Minister to China has passed through Paris for London. Sir John and his eldest daughter were among the passengers...
MR. MORRIS MOORE-AN ERRATUM.
The SpectatorIrttrrs tu t?r fbitDr. M11R. MORRIS M1OORE-AN ERRATUM. Paris, Juily 5th, 1859. SIR-The article in the .S1ectator of last Saturday, headed " The National Gallery D)isgraee,"...
[SIR-Thanks are due to you for the well-merited tribute paid to Mr....]
The SpectatorSilt-Thanks are due to vou for the well-merited tribute paid to Mr Morris Moore in your paper of last week. It is greatly to be regretted that unfair infiuences have prevented...
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The Court.
The SpectatorII t c 0 it r t. Till QuEEN held a Court on Saturday. The llonourable Charles A. Murray, Envoy to the King of Saxony, had an audience of leave on proceeding to Dresden. The...
THE WAR IN ITALY.
The SpectatorTHE WAR IN ITALY. Very little military news from the seat of war has been received this week touching present events. We reprint the more important tele- | grams, the first of...
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MR. COBDEN'S REFUSAL.
The SpectatorMR. COBDEN'S REFUSAL. WHEN it was announced that Mr. Cobden had declined to accept the seat offered him in the Cabinet, the political stock-jobbers were at once in hopes that...
ACTUAL POSITION OF AUSTRIA.
The SpectatorTOPICS OF THE DAY. ACTUAL POSITION OF AUSTRTA. TnE announcement of the Armistice comes upon us as something sudden; though, if we reflect for a moment, we shall perceive that...
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[The decision in the Court of Exchequer, on Tuesday, has ex-...]
The SpectatorThe decision in the Court of Exchequer, on Tuesday, has ex- cited unusual interest in the bar and the public, as seeming to fall short of justice. Everybody remembers the case...
[The events in Parliament have been interesting, although they...]
The SpectatorThe events, in Parliament have been interesting, although they I have partaken a somewhat desultory character, combined with the rather summary treatment proper to the sense...
[ALTHOUGH Mr. Cobden's taking the oaths and his seat for Roch-...]
The SpectatorNEWS OF THE WEEK. ALTHOUGH Mr. Cobden's taking the oaths and his seat for Roch- I dale, on Friday, led to the natural inference that he had not aceepted office under the...
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NEW NOVELS.
The Spectator-NEW NOVELS.' The Ordeal of Richard Fererel is, like IThc Caxtons, a Shandean novel of contemporary English life, but freer and less mechanical in its Shandyism. Whilst Sir...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorIRELAND. The Earl of Eglinton held his farewcell levee at Dublin Castle on MNonday. IHe said that he bade, with unfeigned sorrow, farewell to a countrv he almost looked upon...
Foreign and Colonial.
The Spectator,lurriqn flau Culunnial. T r a n r r.-T he Parisians formally celebrated the victory of Solferino on Sundav. A Te Dcum was performed yesterday in great state at X'6tre Dame bv...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorSCOTLAND. Tile Govfsrnmont are about to elect a nine gun battey at Broughty Ferry, for the defeuce of the river Tay. The old castle will not be disturbed.
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[For a complete and conscientious review of the French Salon of 1859,...]
The SpectatorFor a complete and conscientious review of the French Salon of 1859, the reader is referred to the articles by M. Patul Mantz, just concluded in the Gazettc des Beaux Arts for...
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THE AMERICAN ANNIVERSARY AT PARIS.
The SpectatorTHIE AMERICAN ANNIVERSARY AT PARIS. | The first national barquet given hy the Americans in Paris, in hornour of their national birthday,. wa held on Mondav last at the Hotel du...
PARIS FASHIONS.
The SpectatorR srf it t .13 T t 5, 1 a 5 Ij i o ii s, Tr a ? t, ?,,' r. Il'AltlM FASHIONS. (From our w1n Corre~spudeln d.) Light summer toilets englross all the attention, and there is a...
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LAMARTINE'S MARY STUART.
The SpectatorLAMARTINE'S MALRY STUART.* TiLE: new biographical sketch of Mfary Queen of Scots is, we are told, "Ithe only work of M. de Lamartine which has appeared solely in an English...
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THE OCCASIONAL.
The SpectatorTHE OCCASIONAL. By LEIGH HUNT. No. XIII. YOUNG OLD STATESuMEN. Lsd Palmerston and Lord John RussellCharacterization of Lord Paloerston by the Tinies-Longerity of the present...
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[At a Privy Council held in Buckingham Palace yesterday, an order...]
The Spectatori At a Privy Coam'il hiehd in Bllckinglniin lPalai-ce ycs.!(vi(la, an older i was issued oftering a gratuity to scanwii lrcadv in the itNval .N'vy. I LJrd J (JRu Itssell, Lord...
[The news yesterday, that an armistice had been resolved between the...]
The SpectatorPOSTS Cl IIP T. SATUIRDAY M01FNING. The nevws vesterdav, that an arlnlist;(,, d ben resolved between t' c hostile 1E mperors, took every one by surprise. We rprilnt the...
[Our Paris correspondent wrote his letter ere the news of the armistice...]
The Spectator| Our Paris corrospollnlenlt Wrots hi eit t1er en-, tb. Il'vws of tle arillistiuc had arrived ; but it pioints out a difficulty ticit ox iy hayilc inc for sojmcthing., in the...
[One of the Jury engaged in hearing the trial of Dr. Smethurst fell ill yes-...]
The Spectator! One of the Jury engaged in lhearing lli tri:1! of DI. S othl ] J. I ! flUne 01 IlC J ul-) - 'lga, gCU l -L .... 5 tcrdav and becamc incapable of dischlarging bis dllti' . The...
[Soon after the meeting of the Commons, yesterday evening, Mr. WAL-...]
The SpectatorI Soon after the meeting of the CoLuiiolnS, )-cstCrday evenil:g, 'Mr. ITWti- POLE put a question w-,hich drew froin Lord Joim REisr,:i.i. the reily that Governmcnt had no...
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Debates and Proceedings in Parliament.
The SpectatorFfxftrf wnit vrurfrfingo il Vnrlialutit. PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. HOrSE OF LORDS. Monday, July 4. Divorce Court; Lord Broughain's state- I ment-Chui-ch Rates; Duke of...
[In Parliament Ministers uttered the assurance that the feeling...]
The SpectatorIn Parliament Ministers uttered the assurance that the feeling I of discontent amongst the British soldiers in India is " subsiding; " and we do not question the sincerity of...
[An armistice between the two contending Emperors is an-...]
The SpectatorAn armistice between the two contending Emperors is an- nounced, just as we were expecting to witness the beginning of the next great combat. Peace, at least for a while,...
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LITERARY NEWS.
The SpectatorLITERARY -NEWVS. The great event of the week in thing,.s literary is tlhe appearance of a long letter in the Thacs of Saturday last from Mr. Hamilton, of thc ,USS. depariment...
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Provincial.
The Spectatorlruu i II r i ai. Onc Oxford commemoration is very much like anotlher. There arc the promenade on Show Sunday in the Broad Walk, the boat procession on the Isis, the noisy...
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The Metropolis.
The SpectatorI've 31rtrapnlIB. For the firt tinic iin its history, as Lord Brougham remarked, a Prime Minister has prcsided over the al nnual distribution of prizes to the students of nl...