Page 2
Witnesses in favour of Broad Gauge.
The SpectatorIWVitnesses in favour of Broad Gauge. ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL, Engineer of the (4reat Westerni Railway, and Inventor of the Seven Feet or Broad Gauge. I THE GAUGES AT HOME AND...
Page 8
Witnesses in favour of Intermediate Gauge.
The SpectatorWitnesses in favour of Intermediate Gauge. W. CUBITr, EsQ., Civil Engineer-Constructed the Dover Line. SPEED-STATE OF THE LINE. I 1496. Do you know the express speed on the...
Page 10
Witnesses opposed to Break of Gauge, but expressing no opinions about Gauge.
The SpectatorWitnesses opposed to Break of CGauge, but expressing no opinions about Gauge. GENERAL Sir J. WILLOUGHBY GORDQN, G.C.B., and Q.C.H., QuIartermaster- General. MILITAIRY IJSES OF...
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES EXAMINED BEFORE THE GAUGE COMMISSION.
The Spectator&LPH4AETJI4 LIST OF WITNMSES BSAI&MINJP BEFQU1 THE GAUGE COMMISSION. Forty-nine witnesses were examined, many of them more than once. This number included almost every...
Page
[The expectations raised by the announcement of Mademoiselle Ros...]
The SpectatorTHE THEATRES. I The expectations raised by the announcement of Mademoiselle Rose Cheri at the French Plays have not been disappointed. She is a young actress of decided and...
[The Danseuses Viennoises are delighting the visiters of Drury Lane with...]
The SpectatorThlc D:uecuscs Vieniciscs ; ibelli-litiig the vi-iters of D)rury LaIic with i their llildle lc ewuIntions :ill pictllie-jqu c;llil oinations. lhis i the prol-er stagc for th...
[Accounts from Madrid, to the 1st instant, state that the steamer Vulcan sailed...]
The SpectatorAccounts from Madrid, to the 1st instant, state that the steamer Vulenn sailed I on the 25th ultimo from Corunna, in pursuit of the brig Nervion and the bark Astuto, in which...
[The Gazette of yesterday evening notifies the appointment of George Barney,...]
The SpectatorThe Gazette of yesterday evening notifies the appointment of George Barney, i Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel in the Corps of Royal Engineers, to be LieutenantGovernor of North...
TO A BUTTERFLY.
The Spectator'TO A UTE'iRI1uL: . I *ON SElANG, ON IN iTH i: MONT I )11 MAY IN l- 'NION. AVI1l tt br'ing-' thee !;r-e, .ielllsioei g! 1 tail tentnt of tlite s,,,,nnv 1- ? Is it ti seow tif...
[The Lyceum, it would seem, had got a burlesque bottled up for Easter,...]
The Spectator'Il IxeLceumi, it would scUM, h-,II got a buw.dlolcquc bottled upI, ior Easter, I but Toni 'Ihumib was a stoperj: the corl being now draInvi, the fun feliths and fizzes up) ill...
[The arrival of Cerito and St. Leon has reanimated the spirit of the bal-...]
The Spectator' lie arrival of Cerito and St. Leon has reanimated the spirit of thlc bal- let. Cerito reappeared at the Operalhuso on 'Tliiuiday, in Alroe; and was warmilly welcomied. Shle...
Page
UNIFORMITY OF GAUGE.
The SpectatorUNIFORMITY OF GAUGE. Witnesses infavour of Narrow Gaugc-continued. HENRY PRINGLE BRUYERES, late of the Royal Engineers, Superintendent of the London and Birmingham Railway....
Page
RATIONALE OF PUBLIC REWARDS.
The SpectatorTOPICS OF THE DAY. RATIONALE OF PUBLIC REWARDS. THIE Prime Minister has only 1,2001. a year placed at his disposal to reward merit in art, literature, and science; and this he...
DISRAELI ON MILL.
The SpectatorDISRAELI ON MILL.* MRn. DISRAELI'S appearances in the Corn-law debate are the ideal of pert presumption. A controversy which has tasked the continuous efforts of the most acute...
NAVAL PATRONAGE.
The SpectatorNAVAL PATRONAGE. A FEW weeks since, we congratulated the Navy on the fairness with which Lord Ellenborough distributed his patronage; and the subject is of sufficient...
Page
NOVELS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorNOVELS OF THE DAY. BOTH Pope and Goldsmith have described the vitiating effects of successive transmissions upon Parliamentary oratory and social wit, with a coarseness of...
Page
THE MUSICAL UNION.
The SpectatorTHE MUSICAL UNION. The chamber performances conducted by Mr. Ella, which regularly succeed the Philharmonic concerts on the morning following, increasc iii interest; and as...
ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION.
The SpectatorFINE ARTS. ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION. Tiuis is the best exhibition that has been seen at the Royal Academy for several years past. The painters, as with one accord, appear to...
FOURTH PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.
The SpectatorMUSIC. FOURTH PHILHIARMONIC CONCERT. BEETHOVEN'S Mass in D, the grand attraction at this concert. correp)on1s in its kind to the Posthumous Quartets, which, through the...
Page
IRELAND.
The SpectatorIRELAND. Tt is understood that all the recent appointments to the offices of Clerk of the Crown, vacant by the death of Mr. Pollock, have been for the | present suspended; and...
Foreign and Colonial.
The Spectator-iforrign alibi Tolonial. INDxA.-Despatches in anticipation of the Bombay mail of the 1st April reached London on Monday. The Delhi Gazette Fxtraordinary of the 23d March...
Page
[Some few personal matters should not be overlooked in the...]
The SpectatorSome few personal matters should not be overlooked in the week's history of Parliament. Mr. Smith O'Brien has been writing from his prison to the constituency of Limerick,...
[THE progress of work in Parliament, this week, has been more...]
The SpectatorNEWS OE THE WEEK. THE Progress of work in Parliament, this week, has been more satisfactory. The Corn Bill is again under weigh. Tile House of Commons got into Committee on...
[The terms of the final settlement with the subdued Sikhs are now...]
The SpectatorI The terms of the final settlement w ith the subdued Sikhs are now before us. We still perceive that this is but the begining, of the end. The Punjaub is now placed expressly...
[Ministers have volunteered a curious morceau of reform.]
The SpectatorI Ministers have volunteered a curious morceau of reform. It has been discovered that the annual Mutiny Act, the renewal of which is a matter of routine, contained a clause...
[The Lords have not got through a vast amount of work; though...]
The SpectatorThe Lords have not got through a vast amount of work; thou gh they have furthered Lord Dallhousie's important bill for dissolving repentant railway conlpanies. And Lord...
Page
The Court.
The SpectatorTbte Court. ON Saturdiay afternoon, the Queen, Prince Albert, and the children, left towis for Claremont; and remained till the afternloon of Tluesday, wlhe they returned to...
The Metropolis.
The Spectatorzrbc A?Irtropoflis- The Lord MIavor entertained -' party of Bishops and other Church dignitaries, :at the Mansiollhouose, we Thursdily. I The " May meetings" at Exeter Hall...
Page
MR. FRANCIS WYSE'S AMERICA.
The SpectatorSPECTATOR'S LIBRARY. {ATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, America, its Realities and Resources: comprising important Details connected with the present Social, Political, Agricultural,...
Page
MR. JESSE'S ANECDOTES OF DOGS.
The SpectatorMB. JESSE'S ANECDOTES OF DOGS. THis wants the variety of some of Mir. Jesse's other works, through the greater singleness of the subject; which not only limits his topics, but...
Page
"CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY."
The Spectator"CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY." A TRIVIAL assault case at Bow Street Police Court, the other day, raised an important question as to the freedom of religious opinion, with a...
THE RAILWAY GAUGES.
The SpectatorTHE RAILWAY GAUGES. THE evidence collected by the Gauge Commission is conclusive on two points,-that a uniform gauge is indispensable and that of the only two gauges respecting...
Page
[The Senate of the United States have adopted a resolution...]
The SpectatorThe Senate of the United States have adopted a resolution authorizing the President to give notice for terminating the joint occupancy of the Oregon territory; but the...
Debates and Proceedings in Parliament.
The SpectatorDebates anb jWrocrcbingS in Vatlianlcnt. PENSION'S TO VISCOtNT HARDINGE AND LORD GOUGH. I On Monday, Sir ROBERT PEEL brought under the notice of the House of Commons the...
Page
The Provinces.
The Spectator'Ibte vrobtnres. Addresses to the King and Queen of the French were adopted on Thursday by the Liverpool Town-Council. | It is expected that the experimental squalron will...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorSCOTLAND. The Falkirk contest terminated, oi0 Friday last, in favour of Lord Lincoln, by a majority of 11 votes. Of the live boroughs which make up the constituency, Mr. Wilson...
Page
[The Corn Bill made another important advance last evening:]
The SpectatorPOSTSCRIPT. SATURDAY NIGHT. The Corn Bill made another important advance last evening: the report was brought up, and received without a division; the Protecticuists...
Page
Miscellaneous.
The Spectatorfistcr I Ianeous. Presents to Queen Victoria from the Bey of Tunis, consisting of seven Arab horses of the purest breed, a full-growu lion, and other wild beasts of the desert,...