9 MAY 1863

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RUSSIA versus COSMOPOLITAN REVOLUTION.

The Spectator

RUSSIA versus COSXIOPOLITAN REVOLUTION. T HE Russian tactics are by no means either contemptible T or obscure. Prince Gortschakoff has replied diplomatically, and General Berg...

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THE HORSES OF THE SAHARA.

The Spectator

BOOKS. THE HORSES OF THE SAIIARA. THis is a very singular, but very delightful book, and one which touches a vast variety of chords. It may appear strange that the sublimest...

Music and the Drama.

The Spectator

LRxtsic site t4t pralm. SIGNOR SCHIRA'S opera, Nriccolb de' Lapi, wvas produced at Her Majesty's Theatre on Thursday last, with all those appearances of success which have of...

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Spectator

NEWS OF THE WEEK. T lIE first week in May has shone brightly on all but the T Government. Lord Palmerston has been eloquent in praise of Art, but unsuecessful as a political...

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DEATH.

The Spectator

DEATH. WVHITEHOUSE-01 the 3rd i.nst, At 29 Lower Eaton street, Pimlico, of bronchitis. 1Mr. Niflisu, N hitehot-se. aged '. years, deeplv Ilsneitted. 1'rieids will please accept...

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THE WEAKNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT.

The Spectator

TOPICS OF THE DAY. THNE WE.kKNESS OF THlE GOVERNMENT. HIS session the slaughter of the innocents is beginning I early. About the end of July, when ever thing looks dusty and...

THE UNTAXED CHARITIES DEBATE.

The Spectator

THE ITNTAXED CHALRITIES DEBATE. THIS is the day of ascendancy for all Vested Interests, no 1 matter how bad their case, how poor their logic, howv feeble their rhetoric. It is...

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MR. WALTER'S MOTION.

The Spectator

MR. WALTER'S MOTION. N Tuesday evening, Mr. Walter moved in the House of I 0 Commons a resolution to the effect that it is inexpedient and unjust to require the employment of...

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THE RELIGIOUS PROSPECTS OF THE CONTINENT.

The Spectator

TLHE RELIGIOUS PEh)SPECTS OF THlE CONTINENT. 1) OTH in the Protestant countries of iEurope, and in those Bwhich arrogate to thenmselves the title of Catholic, Christianity at...

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THE PATENT GHOST.

The Spectator

THE PATENT GHOST. O/1VDERN researches in Spiritualism have led to one practical Al result-the discovery of a ghost. Not of an ordinary oldfashioned ghost, appearing in the...

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THE CRITICAL EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE.

The Spectator

THlE CRITICAL E'DITION OF SHAKESPEARE.* CAMBRIDGE has of late years produced several very remarkable vorks of learning. The Cambridge system is not, indeed, as a rule,...

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PROFESSOR TYNDALL ON HEAT.

The Spectator

PROFESSOR TYNDALL ON HJEAT.* THE question " what is heat? " would, until very recently, have met from the scientific men of the day with an unhesitating and all but unanimous...

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THE FRENCH "ABSTAINERS" FROM POLITICAL LIFE.

The Spectator

TlHE FRENCH "ABSTAMENlRS" FROM POLITICAL LIFE. [FRomI OUR SPECIAL CORtRESPONDENT.] Alaty 6(l, 1863 THE Monitewr has published the text of the three replies of Rtussia to the...

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Fine Arts.

The Spectator

Jine ars. EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY. THis, the ninety-fifth exhibition of the Royal Academy, has opened under circumstances which cannot but suggest to Royal...

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MR. BROWN OF TELLICHERRY ON THE COTTON SUPPLY.

The Spectator

MR. BROWN OF TELLIGlHERRY ON TlHE COTTON S UPPLY.* THIS is a very instructive contribUtiOli to the Indian cotton question. Mr. Brown shows, by the most striking facts, that the...

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RAILWAYS versus SETTLEMENTS.

The Spectator

RAILWAYS versus SETTLEMENTS. I F the world were to be divided into Liberals and Conser- I I vatives, not according to their party predilections, but on philosophical...

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THE UNIVERSITY JEALOUSY OF NONCONFORMISTS.

The Spectator

THE UNIVERSTTY JEALOUSY OF NONCONFORMISTS. I HE semi-theological deliberations of Parliament are not very noble spectacles. The House half-closes the doors of its lips on such...

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A VENDEAN MURDER.

The Spectator

A VENDE.A -N MURDER. "THE 18th of November, 1862, in the evening, M. Ollive, a 1 captain on the retired list, was waiting at Des Lucs for the mail coach from Nantes, with the...

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MISS COBBE ON THE PURSUITS OF WOMEN.

The Spectator

MISS COBBE ON THE PURSUITS OF WOMEN.* WHEN Miss Cobbe asked, "What shall we do with our old 'maids?" some impatient critics gave the reply,,"Leave them alone," and when,...

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MISS MULOCH'S FAIRY BOOK.

The Spectator

MISS MULOCHI'S FAIRY BOOK.* Tnis is meant," says Miss Muloch, " to be tile best collec-tion attainable of that delight of ill children, and of nmanly girowvn people who retain...

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THE FOOD DIFFICULTY IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.

The Spectator

TIHE FOOD DIFFICULTY IN T'lE SOUTHERN STATES. [FRi3o OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] New hork, April 21, 1863. THiE unsuccessful attack upon Charleston has given rise to a good...