1 AUGUST 1863, Page 1

THE GREAT GOVERNING FAMILIES OF ENG LAND.—Nsw FEATORE.—A featunkof some

interest now appears in the SPECTATOR, and will be cone:a:fed, either weeklyor at short intervals, giving an Account of the Great Governing Fast lies of England in Relation to their Influence on Political Affairs. The introductory one of the Series was issued on July 11th, accompanied by a Map of Great Britain showing, County by County, the 5,-eat Landed Proprietors therein residing, or owning large blocks of territory, forming an Index, as it were, to the modern history of property and politics in the Island. The account of the Greys of Howick appears 2'o-day.—Office,1 Wellington street, Strand; and by order of all Booksellers and News-agents in town and country.