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THE Duke of WELLINGTON'S Administration, after having so long trusted
The Spectatorfor support to the opinion of the country, has at length deemed it expedient to invoke additional aid from libel-law. The public pro- secutor is once more abroad—is once more...
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TUE KING.—HIS Majesty arrived at Windsor Castle on Tuesday soon
The Spectatorafter Ion 1 ' o'clock, attended by his suite, and took up his residence there for the winter season. THE Comm—His Majesty held a Court at Windsor on Thursday. It was at. tended...
The Government of the Netherlands has projected some restrictions on
The Spectatorthe press, and the Chamber of the States General have in conse- quence opposed the measures of the Minister of Finance. The pro- posed decennial budget was rejected ; while the...
The French Ministry seems as secure as ever. The King
The Spectatorhas not yielded to the clamour of the Liberals ; and the Liberals are now forced to postpone their hopes of triumph till the meeting of the Cham- bers shall give them another...
THE MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, THURSDAY EveNiNo.—To-morrow being Christmas-day, and Saturday also a holiday, on which the Stock Exchange will be closed, our report for the week is dated this...
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RECORDEIN Rs:mgr.—At the Fleeting of the Privy Council yesterday, the
The SpectatorRecorder made his report of the convicts capitally convicted at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey ; of the case of John Tisley alias Harris (from the June Sessions) and the six...
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CON.—In the Court of Common Pleas on Thursday, an action
The Spectatorwas brought by Sir Thomas Croft, against Colonel Lyster, for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife, and the damages were laid at 10,000/. The defendant admitted the...
DIGESTED REPORT OF LAW PROCEEDINGS. 'Coma OF ClisNcsav. IN THE
The Spectatorararrna OF Rvssztx, a bankrupt.—The question in this case turned upon the construction of the 56th section of the new Bankrupt Act. At the time of the bankruptcy, and for Some...
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THE PRESS.
The SpectatorTHE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS FOR LIBEL. MORNING CHRONICLE. — The libel on his Majesty is a statement which surely did not require to be refuted by an Attorney-General and Jury,...
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SCENES OF THE DRURY LANE PANTOMIME.
The SpectatorIN the pantomime which is to be acted to-night at Drury Lane, there is a moving panorama by STANFIELD, with a private view of which we were favoured on Thursday evening. The...
DELICATE INVESTIGATION.
The Spectator" IF it's murder mention it," says Billy Lackaday ; and such has been the substance of the inquiry urged against Mr. PHILLIPS for some weeks past. The Magistrates of Bow Street...
LIABILITY OF NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS.
The SpectatorTOPICS OF THE DAY. THE liability of newspaper proprietors, under all circumstances what- soever, both to civil and criminal actions in cases of libel, has been generally taken...
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AN ATTEMPT TO SETTLE A SOMEWHAT TEDIOUS CONTROVERSY.
The SpectatorIN the forthcoming number of the Westminster Review, will be found another article on the " greatest happiness principle,"—substantially the same with the dissertations that...
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NEAPOLITAN HONESTY.
The SpectatorA DISCOVERY of a house has been made in the ruins of Herculaneum, on the peculiarities of which, the patriots of Southern Italy dwell with justifiable complacency. Not a single...
NURSERY ANTHOLOGY FOR 1830. JUVENILE ANNUALS.
The SpectatorLITERARY SPECTATOR. CHILDREN are unerring critics, as far, as their knowledge extends, and it reaches over the whole realm of the imagination. MOLIERE'S old woman knew what was...
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THE ROMANCE OF HISTORY—SPAIN.
The SpectatorWE did not think highly of the preceding series of this work, by poor Mr. NEELE ; who nevertheless, it is supposed, sacrificed his life in order to render it worthy of the...
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PARRIANA,
The SpectatorOF all the laborious nothings, of all the farraginous hotchpotches that was ever collected, we have never seen any to lie compared to Parriana. We formerly gave our opinion . of...
LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The SpectatorBOORS TIIE PRESS on PREPAnixo Fon, pUBLICATIoN Musical Illustrations of the Waverley Novels, by Eliza Flower—A volume of Literary Recollections and Biograithical Sketches, by...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING. SA TE:R D/ s r 3/01,NING,
The SpectatorThe Andromache, Laws, from Bengal, has arrived off Falmouth. She left Caleutta‘om the 1011 August, R1auritins, 24th September, and St. Helena on the 25th October. let- ters by...
THE ARMY,
The SpectatorWAR-OFFICE, Dec. 24.—Royal Reg. Horse Guards : Sec. Lieut, Hon. AV. F. Cowper.. from the Ceylon Reg. to be Con by purchase, vice It. S. Gascoigne—tith Dragoons Serj. F....
FROM THE LONDON GAZETFES.
The SpectatorTuesday, Dec. 22. PARTNERSHIPS DIssotvEn.—DAvv, Gm tanitr, and Sowrox, Devonport, brewers —131E0ot:11.1cm and Son, Spalding and HolbeaCli, Lincolnshire, clock and watch-makers...
THE CHURCH.
The SpectatorThe Right Hon. and Rev. Lord W. Russell; M. A. has been instituted by the Lod Bishop of Lincoln, to the Rectory of Eastmanstead Cheyneys, in the county of Bucking- ham, oil the...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBin:rms.—On the 17th inst. at Alistky Hall, the lady of the Right Honourable the' Speaker, of a daughter—December 7, in Tuckey-street, Cork, the wife of Mr. James. Murphy, of...
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HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
The SpectatorThe Brighton Hariers meet regularly every Monday, at Patcham ; Wednesdays, at the Race Course; and Fridays, at the Dyke—at half-past ten. The Lewes Brookside Hariers meet every...
LONDON MARKETS.
The SpectatorCORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, DEC. 18. Considerable arrivals of Irish Oats have made the market heavy for this grain, but there is no alteralion in price. Wheat and Barley without...
