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It would appear that the French are going in good
The Spectatorearnest to vindicate their claim to respect from the Algerines : at least there is a talk of sending an army of fifty thousand men against them. There is a report that Baron...
It is reported, and believed, that the Emperor of Brazil
The Spectatoris well pleased with his agents in Europe for changing the destination of his daughter ; and that Lord Strangford's mission will most likely come to nothing. The reception of...
A popular tumult in Brussels succeeded the conviction of the
The Spectatoreditor of a newspaper for libel. The species of the libel •does' pot very clearly appear from this description of it the principal charge against the accused was, that he had...
THE following letter from the Prime Minister to Dr. Curtis,
The Spectatorthe Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, and titulary Primate, has ob- NEWS OF THE WEEK. THE following letter from the Prime Minister to Dr. Curtis, the Catholic Archbishop of...
It is gratifying to learn that the revenue for the
The Spectatorquarter is ex- pected to show'an increase . approaching to half a million, princi- pally in the Excise department. The revenue of the whole year will considerably exceed the...
At Gibraltar, the fever is slowly but surely giving way
The Spectatorto the influence of the season. For the first nine days of the present month, the deaths had been reduced to an average of six each day. The French physicians have decided that...
The British merchants at Oporto have been attempting to com-
The Spectatorply with a decree of Doll Miguel, in the election of a Judge Con- servator. In this they find a difficulty,—it is scarcely possible for the individual chosen to do justice to...
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THE COURT AT WINDSOR.—Donna Maria da Gloria, Duchess of Oporto,
The Spectatoror Queen of Portugal, was introduced to the King on Monday. She arrived from Laleham soon after two o'clock, and was received by the Duke of Mon- trose and Lord Clinton. The...
The City has been thrown into a state of agitation
The Spectatorthis afternoon by the stoppage of the banking-house of Remington, Stephenson, SATURDAY NIGHT. The City has been thrown into a state of agitation this afternoon by the stoppage...
THE MONEY MARKET.
The Spectator• STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING.—The transactions in MIT market on the three first days of this week, although not of very great extent, were of importance on account of the...
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POLICE OF LONDON. FORGERIES.—John Huntley, residing in Drummond- street, Euston-square,
The Spectatorwas committed for trial from Hatton-garden on Wed- nesday,on the charge of having uttered a forged bill of exchange for 501. to Mr. Mouley, grocer, and bearing to have been...
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THE PRESS.
The SpectatorA CHRISTMAS SERMON THETEXT, CHARITY. MORNING JOURNAL—Christmas comes at the time of the year when the calls on our charity, always sufficiently pressing, have the additional...
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STATE OF THE CATHOLIC QUESTION.
The SpectatorDUBLIN EVENING POET—It must be admitted that the present is a very nervous, perhaps we might say a very awful period in the history of our country. On one side, we have united...
BRITISH RELATIONS WITH PORTUGAL—RECEPTION OF THE YOUNG PRINCESS AT WINDSOR.
The SpectatorTIMES—The young Queen of Portugal was received by his Majesty with all the honours becoming her rank,—with all the regard and friendship due to centuries of political alliance,...
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HUSH FOOLERIES—O'CONNELL'S SEAT FOR CLARE.
The SpectatorTIMES—Mr. O'Connell pledges himself over and over to insist on taking his scat for Clare, and on the first day of the approaching session. Our wishes Icing what they are, on...
THERE IS NOT ONE LAW FOR THE RICH, AND ANOTHER
The SpectatorTOPICS OF THE DAY. " Mr. Marriott, the worthy Magistrate of Queen-square, has set an excellent ex- ample for the Bench of Judges in superior courts to follow in crim. con....
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S LETTER TO DR. CURTIS.
The SpectatorGLOBE—The Duke of Wellington in his letter admits, or rather affirms, two things—that a settlement of the Catholic question is most desirable, and that is should not despair, if...
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OUR JULIET.
The SpectatorTN these, dwarfish days of stage degeneracy, MSS PHILLIPS IS un- doubtedly an actress to thank heaven for and be content. Not for that she is fair to look upon (which indeed she...
LAWFULNESS OF EARTHQUAKES.
The SpectatorA GOOD gentleman has taken the trouble to write a letter to the Editor of a Morning Paper, complaining sadly of earthquakes, —that is to say, of earthquakes in theatres *; which...
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THE Sorrows of Rosalie • is a tale of seduction.
The SpectatorAll the incidents are of the well-approved' and long-established order of events in such cases. Innocence lives in a cottage with age : seduction comes in the shape of a gay...
THE Man with Two Lives * is the development of
The Spectatora Platonic idea, in two volumes. A young Englishman, Edward Sydenham, is conscious of having existed in another form, under the name of Frederick Werner, a gentleman of...
LITERARY SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorA POEM called Christmas, by one EDWARD MoxoN', has at least the merit of being seasonable. The last EdinburghReview, in enumerating the poets of the age, amongst whom it reckons...
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WE have run over a translation of VIDOCQ'S Memoirs, the
The Spectatorfirst volume of which has been published as a part of the Autobiogra- phical series which Messrs. HUNT and CLARKE have the merit of carrying on ; and are glad to observe that...
THE Tales of a Grandfather * is in fact an
The Spectatorabridgment of part of the history of Scotland. It is history told by anecdotes, charac- ters, and sketches. They are addressed to a boy ; but if it were not for the dear child...
NEW MUSIC.
The SpectatorLittle Swigs for Little Singers. MR. GREEN'S little songs are very unpretending, and well arranged —fit for the "mouths of babes and sucklings." The idea is a new one ; and the...
The pamphlet almost entirely consists of two letters addressed to
The SpectatorDr. WILLIAMS, interceding for his brother's recall, and the Doc- tor's polished but peremptory refusal. It seems that the authority of the prefects must be protected, and the...
EXTRACTS.
The SpectatorFROM THE MAN OF TWO LIVES. "The book which excited so much attention, I had bought at Frankfort in the fortieth year of my age, because it had been written at the very period...
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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EVENING.
The SpectatorFor the first time slime the commencement of our. shipping listsawe are unable to report a single arrival either outwards or homewards., The Fanny, a Dutch vessel, from Batavia,...
THE UNIVERSITIES.
The SpectatorOxPORD, December 24.—This day Mr. Charles William Bingham was admitted a Founder's Kin Fellow of New College.
THE CHURCH.
The SpectatorThe following gentlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, in Christ's College . Chapel on Sunday last. Deacons—George James Atkinson, B.A. Trinity College,...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBtarits.—On the 22d inst. at his house at the Admiralty, the Lady of Sir QIIIITra. Clerk, Bart. M.P. of a son—On the 21st inst. the Lady of John Bonham Carter„Eteu. M.P. of a...
LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The SpectatorBOOKS IN THE PRESS, OR PREPARINO FOR PUBLICATION. A Treatise on Hydrostatics, by the Rev. H. Thoseley, B.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. A Treatise on Printing and Dyeing...
THE ARMY.
The SpectatorWar-Office, December 22. Royal Waggon Train—Capt. Francis Bond Head, from the 98th Foot, to be 1114. by purchase, vice D'Arley, who retires. 4th Reg. of Foot—Lieut. Charles...
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.
The SpectatorTuesday, Dec. 23. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Deuchar and J. Stevenson, Rotterdam—R., R. M., and H. Frisby, Mark-lane, wine-merehanta--W. and J. B. Marwood, Bristol,' wholsale...
LONDON MARKETS.
The SpectatorCORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26. The supply of English Grain, in general, this week has been very moderate, but of Foreign Wheat there has been a good arrival. The trade on...
