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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator"Throughout this day the French fire has been feeble, and only at intervals. The cross battery has effected , nothin g , for the fire from the Citadel continues unabated. I...
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The Legislature of South Carolina have determined, by a large
The Spectatormajority, no longer to submit to the authority of the General Government ; but have declared the Tariff Bill, by which the - whole foreign commerce of the country was regulated,...
To the Assembly of Jamaica, at its late opening, Earl
The SpectatorMur.- GRAVE addressed a Very conciliatory message, adverting to the points on which England and the Colony agreed and those on which they differed. The Assembly made a pert and...
The same stories of the warlike intentions of Prussia,with which
The Spectatorthe public have so often been amused, have been renewed within the past week. The King and the Crown Prince were said to have been reconciled, and that it was consequently...
THE ELECTIONS.
The SpectatorRETURNS TO PARLIAMENT. . ( .2 Places. Eames. flA BEDFORDSHIRE ..Ld.C.J.F.Russell 1 — Mr. Stuart — 1 Mr. Rice 1 — CAMBRIDGE B... Mr. Pryme 1 — CARMARTHEN CoL Trevor — 1 Mr....
In Spain, matters appear to be very unsettled. The new
The SpectatorGovernment seems as cautiously to avoid making friends among the Liberals as if it relied upon receiving support from the Car- lists. All accounts from Madrid are incomplete and...
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FINAL POLLS.
The SpectatorCA:Faun:1's* ..TreVOr° 1,937 GLOUCESTER, W .Berkeley 2 Lillie ,494 DuartAN S Pease 2,269 Bulled l 3,182 KENT, E Plum ptre 3,574 Keppell Yonn, N Buncombe* .... 4,885 Murray*...
BRISTOL. - The Mercury of the 15th instant gives a print of
The Spectatora "bri- bery-box" that has been freely resorted to on the occasion of the late election, and adds the following note- "At a house, No. 8, in King Street, the parlour-window was...
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DUIsIDEE. — The Dundee Advertiser states that the glorious result of the
The SpectatorDundee election was brought about at an expense little if at all ex- ceeding 1501. We observe the Times, in speaking of this election, de- scribes Mr. Kinloeh as preferred to...
be liftrtropnii#.
The SpectatorThe Lord Chancellor is expected to remain at Brotrimm Hall until the 6th or 8th of January. Hilary. Term is appointed for Friday . the 11th of January; on which day the Noble...
Cbe Court..
The SpectatorTIIE King and Queen remain at Brighton, and continue to enjoy ex- cellent health. The Duke of Devonshire, Lord and Lady Dover, the Earl and Countess of Kenmare, have been at the...
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MURDER AT ENFIELD CRASE.—A murder, attended by circum- stances of
The Spectatormore than ordinary atrocity, was perpetrated on Wednesday night last week, at Enfield Chase. The subject of it was a young man, a sailor, named Benjamin Con* DAllb3r, NVIIP...
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The Times would have the Ballot introduced in towns, to
The Spectatorprotect the electors from the non-electors, but would leave the polling open its the country. Is the Times serious in his opinion—that the power of the poor requires more to be...
A gentleman, named Beaume, proprietor of a house called "
The SpectatorThe French Colony," near Copenhagen House, was held to personal bail at Hatton Garden in the beginning of the week, on a not very definite charge connected with the disposal of...
- - THE MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCE EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. . The capitulation of the Citadel of Antwerp, by removing one of the exciting causes of war, has greatly increased the confidence of our...
DURHAM.
The Spectator" Tine county of Durham has not returned one Conservative to Parliament." Newspaper Report. No sound of revelry is heard In Raby's princely halls, And darkly droops the banner...
The Duke DE FITZTAIIES has addressed a letter to the
The SpectatorEditor of the Gazette de France, in which he offers to suffer instead of the Dutchess DE BERRI, since others have anticipated him in the offer to plead her cause. He says—" I...
Next week, we shall give CoLoxrar, EXPENDITURE, in continuation of
The Spectatorthe Spectator's Key to Political Knowledge, No. II. Our next gre It subject will be TAXATION; which we hope to be able to lay before our readers on the first publication-day in...
Count Pozzo Dr BORG() has arrived in London. The object
The Spectatorof his visit is of course unknown ; but the merchants and jobbers attribute it to a desire on the part of NICHOLAS to detach Britain from its alliance with France. " When the...
COUNTRY ELECTIONS.—By the arrivals this morning, it appears that the
The Spectatorpoll for Perthshire, at the close of the first day, stood thus—for Lord Ortnelie, 1,631 ; for Sir George Murray, 1,064; majority, 567. This was reckoned quite decisive, as there...
It is intended to invite Mr. Coke to a public
The Spectatordinner at Norwich, in honour of his political integrity and private worth, as exhibited during a period of nearly sixty years. This homage will be appreciated by him the more...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY. The garrison of the Citadel of Antwerp, which were made prisoners until the forts of Lieficenshoek and Lilo are given up to the Belgians, . must remain so for a few...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE TORIES' NEW STRAW. DROWNING men, says the proverb, catch at straws. When the Tories were thrown overboard, they swam for a while, scarce dis- - pleased with the novelty,...
THE SPEAKER OF THE REFORMED HOUSE OF
The SpectatorCOMMONS. MR. MANNER S S UTTON, having been refused a Peerasre by the • King, acting under the advice, of his Whig Minister,. is evidently manceuvering to get himself -...
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TITHES AND CORN-LAWS.
The SpectatorTHE Examiner of last week, in an elaborate - leading article, en- forces "the necessity of uniting - the question of Tithes with that of the Corn-laws." Our contemporary is of...
MINISTERIAL REPRESENTATIVES.
The SpectatorWE never had much dotaas to the facility with which the va- rious members of the Government would obtain seats in the new, Parliament; though, upon the whole, we think it would...
THE "HOP, STEP, AND JUMP" OF REFORM.
The SpectatorTHE Standard charges us with dispensing hard measure to Lord's JOHN RUSSE.LL and ALTHORP, because they will not do every thing at - a" hop,. step, and jump" gait. When certain...
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- CHASSE.
The SpectatorCHASSE, it is said, hoped that his defence would prove opyreable to his old commander, the Duke of WELLINGTON: the French officers were, lie trusted, satisfied with his defence....
CONSERVATIVE SUBSCRIPTION.
The SpectatorTuts subscription has been set on foot by the Conservative Club, who earnestly eppeal to ell true .friends Of Peace and the Farmers on behalf of its unfortunate object. They...
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T
The SpectatorPANTommaslwill always be popular so long as they are fowled upon i some fairy tale or nursery legend. And we have observe that they have generally been successful in proportion...
Polish Literary Associations have been formed in various parfs of
The Spectatorthe kingdom ; and one of them, at Hull, has commenced an in- teresting and intelligent journal devoted to the subject of unhappy Poland, called the Polish Record. The sympathy...
"Fashionable novels," it seems, like other fashionable folk, have not
The Spectatormeasured their outgoings by their incomes. They are obliged to go abroad to retrench. The publisher of them has just been de- tected, says the Quarterly, in exporting thirty...
It is rumoured that a great number of disorderly persons
The Spectatorhave got into the New Parliament. This being the case, it is lucky that the Speaker will have such a backer as GULLY: no man is better qualified for keeping order or seeing fair...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The Spectatorkuvoutootapwr. - t. The 14fe of a Sailor., By a Captain in the Navy. 3 vols. Bentley. R.41 ,10 DICAL LITERATURE, The Quarterly ReVieW, No. XCVI. Published in December 1832...
THE LIFE OF A SAILOR.
The Spectator' THIS is a made book ; but the manufacturer was in possession of ample materials, and has not been unskilful in working them up. Be has refrained from casting his experience in...
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• THE QUARTER LY REVIEW FOR DECEMBER 183 2.
The SpectatorTHIS is a very fair average number of the Quarterly. The litera- 'tire is industrious and active : the politics are of course obsolete ; and We 'reckon all such papers as that...
MR. COLBURN'S PEDIGREES OF THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN.
The SpectatorSo here is a new scheme to turn vanity into pence. The most *retched vanities are generally the _most lucrative to the person who has the hardihood to e:tploiter 'them. Carroty...
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3. The Happy Week, by the authoress of 'the Odd
The SpectatorVolume, must be strongly recommended to all parents:for the amusement and instruction of their children. There are.many good reasons for speaking well of this pretty volume.
4. We are glad to receive the concluding volume of
The Spectatorthe works of the admirable ROBERT HALL. Our opinion of his merits has been warmly expressed. There is a portrait here : but who can take the portrait of an orator ?—if he is not...
2. Madame SWINTON BELLoc has translated some of Miss EDGEWORTH'S
The SpectatorEarly Lessons, and the first part of Harry and Lucy, into French. We are only surprised that the task has not been previously executed.
S. Exercises in Geography is the first of a series
The Spectatorof Elementary Works published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. It is, we...
7. The Want Annua iaitce little square book, full of
The Spectatorprattle and plates. The stories are infantine in their manner, and sage in their moral. Whether the pictures will please or not,, we have some difficulty in saying: we fear they...
5. We have many of the small pamphlets of Mr.
The SpectatorGIRDLESTONE, the Vicar of Sedgeley. He appears to us very much what a clergy- man ought to be—the teacher of his parish, and an example of excel- lent Christian conduct. He:has...
BOOKS ON THE TABLE.
The Spectator1. A new project has been started, called the Library of Ro- mance : the object seems to be to condense new novels into one volume, and charge a proportionate price. It will be...
6. We have received, from Sydney, a Synopsis of Latin
The SpectatorGram- ar, in one sheet. Think of that, gentle reader—a Latin Acci- dence from Botany Bay ! [We wish it had not cost, in postage, the sum of four-and-eightpence. This is not a...
LORD ALTHORP'S PLEDGES.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sin—Concurring as I do inmost of the editorial observations which I read in your valuable paper, there is an article in that of the 22d instant,...
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THE NEWTONIAN THEORY OF THE TIDES.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. East Dulwich, 20th December 1832. SIR — In my letter of 19th November,II attempted to show, first, that any force.. of gravitation, however...
IMPARTIALITY.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR. OF THE SPECTATOR. December 19, 1832. Stn—If I were not an admirer of the impartial as well as spirited manner in which the Spectator is generally conducted, I...
