4 DECEMBER 1858

Page 1

_ NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Spectator

A. NEW contest has arisen out of the Montalembert case: the Emperor has stolen a inarCh . iipon g the convicted patriot, by par- doning him ; but Montalembert retaliates by...

Page 2

4tr 31ir1ropolio.

The Spectator

SARAWAK AND LORD DERBY. An important deputation waited upon the Earl of, Derby on Tuesday. It was introduced by Mr. Crawford, one of the city members, and 'it included six...

4t Court.

The Spectator

THE QUEEN has extended her drives abroad this week as far as Ald er . shot% Accompanied by the Prince Consort, she drove to Frionley Com- mon, where the troops met her and...

Page 3

eei:STenist Mission.

The Spectator

A meeting of friends of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, was had . at Rooms on Wednesday,!to prole* miseiona to China and Japan, The Bishop of....

METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS.

The Spectator

The meeting convened by the Lord Mayor to consider Mr. Pearson's project for relieving London streets of traffic and providing suburban homes for the poor, was held in the...

Page 4

REFORM AMONG " TUE FRIENDS."

The Spectator

The leading members of the Society of Friends recently held a con- ference at the head-quarters of the sect in Houndsditeh, to discuss s o me important changes in their...

Page 5

MR. BEACH ON THE FRENCH SITUATION.

The Spectator

The two members for North Hampshire—Mr. Beach and Mn. Sdater- Bootb—dined with their constituents on Wednesday, and of course, as in duty bound, made speeches. Hampshire is a...

Trintitrint.

The Spectator

“1EFO1tN.1" IN RUTLAND. The two members for Rutland.shire, the IIonourable G. T. Noel and the Honourable G..R.,,Heatheote, dined with their constituents on Wed- nesday, the...

Page 6

futigu ant Cdnui a 1.

The Spectator

c fraurt.—The Montalembert sentence has afforded the French Em- peror an opportunity for the display of his histrionic genius. On the 2d December, the Moniteur announced that...

IRELAND.

The Spectator

The Orange Society has issued its half-yearly address. This document is very brief, and is signed "Edward Waller, chairman." It consists of a glorification of the Orange...

SCOTLAND.

The Spectator

The supporters of what is called the forty shilling movement in sea. land, !headed by Bailie Bletkadder, DI% Begg and.Mr.- Duncan M'Laren, waited on the Lord Advocate on Monday,...

Page 11

A PLEA FOR THE POPE.

The Spectator

." J. C." has written the following cogent and amusing letter to the in behalf of the Pope, reduced to great straits by the larceny co!ntaitted by his agents at Bologna. The...

Iligultauton

The Spectator

HEAD TO THE RESCUE! Sir Francis Head has written from Croydon to the Times in defence of Louis Napoleon. What he tries to prove is that "the Emperor Louis Napoleon is not the...

Page 12

DORACE AND GLADSTONEP'"' -ii- t 1 , 7 . 1 3 . to be a correct

The Spectator

version of r i ii" •' qillii' ' ' ii,o' in..{h list number of the Quarter , et v4 ,„:,is : _ . _,I.J1, flID7 . 0 .... 0 1 • - e We [Times] have reason tp ' ve th t the f Not w...

POSTSCRIPT SA.TIIHDAY.

The Spectator

The curtain has not yet been dropped upon the Montalembert drama. The principal actors are still on the stage, and some new ones are to be summoned forth. The Emperor intended...

Page 13

t4t 4tatrts.

The Spectator

It is so long since Mr. Robson has been seen in a new and important part, fitted to display those peculiarities that have gained him a position as one of the most remarkable...

MONEY MARKET.

The Spectator

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTEENOON. The near approach of the settling in Consols, and a somewhat increased de- maed for money, have had an adverse effect upon English Securities...

Page 14

A/1151f.

The Spectator

The Deeettore was given it Drury Lane on Monday, for Mr. Harri- son's benefit. - The performance with as good as could be expected : Harrison himself was the Manrieo, Miss...

Tat Ietl ii :dtlaU 141, 4)11 " ' , ; 1 ' } j .. , ; .

The Spectator

Tin: secular fuggle of lialli i :cor a t u f i '.14ple a 4,0 be about to enter into a new P e. There f ti? ; Elm . itrope is tilled,with bad which appear to betoken tlia...

Page 15

SARAWAK.

The Spectator

right one by the practical men of England. Loan DERBY has been asked by a deputation what he will do in reg ard to Saraw a k; and he has answered that he Will do nothing at all....

THE COUP DE GRACE.

The Spectator

Okcn again the Harlequin of empire has wielded his magic flail to the astonishment of observers. M. de Montalembert is pardoned. That strange object of psychological and...

Page 16

COLONIAL PF.PRESENTATIVE PEERS.

The Spectator

WitinE contradictin g the unfounded report that lie was sent out to Canada with a political mission from the Colonial Office, to as- certain the feelin g s of the Canadian...

EINGLAND'S:011ENGTII 1i J t OPE.

The Spectator

PROPHECY Lmight.be‘iuStige OPPAtitgnfIRSIR 3 / 41 4 4 .forebodings, if it were-t e take the oetuallStatssig-the.CroAtinent,for its raw ma- terial. !There in racareely a...

Page 17

• WHAT TO DO WITH ST. PAUL'S SURPLUS. THE opening

The Spectator

of St. Paul's Cathedral on Advent Sunday was a , great success, qualified by failure. The multitude collected sur- pasSed all expectation ; but we incline to believe that the...

THE NEW FOREIGN OFFICE DESIGN FROM THE GUERNSEY POINT OF

The Spectator

VIEW. LORD DERBY'S Government is not unlucky even in its misfor- tunes. The publication of Sir John Young's despatch is decidedly a public inconvenience. Party seized upon it...

Page 18

LAW REFORM AND ITS ANOMALIES.

The Spectator

NOTHING betrays the want of altive and effective statesmanship in this country more than the condition into which, with all its un- doubted reforms, the law has fallen. To say...

Page 19

" FRASER" AND '" BLACKWOOD " ON TAT PRESENT STATE

The Spectator

OF POLITICS. "Who is the prosecutor of M. de Montalembert ? None other than the Emperor, whom we are in the habit of calling our most faithful ally, whom Lord Derby (shame, for...

RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS, TIMER PROGRESS AND HINDRANCE.

The Spectator

Tax railway world is heaving," as the penny-a-liner says, with ideas of _improvement, big and little ; but every improvement is first incubated in the hard-shelled form of...

Page 20

21.07401079,12QPirraWgig orilanfpre tkiewismtuk,raia r i,h.,„pbbam. WEettAi ;Obi thenitritCV0-ftiniot wierts#Visw/ tk.tiliimtodenit *Width: And

The Spectator

Nligatd4kR*ItigliW-giFkliAn•gitApIporktinti fi lftil 0 0'0,Htk or e se -possesse vigour of er chic pu ica ubs 1,44,0„f Sersiptuird , ht...

liut irts.

The Spectator

PROVINCIAL EXHIBITIONS LIVERPOOL. The stagnancy of London is the opiitW of the provinces in point of p'eture, shows. The autumn and winter months. whickusuifiA Pre", seV -...

,.a.9 .9TIETWA0ffi*VoTANell 916 0 1 '3 4VA Til i scili r d i AI T ANcb9Ktrsti 9a; Withthilt . bldasattugas..alliifebteli cee

The Spectator

viiiientli,e3t13iiMiik4Wee"niroWeinlIfiAg - 161301Y1 VinillrfAII6daff]the Attriek1 3 ,49eti . 4k4 c Eastern Pol i gg i ordnstittitiox0 Studer, thiAnanagenient ain i agrw eit...

CHURCH OF ENGLAND PORTRAITS,*

The Spectator

There is something of -a sectarian 4ar in the title of this new series of photographic 'portraits, though it May be most unobjectionably meant indeed, Quip those need find...

- ' , On the 15th Nosnmber, at Malta, the Wife of

The Spectator

Lieutenant,Colonel Tiallewell, Assistant-Adjutant-General of a daughter. On the 16th, at Malta, -the Wife of Colonel Ramsay Stuart, C.13-., Mb Fusiliers, of On the 24th...

Page 21

k2btla November at HastiniN En il • vidow of the

The Spectator

late Henry Mastyn Thel- *an, ., of the Bombay Civil Service; in her 26th:year. • -On the Vat, in.Ihroklarrd Comment,: Eh Jnh&s Wood, - Benjamin Wpm, Esq., of Regent Street, and...

't.yk - - ■ : ' FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, NOVEMBER

The Spectator

30. i t i OFFICE, Pa11-31.11, November 10. a. -Royal Bagineera , -Brevet-Col. H. 0, OW ' to be Col. vice Savage, reniovedie . General O fficer ; Ba- reet-Major:J. H. Pre. ' to...

PRICES CURRENT.

The Spectator

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Soloed. Monday. Tuesday. Widnes Thurs. Friday. 3 per Cent Consols 98 91 981 971 981 981 Ditto for Account 981 91 981 971 94 981 3 per...

'rat.

The Spectator

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 30. Bankrupts.-Tuomaa Cons: Jonas, New Street Square, printer-Jonx BowLos, Colchester, niill-wright-ROBERT Conant, Stewkley, Buckinghamshire,...

MARRIAGES.

The Spectator

On the 13tIrtOPtanir, r it l eoia l ba,' BOnibay, froni the licinsiiifedloriel'Warre, C.B., .Rc g itmtujj eitbst min „of ;the late &Mate- eri 1 er o V k en terl in i r sWM 1 1...

S4t

The Spectator

FROM TIER LONDON GAZETTE, DECEMBER 3. Anuresis-a, Dec. 2.-The following promotions, dated the 24th ult. have this day taken place, consequent on the death, on the 23d ult. of...

Page 24

London Printed by ;antra CLarrosi, of 265. Strand, in the

The Spectator

County of MIddlerea;Printer, at the ofilce of Josarn Cr:' TON, 17, Douverie Street, in the Precinct of Whitcfrinrs In the City of London ; and published by the aforesaid Rosen...

Page 25

- ttfArfor (1 plitmeitiTt+mn" - DECEMBER 4, 1858 r?,1 1

The Spectator

_ . 0 :)1J1/11ff JB - 10 01 S. ELLIS'S THREE viSITS TO IfilDACiASCAlt* II By his former - history and his present visits , Mr. Ellis l liSo; made Madagascar as it were his own...

Page 27

WILKINSON ON COLOUR AND TASTE.*

The Spectator

Sm GARDBXE Virmxinson produces in this volume one of the best books which have been written on such a subject. Works on the principles of art are apt to be too theoretic. The...

Page 28

FERRIER'S HISTORY OF THE AFFGHANS.*

The Spectator

IT seems scarcely worth while for Captain Jesse to have translated this History of the Alfghans unless he thinks the characters and crimes of some of their chieftains, and a...

Page 30

imre - T A LES.* PRO= fiction, as we have already

The Spectator

intimated more than once, is getting into a very unsatisfactory state, not merely with regard to the number of books written, and the frequent unfitness of their authors for the...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The Spectator

The tide of publications has slackened. The principal book of the week, both as regards subject and author, is the treatise "On Naval Warfare with Steam" by her Howard Douglas....

Page 31

Vtni MUHL

The Spectator

"MIS SA SOLENNE," DAL CONTE DI WEST MO REL AND.* The Earl of Westmoreland is an Amateur, of a description almost un- known in England. In this country, those classes who do not...

• WORDSWODTH' F1 WHITE DOE OP RYLSTONE.•

The Spectator

This gift-book edition of Wordsworth's legendary narrative-poem exhibits no feature of superiority over the many other illustrated gift- books which constitute the level of that...