plomatic proceedings on the subject of Cracow, it does not ma- Although a little more has been announced respecting the di- plomatic proceedings on the subject of Cracow, it...

sub- sided ; the display of force having brought the Sheik Imam-ed- deen to his senses. But it is apparent that the Vale of Cashmere is a glaring instance of the absurdity which...

THIS is the winter solstice of the Parliamentary recess. Every public question is at a stand. Old subjects recur, as if to keep their claims in view ; faint rumours of future...

been noted of late. The arming of the people goes on so fast that the gun-trade is the briskest in the island. The people, who declare that they are starving, have food to buy...

In the Court of Aldermen, on Tuesday, there was a sharp but resultiess discussion on the Separate system of prison discipline. Sir Peter Laurie denounced it as an exciting cause...

'I'mx Queen has paid her long-announced visit to the Duke of Norfolk. Her Majesty and suite embarked in the Fairy steamer from Osborne House, at half-past twelve on Tuesday, and...

affairs. In Mexico, the invasion makes no progress ; and in the Union men are beginning seriously to question the expediency of the whole war. Mr. Webster declares it illegal,...

The Lords of the Treasury have appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas, Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey,Captain Reid, and Captain Stopford, R.N., to be Inspectors of Relief Committees in...

There is a split among the Liberals of Manchester as to the proper can- didate for representing the borough. The Manchester Guardian announces a requisition calling on the Earl...

Portms.—It would appear by private letters from Vienna, that the in- corporation of Cracow with Austria did not take place without a strong opposition on the part of several...

The agricultural labourers of East Lothian held a meeting at Redding- ton, last week, for the purpose of concerting measures for the advancement of their wages. The meeting...

The Conde de Montemolin has received daily visits from several noble- men and gentlemen of " distinction ": among the most assiduous have been, Viscount Ranelagh, Lord John...

Amuvan—In the Downs, 3d Dec. Madagascar, Hight, from Calcutta. At Falmouth, 29th Nov. Pearl, Burrows, from Maulmain. In the Clyde, 28th, John Wood, Rose, from Batavia. At...

that Sir William Nott, the hero of Candahar, died in affluent circumstances; and that Lady Nott, his widow, was consequently well provided for as residuary legatee under his...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY arreasoon. The demand for English Stock, especially Consols, still continues; and in the course of the week this Stock might have been sold for Money and...

his ge- neral election committee on Thursday evening. Four or five hundred Mr. Bright, as candidate for Manchester, met the members of his ge- neral election committee on...

SATURDAY NIGHT. An official return has been published, showing the amount of expenditure and the number of persons set to work in Ireland under the Employment Acts. From these...

of a Li- verpool correspondent, that news had been received at New York from Mexico, how Santa Anna had seized 2,000,000 dollars on their way to- Tampico for shipment to...

Guizot intended to retire from office, after giving an explanation of his political conduct in the Chambers; M. Thiers to have the task of forming the next Cabinet. It has been...

days of the occu- pation of Cracow, which showed the invaders that there are questions not so easily to be decided by a cabinet council as the march of a regiment. The case is...

the Clerks of the several Boards of Guardians, explaining some points to be observed in the administration of the Removal Act. It is a mistake to suppose that resident poor, who...

Mr. Mitchell continues to retain the monopoly of theatrical interest; the other establishments having brought out pieces sufficiently successful to preclude the necessity of any...

There has been more stir in the musical world this week than is usual in December. On Monday evening there were two concerts of some note,—one of the " chamber" kind, given by...

TO TILE EDITOR 8F TILE SPECTATOR. Eltham, 2d December 1846. Sin—No censure can too severely deprecate the obscure and doubtful phrase- ology of the recent Removal Act; which,...

IN our last Postscript, we briefly pointed out a reiterated asser- tion by the Morning Chronicle, that the Moutpensier marriage and the annexation of Cracow were equally...

STATESMANSHIP. A REVOLUTION awaits our statesmanship, from two causes —from the transmutation of parties which recent events have produced, and from the necessities of a...

THERE is some confusion in the terms applied to the twin cases of fatal privation in St. Marylebone and St. Pancras. Louisa Mordaunt lived with an aged mother and a sister; she...

IF London is the land of practical business, it is also the land of dreams. In its immense mass of society is included every type, old and new, potent and feeble. You may find...

THE local papers report that several injuries have been inflicted on the Scott monument at Edinburgh : the corners of mouldings and pieces of corbel-heads have been chipped off,...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Tipperary, 21st November 1848. Sin—Your occasional remarks upon Ireland are written with such evident desire to arrive at the truth, that I am...

A TRIAL in the Court of Exchequer discloses a conspiracy only paralleled by that of the Children in the Wood. Lord Maidstone was sued by Mr. Crockford's widow for payment, on...

BIOGRAPHY, The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times till the Reign of George the Fourth. By John Lord Campbell, A.M.,...

Ma. ANGAS is an artist, who undertook a voyage to Australia and New Zealand in order to discover fresh subjects for his pencil. In the course of his tour in search of the...

Noznani" means "Nazarene" ; and the author had better have said "The Nazarene" at once. He is the Reverend Thomas Wilson, one of the ministers of the church of St. Peter's...

BOOKS. _Lucretia, or the Children of Night. By the Author of "Rienzi," &c. In three volumes. The Will, or the Half-Brothers; a Romance. In three volumes. Florentine History,...

DANGER OF TEE NATIONAL PICTURES. GENERAL interest has been excited respecting the fate of the pictures at the National Gallery; and it spreads as each new visiter makes his...

Tuesday, Dec. 1. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Gibbing, Brothers, Mile-end Road, varnish-manufacturers—Ladyman and Scott, Crosthwalte, Cumberland, joiners—Hardy and Co. Nottingham,...

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) 8 per CentConsols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 33 per Cents LongAnnuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent India Stock, 103 Exchequer...

the County of Middlesex, Printer, at the office of Roster Fatness. and Roma CLAYTON, No. 10, Crane Court, in the Palish of St. Dunstan's in the West, in the City of London ; and...

CANT is the unctuous utterance of fervent language without pro- portionate fervour of feeling or conviction at the time of the ut- terance. An age of cant is not an age of...

Orr the question of a diminution of the duties upon tea, opinions are di- vided. An important and influential class contend, that the effects of a diminution of the duty on tea...

7011 THE WEIDE =MG No. 962.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1846. [GRATIS WITH THE WEEK'S SPECTATOR.

[The subjoined passages are interesting in themselves; but they also serve further to illustrate what we have said in the body of the paper.] " There certainly must be a...

According to a statement put forth this week, Covent Garden is much more available as a great lyric theatre than might be supposed. The Morn-. ing Chronicle, a journal that...

On the 22d November, the Lady of Sir John Power, Bart., Kllfane, county of Kil- kenny, of a son. On the 23d, at the seat of Lord Macdonald, Armadale Castle, Isle of Skye, the...

Carlyon to be Capt. by pur- chase, vice Tomlin, who retires; Cornet .L W. Clarke to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Carryon; E. Stacey, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Clarke....