10 OCTOBER 1863, Page 1

THE GREAT GOVERNING FAMILIES OF ENGLAND.—NEW FEATURE—A feature of some

interest now appears in the SPECTATOR, and will be continued, either weekly or at short intereals,gicing an Account of the Great Governing Families of England in Bel dion to their Influence on Political Affairs. The introductory one of the Series was issued on July 11th, accompanied bi a Map of Great Brit kin. showing, County by County. the great Landed Proprietors therein residing, or owning large blocks of tem itury,and forming an Index, as it were, to the modern history of property and politics in the Island. The Hstory of the Bentincks appears To-day.-0.ffice, 1 Wellington street. Strand; and by order of all Booksellers and News-agents in town and country.