15 AUGUST 1863, Page 1
THE GREAT GOVERNING FAMILIES OF ENGL:AND.—New FEATURE.—A feature of some
interest now appears in the SPECTATOR, and will be continued, either weekly or at short intervals, giving an Account of the Great Governing Families of England, in Relation to their Influence on Political Affairs. The introductory one of the Series was issued on Italy Mk accompanied by a Map of Great Britain. showing, County by County, the great Landed Proprietors therein rattling, or owning large blocks of territory, format* an Index, as it were, to the moderteh'story of property and politics in the Is'and. The account of the Stanley, of Knowsley appears To-day.—Office, 1 Wellington street, Strand; and by order of all Booksellers and News-agents in town and country.
