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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorPARLIAMENT has been eng i sietiluring the greater part of this week, as it was during the "whiffe - Of the last, in discussing the Reform Bill. The continued' debating of a...
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S!TTINGS r 'ma TWO HOUSES.
The SpectatorLORDS Monday till f DOAIMONS....Mpialay till Til -'T uesday • t 1. 1 Il r ednesday p.5 :Wednesday Thursday } Friday NOTICES OF. MOTIONS,, 6° i t) 0 n Friday p. 1 n s OF TOE...
• We fear that the present gallant struggle. in Poland
The Spectatoris to termi- nate, as all former struggles of that brave and ill-fated country have done, in riveting more firmly the chains which it was desirous:of shaking oft: Praga has been...
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The Five Powers—that is, France, Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Viscount
The SpectatorPALmsasrox—have issued a document which, like its precursors, is termed a " protocol," but which, from its length, its logic, and its unintelligibility, might serve as a model...
THE KING AND QUEEN.—Their Majesties have passed a week of
The Spectatormore than usual gayety. About one o'clock on Monday, they arrived at St. James's from Windsor, for the purpose of visiting Covent Garden Theatre. The preparations for their...
Austria is improperly regarded as a despotic monarchy : it
The Spectatoris in Tact an oligarchy—the real power is in the hands of a few over- grown families, such as the LICHTENSTEINS and the ESTERHAZYS. The movements of such a power are slow, for...
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DINNER IN HONOUR or POLISH LIBERT Y.—A dinner, on which
The Spectatorthe subsequent arrivals have bestowed a melancholy interest, took place at the Crown and Anchor on Wednesday ; Mr. Hobhouse in the chair. Sir Francis Burdett had intended to...
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FIRES.—About five o'clock on Thursday afternoon, a fire broke out
The Spectatorin the large premises of Mr. Webb, a tanner and leather-dresser, in Ber- mondsey Street, Southwark. The premises and stock of Mr. Webb were nearly all consumed. The premises of...
MURDER.--An elderly female, named Elilabeth Markham, who kept a broker's
The Spectatorshop, was found murdered in her dwelling in Dog Row, Bethnal Green, on Wednesday. The circumstance which excited suspicion, was the shop's being closed at noonday. Her son, who...
HERTFORD ASSIZES.—At these Assizes, which opened on Wednes- day, two
The Spectatormen have been tried and convicted of setting fire to five stacks of corn, at Hole farm, Standon, the property of Joseph Crawley. Ths fire took place on the 30th of January ; the...
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POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.
The SpectatorSPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY, Two o'cLocx. The French journals of Thursday have been received this morning ; but they add little -to the information previously received. A...
TI1E MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING.—This place has continued, during the week, to be the scene of many changes, and to exhibit every alternation of hope and fear in the minds of...
• THE KING AND THE BILL. — When the plan of the
The SpectatorMinisters was first communicated to the King at Brighton, the large reform which it included staggered the King greatly ; but afterwards, on considering the measure, his Majesty...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTH S. On the 7th inst. In Whitehall Place, Lady HENLEY, of a son. On the 7th inst. the Lady of Lieut.-Col. A. STEWART, East India Company's Service, of a son. At...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorThe Tam O'Shanter, Lindsay, from London, which put into Rio de Janeiro, with damage, on the 10th September, proceeded on her voyage to Bengal on the 28th November. Arrived.—At...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The Spectator" HELP YOURSELF AND THE KING WILL HELP YOU." THE Parliamentary struggle between the Ministers and the Boronghmongers is postponed until the second reading of Lord JOHN...
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PROPOSAL FOR A PROPERTY-TAX, AND A REPEAL OF THE DUTIES
The SpectatorON TRADE. WE again return to this important measure, to press its adoption upon the Government and the Public. The discreditable failure of the Budget, the insufficiency 'of...
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PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
The SpectatorSECOND CONCERT, WE have heard that some of the subscribers expressed dissatisfac- tion at the scheme of the last concert ; and TOM COOKE is said to have admitted that the...
THE ITALIAN OPERA.
The SpectatorIN every department of her art, Mrs. WOOD has now established her supremacy. She is first as a singer of HANDEL (though far from faultless), first in the whole range of the...
THE BILL. I
The SpectatorHURRAH ! the cravens quail—their boasted bulwarks fail— For, what could these avail 'gainst a nation's mighty will ? Now, countless hearts rejoice, while the People's pealing...
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THE SPECTATORS LIBRARY.
The SpectatorCrotchet Castle is a most amusing performance : it has all the authors wit, with a good deal of his perverseness. The object of his ridicule is the " march of mind :" the...
The Tuileries is an historical romance of the French Revolution.
The SpectatorThe story is very interesting, and the historical facts are not so much distorted as usual. The spirit of it is favourable to the cause of the people ; the authoress is...
NEW BOOKS.
The SpectatorhCTrON ors•a • e• POETRY. . Hoy cAll ors.... I Crotchet Castle. • • •,. • • • The Tuileries. By the Authoress of the Hungarian Tates Minor Poems at the end of Mr. Bull wets...
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FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorMR. MACDONALD'S SCULPTURES. Wa have been much gratified by a sight of these highly meritorious productions of a sculptor, celebrated in Edinburgh, but not yet known to the...
We wish that Mr. BULWER, before he published his Siamese
The SpectatorTwins, had performed that operation on his verse which his sur- geon performed on the boys—yiz. cut Ching from Chang, or, in other words, separated the serious from the...
DUNBAR and BARKER'S Greek and English Dictionary would have been
The Spectatoran invaluable work ten years ago : at present it must take its chance with many rivals of similar merit. Its chief excel.. lence consists in the copiousness of its collection of...
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EMBELLISHED PERIODICALS.
The SpectatorPart XL of the Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels con- tains a View of York Minster, an object of particular interest just now; also a very beautiful picture of...
Mr. GEIXIE'S etchings of Scottish character, scenes, and incidents, are
The Spectatorhighly amusing and ingenious, without any pretensions to art. They evince a perception of the ludicrous and a facility in seizing upon its characteristics, as well as...
ROYAL SOCIETY.
The SpectatorMarch 10, 1831. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, President, in the chair. The Earl of Selkirk, Dr. Lee, the Bishop of Chichester, and Sir Philip de Malpas Gray Egerton,...
Mr. LESLIE'S " Bride," (as it is called) which was
The Spectatorone of the most attractive embellishments of the Annuals for this year, has been very delicately stippled by Mr. THOMPSON on a larger scale, and forms a pleasing print. The face...
NEW PRINTS.
The SpectatorThe Afternoon Nap. Drawn on Stone by W. SHARP, from a Drawing by T. F. WauGwoon, after the original Painting by F. P. STEPHANOFF. This is the most elaborate, as it is one of...