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The Spectatordesire for compromise. must be applied. The courage and honesty of Ministers must be The affair was clumsily, and, on the part of the Peers, sulkily put to this test. There arc...
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Spain is once more in a state of revolution. On
The Spectatorthe night of the 22nd July, the National Guard of Malaga mutinied; and being joined-by the populace., assassinated the Military Governor, Sr. JUST, and the Civil Governor, Count...
The French journals arebare ofdomestic news of intereseThe trial of
The Spectatorthe clandestine powder-manufacturers termivated in the con- demnation of six of the prisoners to two years' imprisonment, two years' surveillance, and 160/. fine. The others...
The accounts from Upper Canada state that the elections have
The Spectatorbeen in favour of the Government party, in the proportion of 33 to 12. Among the defeated candidates, is Mr. W. L. MACKENZIE.
Alden! an Prorecisingd in padiamcnt.
The Spectator1. .MUNICIPAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Order of the Day for considering the amendments of the Lords to the Municipal Act Amenduient Bill having been read, on Tuesday. Lord...
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Li the Court of Chancery, on Wednesday, Lord Cottenham gave
The Spectatornotice, that after Saturday, he should be prepared, during a part of the vacation, to receive petitions for the appointment of Trustees to Cor- porate Chanties; and that such...
Cbc alttrapakg.
The SpectatorThe Globe states, that Mr. Benjamin Wood will be a candidate for the representation of Southwark, "iii the event of any vacancy, how- ever created ; " and that a great number of...
fat eauntrp.
The SpectatorThe Reformers of Greenwich gave their Members, Messrs. Bar- nard and Angerstein, a public dinner on Monday. The company, among whom were Mr. 'I'. Duneombe, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Hume,...
The poor-rates in Camberwell have been reduced one half under
The Spectatorthe operation of the new Pour-law. A correspondent of the Chronicle recently complained that no diminution of the cost of maintaining the poor had been effected by the new...
etc dant
The SpectatorTHE King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, came to town on Wed- nesday, and held his Levee. The company was far from numerous. His Majesty gave audience to Lord Melbourne, the...
The funeral of the late Mr. Rothschild took place on
The SpectatorMonday, at the Jews' burial-ground, Whitechapel Road. There were seventy-five carriages, including those of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and several noblemen ; and a large...
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On Sunday last, Mr. Thomas Riddell, of Felton Park, High
The SpectatorSheriff of Northumberland, attended public worship at the Catholic chapel in Carlisle. It is a singular circumstance, that there were also present Messrs. T. Dunn. the Sheriff...
It was erroneously stated last week, that at the Launceston
The SpectatorAssizes two men, Oliver and Galley, had been convicted of the murder of Mr. May, a farmer: it should have been Exeter Assizes, the murder having been committed at Moreton in...
Some idea of the employment which railways will find for
The Spectatorthe labouring classes, may be formed from the fact that at this moment be- tween 10,000 and 11,000 men are employed on the London and Bir- mingham Railway only. We have seen...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe arrival of Mr. O'Connell in Dublin infused new spirit into the- proceedings of the National Association. On Saturday, he addressed the members of that body at the Corn...
One of the lightest jockies that ever started in a
The Spectatorsaddle, is William, the son of John Day, who made his debut at the late Goodwood Races, and seems likely to perpetuate the family name and reputation. This diminutive horseman...
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grWtellailrott.
The SpectatorMr. John Parker, M. P. for Sheffield, has been appointed a Lord of the Treasury, in the place of Mr. William Ord, whose severe in- disposition has compelled him to resign. Mr....
Mrs. O'Connell is said to be better, though still very
The Spectatorill. The Reverend T. A. Lyons, formerly curate of the Reverend Nark Beresford, who abruptly dismissed him from his curacy some tiloe ago, has been preferred by Lord Mulgrave to...
The Courier, assuming the entire correctness of a statement in
The Spectatoran Edinburgh newspaper, charges the Spectator with having committed the foil/ming errors hr its account last week of the strength of parties in the House of Commons on the Irish...
In the House of Lords, on Thursday, the hearing of
The Spectatorthe impor- tant case of " and Alelone versus Archdeacon Knox" was commenced. It is an appeal against a decision of the Dublin Court of Exchequer, m.varding attitelonent against...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorA public dinner was given in Edinburgh, on Tuesday week, by about :?50 gentlemen, to Thomas Campbell the poet; professor Wil- son presiding in the absence of Lord Jeffrey. The...
The new Bishop of Lichfield, Dr. Butler, whose duty it
The Spectatoris, as junior member of the Episcopal beneh, to read prayers daily in the House of' Lords, has been compelled to leave town by ill health. Sir Robert Adair, who has been on a...
We lament to find that there is considerable anxiety in
The Spectatorseveral quar- ters as to the probable result of the harvest. The Rallyshannow He- rold states the crops throughout Donegal and the neighbouring counties present a melancholy...
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Another meeting of the National Association, as numerously at- tended
The Spectatoras any of the former ones, was held in Dublin on Thursday ; when it was agreed to appoint " Reporters of Registry" for every county and principal town in Ireland. Mr. O'CONNELL...
Both Houses of Parliament met at twelve o'clock this morning.
The SpectatorThe Commons were summoned to bear the Royal assent given by commis- sion to a number of bills; arnolag which were the English Tithes, the Newspaper Postage, the Stamp-duties,...
General EVANS is known to be in a very bad
The Spectatorstate of health, not to mention his being exposed to the accidents of war. A vacancy forWest- - ninster, therefore, is by no means improbable. Moreover, if a vacancy should...
A letter from Madrid, dated August 3d, in the Courier
The Spectatorof this even- ing, mentions that the troops sent by the Spanish Government against the insurgents of Malaga, had been ordered back to the capital, in con- sequence of their...
There is to be a meeting at the Crown and
The SpectatorAnchor, on Monday next, at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of sympathizing with the recent attempts of the Spanish people to improve their political condition. A perusal of the...
We can vouch upon good authority, that the following statement
The Spectatormay be confidently relied upon, as containing the most important items in the last will and testament of the late N. M. Rothschild ; a docu- ment which, from many combining...
The King of Naples is at present on a visit
The Spectatorto Louis Philip ; who, just now, must prefir his absence to his company. The cheapness and facility of travelling to Paris have occasioned lately an immense number of...
Mr. Todd, of "ingenious device" celebrity, has published a cor-
The Spectatorrespondence with Lord John Russell, whom he called to account for applying the term " forgery " in the House of Commons to the forged bull of Pope Gregory. Todd gains nothing by...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. THE account of the proclamation of the Constitution of 1812 at Madrid is not confirmed; but at Xeres, Port St. Mary, Isle of Leon, and Cordova, there was an...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived—at Gravesend, Aligo,t Gth„ Globe, Elstlen, from Bo Cape; 8th. Jona. Grant, front Mauritius; and Pyramus. Livesay, from New South Wales, At Port,moutli, 10th. Galatea,...
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THE TWO SILES OF THE CABINET.
The SpectatorTHE GLOBE—' As We hive had floe than one occasion to p thet out, they (the Lonls) have made a more rapid progress lhan some years ago any one would have ventured to predict ;...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCIZANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The intelligence which has been daily received during the whole of the week of the insurrectionary movements in the Southern parts of Spain,...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. On the 3d inst., at Eden Hall, Lady 51 rsonAvE, of a (laughter. On the 7th inst., at studley Castle, the Lady of Sir FRANCIS GOODRICKE, Bart., MX., of a son met boil....
ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.
The SpectatorTHE revival of BARNETT'S opera of the Mountain Sylph ought not to pass without a word of welcome, and another of praise to the company for bringing it again before the public....
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DAYS OF REGISTRATION: WARNING TO THE REFORMERS.
The SpectatorHAVE the leading Whigs of Middlesex made up their minds to fight a separate battle at their next election ? Do they suppose that, standing aloof from the Radicals, they can...
TOPICS OF Ti - 1 E DAY.
The SpectatorTHE TORIES STOPPM BY IRELAND. LORD LYNDHuRsfs aliens are returning tit for tat. Though the Tories boast of the want of agitation in England, there is plenty in Ireland. The...
LEGISLATING FOR NEWSPAPERS.
The SpectatorWE do not think that the Stamp-duties Bill has been injured by the omission of the clauses for registering all the proprietors of newspapers. They authorized vexatious...
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THE MUSICAL FESTIVALS.
The SpectatorTHE Festivals of the present year take place in the following order,—Manchester, Norwich, IVorcester, Liverpool. Of these, Norwich stands first in the numerical strength of its...
HEALTH AND MORALS OF THE PEOPLE : ENCLO-
The SpectatorSURE OF WASTE LANDS. TefeRE are many proofs of improvement in the physical condition of the people of this country. As in France, the mass of the population enjoy a...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorBICIORAVitY, The Life of Robert Loot Clive; collected from the Family Papers comMtraicated by the Earl of Pox is. By Major.Geueral Sir Jullu G.C.B. F.A.S. Ste. Is 3 vols, with...
SIR JOHN MALCOLM'S LIFE OF LORD CLIVE.
The SpectatorTHE name of CLIVE is under a temporary eclipse. Hie traditional celebrity has died away; he is too close to the present age for his his- torical proportions to be truly...
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a gutter. THE announcement of a gala.day at Beulah Spa,
The Spectatoron Monday, seemed contributions in pence and trifling article, in compensation to hiself and the to afford a fitting opportunity for seeing the improvements made in eke little...