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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator-d AFTER a temporary abatement, the political and legal turmoil begins again in Dublin, with the same noise and "Irish howling" as ever, and the same threatful boasts that the...
The Anti-Corn-law League is gaining a new advantage, for the-
The Spectatoragricultural Protectionists are arousing themselves to a direct op- position. Essex takes the lead in estatilishing a League to battle with the League ; and some other,...
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Zbe eCourt.
The SpectatorTire Court moved from Windsor Castle, on Tuesday, to Claremont ; where it has passed the remainder of the week in quiet as profound as that at the Castle ; the Queen and Prince...
In Spain, that which was a project is now in
The Spectatorcourse of action ; and, having " suspended " the sitting of the Legislature, the Basvo Ministry are legislating by themselves. Their lawmaking is cha- racteristic: it begins...
The events which have engrossed French politicians are not of
The Spectatorthe most momentous kind. Explanations have been extorted from M. GTIIZOT in the Chamber of Peers ; and he has duly explained that the Queen of England declined to receive the...
Zbe fElttropolfs.
The SpectatorA grand Court of Wardmote was held in the Guildhall, on Monday, by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, to receive the presentments of the several Wardmote Inquests. The neglect of...
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Ebe Vrobintes.
The SpectatorThe second meeting of the Essex Agricultural Protection Society was held at the Three Cups Inn, Colchester, on Saturday. Mr. R. Baker, the President, took the chair ; and...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe process of striking the Special Jury for the approaching State trial was completed on Friday ; when Mr. Pierce Mahoney made some objections to the course taken by the Clerk...
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gaisteilantous.
The SpectatorSir Robert Peel has addressed the usual circular to his Parliamentary supporters, in anticipation of the session— "Whitehall. 4th January 1844. "Sir—As upon the meeting of...
Sortign anti Tolortial.
The SpectatorFRANCE.—In the Chamber of Peers, on Monday, the Due de Broglie read the draft of an addess in answer to the King's speech ; of which it was an echo. It contained what appears to...
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. On the 18th December. at Schloss-Ering, in Bavaria, the Hon. Mrs. CALLLNDER, Of daughter. On the 28th, at Culver House, Exeter, the Lady of the Rev. Subdean STEPHENS,...
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It is reported that Mr. Nicholas Maher has positively declined
The Spectatorto - stand for Tipperary and now young Mr. Daniel O'Connell and the Honourable Mr. 0 Tipperary; son of Lord Lismore, are both mentioned as Liberal candidates. The usual notice...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. The ferment about the State trials continued in Dublin on Thursday ; but little that was new had transpired. That being the first day of term, the Court of...
Mr. Pakenham, the newly-appointed British Envoy to the United States,
The Spectatorcarries out with him, it is confidently stated, fall instructions to negotiate a settlement of the Oregon territory dispute.—Morning He- rald.
The Britannia, which usually describes remarkable wills, states that the
The SpectatorMarquis of Wellesley leaves 1,000/. to Mr. Alfred Montgomery, his private secretary, with this direction—" And I desire him to publish such of my papers as shall tend to...
A great Free-trade banquet was held in Glasgow City-hall, on
The SpectatorWed- nesday evening. The hall was fitted up as it was for the banquet of - last year : forty tables were laid out in the body of the building, besides others in the galleries ;...
The Leeds Mercury says that Lord Morpeth is about "
The Spectatorto rei:ater the field of active politics " ; the occasion of his reappearance being an Anti-Corn-law League dinner at Wakefield, on the 31st instant.
In the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, on Wednesday,
The Spectatortwo quarriers named Urquhart were convicted of rioting, during an attempt to rescue Margaret Cameron from Cromarty gaol, in the Nonintrusion riots of September last. Sentence...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The Bank-broker has purchased almost every day during the week, and the demand for Money Stock has been good. Prices have, however,...
Papers from Hobart Town, in Van Diemen's Land, to the
The Spectator12th Sep- tember, announce the arrival of Sir Eardley Wilmot, the new Governor; and he had already set out on a tour to visit part of the Colony. Sir Eardley took out orders...
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THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorTHE attraction of the Christmas entertainments during the holydays has rendered novelty unnecessary. The return of Madame VESTA'S and Mr. C. MATHEWS to the Haymarket, however,...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorCREDIT : THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW. IMMACULATE Europe continues to burl her thunderbolts at the head of peccant America. Sedate England has attacked the Re- pudiators, through...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorThe Minerva of Kincardine, from the Clyde to Bombay, is wrecked on Blackwater Rank; crew saved, and cargo expected to be. ARRIVED-At Gravesend, 10th Jan. George Fyfe, Pike, from...
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JUVENILE 'ESTHETICS.
The Spectator" Aril-rum° will do for children" was, we thought, a sentiment quite exploded, until we saw lately in the columns of the Leading Journal an amplification of the phrase, in the...
THE DUEL AND ITS LESSON.
The SpectatorTHE penny-a-line paragraphs of the sale in Brompton Square may be supposed to furnish the closing chapter of the case of Lieutenant MuNao; and although its history has been...
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MELODRAMA ON A GRAND SCALE.
The SpectatorCznsoasons people have insinuated from the first, that the French conquests in North Africa have never been meant for any thiug else than a spectacle to divert the attention of...
THE BANKING SYSTEM OF THIS COUNTRY IS THE REAL CAUSE
The SpectatorOF THE LABOURING POPULATION BEING SO FREQUENTLY THROWN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Edinburgh, 8th January 1844. Stn — I have endeavoured in my two last...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorBIOG1LATHY, A Memoir of the Life and Writings of the late William Taylor, of Norwich, Author of" English Synonymes Discriminated," "An Historic Survey of German Poetry," &e....
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FAUST, PART SECOND: MR. GURNEY'S TRANSLATION.
The SpectatorTam translation conveys a very inadequate notion of the original. The progress of the story may be gleaned from it ; and there are few gross mistakes of the author's meaning*;...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVEL From January 5th to January 11th. Boom.
The SpectatorThe Heretic. Translated from the Russian of LAJETCHNHLOPP. By Thomas B. SHAW, B.A. of Cambridge, Adjunct Professor of English Literature in the Imperial Lyceum of Tsfuskoe Selo....
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MUSIC,
The SpectatorSOCIETY OF BRITISH MUSICIANS. THE first meeting of the present season was held at Erat's Harp Saloon, Berners Street, on Thursday evening. We were glad to find in the numerous...
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MR. SELOUS' DESIGNS FOR THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.
The SpectatorHAVING received the remainder of the set of Designs in Outline by Mr C. H. SELOUS, illustrative of BUNYA_N'S Pilgrim's Progress, that obtained the prize given by the London...
FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorMR. JOSEPH'S STATUE OF WILKIE. VISITORS to the National Gallery, on entering the vestibule, have their attention arrested by a statue of WILK TV, appropriately erected there as...
"We are free.' Scena : the Poetry by ROBERT NICOLL
The Spectator; the Music composed, and dedicated to Miss Eliza Ashurst, by Herr STAUDIGL. There is great animation about this production, which bears on its face the freedom of a German pen...
The Sequential System of Musical Notation ; an entirely new
The Spectatormethod of writing Music, in strict conformity with nature, and essentially free from all obscurity and intricacy ; with Explanatory Plates. By ARTHUR WALLBRIDGE. THEORIES of...
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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, Jan. 9. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVID. Prince and Co. Leadenhall Street, slopsellers-Wilcox and Lord. Grantham, mercers -Bowden and Co. Newport, Isle of Wight,...
MILITARY GAZETTE.
The SpectatorWAR-orrice, Jan. 12.-7th Regt. of Foot-Lieut. C. S. Cochrane to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir W. O'Malley, who retires; Ensign R. E. De Montmorency. from the 26th Foot. to...
PRICES CURRENT.
The Spectatorper Cent. Consols ...... Ditto for Account 3 per Cents. Reduced 31 per Ceuta. Reduced New 35 per Ceuta Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per cent. India Stock, 101 Exchequer Bills....