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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorOust Queen is at home again, after spending some weeks in Ger- many, and nearly two days with King Louis Philippe at Eu. The youthful Monarch has undergone some vicissitude. The...
The result of the Southwark election is the triumph of
The Spectatorcommon sense over cant—of plain honesty over a dishonest attempt to ex- cite the odium theologieunt. " Three candidates were offered to the choice of the electors. One, Sir...
Certain recent events in Ireland are not new in that
The Spectatorcountry, but so strikingly develop old and permanent characteristics as to have all the force of novelty. Instead of subsiding, the conster- nation of the Orangemen at the...
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Irbe euenist Visiit to OE Continent.
The SpectatorQUEER VICTORIA made a change in her intended route homewards, and, at the pressing invitation of King Louis Philippe, extended her tour to Frazee. Wemust, however, go back to...
Peace and war1 One would fancy from the topics of
The Spectatorthe foreign journals, that all the world was on the brink of a universal conflict. Peace and war1 One would fancy from the topics of the foreign journals, that all the world was...
Lord Stanley will not let any colony, or group of
The Spectatorcolonies, forget who is Colonial Minister. Long ago, he promised Guiana, that by March 1845, five thousand Coolies should be introduced from India : in August 1845, less than...
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Ebt Court.
The SpectatorAt ten minutes to eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning, the Victoria and Albert, with the attendant steamers, passed Spithead; welcomed to the British shores: y salvoes of...
Zbe ifIttropolis.
The SpectatorThe nomination of candidates for the representation of Southwark took place on Wednesday, at hustings erected in front of the Town-hall. The crowd began to collect as early as...
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Zbe Vrobincts.
The Spectator" The British Archaeological Association" met at Winchester on Tues- day. This is the second society bearing that title which has met at the same place this season. It consists,...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorAt the meeting of the Repeal Association, on Monday, Mr. Steele was appointed Chairman. After congratulating the Association on its tri- umphant position, and exhorting to the...
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goreign anti (Colonial.
The SpectatorGERMANY.—The religious movements continue to occasion some rest- lessness. " The cause of the German Catholics, (Reformers,)" says the Swabian Mer- cury, "is every day...
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Arastillaneous.
The Spectator"Her Majesty," says the Morning Post, " will take up her abode at the Castle for the winter at a much earlier period than was expected, certainly before the pheasant-shooting...
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The SpectatorPOSTSCRIPT SATilliZOAY WIGHT- The official declaration of the poll in Southwark, yesterday, exhibited some abatement of the ill-feeling which has disfigured the-contest in...
Last night's Gazette announces that the Queen has appointed theft
The Spectatorgentlemen to be Visitors of Maynooth College— The Duke of Leinster, The Right Hon. the Earl of Kenmore, The Right Hon. the Earl of Rosse, K.P., The Right lion. David Richard...
THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorA couple of comiterfeits—the current coin offarce—have this week is- sued from the dramatic mint, and passed off very pleasantly; one at the Haymarket, the other at the Lyceum....
HERR KELLER'S LIVING STATUES.
The SpectatorHerr Keller has come from Berlin with a " troupe - plastique " to exhibit Jiving personations of antique statues and groups of modern sculpture. What we saw of &rehearsal of...
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Madrid papers of the 5th instant have been received in
The SpectatorLondon. They report that the Finance Minister had received repeated protests against his scheme of taxation; and that though he received them respectfully, he was understood to...
Lord Wharncliffe, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, the Duke
The Spectatorof Bucclench, and others of the Cabinet Ministers, left town this morning at half-past eight o'clock by a special train, for the Isle of Wight, to be present at a Privy Council...
A supersedeas was forwarded on Wednesday night to Mr. Archdall,
The Spectatorby order of the Irish Lord Chancellor, for his removal from the commission of the peace for the county of Fermanagh. The Dublin Evening Mail of Thursday gives the following...
Mr. T. C. Wesiiiite4'the Medical Officer of Andover Union, has
The Spectatoraddressed a letter to the Poor-law Commissioners, declining to prosecute Mr. Macdougal; protesting against the suggestion that he should do so at his own expense, as...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The business in the English Funds has been unimportant, and prices have con- tinued without any material change; the preponderance of sales...
BIRTHS
The SpectatorOn the 4511 September, at Cheveley Park, the Lady of John Fairlie, Esq., of a daughter. On the 6th, at Fretherne Rectory, Gloucestershire, the Lady of the Rev. W. L. Darell, of...
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THE BLOOD ROYAL PLAYING WITH BLOOD. THE case of kings
The Spectatorand queens is hard, in doing all things before the world, so that they cannot commit any little error without running the chance of being called to account for it They must do...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorHOBBES : VOLUNTARYISM. THE most prominent characteristics of Hobbes were the inde- pendence and impartiality of his intellect, and the sincerity of his disposition. He missed...
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TRUE-BIEVIVER FOR A FADED NAVY. Orizsz -- -ap — On a time the jolly
The Spectatorsailor sang a sung addressed to "you etP_,ditlemen of England, who sit at home at ease" ; telling themlow -little did they think upon 44 the dangers of the seas." A sailor of is...
• OUGHT CROMWELL TO HAVE A STATUE?
The SpectatorWHY not ? He was tic facto Chief Magistinte of England. His title was as good as,that of Stephen of Blois or Henry the Fourtk or Henry the Seventh; and he acquired his...
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WORKING OF THE SMALL DEBT ACT.
The SpectatorWnmea litigants are reasonable, and cases simple, the Small Debt Act is working well. A debtor and a creditor appear before the Commissioner ; who cuts a long story short by...
THE SWEDISH PRIMA DONNA.
The SpectatorCobleatz, 8th Septanber 184b. Pornmersfelden—did you over hear of Pommersfelden ? I am sure you maser did; nor has anybody else in England heard of it, I trow: yet such a place...
THE POTATO.
The SpectatorTHE panics of agriculturists are of as frequent recurrence, as ephemeral, and as exaggerated, as those of the Stock Exchange. A farmer is never happy. If the wheat comes up...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorPotrnear. THEOLOGY, Notes on the Rise, Progress,Imd Prospects of the Schism from the Church of Rome, called the German-Catholic Church, instituted by Johannes Rouge and I....
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MR. HOLMES'S SKETCHES ON THE SHORES OF THE CASPIAN.
The SpectatorMR. HOLMES appears to hold some official situation under his relative Mr. Brant, our Consul at Erzeroum ; and, finding himself at Tabreez in November 1843, with means and...
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ALEXANDER STMPEION'S LIFE AND TRAVELS OP rifo- MAS SIMPSON, "
The SpectatorTHE ARCTIC . DISCOVERER?' THIS is about as ill-conditioned a volume as- we remember to have met. Imputation, not criticism, and very often imputation upon character; is- pretty...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorFrom SeMembsr 51h. to September Ilth. Bonita. The Ocean Flower; a Poem. Preceded by an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Island of Madeira, a Summary of the...
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FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorPROGNOSTICS OF THE NEW PALACE. THERE seems to be a very general impression abroad that the scheme of decorating the New Palace at Westminster will prove a failure; and if an-...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH FUNDS. iCloaing Prices.) Saturd. Monday Amadeu, Wanes. 771tay. per Cent Consols . ...... . Ditto for Account . 3 per Cents Reduced ..... 31 per Cents Long Annuities...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorARRIVED-Off Holyhead, 10th Sept.. Isabella, Grey, from China. Off Cape Clea-, N ew Margaret, Ager. from China ; Jumna, —; and Nith, —, from Calcutta. At St. Helena, previous to...
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE. Tuesday, Sept. 9.
The SpectatorPARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Lloyd and Parker, Lower Hotnerton, builders-Holbeck and Jensen., Princes Street, Hanover Square, gold-lacemen-R. F. and G. Hews, Storrington, Sussex,...