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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE treaty concluded by Lord ASHBURTON and Mr. WEBSTER on behalf of Great Britain and the United States has been published in the American papers just received. It embraces...
The internal affairs of the Union arc not in so
The Spectatorsatisfactory a con- dition. The Revenue and Tariff Bill had passed into law. Two previous bills were vetoed by the President, because they directed that the proceeds of the sale...
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Zbe _Metropolis.
The SpectatorA general meeting of the Proprietors of Bank Stock was held in their Court-room on Thursday, constituting a Quarterly General Court, and a Half-yearly General, for the...
_ A Canadian newspaper, the Montreal Herald, mentions a rumour
The Spectatorthat an official gentleman was expected to return to Canada carry- - ing with him from Downing Street" an unconditional pardon for both refugees and rebels." The want of such a...
• According to the anticipation, Queen VICTORIA'S tour in the
The SpectatorHighlands was not only unattended by the petty disagreeables of her contact with Edinburgh, but the picturesque and novel scenes were displayed to the best advantage, in the...
Another Colonial subject forces itself upon our attention—the -state of
The Spectatorthe expedition sent from the Cape of Good Hope to .take military possession of Natal, the settlement founded by 'the Dutch Farmers. Three sets of news have been received :...
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't1je 113robintts.
The SpectatorThere has been no marked change in the state of the manufacturing- districts. The power-loom weavers, who constitute the forlorn-hope of the strike in Manchester, held several...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorIt appears likely that Government have abandoned the intention of putting forward Mr. Smith as a candidate for the Dublin University seat in the House of Commons. The Morning...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe narrative of the Queen's progress in Scotland broke off with the arrival at Dunkeld, on the way to Taymouth. The cortege entered Dunkeld at one o'clock on Wednesday. The...
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Ebt ,fktatrti.
The SpectatorThe Britannia mail-steamer, which left Halifax on the 3d instant, and Boston on the is4 is the bearer of important intelligence. The treaty between Great Britain and the United...
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AtiztEllantotts.
The Spectator'The Queen Dowager visited the Dutchess of Kent, at Frogmore Lodge, on Monday, and partook of a kjeuner. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen Dowager, at Bushy Park, on...
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. On the 21st August, at Dieppe, the Lady of GEORGE H. Siax.rosr, Esq., Madras C. S., of a daughter. On the 29th, at Westhorpe, Southwell, the Lady of Captain Kerner, of...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived—At Gravesend, Sept 12th, Enchantress, Cormiek, from Ceylon; 13th, R. Scourfield, Moffatt, from Moulmein; Diana, Strickland, from &minty ; Falcon, Anstruther; and Clio....
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THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorCOVENT GARDEN commenced its early season prosperously, notwith- standing the inauspicious postponement of the opening-night, occa- sioned by the illness of Miss ADELAIDE REMBLE...
A gentleman who subscribes himself, if we rightly decipher the
The Spectatorsig- nature, " T. Ct. de Goleswizk, Polish Lieut." requests our aid in placing his case before the public. He was driven from Poland by the events of 1830; but "an unjust...
Sir Robert Peel and the Earl of Aberdeen left Dalkeith
The SpectatorPalace on Saturday morning before seven o'clock, for Drayton Manor, Sir Robert's seat near Tamworth. Sir Robert Peel has declined the invitation of the inhabitants of York to a...
The Honourable William Gladstone is now on a visit at
The SpectatorHawarden Castle ; and during a shooting-excursion on Wednesday, whilst in the act of reloading one barrel of his gun, the other, by some means un- known, was discharged,...
Advices have been received from the Cape of Good Hope
The Spectatorto the 9th July, one day later than the last ; comprising, however, papers from Graham's Town to the 7th, a week later, with a report, wearing an air of probability, that...
THE QUEEN'S ARRIVAL.
The SpectatorThe following announcement of this expected event is from a late edition of the Morning Chronicle— The Queen is again on English ground. Exactly at ten o'clock this morn- ing,...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY MORNING. Queen Victoria's tour in Scotland is accomplished. Thursday morn- ing was fine, and Dalkeith Palace was in a bustle before daybreak with preparations for the...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. This has been a week of very slight importance as regards variation to any extent in the English Funds ; but there has nevertheless been a...
SATURDAY NIGHT.
The SpectatorA supplement to last night's Gazette, published this evening, formally announces the departure of the Queen and Prince Albert from Granton Pier, on Thursday morning, and their...
There was rather a serious attempt to renew the riots
The Spectatorin Manchester on Thursday. The hands of a mill in Salford were turned out. At the factory of Messrs. Morris, in the Oldfield Road, the mob was repulsed by the hands who were...
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The new comedy, so repeatedly postponed at the Haymarket, is
The Spectatornow positively announced for Monday, under the title of Alma Mater, or a Cure for Coquettes. It is by the author of London Assurance; and being only in three acts, is more...
The Adelphi is advertised to open as usual, on Michaelmas-day
The Spectator; with the old favourites—poor YATES and his widow excepted—and the addition of several new performers, of whom Miss FAUCIT and Miss MURRAY are the only names familiar to London...
SEPARATE SYSTEM AND PRISON DISCIPLINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE
The SpectatorSPECTATOR. London. September 1842. Sin—Many persons, and in fact all persons who are acquainted with the working of what is called the moral discipline of the prisons of Great...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorPARTY-SPIRIT. it PARTY is the madness of' many for the gain of a few ;" and, like all other diseases of the class to which it belongs, it is one of which the sufferer is...
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THE PREUX CHEVALIERS.
The SpectatorTHE doting chroniclers of the Royal progress tell us—so humaniz- ing is festivity—that while Sir ROBERT PEEL and Mr. Fox Attune were shooting on Aberfeldy moors, the young...
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MISERY AND DISCONTENT.
The SpectatorAT the Blackburn Sessions, the other day, the Recorder con- firmed a supposition which has been before expressed, that the active rioters in the late disturbances did not belong...
THE NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
The SpectatorTHE Norwich Festival, as is very well known, is an event in the miudeal annals of the country, in consequence of its association with the filit performance or the revival of...
THE TROUBLE-TAX.
The SpectatorA LULL in the excitements of Parliament, public meetings, and outbreaks at home, enables peaceable citizens to hear the unplea- sant rustle of the Income-tax returns, which...
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NOTES ON NEW BUILDINGS. Gamic CHURCHES AT LEE AND BLACKHEATH.
The SpectatorTuoirGa far from advocating the exclusive use of the pointed or Gothic style for church-building, we coincide with Mr. Fume and the Puseyite preferrers of this, ra hich they...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorSOCIAL MOBAL9. Lectures on Female Prostitution ; its Nature, Extent, Effects, Causes, and Remedy. By Ralph Wardlaw. D.D. Delivered and published by special request. Mackhuse,...
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MISS STRICKLAND'S QUEENS Or ENGLAND.
The SpectatorTins fifth volume contains the biography of KATHARINE Peas, the last and surviving Queen of HENRY the Eighth, and of the first Queen MARY, to whom posterity has given the...
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PROFESSOR SULLIVAN'S LITTLE BOOKS ON EDUCATION.
The SpectatorTHE perfection of elementary educational works, as of most other things, consists in presenting all that is essential and nothing more. In Latin grammar, for example, the pupil...
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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTuesday, Sept. 13. PARTNERsHIFS DISSOLVED. W. and J. Lyon. Stangate, boat builders-Baxter and Wrench, Croydon. bone-mer- chants-Harris and Hobbs juuior. Church Lane....
PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Saturday Monday. Tuesday. Wednes. Thurs. Friday 3 per Cent. Consols 921 91} 921 924 924 92} Ditto for Account 3 per Cents. Reduced 34 per...