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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator'Tuts has been a week of leisure in Parliament, and not a very busy one out of doors. Both Houses have done little else than meet and adjourn to this day. Our intelligence...
The French Chamber of Deputies is still occupied with the
The Spectatordig cussion of the American claims. It appears to be the general ex- pectation that the money will he votel. The Royal Court, before which the advocates who refused to obey M....
From Spain we learn, that there have been some rather
The Spectatorserious disturbance in Malaga and Saragossa. In the former place, an order of the Governor to prevent the playing of RIE Go's Hymn, and other popular airs, led to some mutinous...
Three important Election Committees have been sitting, though the House
The Spectatorwas adjourned. First, the Dublin ; whose labours were virtually closed on Thursday, by the House s sanction of the Committee's resolution to appoint a Commission to examine into...
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be ifirfropufist.
The SpectatorIn the Court of Common Council, on Tuesday, it was moved by Mr. Pritchard, that the whole constituency of the City should have a veto upon the election of Alderman by the Ward,...
The Queen of Belgium was delivered of a son on
The Spectatorthe morning a the 9th instant. This event is considered an auspicious one, as tending to give stability to LEOPOLD'S throne, and putting an end to the discussions about a...
The House of Assembly of' Lower Canada has passed the
The Spectatorfol- lowing resolutions, by a majority of 64 to 8. It will be seen that -they are couched in the same spirit of dogged independence that as characterized all the recent...
Manifest milt proud:Ono in parliament. MINISTERIAL NEGOTIATIONS.
The SpectatorThe House of Commons met on Monday ; but on the motion of Sir ROBERT PEEL, â who said that he had received an intimation from the King, that measures were in progress, but not...
Vie Court.
The SpectatorTIIEIR Majesties spent the early part of the week at St. James's Palace. On Sunday, they attended divine service at the Chapel Royal. The Queen visited the Dutchess of...
The Elective Chamber of Hesse Cassel has been recently dis-
The Spectatorsolved, in anger, by the Elector. The Chamber has had the as- surance to pay more attention to the interests of the People, than the will of their petty Sovereign.
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Muc Came, the Indian, whose rifle-shooting at the Victoria and
The SpectatorStrand Theatres has attracted some attention, was tried on Monday in the New Court, in a charge of feloniously assaulting Frances Sarah Morton, a girl of twelve years of age,...
ebe Countrp.
The SpectatorWhile betrayed constituencies in various parts of the country are calling their Representatives to account for breach of pledges given or implied, it is gratifying to observe...
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A most impudent fraud has been practised on the public,
The Spectatorthrough the medium of the Times newspaper, with regard to the hole-and-corner A most impudent fraud has been practised on the public, through the medium of the Times newspaper,...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe Edinburgh Liberals assembled on the 9th instant, in the Water- loo Rooms, to the number of about fifteen hundred, and passed the following resolutions. 1. That this meeting...
DIVISIONS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SpectatorREPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO TAKE INTO COYSIDE- RATION THE BEST MODE OF PUBLISHING CORRECT AND AUTâ¢IENTZG LISTS OF THE DIVISIONS OF THE HOUSE. That it appears...
Vadigtutntarn Papert,
The SpectatorINCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COUNTRY. An Account of the Net Public Income of the United Kingdom of Great Britaia and Ireland, in the Year ended .5th of January 1835, after...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorMr. O'Connell has addressed a letter to the electors of Drogheda, earnestly requesting them to reelect Mr. O'Dwyer, in opposition to the Orange-Tory candidate, Mr. Randall...
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Sir Michael Shaw Stewart WKS the only professed Liberal at
The Spectatora grand dinner given by Sir Robert Peel on Saturday last. The Jupiter frigate now fi tting out at Sheerness for the conveyance of the new Governor - to Calcutta, will be ready...
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Opiitiond of tbe prerN.
The SpectatorARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST A COALITION OF WHIGS AND TORIES. TIMESâThe people must he satisfied whether the constitutional feeling under which Lord Duncannon seemed disposed to...
THE ARMY.
The SpectatorOrrice or ORDICINCII.April 10.--Royal Rest. of ArtilleryâFirst Lieut. ILL. Cogs . nelius to le Second Cept. vice Sir W. Smith. deceased; Second Lieut. W. H. Elliott toe be...
The celebrated Baron Humboldt, the scientific traveller, and one of
The Spectatorthe Prussian Ministers of State, died at Berlin on the 7th of April, in his sixty-eighth year. King Louis Philip intends to visit the South of France in the -course of next...
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M. BERRYER, the eloquent leader of the Carlist party in
The Spectatorthe French Chamber of Deputies, delivered a speech on Wednesday against grant- ing the Amencan claims. He is said to have produced a strong im- pression ; and doubts are...
We yesterday adverted to the difficulties with which Lord Melbourne
The Spectatorhad to contend in the formation of his incipient Ministry. The full extent and nature of those difficulties may possibly never be made known to the public. But we speak...
The Cork Election Committee is over. The sitting Members are
The Spectatorunseated. The petitioners, CALLAGHAN, and BALDWIN, are declared duly elected.
It is reported that the command of the Royal troops
The Spectatorin the Northern .provinces of Spain is to be taken from .Misra, and conferred on General VALDEZ ; but it is plain that a mere change of Commanders, swallow an increase of the...
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The SpectatorPOSTSCRIPT SATURDAY. The Cabinet is formed. The King will arrive in town from Windsor to-day, and hold a Council, at which the late Ministers will formally resign the seals of...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorStrong EXCHANGE, THURSDAY Arrittreoote. The English Money Market has not evinced any particular feature since our last report ; the price of Consols not having varied more than...
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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived â At Gravesend, April 13th. Mary Young, Mather, from the Cape; and 15th, Caroline, Parker, from New South Wales. At the Cape, Feb. 4th, Sir C. Wearthy, Irma London. At...
THE SCOTCH DEFAULTERS.
The SpectatorOr the Scottish Representatives, only four have belied the hopes of their constituents. Mr. HOPE JOHNSTONE is a worthy gentleman, but he has always been an avowed Tory, yielding...
The votes given by several of the Scotch Members since
The Spectatorthe opening of the session, appear only to have confirmed the suspicions of their political honesty which were entertained at the time of their election. The pro- mises which...
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THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorTHE solitary Oratorio of the season, on Wednesday night, was like the apparition of a defunct custom revisiting the lamps. It was a musical melange, in which the names of " The...
METROPOLITAN SOCIETY OF FLORISTS.
The SpectatorTHROUGH a shower of snow, on Thursday, we entered the Crown and Anchor Tavern, the great room of which presented a beautiful display of spring flowers. It was the union of...
TOPtCS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorSECURITIES FOR A LIBERAL MINISTRY. " PUT not your trust in princes," is a maxim which Liberal stateer men ought especially to keep in mind. The experience of some thousand...
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TORY AGITATION.
The SpectatorTux Tories are endeavouring to prop up their drooping cause by invoking the pressure from without. They are doing their best to enact with effect the parts of political...
CLERICAL USURPATION: QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY: IRISH LIVINGS.
The SpectatorIr is not a new complaint against the beneficed Clergy of the Established Church, that they have evaded the law which enacted that the whole of the first year's income, and a...
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AMENDMENT OF THE REFORM ACT.
The SpectatorTHE complexity of the Reform Act has become a subject of general and just complaint. Unlearned persons are frequently at a loss to ascertain by reference_to the Charter of 1832...
IRRESPONSIBLE MAGISTRATES.
The SpectatorTHE arbitrary and absurd proceedings of the Middlesex Magis- trates demand the immediate attention of the Legislature. It is in the licensing of public-houses of various...
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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorPIRIODICAL LITERATURE, The London Review. No. I. April, 1835 Similtin and Mar s hall. ii mow, rho English in India ; and other Sketches. By a Traveller. In 2 vols. Longman and...
THE LONDON REVIEW.
The SpectatorFROM the terms of its prospectus, we understood that the great object of this new Quarterly was to become the organ of Philoso- phic Reformers, and to net as a guide and a...
A paragraph has recently gone the round of the newspapers,
The Spectatorto the effect that by the provisions of Mr. Warburton's Bill, apothecaries will be prevented from dispensing medicines. Considerable uneasiness has been excited by this...
Circulars have been issued in all directions, calling for signatures
The Spectatorto an ad- dress of thanks to Sir Robert Peel, framed in the Vestry room of St. Mark's Church, Pentonville, and purporting to come from the Minister, Church- watdens, &c. The...
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THE ENGLISM IN IN DI A.
The SpectatorTisess tales by a traveller possess much interest and exhibit much ability. The author has observed life, and studied the work- ings of the human heart ; he has acquired an easy...
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MELANIE. '
The SpectatorWissis, the American poet, has been making a tour to the Old World. Ile appears to have traversed Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor ; lie is, or has been, in England. The excitement...
TALES OF THE WARS OF MONTROSE.
The SpectatorTHE half-dozen tales contained in these volumes are represented as traditions of real events which occurred in the time of the Great Rebellion. They consist chiefly of personal...
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A CITIZEN'S EXCURSION TO THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
The SpectatorTHE uses of this little volume consist in the faithful transcript of impressions which the Journal presents, and in the naked facts it contains. The facts, indeed, are not of a...
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This complete edition of Poems by the late Honourable Wil-
The Spectatorliam R. Spencer, with a Biographical Memoir, if not wanted, is at least exceedingly welcome. The author had a character of his own: he was one of the best of a race now almost...
Dr. WARREN'S Digest of the Laws and Regulations of the
The Spectatorfeskyan Methodists, may truly be called the Dissenter's Manualâif the Wesleyan's will permit the application of the term dissent to them. They must place it, we should...
The Textuary and Ritualist is a serious monthly periodical, in-
The Spectatortended as a help to Biblical students and a guide to members of the churcb,âthis word being used, we p,reseme, in a Scriptural and. not in an Established sense. If encouraged,...
PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.
The SpectatorHR. GEORGE COMAE is well known as an able man and a most zealous phrenologist. His Constitution of Man considered in relation to Eternal Objects has been published long enough...
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Rhymes for my Children, by a Mother, is a little
The Spectatorbook contain- ing between forty and fifty very superior poems for youthful minds. The subjects are intelligible to childhood, and treated so as to convey instruction. Looking at...
PICTURES AND ARTISTS.
The SpectatorNEW WATER-COLOUR SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. THIS young society stands its ground manfully, notwithstanding the secession of several exhibiters since last year It has now become...
We are disposed to rate Mr. HERAUD very high as
The Spectatora pcet, so far as regards sound. Many of our brethren, if we may believe what they say, extend this appreciation to all the essential quali- ties of a bard, and consider that...
The Penny Cyclapaylia goes on very well, but rather slowly.
The SpectatorThe Third Volumeâfull of matter so cleverly compiled as almost to seem original, and illustrated with capital woodcutsâcomes down no lower than n A s; so that many years...
Mr. TAIT has published an edition of the Political Writings
The Spectatorof Dr. Charming ; which we can recommend to all who admire the productions of the great American rhetorician, or wish to become acquainted with their character and style. The...