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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE House of Commons has received an Irish Corporation Bill in exchange for that which they sent up to the Lords some weeks ago. There is scarcely any resemblance between the...
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Elebateet anti procettined in Parliament.
The Spectator1. THE IRISII MUNICIPAL BILL. In the House of Lords, on Monday, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE asked Lord Lyndhurst, whether he wished him to move the Irish Mu- nicipal Bill, to the...
The intelligence from the seat of war in Spain this
The Spectatorweek is very scanty. According to the last accounts, General EvArss continued to occupy his position near Ernani. The Carl 1st General, EGUI A, Wb0 had collected a large body of...
There has been some hard fighting in the province of
The SpectatorTexas, between SANTA ANNA, the Commander of the Mexican troops, and the marauders from Louisiana, who, taking advantage of the distracted state of Mexican affairs about a year...
An animated debate occurred in the French Chamber of Depu-
The Spectatorties on Monday, on the subject of THIERS'S management of the hundred millions of francs confided to him for expenditure on pub- lic works and monuments. The result was a triumph...
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O'CONNELL TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
The SpectatorLETTER I. London, 17111 May MS Let the situation of Ireland be understood. It is said that there is an i's los he. tweet that roantry and t hi-. I deur it—I totally deny it....
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ertje tictropoLiS.
The SpectatorThe members of the Protestant Society for the protection of civil and r eligions liberty had their 25th anniversary meeting at the City of London Tavern on Saturday; Lord...
ebe Court.
The SpectatorTHE King and Queen have resided during the whole of the week at Windsor; except on Wednesday, when the King came to town and held a Levee at St. James's Palace. The company was...
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EPSOM RACES.
The SpectatorEpsom Races commenced on Tuesday. The weather was beautiful,. the company unusually numerous for the first day, and the capital. The following is the account of the different...
A meeting was held on Monday, at the British Coffeehouse,
The Spectatorto petition Parliament to take measures for putting an end to the mono- poly of the great coal-owners in the North of England. Mr. Hume presided; and the meeting was addressed...
The Morning Post informs us, that on Monday, at Bow
The SpectatorStreet, "two gentlemen, who gave their names Peter Simpkins and Charles Jenkins, were charged with being found drunk and disorderly, and in- capable of taking care of themselves...
be (Muth - v.
The SpectatorA fire broke out on Friday morning, at Langley Lodge, near Wind- sor, the residence of Mr. Thomas Forman, in the chamber of Mrs. Forman. The building was reduced to ruins ; and...
A meeting of creditors of - The Duke of York was
The Spectatorheld on Monday, at which Mr. Hamlet and several other creditors to a large amount were present. A desultory conversation took place on the present position of his Royal...
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Mr. O'Connell was elected for Kilkenny city on Tuesday, without
The Spectatoropposition. The proceedings occupied about ten minutes. Mr. Sul- livan, who nominated Mr. O'Connell, read a letter from the candidate, to the effect that he should never seek...
alidulIantand.
The SpectatorThe Honourable Berkeley Craven, uncle to the present Earl Craven, committed suiride yesterday morning. at his residence in Connaught Terrime. Mr. Craven was said to have lost...
The Court of Exeliequer in Dublin has appoiated a receiver
The Spectatorof the rents of Ale Shcil's estates, until the tithes due from him to the Reverend WiIhiin Homan shall have been discharged. The amount due, we gather from the report of the...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorA meeting was held in Dublin on Tuesday, to consider the measures necessary to be taken on the !ejection of the Manieipal Bill by the Lords. Mr. Henry Grattan took the chair;...
Sir Robert Vaughan is about to resign his seat for
The SpectatorMerionethshire, in consequence of age and infirmity. Sir William Wynn, a Welsh squire, and Mr. Richards, who has an office in the Court of Exche- quer, are mentioned as...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATIIS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. On the 13111 inst. in Dill Street, Viscountess Exec/star, of a daughter. On the !roll ite.t., in Welheek Street. the Lady of the Rev. HENRY CHAPLIN, Of a SOD. On the...
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Mr. O'Coeneeet. has lost no time in commencing the Parliamentary
The Spectatoragitation of Peerage Reform. In the House of Commons last night, having taken his seat for Kilkenny, he gave tiotice of a motion on the 21st of June, for a bill to reform the...
credit fur the submission of the Orangemen to declared o
The Spectatorhes of the Sovereign. But Ointige loyalty is a tete nem. We learn from the Dublin Evening Post, thet the warrants to the Irish Pro- vincial Lodges have not been recalled, and...
A private meeting of 11, formers, includieg several leading Members
The Spectatorof Pitiliament, was held yesterday at the Crown arid Anchor Tavern, to take measures for raising a Ned to defray the political expenses to which Mr. O'CONNELL bus been...
Mr. HALL DARE, Member for South Essex. died yesterday, at
The Spectatorhis residence, Cratibrook House; and in the papers of this morning appears an advertisement from Mr. GEottGE PALMER. of Nezeing Park, offering himself as a candidate to suceeed...
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The SpectatorPOSTSCRIPT SATURDAY NIGHT. Intelligence WWI received this morning of the resignation of MEN- DIZABF.I. and his colleagues in the Spanish Mirristr y, and of the apuliva- tion...
THE ARABS AT THE COLOSSEUM.
The SpectatorA PARTY of Bedouin Arabs ' three men and a boy, who had been astonishing time Parisians with their feats of muscular strength and ac- tivity, are now attracting the fashionable...
MONEY Al A It ET.
The SpectatorSTOCK I:VC/IA/MK, FRIDAY A FTER COOK. The Parliamentary proceedings of the week seem no have acted tinfaveur. ably upon the Cons"! Market, and the price is toallay * per ce nt....
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArtived—In the Channel, Royal George. ltieltards; Colombia, Underwood ; and Emma Eugenia, 54 all link, from China ; Exmouth. Warren ; Ear 1 n re . Talbot ; Georgians. Thorns; I...
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TOPICS OF E DAY.
The SpectatorTHE IMPOSSIBLE " COM PROMISE." LAST week, we could net help fearing that Ministers might, by advising the Commons to submit to the Lords, make ready for their own dismissal....
ANALYSIS OF THE LYNDHURST BILL FOR IRELAND.
The SpectatorTHE English public have no distinct notion of the havoc committed by the Peers on the Bill which the House of Commons passed for the Reform of the Irish Municipalities. The...
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LORD STANLEY'S VOTE ON THE ABERDEEN SCHOOLS BILL.
The SpectatorLORD STANLEY gave a vote on Monday which marks his adhesion to the very worst portion of the Tory party. It will be recollected that the Aberdeeti Public Schools Bill,...
"THE O'CONNELL-RIDDEN MINISTRY."
The SpectatorTHe change of feeling amongst public men in London, with respect to the Irish Municipal Reform question, which has oc- curred since the end of last week, reminds us of three...
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DR. CROTCH'S "CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH."
The SpectatorJr was known for some years previous to its performance, that the author of Pakstine bad written another oratorio; and the installation of the Duke of WELLINGTON offered a fit...
THE REMEDY FOR INTIMIDATION.
The SpectatorTHF:RE was a great deal of talk in the House of Commons on Tuesday respecting the intimidation of electors. On one side, the persecution of tenantry by landlords—the threats,...
THE EARLY ENGLISH OPERA.
The SpectatorMR. EDWARD TAYLOR has just finished the delivery of a course of Lectures on the early English Opera, at the Royal Institution is Albemarle Street. His concluding lecture, on...
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At the Strand they have got up a travestie of
The SpectatorOthello, called Othello Accordiny to Act if Parliament—that is, with songs and music. It is laughable enough, but the parody is too literal ; and those points of the tragedy...
The French company at the St. James's has made a
The Spectatorgreat acquisi- tion, in the person of M. CHERIE, a comedian of versatile humour, and a finished artiste of first-rate talent. We saw him on Monday, in two as opposite...
A Mr. PAUMIER has made a feeble effort in Hamlet,
The Spectatorat Drury, this week, and is advertised for Richard next. His indifferent success does not justify his reappearance in a leading character : but Beane -catches at any novelty for...
This STATESMAN.
The SpectatorToe object of this little volume is to attempt to supply an acknow- ledged deficiency in literature—a treatise on udotint8trative go- vernment, or, more properly speaking, on...
THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorPOWER took his "farewell benefit" on Tuesday ; when he appeared as Captain °Wore, in a petite comedy written by himself, called Etiquette, or a Wile Ar a Blunder. We have not...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorPOLITICS. The Statesmen. By finny T.ilor. Esq. Author of "Philip Voitt . 1 televeldr." II uerouty, Lerriprells mid CO. h istory or Europe from the Commencement of the French...
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ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE.
The SpectatorTIIE fifth volume of this work commences will the Peace of Amiens, in October 1801, and closes with the end of 1806. The leading warlike subjects are the morainic actions,...
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SIR GEORGE HEAD'S TOUR THROUGH THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.
The SpectatorTHIS volume contains a plain and unpretending account of the things worthiest of being seen by a rapid tourist through the most industrious and enterprising parts of the North...
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FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorTHE LAWRENCE GALLERY. TILE Eighth Exhibition of the LAWRENCE Collection consists of the Drawings of ALBERT DUltER and TITIAN—two painters the very op- posite of each other; the...
A SUMMER IN SPAIN,
The SpectatorIs a plain and pleasant enough account of a tour which the writer :Gude through that country in the summer of last year, apparently with no other motive than the national love...
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