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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorLORD STANLEY has roused the political World from lethara e b e 4 moving the Peers to censure Ministers for their conduct in and carrying his motion by the large majority of 169...
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A dispute between the Dock Companies and the Customhouse authorities
The Spectatorhas given rise to much gossip and some conjecture. The Commissioners of Customs have caused a sudden invasion of the docks, have executed rigorous and vexatious searches, and...
The feast at the London Tavern on Saturday proved to
The Spectatorbe as didactic an entertainment as any soiree at a mechanics' insti- tution. Jung Bahadoor, Itegent-Envoy of the Rajah of Ne- paul, will conceive the natural idea that our...
lathatto nub VrortAings iu fnrliaulrai.
The SpectatorPRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. 11m:sr, or Loans. Monday, June 17. Lord Brougham and Chevalier Bunsen— The Greek QaaPrei ; Lord Stanley's Motion, carried against Ministers by...
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(at tout THE Queen remained at Osborne till Tuesday, and
The Spectatorwas visited there by the Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha and the Princess Clementine. The Chevalier Bunsen also accepted the honour of an invitation to Os- borne for a day...
t 4r Vrtruintis.
The SpectatorThe East India Company has given a sumptuous banquet in honour of General Jung Rahadoor's visit to this country, as Ambassador from their neighbour and ally the Rajah of Nepaul....
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SCOTLAND. The Standard announces that an association is now in
The Spectatorprogress for the purpose of " promoting locally in Scotland the organization which has become all but universal throughout the empire "—to reestablish pro- tection. "The...
intrign and
The SpectatorFRANCE.—The question of the President's " dotation " now stands in a different position. A majority of 9 against a minority of 5 in the Com- mittee of the Assembly have rejected...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorMr. John Reynolds has been served with half a score writs of summonses in actions to recover penalties of 501. each for the illegal performance of acts as Lord Mayor of Dublin....
protriutts.
The SpectatorThe anniversary of Waterloo was grandly celebrated at Portsmouth. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence presented the inhabitants, through the Mayor and Corporation, with statues of Nelson...
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aligrtIlautnuff.
The SpectatorSome remarkable military rocket practice having been lately exhibited at Shoebury-Ness with rockets made by Mr. Hale on a new plan, Prince Albert resolved to test the...
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In the French Assembly, yesterday, M. Flandin read his report
The Spectator: it pro- poses an extraordinary credit of 1,600,000 francs for expenses of the Presi- dent's installation. It will probably be debated on Monday. General de la Hide announced...
British legislation, we are apt to flatter ourselves, is particularly
The Spectatorcareful and deliberate. An act of Parliament does not descend in the midst of us like a thunderbolt or an imperial ukase, nor does it knock in our roof like a bomb-shell. A man...
POSTSCRIPT. SATURDAY.
The SpectatorBy far the largest portion of Parliamentary discussion last night was thst which Mr. G. A. HAMILTON raised in the Commons, in moving as an amendment on the motion to go into...
BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 12th May, at Jerusalem, the Wife of the Rev. George Irving Davies, of a daughter. On the 11th June, at Rufford Hall, Lady Arabella Hesketh, of a son. On the 14th, in...
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t4ratrts an 3?gitoir.
The SpectatorThe return of Viardot has enabled the managers of the Royal Italian Opera to reproduce the Piophite, with a degree of sueeess surpassing all its former triumphs. The cast...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorBroca Excite:vox, FRIDAY Avransoos. The English Stock Market has been steady, with an upward tenden and in the course of yesterday the price of Consols reached 961 falling...
THE GREEK Missions:ENT Yom—June 17.
The SpectatorLord Stanley's motion is carried against Ministers by a majority of 37 For the motion (present 113, proxies 56) .... 169 Against it (present 77, proxies 55) 132 37 This...
PRINCIPAL HOUSE OF COMMONS BUSINESS FOR NEXT WEEK.
The SpectatorMonday, June 24. Confidence in Ministers : Resolution, " That the principles on which the foreign policy of her Majesty's Government has been regulated, have been such as were...
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The Queen has resumed her private visite to the theatres.
The SpectatorThe first compliment was paid to Mr. Mitchell, who took his benefit on Wednes- day; and on the following night she patronized La Tentpesta.
As a goodhumoured banter on the work of-Messrs. Scribe and
The SpectatorHalevy, the burlesque of The Enchanted Isle, - which feet established the name of that par nobile fratnun the Messrs.- Brough, has been revived on the oppo- site side of the...
The -concert at the Hanover Square Rooms on Monday morning,
The Spectatorfor the family of the late Madame Dulcken, afforded a proof of the estimation in which this lamented lady was held ; for the most eminent performers came forward to give their...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE VOTE OF THE LORDS. IF Ministers have not paid much practical deference to the adverse vote of the Peers, it must be borne in mind that there is some dis- tinction between...
PEEL'S DOUBTS CONCERNING THE IRISH VICEROYALTY.
The SpectatorSin ROBERT PEEL'S difficulty in making up his mind respecting the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland might have been spared if , he had penetrated a little deeper into...
M. Benedict had his annual great conceit in Her Majesty's
The SpectatorTheatre yesterday morning. - The selection of music was admirable; and all the artistes of the-theatre, including the orchestra, and also Er nst and Halle, assisted in the...
The Philharmonic concert of Monday last concluded the season. It
The Spectatorwas on the whole one of the best of the series. The symphonies were Mozart's in G minor and Beethoven's in A; both of them familiar to the Philharmonic audience, but both of...
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ACOUSTICS FOR THE HOUSES OF P A RUA MENT. THE
The Spectatordifficulties which the new Houses of Parliament present to those who wish to be heard and to hear, may induce many of our legislators who have not hitherto ventured into the...
HYDE PARK IN HIGH SEASON.
The Spectator"Aix is not barren !"—London, at least, in the fair West, is an exception. Like bright Midsummer it has reached the culmi- nating point, and, graced and heightened in zest by...
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BEER AND THE BEER-TRADE.
The SpectatorA Report of the Lords opines that recent statutes pertaining to these matters have not fulfilled expectations. Beer is certainly a peculiar article, and does not entirely fall...
AMERICAN FACTORIES IN IRELAND.
The SpectatorA Protectionist Nemesis is prophesied in the form of the most singular invasion ever threatened. to Great Britain—an invasion of American manufacturers, who are to set up...
ICE IN THE ATLANTIC.
The SpectatorICE loosened from the Arctic fields is floating down the Atlantic to cool the Torrid zone ; Nature performing the office of a vast confectioner, in conveying from the stores of...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorBIAX'S WANDERINGS IN CHILI AND PERU. * LAST year Mr. Byam sent forth a small but various and interest- ing volume, descriptive of his adventures in Central America ; whither he...
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LEIGH HUNT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY"
The SpectatorTHESE volumes contain a personal recollection of the literature and politics as well as of some of the most remarkable literary men and politicians of the last fifty years. The...
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GEORGE'S MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENS OP SPAIN. * Mrss STRICKLAND'S Lives
The Spectatorof the Queens of England has probably suggested the idea of these Memoirs of the Queens of Spain, with- out a due consideration of the difference of circumstances. Till the...
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorBOONS. The subjects and titles of the present week's publications promised more than they fulfilled whey they earns to be examined. Even of the following reserved list it is...
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MOREL'S J Dlet L - WORN.
The SpectatorSince the days when Benvenuto Cellini made - salt-cellars to order, art has somewhat neglected the goldsmith craft ; although some traces of genius have never quite left that...
THE ARTS.
The SpectatorROBERTS'S JERUSALF.M. AMONG the larger pictures in a recent exhibition was one by David Ro- berts, representing the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, in the year 71: it...
MILITARY GAZETTE. _ WAII■OFFICE, June 14.-2d Regt. of Life Guards—The
The SpectatorHon. C. S. Hsnbury to In Comet and Sub-Lieut. by purchase, vice Fitzroy, removed to 41St Foul. _ 1st Drag. Guards—Lieut. F,. B. S. Bence to be Capt. by purchase, vice Hog/3ton,...
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PRICES CURRENT.
The SpectatorBRITISH FUND 3 per Cent Consols Seined. S. (Closing Monday. Prices.) Tussday 7Vedart. Thum. Priam, shut Ditto for Account Mead. 96j 06 884 3 per Cents Reduced 86 2...
COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
The SpectatorTvesdey, June 18. PARYNERserrs HISSOLYED. - Bradley and Mottram, Liverpool, wine-merchants- Wackerbarth and BM, Coleman street, patent-lint-manufacturerers-Down Bro- thers,...