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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE Conservative Peers of England are a pitiless race of men. They take an inhuman pleasure in tantalizing and and tormenting the" Phocion of his country" (as the Globe calls...
Intelligence from Constantinople has been received in Paris dated the
The Spectator25th June. IBRAHIM PACHA had evacuated Koniali, and nearly the whole of the Egyptian army had crossed the Taurus. The British squadron, under Sir PULTENEY MALCOLM, had anchored...
The Queen of the Belgians was safely delivered of a
The Spectatorson at half- - past four on Wednesday morning. The event was announced to the inhabitants of Brussels by the discharge of 101 pieces of artil- lery on the Boulevards. The name...
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iliebateri an larntectling# in Parliament.
The Spectator1. IRISH CHURCH REFORM. In the House of Lords, On Monday, before going into Committee on the Irish Church Temporalities Bill, Lord KENYON asked Lord Grey when the third reading...
The news from Portugal is not of a very precise
The Spectatordescription; but upon the whole, it is decidedly in favour of the progress of the Pedroites in the interior. General BOURMONT has arrived to take the command of the besieging...
The silk weavers of Lyons have been lately in a
The Spectatorstate of insub- ordination. The storm appears to have blown over for the present; but great alarm still exists among the master-manufacturers and the peaceable inhabitants, in...
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ebe aletrapoitilL At a meeting of the Common Council, on
The SpectatorThursday, Mr. Mire- house was elected Common Seijeant by a majority of fifteen over his competitor, Mr. Hill,—the numbers being, for Mr. Mirehouse, 125; for Mr. Hill, 110....
nr Court.
The SpectatorTILE King and Queen arrived in town, from Windsor, on Monday, and proceeded to Somerset I louse to view the exhibition of the paintings of the Royal Academy. The Duke of...
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Mr. John Ramsay M‘Culloch, the author, and - Messrs. Longman and
The SpectatorCompany, the publishers, of the Dictionary if Conunerce and Navigation, obtained an injunction in the Vice-Chancellor's Court on Thursday, to restrain a Mr. Macardy, of...
The inquest on the body of Wood, the waterman, was
The Spectatorresumed on Monday. The principal witness was Douglas, the Policeman, of the K division, who turned Wood out of the White Hart public-house, in Shadwell. He distinctly denied...
• . A deputation from about two hundred and fifty
The Spectatorseamen engaged for the service of Don Miguel, but disbanded since the news of Napier's victory arrived, applied at the Mansionbouse on Saturday, for advice . from the Lord Mayor...
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ne Country.
The SpectatorThomas Crawley, aged thirty-two, was tried on Wednesday, at the Bedford Assizes, on a charge of murdering Joseph Adams, of Luton, aged seventy-five, on the 7th April last. The...
The privileges of joint-stock banks of issue, so far from
The Spectatorbeing re- stricted, are to be enlarged, Lord Althorp having consented to intro- duce into the Bank Charter Bill the following clause, drawn up by Mr. Vincent Stuckey, of the...
Mr. Mason, a builder, was travelling in his gig with
The Spectatora friend on the Brighton road on Saturday last, when they were attacked by two men, who sprung from the hedge and attempted to stop them. Mr. Mason whipped his horse, and one of...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorA very melancholy and distressing accident took place at Dundas Castle, on Tuesday week. Mr. Dundas's third son, Henry, a very fine and promising boy of ten years of age, having...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorA rumour is current in the garrison of Dublin, that Sir Hussey Vivian is about to succeed Sir James Kempt, as Master-General of the Ordnance. It is also said, that...
Itlitittrfantautt.
The SpectatorThe Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to in- quire into the alleged corruption of Carrickfergus, have just reported "that the said county of the town of...
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I,IST OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY ON THE SECOND IIT:ADHZG
The SpectatorOF THE CHURCH OF IRELAND TEMPORALITIES BILL, MAJORITY. PRESENT. Oxford Gardner R ipon Gleulyon Suffolk 3: Berkshire Godolphin Thanet Gower (Marquis of Wicklow Stafford)...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The fluctuations of the week have been chiefly caused by the proceedings of the House of Lords; the Funds rising when the Ministry have been...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived — At Gravesend, July 23d, Emerald, Ritzemer, from the Cape ; and 24th, Norfolk, Henniker, from New South Wales. At Liverpool, 19th, Athol.), Malcolm, from Mauritius. In...
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THE PROTESTANT BOYS.
The SpectatorTHE Standard has no patience with those milk-sops of the Cea- servative party, who are deterred, by the fear of bloody conse- quences, from asserting the inalienable right of...
TOPICS OF THE DAY,
The SpectatorDEBATE ON MR. TENNYSON'S MOTION—REPEAL OF THE SEPTENNIAL ACT. 'rug opposition of Miters to the repeal of the Septennial Act, has excited no surprise. Had the debate on Mr....
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BRIBERY AT WARWICK.
The SpectatorTHE agents of the Earl of WAavvIcx, at the last election, were bungling as well as shameless. They should have taken a lesson from their brother Conservatives at Bristol, and...
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THE TAXATION OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Is an inquiry into
The Spectatorthe nature and tendency of many of our taxes, rather than a comprehensive or even a complete review of our fiscal system. The plan Mr. MARTIN has pursued is to class the...
ITALIAN OPERA.
The SpectatorIN our review of Mr. MASON'S managerial career, at the close of the last season, we vindicated him from the senseless charge which certain ignorant critics (so called) preferred...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorFINANCE, Taxa'sion of the'llritisk Empire. By R. Montgomery Martin . Jfltwn. VOYAIIES. Nareative of Voyages to explore the Shores of Africa. Arabia, and Madagascar, per-...
THE BALLET—MONTESSU.
The SpectatorMownssu has taken the place of TAGLIONI in the ballet, which FANNY ELSLER was more competent to fill. The ELSLERS have reason to complain of not having been duly appreciated....
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CAPTAIN OWEN'S VOYAGES TO EXPLORE THE COAST OF AFRICA.
The SpectatorTins arduous and extensive undertaking occupied several years . it tried all those qualities of courage, perseverance, and Skill, in which our naval service justly prides...
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LADY MORGAN ' S DRAMATIC SCENES.
The SpectatorTHESE Dramatic Scenes are, in fact, the dramatic portion of three novels, or novellettes, the details of which Lady MORGAN has been unwilling to fill up; whether because, as she...
