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The young Queen of Spain, and the Queen Regent her
The Spectatormother, are on a tour in the interior: but the country is unsafe fur the tra- vellers; whose escort was to have been attacked near Medina Celi by a strong body of the rebels....
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTUE discussions in Parliament this week tend to strengthen a growing opinion that England's prosperity is intimately connected with the good or bad government, the welfare or...
A remarkable scarcity of foreign intelligence, possessing interest for English
The Spectatorreaders, is again to be noted. The French Chambers are occupied with railroad bills, and other measures of internal im- provement and administration. Accounts from Africa daily...
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An arrival at Portsmouth from New York brings our American
The Spectatorintelligence down to the 5th instant. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives had passed a tax-bill, which, if agreed to by the Senate, would put 100,000 dollars per annum at...
Debates nub 1Proccebings in 1pm - flaunt.
The SpectatorREMOVAL 05' HILL COOLIES '1'0 THE MAURITIUS AND THE WEST INDIES. In the House of Commons, on Monday, Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose to move the third reading of the Colonial Passengers...
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Zbe Crourt.
The SpectatorTILE Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace on Monday, to receive the addresses of the Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common Council, congratulating her Majesty on her...
site Aitletropolis.
The SpectatorA Common Hall was held on Wednesday for the election of Sheriffs for the ensuing year. The candidates were Aldermen Gibbs and Magnay, Mr. Farneombe and Mr. Galloway. The show of...
On 1Vednesday, the annual meeting of the British and Foreign
The SpectatorAnti- Slavery Society NS as held in Exeter I fall. The Duke of' Sussex was in the chair, surrounded by several Men il,ers of 1'41.1i:intent ; among whom were ;Is, O'Connell,...
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The result of Conrvoisier's trial for the murder of Lord
The SpectatorWilliam Russell was mentioned in our second edition last week. We now give a fuller account of the proceedings on Saturday, the third and last day, for the benefit of our...
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Edward Oxford was brought into Court on Monday morning. When
The Spectatorplaced in the dock, he began to smile as usual, picking and tasting the rue in front of it. The Attorney-General, Sir Frederick Pollock, Mr. Adolphus, and Mr. Wightman, appeared...
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The Court of Queen's Bench, on "Wednesday, pronounced an ims
The Spectatorportant judgment in the ease of " The Queen v. the President and. Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Exeter." The decision of the Court is, that the right to appoint the dean is...
Vic Vrobincrs.
The SpectatorMr. Edward 'Tolland, who formerly is presented East Worcestershire, will stand on the Liberal interest at the next election. Mr. J. C. Dundas has announced his intention of not...
Richard Could, alias Arthur Nicholson, was then indicted for the
The Spectatorburglary in the house of' Mr. Templetnan, for whose murder the pri- soner had formerly been tried, and acquitted. The evidence against the prisoner was substantially the same as...
Artisallancous.
The SpectatorThe old Earl of Ducie, father of the Member fur East Gloucester- shire and the Countess of Denbigh, died on Monday. He succeeded his father, the thisi 1 tsran, on the 20th...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe Agricultural and Commersial Bank of I /ublin has stopped pay went; but according to a published statement, their surplus assets amount to 2011,300/. Mr. O'Connell has...
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The ship Charles Grant, one Manfred and ten day , from
The SpectatorChina, reached Plymouth on Moeday ; but the overland mail anticipated the accounts she brings of proceedings at Canton.
POTSCPIPT
The SpectatorL SATURDAY. Lord STANLEY is carrying' his Irish - Registration Bill through the Committee of the House of Commons, in the thee of the most deter- mined and keen opposition from...
We learn front the Cuidna Timis of May 22d, which
The Spectatorhas just come to hand, that the " getolemen of the colony, both planters and others," had agreed to tax themselves to the extent of 2 per cent. on their in- comes to raise an...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The Spectator-rebut—At (lravera.litl, .lit,'' 2211, Ilmoinvis, \Yeller, from New South \l'ales; 241h, ('hurl,':. (hunt. ri.”111 Courol, , aniphell, from Singapore; and Lord Ly ell, si,o1,...
TILE ARMY.
The Spectatorwsnowrwo, .tone. Begt. of Drag. Guards—Lieut. J. II. Gray, from the 15t1c Light Drags. to ke bleat. Viet. KelM11, W110 exchanges. 7th brag. Guards—Ident.W. S. Greene, from...
Mr. Wilson, the voealist, arrived in the British Queen front
The SpectatorNew York, after a career of at terrupted professional success in the United States and the Canadas. Wilson returns in must vigorous health and excellent voice. By the Governor...
ASSETS. Circulation C II.871,B00 Securities £22,402,000 Deposits 7,122,o00 Bullion 4,434,000 X22,993,1100 £26,836,000 The Paris papers received this morning are bare of...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY Arrsaacsal: There has been to. considerable pressure for money during the week, and a consequent depression of the prices of the Government Securities;...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorFETISH. Is Captain Owi;s's Narrative of his Surveying Voyages on the coast of Africa, we find the following incident of a Fetish dance narrated- " King Passel suddenly...
his death; one of which is headed " last Will,"
The Spectatorand the u1 o r I' ginswith the words "On you, my dear Frederick ;" both of which are in his torn timid- within., nod dated 1st December 1837. The heroic Ring of our great...
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THE LONDON LIBRARY.
The SpectatorAncoar two months ago we solicited attention to a prospectus cir- culated by a committee of gentlemen who were actively engaged in the necessary arrangements for instituting by...
PRICE OF CORN : APOLOGY FOR THE LANDOWNERS.
The SpectatorCONSCIOUS of the ugly aspect of the present high price of common food, the Corn-law advocates evince anxiety to discourage too free a handling of that tender topic. The Morning...
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IrAST WILL OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
The SpectatorHAD the late King of Prussia been an English nobleman, he would in all probability have been an ornament of the most aristocratical section of the Whig party. His testamentary...
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A NEW BRASS INSTRUMENT.
The Spectator\V have seen and heard a musical instrument newly invented by Mr. JOHN SnAw, of Glossop, in Derbyshire ; an ingenious mechanic, who has made the improvement of brass instruments...
MUSIC AT MIDSUMMER.
The Spectator" The Dog.shir rages—hay. past it doubt. All Bedlam or Pornasins is let old." NOT Pores poetical Parnassus, but the Parnassus of the pipe and the string—the Parnassus, not of...
PIANOFORTE MUSIC OF THE NEW SCHOOL.
The SpectatorAs we are desirous that our readers, musical as well as poetical, should keep up with and profit by the march of improvement, we produce for their benefit a manual of the modern...
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ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE.
The SpectatorTHE eighth volume of this work was announced as to be the last; but the diffuse and rhetorical style of the author, with the , fault which it involves of treating every thing...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorThe History of Europe from the t!ommencement of the French Revohnion in 1789 to the Restanoion of the Bourbons in 1815. By Archibald Alison, P.R.S.Ilo Advocate. Vol. VIII...
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THE STAGE, BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN,
The SpectatorIs a defence of Mr. BUNN ' S career as a malinger and lessee. This Apology for a Manager's Life, to use the phrase of Cnlnen , involves of necessity a history of the...
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MR. MILNES ' S POETRY FOR TILE PEOPLE.
The SpectatorTHE general character of this volume may be described as elegant and fashionable commonplace. The author takes an historical inci- dent, an anecdote of domestic life, some...
FINE ARTS.
The Spectator1.01:1S HAGHE'S SKETCHES. THIS volume of Sketches in Belgium and Germany, by Loris Mc:FIE, is one of the lima interesting. of the series of folios for which we are indebted to...
ARTS 01' THE VENUS OF TDE MIDDDE AGES.
The SpectatorBut her principal method of seduction was to establish herself in some hilly region, and there, having constructed in the heart of the -earth a palace of sensual delights, and...