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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE important intelligence of the resignation of the Portuguese Regency by Don PEDRO, and the subsequent declaration by the Cortes, that in consequence of the "complete...
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ebe Ilittropolfitt.
The SpectatorAt a Common Hall, held for the purpose on Monday, Mr. Alder- man Henry Winchester was elected Lord Mayor. On the previous Saturday, be had given assurances to a deputation of...
The wretched kingdom of Greece is a prey to fresh
The Spectatorinsurrec- tions, instigated by the intrigues of the Russian or COLOCOTRONI party, who style themselves the " Movement." The King has declared his utter aversion to the duties of...
The intelligence from Paris is meagre, and the little that
The Spectatoris sent is not satisfactory. There have been several considerable failures during the week, and the rejection of the GUEBHARD Loan has contributed to render men of capital in...
The Syrian revolt, which was supposed to be entirely put
The Spectatordown, is again giving full employment to MEHEmEr ALL and his son. The latter, it is stated, after a sanguinary combat with the insur- gents, had been compelled to take refuge in...
An arrival from Jamaica brings some accounts to the 20th
The Spectatorof August, of the state of the slave population in that colony. With An arrival from Jamaica brings some accounts to the 20th of August, of the state of the slave population in...
At length, after a wearisome debate of eleven days' duration,
The Spectatorthe Spanish Procuradores have come to some decisive votes on the question of recognizing their Foreign Debt. On the 25th September, a majority of 63 to 47 adopted the first...
The Bank has published the following account of its assets
The Spectatorand lia- bilities on the average of the quarter from the 1st of July to the 25th September 1834, both inclusive. Circulation £19,126,000 Securities £28,691,00 0 Deposits...
ebt Court.
The SpectatorTHE King and Queen attended divine service in the music-room of Windsor Castle on Sunday ; and afterwards drove out in the Park in separate phaetons. The troops in the...
There was a g rand review of troops at Brussels on
The SpectatorSaturday; after which, the distribution of iron crosses took place : 105 of the Erst and 234 of the second class were bestowed upon the wounded in the famous defence of...
The Emperors of Russia and Austria are expected to visit
The SpectatorBerlin early in November. An Austrian camp of sixty thousand men, which was established at Brunn, has been broken up. It is said that sickness was prevalent among the military.
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An illicit glass-manufactory in Bell Alley, Goswell Street, was dis-
The Spectatorcovered and broken open early on Wednesday morning. The street- door of the premises was open, but the officers of the Excise had to force open no fewer than ten doors in the...
Mr. Rotch was unanimously reelected Chairman of the Middlesex Magistrates,
The Spectatorat the Adjourned Sessions, held on Thursday. A long discussion arose as to the sale of some land in Westminster, on a mo- tion of Sir John Scott Lillie, recommending the...
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Dr. Epps delivered a lecture at the Lewes Mechanics Institution
The Spectatoron Friday last. Ile treated the subject of Phrenology in a popular man- ner, taking a general view of the science. The Doctor referred to the application of this science to the...
trbe Country.
The SpectatorThe defeated Whigs of East Gloucestershire gave their candidate, Mr. Tracey Leigh, a dinner at Gloucester on Wednesday week. The speeches, as usual, were eloquent and...
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The venerable Earl Nelson, who suffers under extreme deafness, was
The Spectatorlast week knocked down by a carriege whilst crossing one of the streets of As Mr. Bengougb, of Marden, in Herefordshire, was returning with Mrs. Idengough, on Thursday week, in...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe new Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. Alderman Perrin, was sworn into office before Marquis Wellesley on Tuesday. The recurrence of this ceremony has of late years afforded the...
Two letters' on the eternal subject of tithes have appeared
The Spectatorin the Irish papers of the week,—one from Mr. O'Connell to Mr. Sharma& Crawford ; the other from Major Bryan, a gentleman of very large property in that county of Kilkenny, and...
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Four months have nearly elapsed since the majority of the
The SpectatorDundee flaxdressers struck work, in consequence of their employers reducing their wages. The strike was abandoned last week, but only a small proportion of the workmen have been...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorThe registration of voters for Members of Parliament in the city of Edinburgh for 1834 was completed on Friday last, the Court Of Appeal having then concluded their sittings....
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Sir John Nichol' has resigned the offices of Judge of
The Spectatorthe Prerogative Court and Dean of the Arches, retaining that of Judge of the Admiralty Court. Sir Herbert Jenner, the King's Advocate, is ap- pointed to the posts vacated by Sir...
Thomas Campbell left England about six weeks ago, and proceeded
The Spectatorto Paris. By a letter received from him, dated the 1st of September, addressed to a gentleman in London, we learn that he has set out for Algiers. " I am goiog," says he, "to...
The fourteenth birth-day of the Duke of Bordeaux has been
The Spectatorkept by the Parisian Royalists with considerable splendour, at private balls, fetes, and banquets. At some of these, no ladies were admitted who did not wear white and green...
One of the .Madrid correspondents of the Morning Chronicle, who,
The Spectatorwith his companion, Mr. Scott of the British Embassy at Madrid, was robbed on his road from that city to Paris, gives a graphic and lively account of his disaster, in u letter...
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The following extract from a Massachusetts newspaper affords evi- dence
The Spectatorof the growing good-will between Englishmen and Americans. " The English armed brig Savage, with sixteen pirates on board, has arrived at Salem, where they are to be landed for...
As the last dividend on Spanish 3 per Cents. produced
The Spectatorby the con- Version from Cortes Bonds was paid in London by Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., application has been made there for the payment of those due on the 1st inst. ; but...
TO TAIL ZDITOR. OF TIIE SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorSIR—Although a stranger in Portugal, I was lately admitted to a meeting in Lisbon, where some of the British officers in the service of Queen Donna MARIA signalized themselves...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. On the 27th ult.. the Lady of Sir Pisaraaoss ParArra FULLER PALMER ACLANO. Bart.. of Fairfield, in the eounty of Somerset, of a son and heir. On the 16th ult., at...
THE RECTOR AND HIS CURATE, OR "ONE POUND TWO."
The Spectator[From the Times.] .• I trust we shall part, as we met. in peace and charity. My last payment to you paid your vainly up to the hat of this mouth. Since that, I owe you for one...
THE ARMY.
The SpectatorWAR.Orrler.Ocr.n.—loth ii cgiment light Dragoous—Brevet Major Edward Moles worth. from the halt" pay of the Cape Corps of Cavalry, to be Captain without purchase, vice Wood,...
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Some particulars of the last moments of Don PEDRO are
The Spectatorgiven in the correspondence of the Daily Papers. He was quite sensible to the hour of his death, and appeared to have a clear apprehension of the state of public affairs. On the...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. An arrival at Falmouth from Lisbon brings intelligence of the forma- tion of the new Portuguese Ministry. We subjoin the names of the principal members. Duke...
The firm of Bentley, Dear, and Co., warehousemen in Cheapside,
The Spectatorappears in the Gazette of last night. The transactions of this house were very extensive, the returns on sales for the last thirteen months having been upwards of 400,0001.;...
Advices of a favourable nature have been received from the
The Spectatorislands of St. Vincent, Grenada, Barbadoes, and Trinidad, to the middle of August; so that there is now everyreason to hope that the new system will proceed without any further...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived—At Gravesend, Sept. 26111, Robert Quale, Bleasdale, from Ceylon: Oct. 1st, R. nowt], Gordon, from Mauritius; and Lavinia. Kains, from New South Wales. Off Plymouth,...
Great excitement prevails in Paris, in consequence of the alleged
The Spectatorunfair dealing by Ministers with the news received by telegraph from Madrid. On Wednesday night, the speculators at Tortoni's Bourse were so loud in their denunciations, that it...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK SACRUM, FRIDAY AFTERNOOW. The demand for money has considerably increased, and the English Public Securities generally are lower than last week. The difficulty attendant...
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USEFUL EMPLOYMENT OF THE MILITARY.
The SpectatorSaturday, an order issued from the Treasury (?) commanding a number of private soldiers lying at the Magazine Barracks, in Hyde Park, to assist some stone.masons in removing the...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorBISHOPS AND VICARS versus CURATES; MR. LYONS AND THE BERESFORDS. "THERE is something," said the facetious -SYnatirt SM:TH, "that excites compassion in the very name of a curate...
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PROGRESS OF LUXURY AND EXPENSE IN SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorMR. JEFFREY told the Committee on the Scotch Judges' Salaries, that "the race of the old frugal solicitors and attornies had died out;" and that "those old-fashioned gentlemen...
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Amongst the names of the licensed sportsmen for Yorkshire, we
The Spectatorfind fifty -five with the word "Reverend " prefixed to them.—Sheffield Iris. - Mr. Steele, a clergyman in Dr. Mocias's novel of Zeluco, being asked what could have induced him...
On Tuesday night, a deputation from the Operative Painters Union
The Spectatormet a deputation from the master painters, who are anxious that a good understanding between the masters and men should exist, to take into consideration the best means by which...
There is something like a conspiracy on the part of
The Spectatorseveral of the Metropolitan Magistrates to obstruct the working of the Poor-Law Act. The duty of these gentlemen is plain enough : they should explain and execute the law, not...
We regret to state, that accounts have been received of
The Spectatorthe death of..Octavius Temple, Esq. the Lieutenant-Governor of Sierra Leone.—.Daily Paper. Another victim to that horrid climate ! Felons are transported to Botany Bay, the most...
Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK'S successor in the Governor- Generalship of India
The Spectatorhas not yet been named. Yesterday week, the East India Directors held a special meeting to take the subject into consideration. There was a very full attendance; and after four...
Sir Francis Burdett became acquainted with the Ex. Secretaryto the
The SpectatorAdmiralty (Mr. Croker) about two years ago, at the dinner-table of a common friend. The worthy Baronet was so much cat Cvated with the voluble wit and various conversation of...
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On Tuesday, we visited the Adelphi ; cur anticipations of
The Spectatorthe "new ballet, operatic, romantic spectacle of diahlerie," called the Black Hand, or the Dervise and the Pen, being somewhat lowered by the reports of the morning. The piece...
A correspondent of the Liverpool Albion states ' that at the
The SpectatorNewton Tory iinner, the dishes were attacked before they reached the table ; and that he saw Liverpool Tories have a regular fight for a hare, which they tore limb from limb,...
A specimen of the wisdom of the French anti-free-trade system
The Spectatorhas just been luntioned to us, by a steam-eugine maker of emiuence in Yorkshire, who has recently returned from France, where he has been employed in setting to work some of the...
OPENING OF THE WINTER THEATRES.
The SpectatorTIME was when the opening of "the Winter Theatres," as the two Great Houses were styled par excellence, WIIS an event in the theatrical world, and was ushered in with all due...
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MR. HENRY BULWER..2 FRANCE.
The SpectatorPERFECTLY to exhibit a great and living people, in their social, literary, and political relations, is a mighty attempt ; demanding, indeed, natural and acquired abilities of...
The grand novelty of the Victoria is the looking-glass curtain
The Spectator; and its power of attraction, it must be allowed, is equal to its power of reflection. We went to see it and the audience on Wednesday ; and found the house crowded to the roof...
A meeting of the proprietors of shares in the London
The SpectatorUniversity, as well as of the students, took place on Wednesday, to hear the introduc- tory lecture on the opening of the academic session for the present year. The great...
Mr. Bur* t, too, has reduced the admission to the
The Spectatorupper tiers of boxes at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, to five shillings,—a politic measure : but its success, which is to determine the permanency of this new arrangement, must...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorSTATISTICS. France, Social, Literary, Political, By Henry Lytton Buluer, Esq.„ 31.P. 2 voh, Bes00, TRAVELS. Belgium awl Holland ; with a Sketch of the Revolution in the Year...
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GORDON ON BELGIUM AND HOLLAND.
The SpectatorMn. PRYSE GORDON is a stanch Utilitarian; we don't mean in politics, but in travelling, and in making the most of what, in passing through life, may be picked up by the way. He...
