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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectatorfar" than any of the adepts in their ranks. The result is, that they have been foiled at the game, and their principal performer Las lost a considerable portion of his own...
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The Greek Council of Regency is full of dissensions. King
The SpectatorOTHO will be of age in a few months ; but it is hinted that his intel- lect is so weak as to render his abdication advisable. His father, the King of Bavaria, has another lad,...
The Royal ordonnance, which summoned the French Chambers for the
The Spectator20th of August, has been superseded by another convoking them for the 31st of July. The motive for this alteration does not seem to be well understood. On the one hand, it is...
Don MiGusr- has arrived at Genoa; where, however, it is
The Spectatornot supposed he will long remain. There have been no arrivals with news from Portugal this week.
The Count DE TORENO has become Spanish Minister of Finance,
The Spectatorin the place of M. IMEZ. TORENO is represented as a man of ac- tivity and vigorous intellect, extremely likely to obtain an ascen- dancy in the Ministry. He is a decided...
The news from Constantinople is of a rather warlike aspect.
The SpectatorA considerable Russian naval force was in the waters of the Bos- phorus, and the fleets of France and England were concentrated in the Levant. The disorders in Bagdad were said...
A conspiracy has been discovered in Bulgaria ; and many
The Spectatorring- leaders have been arrested. The iron rule of METTERNICH suits not the habits of the barbarians.
Elrbatesi antr Prorraingg in Parliament.
The Spectator1. Iman TITHES. In the House of Commons, on Monday, the order of the day for go. ing into Committee on the Irish Tithe Bill having been read, Mr. LITTLETON rose to explain some...
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tbg aletrapalid.
The SpectatorThe polling commenced in Finsbury at nine o ' clock on Monday morning; and at twelve Mr. Pownall, the Tory candidate, was more than three hundred votes ahead of MT. buncombe,...
Ebr Court.
The Spectator'I'm: King and Queen bad a small dinner-party On Sunday, at St. Ja!nes ' s Palace. In the evening, there was a concertânot of sacred music ; but in which 3Iadesnoiselle Grisi,...
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A public meeting of persons interested in the projected colony
The Spectatorin South Australia was held on Monday, in the large room at Exeter Hall. The number present amounted, we believe, to something between fifteen hundred and two thousand; among...
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In the Court of Common Pleas, on Tuesday, Colonel Latour
The Spectatorob- tained a verdict with 1,500/. damages, against Mr. Weston, the son of a banker and brewer at Norwich, for criminal intercourse with Mrs. Latour. Mrs. Latour's name before...
Egg. Countrn.
The SpectatorA dinner was given on Wednesday evening, in the large room of the Hoop Tavern, Cambridge, by the electors of the town, to Mr. Spring Rice, with the view of complimenting him on...
The political admirers and private friends of General Minn, dined
The Spectatorto- gether at the Albion, on Saturday lust. Sir Francis Burdett presided : on his right sat General Mina, and the Spanish Ambassador on the left. Among the company, were Lord...
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What is Mr. LITTLETON to do? Earl GREY disclaims his
The Spectatoracts : who, then, is answerable for the trick practised on O'CoNser.r.? It will not do to put on the penitential air of frail innocence overtaken in error, and whimper of "...
There has been a great deal of braying this week
The Spectatoragainst the Aus- tralian Colony, by those who, from the Tines down to Comer; have not taken the pains to become acquainted with the plan on which it is to be founded. Next week...
fRierellantoug.
The SpectatorThe Lords of the Treasury have decided, that the tea imported into Liverpool from Dantzic cannot be permitted to enter for home con- sumption ; but permission has been given to...
0. P. Q.'s Letter is too long for our limits
The Spectatorthis week ; and the sub- ject is not interesting to the English public, who care nothing about Don CARLOS'S moonshine loan. 0. P. Q. has nevertheless been very felicitous and...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. The Queen left St. James's Palace at half-past eight this morning, attended by the Duke of SAXE-MEININGEN. Her Majesty arrived at Woolwich at about ten o'clock,...
O'CosneeLt's suppressed Letter "to the Reformers of England," (dated the
The Spectator20th June), to which he alluded on Thursday, in his dispute with Mr. L/TTLETON, appears in the True Sun of this evening. It commences with a fierce attack on Earl Gner, the...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorThe contest for the county of Wexford is a very close one. Mr. Harvey, the Whig candidate, was very far a head of the Repealer, who rejoices in the name of Cadwallader Waddy,...
The public will learn with pleasure, that the actual increase
The Spectatorof Excise-duties on the quarter, to this date, is .59,000/. The estimated loss by a reduction of duties on soap and tiles being 65,0C3I., there is, in truth, an excess of...
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TIIE ARMY.
The SpectatorWARâ¢OFFME. July 4.-10th Regt. of Light Drag,00nsâ Lieut. R. Hume, from the 13th Light Dragoons to be Lieut. site I leneage, who exchanges. 13th Light Dragoons âLieut. I)....
RECIPROCAL CIRCULATION OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS.
The SpectatorTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Paris, It Judy 1834. Su it â It appears, after all, that we are to have no free circulation of English Newspapers ; and that the announced...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorOu the let inst., at Waldersluare Park, the Countess of GUILFORD, of a SOO. tin the hat inst., Lady SoFEIELD, of a son. On the 29th ult., at the Vicarage, Wilniington, the Lady...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSrucx EXCHANGE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. selves of the offered accommodation, and that a considerable portion of that sum scarcity of mousey, winch on Tuesday and Nl'olnesday was in...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArriveâAt Deal, June 5. Symmetry, Stevens, from Ceylon. At the Cape, April I7th, Noma, Baker; Olive Branch. Stirling; and Sesostris, Salt's; and 28th, Sophia, Thornhill, from...
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ADMIRALTY REFORMS.
The SpectatorTO THE. EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. London. 4th July 1834. SI aâAs you have noticed my communication "in a clerkly baud" in your last, I beg to give you a little more of the...
LOUD IIROUGHAM's OPINIONS ON NEWSPAPERS AND THE 1..11V OF LIBEL.
The SpectatorTilt: present continuation of what we may venture to call the substance, or it least tin! most interesting passages, of Lord IlitouGuAm's evidence before the Libel Committee, is...
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CRUEL OPERATION OF THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.
The SpectatorIT is feared that the Attorney-General's bill to abolish imprison- ment for debt is not destined to pass this session. Notwithstand- ing the unquestioned sincerity of its author...
POSTAGE OF NEWSPAPERS IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
The SpectatorA PARIS correspondent, whose letter we publish in another column, has drawn our attention to the Government mode of effecting the Duke of RICHMOND'S much-vaunted arrangement, by...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorIRISII PROSPECTS. . Wriasr the Coercion Act was passed, in the last session, Ministers ld out the hope that it would only be a temporary measure. No such delusive expectation...
STATE OF PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS; THE SHOWMEN OF THE CABINET.
The SpectatorTHE Earl of MALMESBURY complains that the Peers have had "nothing to do since the Easter recess, with the exception of the investigation of the Warwick Borough Bill ;" and he...
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CLOSE OF THE ROYAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
The SpectatorTHE performances of this week offer no scope for criticism or re- mark. That of the Messiah has long been a dies non with us wherever it has taken place. Our opinion of the...
OPENING OF TIIE LYCEUM, OR THE NEW ENGLISII OPERA-IIOUSE.
The SpectatorTHIS elegant theatre, which has been completed with extraordi- nary despatch, is advertised to open for its first season on Wed- nesday, with a new opera and a musical...
MISS MITFORD'S TRAGEDY.
The SpectatorMiss Marino's tragedy of Charles the First, which the pious Li- censer refused to sanction on the score of the profanity of Crom- well's canting speeches, has, after being in...
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SPECTATORS LIBRARY.
The SpectatorTRAVELS, Travels into Bokhara t being the Account of a Journey from Indio to Cahoot, Tar- Buy, and Persia; also. Narrative a Voyage on the Indus, from the Sea to Lahore, with...
BURNES'S TRAVELS.
The SpectatorWHEN Lieutenant AtExAsrma BURNES, with the dray-horses, arrived in the Punjab, he was assured by the polite courtiers of the court of Lahore, that he was a "second Alexander."...
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CAMPRE.LL'S LIFE OF MRS.. SIDDGNS:
The SpectatorTHE biography of great actors is generally felt tole disappoint- ing : and almost of necessity. Their glory, which tilled the atmosphere of public opinion in the zenith of their...