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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE KING. THE symptoms of his Majesty's complaint have not been much varied dur ing the week. In a youthful and vigorous patient, " no worse" is said to be " somewhat better ;"...
Parliament met on Thursday. On that evening the House of
The SpectatorLords listened to some brief explanations from Lord ABERDEEN as to our 'Greek negotiations ; and last night confined its labours to the expression of an opinion that the House...
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The French journalists are busying themselves with speculations on the
The Spectatorelections ; and even the expedition has become with them a subject of secondary interest. It is anticipated that the result of the King's appeal will prove triumphantly that the...
WAtt BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND THE ROTHSCHILDS.—The commercial letters received this
The Spectatormorning (Friday) from Frankfort and from Vienna touch, for the first time, upon the true causes of the scarcity of money which has lately prevailed in those and other great...
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THE KING'S ArrnIcTioer.—We have received several letters, some from very respectable subscribers, residing in the country, re
The Spectatorquesting us to give them some further information respecting his Majesty's indisposition than the bulletins of his medical attendants convey. One correspondent, a gentleman...
ED/CT AGAINST Docs.—In consequence of the great excitement respecting the
The Spectatorprevalence of hydrophobia, the Lord Mayor has received many letters, requesting his interference in preventing dogs from being allowed to frequent the streets without being...
FATT.VRE AT Lzans.—We are sorry to announce the failure of
The Spectatoran old and respectable manufacturing and mercantile house in the woollen line in this town. The engagements of the firma are said to exceed 100,000e, and several of the...
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rue POLICE AND THE PUBLIC.—At Lambeth Street, on Tuesday, a
The SpectatorMr. Pepper was fined 40.9. for furious driving. He declared, and his statement was corroborated by a respectable witness, that the mare he drove was restive, and had run off....
GRANGE V. WIGNEY AND ormats.—The Court of Common Pleas was
The Spectatoroccupied on Wednesday with an important case of trover. The action was brought to recover a Bank post-bill, value 1001., indorsed in blank, which the defendants, who were...
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EXTENSIVE BURGLARY.—On Sunday night, the mansion of Lord Maryborough, in
The SpectatorSaville Street, was broken into, and property carried off to the value of 2000/. DUEL.—This schoolboy practice is getting more and more useless every day ; gentlemen must have...
EARTHQUAKE AT PORT-All.PRINCE.....Extract Of a letter, dated April 14.—" We
The Spectatorexperienced a tremendous shock of an earthquake here the night before last, which almost tossed me out of bed. The walls of all the brick houses in town were cracked, and some...
Mn. HoxE.—The interest of readers in the ingenious author of
The Spectatorthe Every Day Book, was lately excited by two circumstances : first, the announcement that he is in distress ; second, the publication of a correspondence between Mr. Hone and...
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MrsrrsrEntat. PENSIONS.—The three pensioners under Lord Castle s reagh's Cabinet Superannuation Act, are Lords Sidmouth and Bexley,
The Spectatorand Mr. fluskisson. They have three thousand a year eachThe 'family of Mr. Canning have the same sum. Mr. Lushington, the Governor of Bombay, has fifteen hundred a year, and...
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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. SATtraDAF MonsTmo.
The SpectatorOnly one arrival from India has been reported this week, notwithstanding the strong westerly winds which have prevailed in the Channel. By way of the Red Sea and Alexandria...
THE PRESS.
The SpectatorMR. SADLER'S MOTION ON THE POOR-LAWS. GLone—Mr. SADLER. brought forward a motion (we cannot say in pursuance of his notice) for the establishment of a system of PoorLaws in...
THE LAW OF DIVORCE.
The SpectatorSTANDARD—With respect to the law of divorce, we cannot help thinking that it is much more the conduct of Parliament in regard to the matrimonial bond, than the law of the...
LABOURS OF THE COMMONS.
The SpectatorMORNING CHRONICLE—There were in all fifteen working days to the 'House of Commons—that is, deducting Wednesdays, Saturdays, and holydays—during the last month. Upon thirteen of...
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THE DUC D'ETAMPES.
The SpectatorMORNING HERALD—The change of the British constitution from King, Lords, and Commons, to Cabinet, Lords, and Commons, excites, very naturally, the curiosity and apprehension of...
POSTSCRIPT TO TIIE WEEK'S NEWS.
The SpectatorSPECTATOR OFFiCit, SATITEDAY, Two O'CLOCK. SWAN RIVE11.—We have been favoured with a copy of a letter from one of the passengers of the Atwick to his friends in London,...
THE MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING.—The gloom which pervaded our Stock Market last week has not yet subsided, and prices generally are rather lower. Saturday and Monday last were...
THE UNIVERSITIES.
The Spectator0 XFORD, June 2.—This day, being the first of Act Term, the following Gentlemen were admitted to Degrees. Bachelor in Divinity — Rev. Philip Aubin, Fellow of Jesus College....
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBrirrHs. On the 1st inst. in Cavendish S q uare, the Viscountess BARRINGTON, of a danghter, On the 1st inst. at Keesington, the Lady of E. W. 13LENr, Es q . of Enham House....
MARRIAGES.
The SpectatorOn the 1st inst. at St. Mary's, Bryanston Square, Captain CnAnzus Buzz:I:Ls r, of His Majesty's 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, to Louis:I, dau g hter of Charles Lyne Stephens,...
DEATHS. On the 28th ult. at Costessy Hall, the seat
The Spectatorof her son-in-law, the Right Hon. Lord Stafford, Mrs. SuLYAlte, eliet of Edward Sulyard, Esq. of Haughley Park, in the county of Suffolk, in her glrcl year. On the 27th ult. at...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The Spectator"COLLECTIVE WISDOM?' REMARKABLE SAYINGS OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS. SIR CHARLES WETHERELL "objected to commissions to inquire into the state of the law, because the appointment...
THE DOG SEASON.
The SpectatorMAD dogs are this season quite the rage. We know not what has brought them so forward, for they used seldom to come in till after the peas. In the dulness of the season,...
IMMORAL SANCTION.
The SpectatorWE have repeatedly , observed, in this print, that the lesson continually taught by the public in the treatment of conduct is that patience is the worst policy. Poverty may...
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THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.
The SpectatorTHE Directors seem determined to atone for any past errors in judgment which they may have committed in the course of the season, by in6reased exertion as it draws to an end....
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LITERARY SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorNAPOLEON AND HIS VALETS. M. LADVOCAT, the Comiuror of Paris, and the publisher of the numerous series of Min . /area Contemporaines, has just presented the admirers of NAPOLEON...
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THE AR al ENIANS.* WE have always spoken favourably of
The SpectatorMr. MACFARLANE 's work on Constantinople. It was at least one of the most opportune works we remember ; and the force of opportunity is great. We had, however, little idea that...
FOUR YEARS IN THE WEST INDIES.* THERE is a sad
The Spectatormistake in the form of this book. A ponderous octavo is of all others the worst adapted for that description of li terature which our friend Mr. NEWMA.N is in the habit of...
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ALEXANDER ALEXANDER.*
The SpectatorTHERE is a matter-of-fact nature and a fictitious nature, that are not unfrequently confounded. In perusing the adventures of the valiant Dugald Dalgetty, or of the famous...
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THE REVIEWER'S TABLE.
The SpectatorI. Excerptallistorica ; or Illustrations of 3. Elements of the Economy of Nature. English History. Part I. By I. G. WVicar, A.M. 2. Houle's English Counties. No. I. Berkshire....
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FINE ARTS.
The SpectatorROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION. THE CONCLUSION. AT last we find ourselves in the Sculpture Room—as it is called by courtesy, for it is, properly speaking, nothing more than a...
PEEPS AT THE PRINT-SHOPS.
The SpectatorTHE quick succession of Exhibitions of Paintings has left us little space or opportunity to examine the new Prints as they appeared ; nor, indeed, have there been many of...
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"By the dark rolling waters ; " a Glee for
The Spectatorfour voices. The Words from Ossian. By J. M‘Munms, Mus. Bac. Oxon. This is a very favourable specimen of that class of glees of which STEVENS'S " Some of my heroes" was the...
Souvenir A la Suisse, on favourite Swiss Airs sung by
The SpectatorMadame STOCKHAUSEN, composed by J. MOSCHELES. The airs comprised in this publication are "Once my song," "The Emmethaler Herdsman," "In the merry morn," and "When the day with...
No. 4 of Dramatic Trios for the Piano, Flute, and
The SpectatorVioloncello ; the subjects taken from M.A.YER'S Opera of" Medea." The fluter tart by NICHOLSON, the Violoncello and Pianoforte parts by The subject of the present number is the...
MADAME MALIBRAN AND THE ANCIENT CONCERT.
The SpectatorWE have received from Madame MALIBRAN the following letter, explanatory of the cause of her absence from the Ancient Concert; a fact which we stated last week, and ascribed to...
THE CHURCH.
The SpectatorPROMOTIONS• Rev. C. Richards, Prebendary of Winchester, to the Vicarage of Wanborough, Wilts, vacant by the decease of the Rev. Lascelles Iremonger ; Patrons, Dean and Chapter...
THE ARMY.
The SpectatorOFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AIN& 3.—Corps of Royal Engineers : Captain John Mark Frederick Smith to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Smart, retired ; Second Captain John William Pringle, to...
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.
The SpectatorTuesday, June 1. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. SMALLWOOD and BovEn, York Terrace, Commercial Road, brass-foundersGOODWI tv and MEANT N, East Street, Manchester Square,...
