8 MARCH 1834

Page 1

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Spectator

THE Parliamentary business of the week was commenced in the manner most agreeable to Ministers of State—that is, by placing at their disposal a large amount of the public money....

Page 2

The petition of the vine-growers in the South of France

The Spectator

has created a great sensation in the capital. It seems to be generally looked upon as a very serious demonstration of the state of public feeling in that quarter; and is said to...

The intelligence from Spain consists of little more than rumours

The Spectator

of the retirement of M. BURGOS, and other changes in the Ministry. It is now stated, however, that MARTINEZ Da LA ROSA will certainly retain his office. The reports against the...

The Miguelite garrison of Santarem, under Count Limos, made kdespemte

The Spectator

attack on SALDANHA'S troops on the 18th February. The Pedroites drove them back, after;some very hard fighting, in which both sides suffered severely. The German Diet at...

MEHEMET ALT is said to be preparing an expedition against

The Spectator

Arabia Felix. An army of 20,000 men was nearly ready to march on this service, when the last accounts left Cairo.

The Finance Committee of the Senate of the United States

The Spectator

have reported strongly against the removal of the deposits from the United States Bank; which they pronounce to have been " unnecessarily early, and unnecessarily sudden." The...

illichatril 1101 Prorrtbingd in Parliament.

The Spectator

1. ALTERATION OF THE CORN LAWS. Several petitions were presented at the morning sitting of the House of Commons on Thursday, for an alteration in the Corn-laws. That which had...

Page 6

bc Court.

The Spectator

Mit:etics left town on Saturday afternoon, for Windsor; where they were received by the inhabitants with it hearty welcome. The town was brilliantly illuminated, and the streets...

HONOURS, Sze.

The Spectator

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. WIIITEHA ea, 3l garch 1834.—The King has been pleased to nominate awl ap j oint the Right Honourable Lord Pe:Ise:gm% his Majesty's Ambassmlor...

Ebr girtrapolig.

The Spectator

A dispute between the East India Company and the Metropolitan teadealers has produced a good deal of excitement in the City during the week. The tea-dealers maintain that the...

Page 7

Several persons have been taken up and examined at the

The Spectator

Metropolitan Police-offices during the week, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mr. Richardson, near Banstead. The evidence against SOIlle of them, however, has...

Eby. Country.

The Spectator

The Marquis of Downshire was indicted at the Assizes at Reading, on Thursday week, for stopping up certain highways and footpaths in the parish of Eastliampstead, Berkshire. The...

Page 8

On Saturday last, about twelve o'clock at night, a most

The Spectator

terrific explosion took place, from the bursting of one of the boilers of great St. George Mine. The havoc was so complete, that the boiler was literally torn in atoms; and some...

SCOTLAND.

The Spectator

The election for the Ayr district of Burghs closed on Friday; leaving Lord James Stuart in a majority over his opponent, Mr. Taylor, in all the Burghs, and with a total majority...

SEWcriancatil.

The Spectator

Within these few days, Sir Wathen Waller and Mr. Ware have had a vonsultation on a cataract, which has made its appearance in one of the eyes of' his Royal Highness the Duke of...

SATURDAY.

The Spectator

The question of the Corn-laws was badly entered by the mover, and therefore could not be expected to meet with extravagant success hi the present instance. The thirty-one...

Page 9

THE DIVISION Lisa` is unavoidably postponed till next week ;

The Spectator

when - ac hope to give the divisions on Mr. Buchinyham's and Mr. flame's ;notions on Impressment and the Corn Laws, in a more correct form than that in which they appear in the...

MONEY MARKET.

The Spectator

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The abundance of money, and the improved appearance of stability in the Government have given a decided impulse to the market ; and Consols...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

The Spectator

Arrived—At Gravesend, March 24, I larriet. 1.ewis, from Mauritius. Off Margate' 5th, George Canning, Mtlelland, from ditto. At Deal, 4th, Princess Victoria, Hart from Bengal....

LETTERS FROM PARIS, BY 0. P. Q.

The Spectator

No. VII. FRANCE — THE PROJECTED LAW AGAINST THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN SOCIETY, VIZ. THAT OF ASSOCIATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Paris, 5th March 1834....

Page 11

LORD BROUGHAM'S NIAISERIES.

The Spectator

LONDON UNIVERSITY; MUNICIPAL REFORM; JEWISH DI SABI LITIES. AT present the public hears and sees very little of Lord Chancellor BROUGHAM; and his Lordship would not suffer in...

This palaver being finished, Lord DURHAM presented a petition in

The Spectator

which some itnportant provisions of Lord Beouottem's Corpration Bill for the new boroughs were complained of. The petitioners objected to the election of Aldermen for life, to...

Our third notice of Lord Buouoneet's nialseries has reference to

The Spectator

the disabilities of the Hebrew nation in England. The Marquis of WESTAII NSTER stated his intention of bringing thetinestios before Parliament in the course of the session ; but...

DISSENTERS' PETITIONS.

The Spectator

THE connexioa between Church and State might endure for ever in this country, eiti none but infidels and demagogues and spoliators seek to sever it. But the most bigoted...

Page 12

LEGAL PROVISION FOR THE POOR.

The Spectator

'1 . 1TERE has been no announcement by the Ministers of any specific plan thr the amenihnent of the Poor-laws All that the nation has been told is, that the Government has a...