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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorTO TIHE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 10, Robert Street, Hlanipstead Road, October 7th, 1847. Sin-In some remarks on the School of Design in the Spectator of September 18th, which...
[The Quarterly Revenue tables are made up tonight, and will be pub-...]
The Spectator! The Quarterly Revenue tables are madle up toniglit, arid will be pub- I lished on Monday. The Glebe says that they, will exhilbit aI considerable i falling-off in some items,...
[The American steamer Washington, has arrived at Southampton with in-...]
The SpectatorPOSTSCRlIPT. SATURDAY NIGHT. T I The American steamer Washington, has arrived at Southa.LillLtoIn With in- I telligence From New York, to the 231 September. 'r There are...
[Under the pressure of the Poor-law Commissioners' threat of appointing...]
The SpectatorI Under the pressure of the Poor-law Commissioners' threat of appointing paid Guardians, the WVextbrd Board have at length voted tilWe ull anmount of rates. Some of the members...
[There is nothing further this morning respecting the new Spanish Mi-...]
The SpectatorI There is nothing further this wornlizng respectilln the new Speanish Mi- . nistry. - The Presse has broadly hinLted at " a new influence " which secned likely to be...
[The Morning Chronicle gives some further news from China, derived from...]
The SpectatorTlhce Morniny Cit ronicle gives soine further news frtom China, (erived from I private letters, the dates of which come dowin to the 24th of .l ii. 'tt that period...
[It was understood in Paris, on Thursday, that M. Cunin Gridaine re-...]
The SpectatorI It was understood in Paris. on 'I'llursdav. that N. (.upi C-rhlninA Va- signed the Ministry of Agricutltutre and Comimerce, aid 1 would be succeeded ljy Al. Mluret de Bord....
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TRADING MORALS.
The SpectatorTRADING MORALS. THE great crisis which has so dismayed the money world is characterized by some very remarkable traits. "Anomalies," we call them, in the hasty impatience of a...
THE BANK AND THE CURRENCY.; TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorTHE BANK AND THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF TIE SPECTATOR. Croydon, 2d October 1847. SIR-Notwithstanding all that has been said and written upon the subject of the currency,...
GEORGICS AT DRAYTON MANOR.
The SpectatorTOPICS OF GEORGICS AT DRAYTON MANOR. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S present mission is a fit sequel to his career as a Conservative reformer. Heretofore, it has been the privilege of...
PROPER MERCANTILE SECURITIES.; TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorPROPER MERCANTILE SECURITIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 7th October 1847. SIR-Some of your contemporaries have indulged in strictures more or less se- t vere upon the...
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[Spanish statesmen are resolved to outrun all belief in their in-...]
The Spectatorqnanish statesmen are resolved to outrun all belief in their in- I I capacity and levity: Narvaez is announced as Prime Minister, I with a Cabinet in the French interest; and...
The Provinces.
The SpectatorAbe vrobhtues. The Agricultaral Gazette supplies some interesting particulars of the recent meeting of scientific agriculturists at Sir Robert Peel's. Mr. F. Wocdward of...
The Metropolis.
The Spectatorsbe jffictropolis. A Court of Aldermen was held on Thursday. Alderman Hooper's ac-I oeptance of the Mayoralty was notified. 'The report of a committee on the collection of...
The Court.
The Spectatorace court. I THE chief event this week is the removal of the Court from Osborne to Windsor. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the children, and attended by the ladies...
[The accounts from the Rio de la Plata continue to be an inex-...]
The SpectatorThe accounts from the Rio de a Plata continue to be an e tricable heap of statements which convict thlemseives oi iaiseuouu by their unscrupulous contradictions; but it is...
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SIR HARRIS NICOLA'S IS HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY.
The SpectatorSPECTATOR'S LIBRARY. WAOITIKE HISTORY, I I A History of the Royal -Navy, from the Earliest Times to the Wars of the French R'evolution. By Sir Nicholas Barris -Nicolas,...
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SOANE'S BOOK OF THE MONTHS AND NEW CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
The SpectatorIOANNE'S BOOK OF THlE MONTHS AND NEW I CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. THE Months are an attractive topic to English readers; whether it De from forming the subject of so much of...
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PRACTICAL LETTERS ON IRELAND. LETTER I.; TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorPRACTICAL LETTERS ON IRELAND. LETTER I. TO TIHE EDITOR OF TIHE SPECTATOR. October 1847. SIR-As there can be little doubt that Ireland will demand a large share of the time and...
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[The dreaded "4th" of the month appears to have put a stop to...]
The Spectator-9 | The dreaded "4 th " of the month appears to have nut a ston to 8" the failures in the Cit by the neutralizing- effects of a genral 80 ~ ~ ~ ~ i y e razn-efct of a general...
[HALF-WAY between the prorogation and the meeting of Parlia-...]
The SpectatorNEWS OF THE WEEK. HALF-WAY between the prorogation and the meeting of Parlia- ment is the time when rumours of " Ministerial intentions " are sure to appear; and the present...
[Our peaceful anticipations for Italy are so far justified, that...]
The Spectator| Our peaceful anticipations for Italy are so far justified, that Austria has retracted from its a-gress ive position and evacuated Ferrara. Prince Metternich has not stood...
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NEW SCHOOL OF ART.
The SpectatorFINE ARTS. NEW SCHOOL OF ART. The newly-incorporated Society of British Artists opened a school of art, at their gallery in Suffolk Street, on Monday evening, with a kind of...
DECORATED ROOM BY MR. GOODISON.
The SpectatorDECORATED ROOM BY IMR. GOODISON. Mr. Goodison, already favourably known as a decorative artist. has succeeded in obtaining an opportunity to produce a complete a o' k and has...
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[At the Princess's, the long-expected event of an appearance of Miss...]
The SpectatorI At the Princess's, the long-expected event of an appearance of Miss Cushman and Mr. Macready in one piece has at length taken place. The noted resemblance of Miss Cushman's...
[Sir William Colebrook is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Guiana.]
The SpectatorSir William Colebrook is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Guiana. I Governor Light retires for the present.-Times. A correspondent of the A ugsburg Gazette writes from...
[There has been rather more of bustle than of interest this week.]
The SpectatorTHE THEATRES. There has been rather more of bustle than of interest this week. The -! 1 Haymarket and the Princess's have opened, and have changed their bills rapidly, so as...
[Vain was the punctuality of the sun and moon this morning, for the Londoners:]
The SpectatorVain was the punctuality of the sun and moon this morning, for the Londoners: a level covering of clouds and a hazy atmospnere oeneatu compieteiy bilseluen L eclipse from view....
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorIRELAND. I 'Ile Lord-Licutenant arrived at Balliiiasloe on Saturday evening, on a visit to the Earl of Clancarty, at Garbally; and on Monday, congratulatory I addresses were...
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Miscellaneous.
The SpectatorAfI is eC I Lane o us. We understand that on the formation of the new Poor-law Commission Sir Edmund W. Head, one of the present Commissioners, will succeed Sir W. Colebrook as...
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WORKINTG OF THE SCOTCH POOR-LAW.
The SpectatorWORKINTG OF THE SCOTCH POOR-LAW. THE last alteration of the Scotch Poor-law only recognized the necessity of change, without meeting it. The " Board of Supervision " seems to...
THE SWISS QUESTION.
The SpectatorTHlE SWVISS QUESTION. LETTER VI. TII perilous disposition to unauthorized employment of force, which had pervaded Switzerland during thle winter of 1845, was quenched by the...
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MEDWIN'S LIFE OF SHELLEY.
The SpectatorMEDWIN'S LIFE OF SHELLEY. | AN uncongenial home-a suffering boyhood-a conventionally disgracei youth-an unhappy marriage, terminating in a suicide-the interference of the law...
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OFFICIAL USE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
The Spectatorte I OFFICIAL USE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. it I A vERY novel, and, it appears to us, a very questionable use nas been made of the electric telegraph. Some doubt having arisen...
APOTHEOSIS OF SIR JOHN HOBHOUSE.
The SpectatorAPOTHEOSIS OF SIR JOHN HOBHOUSE. RcNbiouR assigns to Sir John Hobhouse an approaching Peerage: he is to be promoted or "pitchforked." Governments deserve credit for the...
OLD BAILEY ANGLING.
The SpectatorOLD BAILEY ANGLING. A IL -_ A REVOLTING instance of the incompetency of human autnority to handle death as a retributive instrument of correction, is displayed in the condition...
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Foreign and Colonial.
The SpectatorfJOtign ant QJolonial. ITALY.-A variety of rumours of further encroachments by Austria have been dispelled by the positive intelligence that Ferrara was transferred by the...
