10 JULY 1830

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE principal subjects which have engaged the attention of Par- liament during the week, have been the Regency question, and Sir JAMES SCARLETT'S Libel Law Amendment Bill. The...

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Emperor ; which once carried, the town must fall in

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a few days. Colonel Maedonnel. Lady Isabella Wemyss. in the engagement of the 19th,• the enemy did not display any Duchess Dowager of Leeds. Maids of Honour. cannon. The...

The quarterly accounts of the revenue were made up as

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usual them to expect—Morning Herald. sponding quarter of last year, there is an inerea:;o of 280,189/. ; in Majesty the Taxes, an increase el 35,416/. In the E e oier items...

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The King subsequently received in his closet the Archbishops and

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the gracious reception of them ; so different to what certain reports had led Majesty was about to partake of the sacrament on Sunday, at the Chapel Royal, lie caused it to be...

small gallery adjoining the altar, which was fitted up for

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George III. and his family for hearing divine service in. His Majesty will join the Queen there when,the funeral ceremony is over, and retire by the private door instead of...

Chsinhertuin to the Queen. Lady (Tinton.

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rchione of Wellesley. Miss is Roos. Countess Mayo. Countess Brownlow. Miss Mitchell. Miss Eden. their Majesties—Sir William Beechey. First Page to the Queen—Mr. Shoemack....

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COMMON Cot's:cm-At a Court on Tuesday, Mr. Alderman Venables brought

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up the report of the Committee on the introduction of the new police in the City; and after insisting that the present system was imperfect, disjointed, and inefficient, he...

ELECTIONS:A requisition is about to be signed at Liverpool, by

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the friends of Mr. Huskisson, calling on that gentleman again to stand for- ward as the representative of the town. It is said that 31r. Brougham is not unlikely to start in...

July 1830. Years ended July 5.

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1822. 1830. C ustoms ........ • • • • • ........ 15,597,482 Excise .. • • 18,3300833 Stamps • • • • • 6,662,673. Post Office .. . . ........... ....... 1,41)4,0 0 0 Taxes...

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Riots AT LIMERICK.-We are happy to learn that the riots

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that existed in this city are wholly at an end. The losses and damage were estimated at 10,0001.; more exact inquiry has reduced them to 2,000/. In several districts of the...

THE CANTON FACTORY.-The dispute between the Chinese and the East

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India Company's Factory at Canton, is at an end. The super- cargoes have terminated their war of words, without obtaining any other concessions than were offered five months...

Essex-Monday, July 26, at Chelmsford. chester.

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Norr' Eax Cr a cutr-Before Sir N. C. Exeter. Durham-Saturday, Aug. 7, at Durham. of Wells. 11, at N4wcastle. hall, Bri,tnl. Westmorland-Thursday, August 19, at rk, Kat....

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OLD BaieEr.—The July Sessions commenced on Thursday. The Calendar contains

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208 cases, but none of them were of a very heino us character. The only one that has excited much attention is that of Ikey Solomon& This notorious personage was arraigned on...

CAPTAIN MINGAYE.—We mentioned last week, a case in which am

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inquest jury were said to have found that a man died of the conse- quences of flogging. The following is given in the Morning Papers as- a copy of the finding in question. We...

DEATH racial Dnowstissc.—On Wednesday, a respectable young gentleman, clerk to

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Inglis and Co., Philpot Lane, was unfortunately drowned, while bathing in the Serpentine. It is supposed that he had been seized with cramp. On Saturday night, the body of...

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HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.—We are happy to be able to state

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on un- questionable authority, that the King is not merely in " tolerable" but in excellent health, and as likely to live many years as any one of his subjects.—Ed. Court...

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brought to our office. On breaking it several buckies of

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the usual size were found in the interior—not beside one another, but each having a separate apartment, if we may so speak, to itself. In one or two in- stances there was an...

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THE PRESS.

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THE REGENCY QUESTION. TIMES—A majority of 154, obtained by Ministers in the debate of Tuesday night, is really more than we had calculated upon for their ad- vantage; and must,...

THE LYING-IN-STATE. —This ceremony will be observed on Wed- nesday the

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14th, and Thursday the 15th inst. No tickets will be re- quired, but every person that is decently dressed will he admitted to the sight. The Windsor Express says—" It is...

WHEN I WAS LITTLE.

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"Der var en Tid, dajeg var meget Hlle." TRANSLATED, IN TOR poasrom QUARTERLY REVIEW, PRODS VIZ DANISH OP JENS BAUGESEN. There was a time when I was very tiny, My dwarfish form...

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HEAVY EFFECTS OF LIGHT TAXES.

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COURTER—As taxation and expenditure are reduced, the power to economize is diminished. But there is an important fact connected' with the subject which does not appear to...

• IRISH WRETCHEDNESS AND IRISH LANDLORDS.

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Trams—The accounts from Ireland are distressing. • The people in some parts of the South are described to be in such destitution, that fears were entertained within these few...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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Sroca EXCHANGE, FRIDAY Eve-- - .1so. — The large amount of money which has been put into circulation during e week, by the payments to the four per cent. dissentients, and of...

STRENGTH OF THE MINISTRY.

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MostariteG HERALD—A Ministerial paper states that the Govern. ment expects to gain ninety-three votes by the change of members which Will take place on the general election. The...

The Answer to the Westminster Review, by AG Old Dilettante,

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must also bepost- poned.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 3rd instant, at Henrietta Street, Brunswick Square, Mrs. Cuonatt SWAYNE, of a daughter. On the Ord inst. at Egerton House, Kent, the Lady JESLIMA WYREHAMMARTIN,...

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COUNTY REPRESENTATION.

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THE late Mr. CANNING had but one answer to all reasonings in favour of a reform in the representation of the people,—" the pre- sent system works well." We do not recollect that...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE LONDON UNIVERSITY—A WORD WITH MR. BROUGHAM. THE Proprietors of the London University met on Saturday, with a view, if possible, to devise means for putting an 'end to the...

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EXTORTIONS OF THE EAST INDIA MONOPOLISTS, PROVED BY THEMSELVES.

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WHEN the prices of tea in the New York market or elsewhere have been pointed to, in proof of the enormous overcharges of the Fast India Company, the answer has always been, that...

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THEATRICALS.

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THE theatrical seasons are torrid or frozen. People seek amuse- ment in theatres in the winter before the gay season has com- menced, or after its conclusion. January and July...

THE EXILE OF ERIN, MR. CAMPBELL, AND THE SLIGO OBSERVER.

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EVERY one has heard the story of the quarrelsome Irishman, who, at the performance of Othello, disputed its Shaksperian author- ship ; insisting, " It was my friend, Mr. Terence...

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THE MELODISTS.

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THE Melodists Society held their last meeting for the season on Tuesday evening, in Freemason's Hall. Each member of the Society, on this occasion, was permitted to introduce...

THE ENGLISH OPERA.

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THIS concern is now altogether a tutus a non lucendo—because its music is not En g lish, or its En g lish opera not music. Further, it is not the En g lish Opera House, for no...

LETTER or THE LATE KING.—A letter written when the late

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Kin g was Prince of WALEs,and addressed to the Duchess of DEVONSHIRE, has appeared in the columns of one of our contemporaries. It states gene- rally a successful effort of the...

LITERARY SPECTATOR.

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LORD BYRON AND HIS CONVERTERS.. ROBERT BURNS wrote a poem which he called the "holy Fair," in which he described, with a felicity of truth that none but one who has seen the...

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LEVI AND SARAH.*

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THIS is a series of letters from feigned personages, designed to throw light upon the condition and morals of the Jews in Poland. • Levi and Sarah, er the Jewish Lovers. A...

THE DENOUNCED.*

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The Denounced has sadly disappointed us. We are admirers of the wild power of Mr. BANIM'S genius, as displayed in many of the tales published under the fanciful title of the "...

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TALES OF THE COLONIES.*

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THIS is the work of a man who has seen much more than he has written. His words are facts : he does not deal in rhetoric, but produces all the effect of eloquence by the force...

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FINE ARTS. MR. JOSEPH'S BUSTS.

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Tuts interesting collection of busts of private individuals and public men consists principally of eminent Scotch characters, but includes also several of those of England. Mr....

LOVE AMONG THE ROSES.

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WE viewed with great pleasure Mr. C. SMITHS beautiful model of this subject, equally hacknied in verse as new in sculpture. It is an extremely pretty composition, representing...

We stated last week that we knew of no engraved

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portrait of Queen ADELAIDE. A correspondent informs us, that he has had in his pos- session for two years a print of her Majesty, engraved by J. S. AGAR, from a miniature of the...

MUSIC.

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A Set of Six Ancient Spanish Ballads, Historical and Romantic. The words by JOHN LOCKHART, Esq. ; the Music by Mrs. ROBERT ARKWRIGHT. The works of these lady musicians perplex...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EVEN/NO.

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The very needless and mischievous dispute, in which the Company's factory in- volved themselves with the Chinese, is at length terminated. Trade was resumed early in February,...

THE CHURCH:

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On Saturday last, C. Tucker, Esq. B.A. of St. Peter's College, was elected a Foundation Fellow of that society. On Friday last, Mr. J. Legh, Scholar of King's College, was...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, July 6. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. MARCOS, CRESPO, and Co. Warnford Court, Thro g morton Street—SWAINS and HOLEREY, Bowlin g , Yorkshire, carpenters—T. and J. Br rscn,...

THE ARMY.

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WAR-OFFICE, July 6.—lst Re g iment of Life Guards: Cor. and Sub-Lieut. St. G. Caulfield to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Du Pre, who retires ; Hon. H. Cholmon- deley to be Cor....

THE UNIVERSITIES. CAMBRIDGE, July 6.—The following gentlemen were created Masters

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of Arts at Our commencement this day. Rin g 's College—\V. H. Tucker, J. Chapman, G. Hamilton. Pembroke College—G. Cartmel, G. Cooper, G. J. Allen, C. Cotton, C. J. Greene....

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MINING.

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Copper Ore sold last week, at Cambane 3786 tons. Amountof money 22,2171.2s. 6d. — Average price Si. 178. — Standard 1021. 188. — Produce 84. — Quantity of Fine Cop- per 317...

PRICES CURRENT.

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PUBLIC FUNDS: Mon. Toed:' Wednes. Thurs. BRITISH. 3 per Cent. Reduced . 3 per Cent. Consols ..... Ditto for Account ..... 34 per Cent. Old ...... 35 per Cent. New . . . 4...

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TO THE LONDON : SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1830.