11 JULY 1840

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The Government journals announce that the Cabinet have de-

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cided to bring in a Regency Bill, founded on a view of the Queen's matrimonial condition, and that Prince A moner is to be the Regent. It is UnderStooti that a portion of' the...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE usual indications that a session of Parliament npproaclies its' end, have appeared this week. Lord STANLEY has relinquished his Irish Registration Bill; and then, as a...

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A despatch has been received from Marshal Arm.t.C.,:, who ex-

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pected to reach Blida!' on the 4th of July ; from \aid, place he would send a detailed account of his operations to the French Minister of War.

Drbatts artb lprocubings til Vatliament.

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RECISTRATION Cl' IRISH VOTERS. In the House of Commons, on Monday, Lord STANLEY stated the course which, on full consideration, he had resolved to adopt with re- spect to his...

A large portion of our columns is devoted to an

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account of the curious and important trial of EDWARD OxFoan for high treason ; which terminated last night, in the acquittal of the prisoner on the ground of insanity. It will...

The only foreign news of importance relates to Spanish affitirs.

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The redoubtable CABRERA has at length taken refuge in France. He crossed the Eastern Pyrenees on the night of the (lth instant, with ;3,000 men. Ile was immediately arrested....

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Zbe ftthropolis.

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The trial of Edward Oxford lbr high treason was commenced in the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday. Persons were admitted by tickets, and the Court was completely filled,...

Vie Qrourt.

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Tuts has been a quiet week at Court. On nursday, the Queen and Prince Albert went to Chelsea Hospital where they were received with due honour and ceremony by Lord Ilill, Sir...

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zbe probinces.

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Mr. Trotter, of Horton Place, Epsom, has become a candidate for the vacancy for West Surry, occasioned by the death of Lord Arden, and the removal of his son, the late Member,...

An attempt to close the Zoological Gardens on Sundays has

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been defeated; the number of its supporters being only seventeen against several hundred opponents. The Reverend Frederick Maurice, chaplain of Guy's Hospital, has been...

At the Middlesex Sessions, on Wednesday, Mr. Dunn appeared, and

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inquired whether the Court would Lear him on affidavit to rescind the order of the Court made on Miss Burdett Coutts's application, by which he was ordered to enter into...

The Livery of Londou esseuthied at the Guildhall, on Thursday,

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to elect a colleague a Mr. Sheriff Gibbs, in the place of Mr. Farr:eon:be, whose election bad been declared void by the Court of Aldermen. No opposing candidate appeared, and...

Courvoisier, the murderer of Lord William Russell, was haugede illoeday , .

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Melly persons of' distinction went to hear the "coudeme s sermon ' on Sunday. The prisoner was downcast during the ceremonT, Immediately behind him sat Oxford ; who Lekaved well...

The shareholders of the Union Bank of London held their

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first get, ml annual meeting on Wednesday ; Sir Peter Laurie, the Goe es4: presiding. From the following extract front the report of the !Sheen it will be seen that the concern...

The members of the London Conservative Association had a grand

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dinner in Covent Garden Theatre on Wednesday. The pit was boarded even with the stage, and the space behind the curtain decorated with blue and white drapery' in the form of a...

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Miscellaneous.

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The Revenue - tables were made up on Saturday night. The receipts of the July quarter of 1840 exceed the corresponding period of 1839 by 211,699/. The reduction on the...

Robert Taylor, who called himself Lord Kenedy, was convicted of

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bigamy at the last Durham Sessions. This fellow, a coarse, illiterate, impudent rogue of nineteen or twenty, had persuaded six women in different parts of England ta become his...

A letter from Amsterdam states, Mit " the remainder of

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the loan contracted by Messrs. Hope and Co., for the service of the ' United States Bank, wns very readily taken there on Friday at 951 per cent. ; the first instalment to be...

A well-planned revolution has broken out in various parts of

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Syria :igainst the army and government of Mehemet Ali. Beyrout has been men:Illy taken by the Druses and Maronites of Mount Lebanon. This intelligence was brought overland, and...

Mr. Roberts, the Bath solicitor, who was sentenced for some

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Chartist proceedings to two years ' imprisonment, was liberated from Salisbury Gaol on Tuesday.

A sequel to the correspondence between Colonel Campbell and the

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Colonial Office has 1■ten published this week. The first letter is from ).1r. Vernon Smith to the Colonel, enclosing the despatch from Sierra Lome mentioned in the previous...

In one of his recent letters to the National Association,

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Mr. O ' Con- nell said—" Fielden of Oldham, Cobbett ' s friend, has not given Ireland a single vote. " Mr. ridden, however, in a letter to the newspapers, refers to the...

The Irish Chief Baron Woulfe died at Baden Baden on

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the 2d in- stant. More patronage for the Government, and :mother stir among those cormorants of preferment the Irish " Liberal " barristers. As for Mr. Woulfe, he seems to have...

Tuesday ' s Gazette annonuces that the honour of Baronetcy has been

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conferred on Mr. James Stuart, Chief Justice of Lower Canada, Mr. Powell Buxton, Mr. John Henry Pelly, of Upton in Essex, and Mr. john Palmer Bruce Chichester, of Arlington...

Mr. Somers Cocks, son of Earl Somers, met with a

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serious accident on Monday, by a fall from his horse in Hyde Park. He was insensible Mr. Somers Cocks, son of Earl Somers, met with a serious accident on Monday, by a fall from...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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111RTBS. On the 4111 hist., in Clic:at:Int Pince, Linty Ilk:Nnv t i 'Itinvotxrivr.tiv, of a daughter. On the II Ii ima., in Wilton the Laity MARV I:01010N, or a (laughter. (Thr...

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MONEY MARKET.

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From this statement it will be perceived, that all the Government securi- ths have advanced about per cent.; that India Stock has improved 4 per cent. ; that the premium upon...

THE GERMAN OPERA.

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Tine performance of one of the masterpieces of GLUCK, the father of the German musical drama, is an occurrence of singular interest; for though Gusen's name is among the most...

In the house of -Lords. last night, the Earl of

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A nEnDene; withdrew his Church of Scotland Bill, on the ground that it was useless to pro- ceed with a measure of that description when opposed by Govertiment. Had Lord...

The New York packet-ship England arrived yesterday at Liverpool- The

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Great Western arrived at New York on the 19th ultimo, the day on which the England sailed ; heving made her voyag e in fourteen days and a half, against light head-winds. The...

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POSTSCRIPT. S A . m.! n DAY. The Paris papers•reeeived this morning contain no news of import- ance. The correspondent or the Ti•acs states his belief, that, under the...

EAST IN 1./1.A, SHIPPING.

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Arrivoll.--At Gravesend, July 11th, Mary Only,llo)tl, from NTatiritins. At Deal, 8th, ()lieut. 'I', stun ; and Lady 1ll•Naghten, Edwin, from New South Walt.s; and Slit, Mite,...

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KING GEORGE THE TIMM'S REGENCY ACT—I;65.

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Abstract of an Act to provide for the Administration of Government, in ease the Crown should descend to any of the children of his Majesty, bein g under the a g e of ei g hteen...

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TOPICS OF TIIE DAY.

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and between these two events, '.Mr. FITZROY 1:Amu's T,„,, wee k began with the infliction of the punishment of debantil1ativ. of bullets in the pistols, and their belief in the...

THE REVENUE.

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Abstract of the Net Produce of the 'Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended 5th Jaly 1839 and 1840, showing the increase or Decrease on each head thereof ('I...

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UNHEALTHY HABITATIONS IN GREAT TOWNS.

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In consequence of the attention which had been called by the Poor-law Commissioners, and others, to the state of the poorest population in London, from defective drainage,...

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

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M met anxieta' prevails respecting, the state of the crops and the prospects Of the next harvest. It t Ireland, the Doh,71.: Evening Post assures us, " the variations; of the...

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THE OLD IIOUSE INTEREST.

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TuE perfection of an abstract principle consists in its being appli- cable to the explanation of the most minute plmnomena, yet capable of being extended so as to embrace the...

OUT OF THE FULLNESS OF THE HEART TIIE MOUTH SPEAKETIL

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WE read in the Fortunes of Nigel, that when Master George Her- riot, anxious to ascertain the truth regarding the alleged contume- lious rejection of Lord Glenvarloch's...

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DR. ARNOLD'S HISTORY OF ROME.

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THE second volume of this admirable work embraces the period from the retirement of the Gauls, after the sack and destruction of the city under BRENNUS, to the end of the first...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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History of Rome. By Thomas Arnold, Dl)., Head Master of Rugby School, &c. &c. II.—From the Gaulish IIIVRSIOU to the end a the First nude War. .Feltutees. Egerton, Greyslaer ; a...

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GREYSLAER, A ROMANcE or TILE MOHAWK. HOFFMAN is "favourably known"

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as a rather eloquent describer of American scenery and hunting life, as well as a pleasant sketcher of back-wood manners. The tales introduced by him into his nar- ratives of'...