12 APRIL 1834

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Both DUPIN and MOLE were applied to, but refused to join the Administration ; unless the Prime Minister should have an effi- cient control over the other departments, instead of...

The accounts transmitted from Madrid are so contradictory, that it

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is impossible to state any thing positively respecting the in- tentions of the Government, either as regards their financial opera- tions, the summoning of the Cortes, or the...

A grand sitting of the Congress of Vienna was held

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on the 28th of last -Month; when new measures for restraining the licentious- ness of.tbe German press were discussed. - The Nuremburg Correspondent says- " Several arrests...

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The hatred of the Belgian population to the Orange dynasty

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and its partisans, broke out in a violent tumult at Brussels on Sunday last. The sufferers had given provocation to the mob, by an ostentatious display of attachment to the...

Erbe trnpahiL The King's commission was received on Wednesday by

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the Clerk of the House of Peers, appointing Lord Chief Justice Denman De- puty Speaker of their Lordship's House, in conjunction with the Earl of Shaftesbury and Lord ‘Vynford....

A communication has been made to the Dutch States-General from

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the Cabinet of King WILLIAM, relative to the causes which delay the settlement of the disputes between Belgium and Holland. The refusal of the collateral branches of the House...

be Court.

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TI1EIR Majesties have remained at Windsor during the week. The King has taken several drives in the neighbourhood; and the Queen, accompanied by Miss D'Este, has gone out on...

A New York paper furnishes a list of the banks

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which have stopped payment since the removal of the deposits from the Bank of the United States. They are no fewer than ninety-six in num- ber,—namely, in Maine, 7;...

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The Dundee steam-ship left her moorings at the entrance of

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the London Docks on Wednesday night, after taking on board a very ex- tensive cargo of merchandise, fifty passengers, several carriages, and a great number of horses. Since the...

At the Court of Chancery, on Tuesday, a singular-looking man

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re- quested the attention of Lord Brougham; and the following colloquy took place between them. The Lord Chancellor--" Who are you, Sir?" Stranger—" I am Dr. Kelley, the...

br COUntrit, Mr. E. L. Bulwer dined at Lincoln on

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the 31st of March with a numerous body of his constituents. Both the Members for Lincoln were invited; but Mr. Heneage was prevented by domestic engagements from attending. Mr....

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More than thirty persons have been examined before different Ma-

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gistrates, on suspicion of having been concerned in the murder of Mr. Richardson ; and nearly all have been discharged from want of suffi- cient evidence to warrant their...

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SCOTLAND.

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The Edinburgh declaration in favour of the Established Chute): has received 4243 signatures, and been presented to the Presbytery. The Courier, under its Scotch head, gives some...

RELAX D.

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Lord Blaney died on Tuesday. His son, the Member for the county of Monaghan, succeeds to the Peerage. The Dublin Er 'ling Post says, that Mr. Westeura will be probably chosen to...

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fH r ra neat: Sir Thomas Hardy has been appointed

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to the Governorship of tireetm Mt Hospital, %savant by I lie death of it it. G. heats. It is generally believed that Admiral Parker, mow commanding at Lisbon, will be tin' new...

EFFECT OF DEVOTIONAL SINGING IN A CASE OF MANIA.

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mto TIIE EDITOR OF TIIE srscraron. $9. Great Russell Street,Sth Aprll 1834, SIR-I was very much pleased to read the remarks upon and the extracts frora the work The New...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The David Barclay, Fewson, having parted her cable at Covelong (Madras) on the 20th Nov., was driven on shore. and totally wrecked. Arrived - At Gravesend, April 8th, Sarah,...

THE REVENUE.

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Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended 5th April 18:33 and 5th April 1834; showing the Increase or Decrease on each head...

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Last night's Gazette contains the appointment of Mr. ROBERT GRAHAM

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to be a Commissioner of the Treasury. From this we conclude, that Ministers, aided by the result of the very active PIIIIVIISS which has taken place, make quite certain of Mr....

POSTSCRIPT.

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The Morning Papers are destitute of any foreign intelligence of interest; and we refer our readers to that part of 0. P. Q.'s Letter, dated the 10th instant, for the latest news...

LETTERS FROM PARIS, BY 0. P. Q. No. XIL

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THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY. "In a word, we deem the 0. P. Q. school decideilty on the decltne."—Enylish Globe, 1st April. " Polig,nae a t tie Charles X. Persil enterrera Louis...

The business of the week has not been extensive, an,:

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the gloom still continues. The settlement of the Consul Account for April took place yesterday. Money was very scarce ; and the speculators were obliged to pay a larger premium...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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WHIG PROCRASTINATION. Tim Representatives of the People ought to return to their Par- liamentary duties after the holydays like giants refreshed. For, not only are the subjects...

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ELECTION EXPENSES.

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" In the Sheriff's Court of Wolverhampton last week, an action was brought by a solicitor named Holland, against Lord Ingestrie, for the balance of an ac- count alleged to be...

AIDE-TOI.

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THE irritation among the numerous classes runs high, as well it may. An administration commits an exceeding folly, when it gives into an iniquity that goes direct to the...

THE DUKE OF 'YORK'S COLUMN.

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" The statue of the late Duke of York, which was modelled and cast by public subscription, was raised on Tuesday to the summit of the pillar, in Carl- ton Gardens, prepared for...

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HERESY IN THE CHURCH.

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THE Rtwerend A ItTlIttlt WHAL LEY was suspended last week fir three years, by the Consistory Court of Ilereflell. The charges against him were those of heresy and irregular...

CORN CATECHISM. (Continued.)

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104. It is curious that this is not the doctrine of Mr. A. That is to say, if the doctrine stated is true. But if the author is not such a goose as to believe it,—and nobody...

PUNISHMENT OF BRIBERY.

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TIM case of the Independent party in Warwick versus the Lord of the Castle, was admirably got up before the Committee of the llorse of Commons. But it seems that the Warwick...

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I W . AT a hero," quell' Lor BRON; " a kingdom

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for a heroine," forms part of a wire-drawn account of tred potentate of the drama " can make any Joan a" Java] . of Arc; The Edinburgh phrenologists—who, it would seem, are in...

THE SKULL OF BURNS, AND THE SKULLS OF TEN DUMFRIES-MEN.

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THE interment of Bunars's widow, in the poet's tomb at Dumfries, afforded some phrenological Paul Prys a tempting opportunity, SARDANAPALUS AT DRURY LANE. not to be resisted, of...

FAT BEAUTIES.

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"The favourite queen of Duke Ephraim, of Old Calabar, was so large that she could scarcely walk, or even move; indeed they were all prodigiously large, their beauty consi-ting...

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A VISION OF MATHEWS.

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MATHEWS is again "At Home S ' at the Adelphi Theatie, where on alternate nights he receives his friends, and, with the privilege conceded to all veterans, recounts his old...

THE ITALIAN OPERA.

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THE foolish system of bestowing exaggerated praise on every singer whose appearance is announced at this theatre, and of he- ralding successive failures with flourishes of...

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ROYAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

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By this designation the approaching performance of sacred music in Westminster Abbey is to be distinguished; and, we believe, the pre- parations for carrying it on with vigour...

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PA GANINI

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HAS come again with his enchantments. He commenced a series of Morning and Evening Concerts this week, on alternate days; the even- ing at the Adelphi Theatre, and the morning...

THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.

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Tax third concert was on Monday last : the scheme as follows. M ct I. Sinfonia, Jupiter Aria. Miss MASSON,"D'una madredisperata" II Crociatu is Egitto Concerto Fantastique,...

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RECOLLECTIONS OF A NAVAL LIFE.

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CA PT Al N JAMES SCOTT served in what may be termed the second American War. He was actively engaged in the predatory cam- paigns on the banks of the Chesapeake and its...

SPECTATOW , LIBRARY.

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lItsvouv. Jaeobite Alernoirs of the Itebel'Aon o f 1;15. Etlited front the Manuscripts of the late Right Rev. itohert Forl, A,A1., Bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. By...

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'JACOBITE MEMOIRS OF TI1E REBELLION* OF 1745.

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EVEN at this late day, a good history of the last Scottish Rebellion is wanted. Here are the raw materials, on the Jacobite side of the question, from which it might be...

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PRITCHARD'S NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALCULES.

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LET the sluggard, who sits with his hands befbre him saying what shall I do, procure a microscope and Mr. PRITCHARD ' S book. The wonders that a phial of water contains will...

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THE PARK AND THE PADDOCK.

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TAXATION is a weighty affair : heavy in its amount, heavy to bear, heavy to pay, heavy to expound. Miss MARTINEAU has rendered her treatment of it light, by giving us little of...

THE WONDERS OF CHAOS AND CREATION

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IS a compound poem, intended to be epic in its action, theolo- gical and philosophical in its objects and sentiments. 'The poet is an orthodox mama; his creed is of the Church...