13 OCTOBER 1838

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The Irish journals in Mr. O'CONNELL'S interest boast of the

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progress of the Precursor agitation, but with what reason is as yet uncertain. There are symptoms of reluctance to counte- nance it in high places. It is clear that the recent...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Loan JOHN RUSSELL'S Liverpool speech, Irish affairs, and the state of the Revenue, have chiefly engaged the attention of poli- ticians during the week, and afforded matter of...

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There appears to be a general belief in Paris, that

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the Swiss question will be settled speedily and amicably. General AYMAR, who had issued a proclamation couched in language very offensive to the Swiss, has been recalled, in...

Letters from Bayonne, of the 6th instant, slate that CABRERA

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bad completely routed a division of the Queen's army under Ge- neral PARDINAS, between Caspe and Morella. Out of five batta- lions mid two squadrons, very few men escaped. When...

rip: aittropaIiii.

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The following is the Whig account of the Middlesex registration, given in the Morning Chronicle. LILICIUT.S. TORII& Taken. Sustained. Taken. • Sustained. Brentford 50 23...

Fresh conspiracies are said to have been discovered in Warsaw,

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Vilna, and other places in the Russian dominions. The march of troops towards the Black Sea still continued; and il is stated in the Augsburg Gazelle, that a large body of...

An arrival at Liverpool from Quebec, has brought a few

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private letters, but no newspapers, to the 5th of September, three days later than the date of the former accounts. They mention that Lord DURHAM was suffering severely from an...

The Revenue account. for the quarter which closed on the

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10th instant, is more favourable than the return for the corresponding period of last year—the excess of receipts being, in round numbers, 636,000/. This is supplied to the...

It is rumoured that MEHEMET ALI had concluded a commercial

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treaty with the Porte, and ordered a part of the Egyptian fleet to be disarmed. It this is true, the prospect of hostilities in that quarter has disappeared for the present ;...

no Court.

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THE Queen held a Privy Council at Windsor, on Saturday afternoon, at which the further prorogation of Parliament was agreed upon. The Council was attended by the Lord...

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At a meeting of the Middlesex Agricultural Association, on Mon-

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day, old Mr. Byng, M. P., delivered the following wise observations on the Corn-laws- "1 have, from the earliest part of my life, felt attached to the agricultural interest....

At the Mansionhouse, on Wednesday, Mr. John Burgon was sum.

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moned before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Fide, in consequence of his refusal to pay 51., the amount of a church-rate, due from him for repairing the church of St. Benet...

A meeting was held yesterday at the Jerusalem Coffeehouse, Corn-

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bill, to " consider the practicability and expediency of forming a private company" to carry on a steam communication with India. The chief persons present were Sir Robert...

Cbc Countrn.

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A brief account of the dinner given by the Mayor of Liverpool to Lord John Russell is furnished by the Albion of Monday. The party consisted of "seventy gentlemen, including all...

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The advices from Lancashire and other portions of the cotton

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manu- facturing districts, up to the close of the last week, state that consider- able gloom continues to prevail in the general business of those impor- tant sections of our...

A meeting of the shareholders of the Great Western Railway,

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ad- jourred from the 15th of August last, was held on Wednesday, at the Merchants' Hall, Bristol. Mr. W. U. Sims, Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided ex dlicio. The...

It is a curious fact, that the whole favour of

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the Government-with- out.patronage does, somehow or other, always flow one way. The outfits for all Govermnent ships find their way to one grocer, and all other departments are...

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Mr. Sharman Crawford has sent for publication to the Dubin ,

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Papers a letter dememeing the New Tithe Bill, prefaced by contain- ing " Obeervatioos on the Present Posi:ion of the Cause of Re- ligious Liberty, respectfully addressed ta all...

IRELAND.

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Mr. 0*Corirell is to a have a demonstration of the poptiler vc•It in the ste,ge of rehlie dinners. At a meetieg of the Catholic cici . :17 of the dice:.se cf CaAcl, held at...

The ..V;athern 'Whig of Belfast has published a statementwith respect

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to tie. rejected Municipal Bill, which has excited considerable attention in Eugland as well as Ireland- " The Minidry bad made up their minds to accept the Irish Corporation...

A forgery, and it is understood to a very large

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amount, has been committed on the bank of Messrs. Miles, Harford, and Co. of Bristolr The parties implicated are the cashier and another clerk, both of whom have been in the...

At the Fir-bore Petty Sessions, on the 23th of September,

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the Reverend 13. E. Lander was tined one pound, and Fletcher, his servant, a shining, for an outrageous assault on De Courcy, a pedlar, whom they kicked and struck and put in...

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SCOTLAND.

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The following result of the Mid Lothian registration is given in the Edinburgh Observer— Tory Claims. Sustained by Mr. Sheriff Urquhart 128 Additional claims sustained in the...

Thanks to the blundering of the officials of St. Martin-le-Grand,

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and the economy of Mr. West Briton Rice, we are obliged to go to Thanks to the blundering of the officials of St. Martin-le-Grand, and the economy of Mr. West Briton Rice, we...

Mr. Colquboun had a public tneetiug with a portion of

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his consti. tuents at Dumbarton, on Friday ; when after an explanation of his conduct in Purliament, a vote of approbation was passed. III the evening be dined with a party of...

"London, lEttli October 1836. " I find that Mr. Ni111110

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has flu nisited you with n report deseriptit e generally of the III'S selected; and I coUrest that ii, look iti .! over the ma lo of Irebt WI, I int rather stir- pHs.' I we have...

An important meeting took 'duce in Ballinasloe on Sunday. to

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peti- tion for the repeal of the present Tithe Bill, and for the total abolition of tithes. There is one of these resolutions to which we west avail ourselves of the pleasure of...

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10E11a:wow,.

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Parliament was prorogued on Thursday, in the usual form, until Tuesday the 4th of December. The Commissioners were, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Albemarle, and Lord...

Besides the greater war of politics among the journals this

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week, there has been a good deal of light sharp-shooting on minor points. One of the skirmishes was between the Times and the Globe, on the subject of the Duke of Sussex. A...

The corn averages declared on Thursday exhibit a further n

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duction in prices. The weekly average of wheat is fixed at 61s. 9d. ; the average of six weeks at 66s. 5d. The duty on imported wheat rises in consequence to .20s. f■d....

The Commercial Association at Funchal has thought proper to pass

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certain resolutions, to the effect that a statement in the Times relative to the " clandestine introduction" of the spurious French wines into that island, was "entirely without...

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If it were mere sourness against Ministers that led a

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whimsical weekly contemporary to wreak its ill-will on those whom it regards as their organs, a little retenue in its sallies would still be advisable—we mean, if it aims at...

The work of revising the registrations is nearly over. And

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what is the. result ? There is no use in disguising the fact—the Conservatives have signally triumphed over the Liberals. 'We cannot estimate with confidence the exact amount of...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The Paris papers of Thursday contain no political news of import- atice ; but give an account of some proceedings of a most extraordi- nary nature in vi hat is called...

We much regret to learn that Mr. James Stuart, the

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Inspector of Factories, is suffering from a very bad and painful fracture of the left arm, occasioned by' a full from a gig on his way from Glasgow to inspect the Bulliiidalloch...

Dr. LUSIIINGTON has been appointed Judge of the Court of

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Admi- ralty, and will vacate his seat fur the Tower Hamlets. We are not aware that any candidate to succeed him has been definitively fixed upon by any party. Mr. Ewater is put...

MONEY MARKET.

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&MIL Exegalrel. FRIDAY ArTERNOOL The English Funds had improved in the early part of the week, on Recount of the favourable state of the last quarter's revenue ; but a report...

STATE OF THE COUNTRY AS INDICATED BY TIIE REVENUE.

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[Front the Times, Oct. 12.1 The casual view we were enabled to take last night of the return of the quarter's tecenue impressed tts with the belief that it afforded no grounds...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the StIt inst., in Grosvenor Square, the Lady HARRIET CORRY, of a son. On the 5th inst., at Studley Castle, the Lady of Sir Nemec's GOODRICKE, Bart., of a son. On...

A friendly Corresp nclent. who uses the aignature " A.

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B." has taken the trouble to send us the 44th Number of a newspaper called The Arbroath Journal, dated the 9.9th September. Of that journal, its conductors or supporters, we...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—Off Falmouth, 11th Oct. Caledonia, Liddle, from Manilla. At Bristol, 111b, Mary Dtigdele, Harrison. from China. num Graveseini, Oct. 6th, Laity Flora, Ford, for Madras.

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BlYSTIFICATIONS OF THE MINISTERIAL PRESS.

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[From the Morning Chronicle, Oct. 8.] The article in the Spectator of yesterday, entitled " The Irish Policy," is curious, and the object of the writer is a bold one. Ile...

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THE REVENUE. Increase, Deduct Decrease Increase on the Year Quarters

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ended Oct. 10th 1837. 1838. 450,675 174.922 4257 130,000 146 • • Customs Stamps Crown Lauds Miscellaneous Excise 179,450 Taxes 4 . 6,223 Post-office • • 19,372.944...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE POPULAR CHARACTER. IN our article last week on the People, we made some observations with reference to the Radical press, which, from the necessary brevity with which the...

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THE WHIG GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION.

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WHEN Lord JOHN RUSSELL addressed the constituency of Stroud with a view to the election of the present Parliament, he laid much stress on the forthcoming performances of...

PROSPECTS OF THE PEOPLE.

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SEVERAL documents are lying before us, the contents of which force attention to the state and prospects of the working popula- tion during the approaching winter. First, the...

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THE THEATRES.

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Ora hope ma, that the great success of the Love Chase would have induced SHERIDAN! KNOWLES to write another comedy : for, to say truth, his serious plays have deteriorated of...

SYSTEMATIC DECEPHON ON "THE IRISH POLICY."

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We selich a favour : and as we always act by our readers sin- cerely, with whatever errors of information or judgment, we hope to be indulged on this occasion, thought we ask...

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The Bayaderes are rather increasing in attraction, since it is

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known that there is nothing to wound the scrupulous modesty of English au- diences : on the contrary, some have expressed disappointment on the score of the Hindoo dancers not...

The Ttmpest is performed to.night at Covent Garden, not only

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with the text restored and the music retained, but with a storm of such potency, that, though its approach has not been heralded by the usual pal's, all the town is flocking to...

STEAM NAVIGATION.

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TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SrECTATOR. London, 8th October 1838. Sin—Being a constant reader and subscriber to your journal, I have observed with pleasure the interest you take in...

A smart end lively vaudeville, called The Printer's Devil, is

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a most amusing addition to the light entertainments at the Olympic. It is constructed with the accustomed neatness and skill of the French farceurs, and the work of the...

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INCREASE OF THE CONSTITUENCY BY FAGOT VOTES. TO THE EDITOR

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OF THE SPECTATOR. Merton, slurry, 8th October 1839. DEAR SPECTATOR—In your last Number, there is an article headed" Fagot Votes: Extension of the Suffrage ;" in which, it...

EDUCATION OF TIIE PEOPLE.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Manchester, leth October 1839. SIR—In your publication of the 29th of September, you put forth certain statements upon the subject of national...

YATES ON IRELAND.

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LETTER IL TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. IlorrisOkane, 5th October 1830. SIR—On My arrival here yesterday from a town on the Western coast of Ire- land, I found your last...

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BENTHAM.

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LETTER II. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Suit—The next objection brought against BENTHAM in the London arid Westmin.ster Review, is, that " Ile had a phrase, expressive of...

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"Nothing is more curious than the absence of recognition in

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soy of his writings Letters from Naples, dated in the last week of September, represent of the existence of conscience, as a thing distinct from philanthropy, from ogee- the...

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THE object of this volume is to point out the

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probable laws which The course which Colonel REID has pursued in his endeavour the violent storms of the Tropics obey; not only for the impor- to establish the probability of...

An Attempt to Develop the LIM of Storms by Means

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of Facts. arranged according to Place and Time ; awl henee to point oat a rause for the Variable Winds, nith Mmieursics, An Essay towards a Science of romthmsness, mure...

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tion the own now were in was udeed very bad

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; they were worn down with The " Rational System " is, of course, Mr. OWEN'S system of fatigue, had lost all their clothes and bethliug, and were covered with boils. On Friday,...

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THE LITERATURE OF THE ANNUALS.

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FASIIION is usually accounted the most baseless of things ; and to say of any mode of being, that it was a "temporary fashion," is enough to condemn it, as founded on caprice...