17 NOVEMBER 1838

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Much has been said and written this week respecting th.:

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arrangement of the Beleic-Duteli question; and the ii have published programmes of the terms of seldom ing to this project, Luxemburg and Litiubeigai rated from Belgium ; the...

The averages at the Corn-market are again rising, and the

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duty 0 wheat has fallen to 18s. 8d. a quarter. The hidden' of foreigo c en, (and we have been itifermed, on good authority, that a cowl- denoble quantity may be expected from...

It was mentioned last week, that the French Liberals were

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alarmed Louis PHILIP'S despotic "tendencies," as manifested in hia connivance with the Carlists in Spain, and his unconcealed predilection f 1r an alliance with Russia. Further...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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P.112TV prospects—the dissolution of the Ministry, which many fancy to be near—the proceedings in the approaching session, what Lord DURH ANI will de and Lord BROUGH.17t1...

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At the Bow Street Office, on 1Vednesday, two fashionably-dressed young

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men gave information that they had lost a considerable sum of money on the previous evening. It happened, however, that the officers recognized the applicants as persons charged...

At the Middlesex Sessions, on Tuesday, S. NV. Spurr, an

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apothe- cary's assistant, refused to be sworn, when called upon to give evidence in a case of assault. He was not a Quaker or Moravian, but simply stated that he bad a...

The news from Spain is deplorable. There is no doubt

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of the massacre of the prisoners by CABRERA, which the correspondent of the Morning Herald denied. This is the monster's own ac- count— " I have ordered all the cavalry...

According to a statement in the Morning Chronicle, the treaty

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of commerce with Austria has opened new markets to the enter- prise of British merchants, which the latter are not slow to enter. Sugars have been transmitted by the Elbe into...

eauntre.

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Mr. Hugh Hornby has been elected Mayor of Liverpool. This gentleman has connexions among the country squirearchy, and it is supposed will " do the honours " in proper style to...

iiirtropotiC

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A meeting of the City of London Corporation Reform Society was held on Thursday evening ; and an address to the inhabitants of London, representing the necessity of a thorough...

E"br Court.

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THE Queen is at present enjoying the society, not only of Visconnt Ale/bourne, but of the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Dolland. Her Majesty continues her equestrian exercises ;...

Some disturbances have occurred among the peasantry in the Dutchy

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of Posen ; and the Prussian Government were about to adopt energetic measures to suppress them.

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On Thursday week, the bench of Magistrates it Hythe were

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em- ployed for a long time in hearing a ease of trespass and felony preferred against J. B. Haynes, Esq., of Winterton Hall, barrister, by A. Randall, waterman, under the...

'We coffizratulate our fellow townsmen (of Birmingham) upon the prospect

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of a very improved state of trade between this country and America during the ensuing winter. It was stated by one of our most active merchants, at a public dinner last week,...

Last week, a deputation of gentlemen, of the first respectability

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in Suffolk, presented an address to the venerable Thotnas Clarkssn ; it his residence, Playford Hall. The address was numerously signed by the inhabitants of Ipswich and the...

Charles Jeffeott, another of' the marines wounded in the affray

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al. Chatham, died on Sunday morning. The (2oroner's .lury have re.. turned a verdict of " wilful murder " against four of the soldiers as principals, arid six as aiding and...

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IRELAND. IRELAND.

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Air. O ' Connell Las commenced his tour of dinners anti agitation. (ee Monday week, he attended it meeting in the Clbtailwr Coln- znace at 13 :ace, fur the purpose of forming a...

Ou these speeches and proceedings ef Mr. O'Connell, we find

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the following spirited remarks in the new Irish paper, the Dublin Monitor ; which here gives an inkling of the "earnestness' that we called for in ou: last notice- Well, we had...

While at Cork, Mr. O ' Connell was waited on by a

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deputation of the Cork and Dublin Railway Committee ; to whom he expressed his ap- probation of the RuilwayCommissioners ' Report ; though he was the first publicly to denounce...

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SCOTLAND.

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The recovery of Mr. Cutler Fergusson being considered impossible, the electors of Kirkcudbright will soon have to choose another Repre- sentative. The Whig candidate is Mr....

A party of Irish Orangemen held a meetiog in Dublin

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on Wednes. day, and resolved to revive the Orange Association. No person of distinction amended the meeting, unless Archdeacon Magee may pass for such: and the noble absentees...

Within the last three days, the greatest activity has prevailed

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in the various departments of the embassies connected with the conference Within the last three days, the greatest activity has prevailed in the various departments of the...

The Pilot, Dublin paper, has turned completely round on the

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stib- ject of Railways, and now proclaims that " Railways in Ireland should be State Railways." It is endow, I hat the Pdat's conversion should be contemporaneous with...

alifSCCIIMCOUIL

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The Court Circular, we presume in answer to our last week's query, informs us that " The Right Honourable C. Poulett Thomson is staying at Manchester ;" and in a paragraph...

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'ihe In'esent Lord Chancellor is sal to have revere!, or materially

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altered, lours decisions of other judges than :toy of his predecessors ; mat thir, fur tile mac: pact, with tie: general cuticulae:tee of the proles- a:ion—A/arsine fieru/d....

Ministers have been reproached, by the Tory ;newspapers, with su-

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pineness, in not appointing Lord DURHAM'S successor. T he last on dit on this subject is, that they intend to make Sir JOHN COLBORNE Lord High Commissioner and Governor....

A London correspondent of the Paris National mentions a rumour

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in London that Lord BROUGHAM is about to sue Lord MELBOURNE for tiatnages, in consequence of a libellous letter written to hint by the Premier ; and on the same authority we...

A letter from the correspondent of the Times at Constantinople

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contains some intereating intelligence. The army of the Shah of Petah' had m/ retired from before Herat. One account said that the besiegers had been reinforced by the desertion...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDA.Y. The Queen Regent of Spain opened the session of the Cortes on the 8th instant. The people, as she passed through the streets, were sulky and silent. Her 5Iajesty...

" Why should O'CONNELL attack BROUGHAM so ferociously just now?"

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is a question many people are asking. " Whence conies the provocation ? Last stationer they were good friends, and O'Connell blarneyed the Lord at Exeter Hall. What has happened...

Mr. 5501 mmmi s letter is in type, but its

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insertion is unavoidably postponed.

From the Dublin papers received this morning, it appears that

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the indefatigable Mr. O'CONNELL was dining and speechmaking on Tues- day at AVaterford, (where he did not forget a poetical touch at the "beautiful bay"); that he was to be at...

The Recovery of Tenements Act, passed last sesion, has consider-

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ably increased the busiuess of the AI ,gistrates; amona wirmo, how- es et, there is difference of opinion Os to whether it extenas to lodgers ot.eupying one or twa rooms or part...

BIRTHS, NI A ltitlAtiES, AM) DEATHS.

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niwrits. Ott tle , P2th inst., at Chet ma Collego. the Lady Witosnx, of a son. On the 11th list, the Lady ut t Ret. SAND: 11N Ti,:e::.+NT, Blackheath, of a son. At St. Million...

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" THE PACIFIC POLICY "—COUNT S'f ROGONOFF'S TOAST.

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TO Tli E EDITOR Or THE SPECTATOR. Ilth November 1Rn Sm—We now see in course of explanation the recondite meaning of Count Sruocolvorr's significant toast, when he was lately...

Last week we gave an account of the circumstances attending

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the sudden illness, which terminated in the death, of Mr. Lockley the sur- geon. The reader will recollect that Sir Henry Halford, in his state- ment of the circumstances,...

The quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of

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the Bank of England, from the :21st of August to the 16th of November 1838— LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation £18.900,000 Securities £21,171,000 Deposits 8,949,000 I Bulliou...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Bengal, Aug. 71h, Lady Battles, Biles; 11th, James Woodall, Moss. man ; and 12th, Java, Joblin, from Loudon Sailed , -From Liverpool, Nov. llth, Law-more, Shaw, for...

MONEY MARKET.

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Pruett Excite:az. FRIDAV AFTERNOON. The improvement in the prices of the Public Securities, which the firmness of the Money Market indicated, has not been sustained ; the...

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LORD DURHAM'S ADMINISTRATION IN CANADA.

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LETTER III. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Gray's Inn, 15th November 1P38. Sta-My original perpose was to keep Lord De ROAM'S plans for the future government of Canada...

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CONSISTENT POLITICIANS.

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CONSERVATIVE union, contrasted with Liberal dissension, was dwelt upon with exultation by Lord SANDON at a recent Tory dinner in North Staffordshire- " 1 . 00 wonder, said he,...

TOPICS OF TIIE DAY.

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WHICH PARTY TRIUMPHED AT;THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS? ABOUT a fortnight since, the Morning Chronicle pledged himself entirely to upset a statement in Fraser's Magazine of the...

MANAGEMENT OF CHURCH PROPERTY.

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THE actual value of Church property in England, existing under a great variety of forms, has never been ascertained. The pos- sessors have been slow to satisfy even the...

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THE PATRIOTIC FOXHUNTER.

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PERSONS patriotically inclined, inscover a vast variety of ways in which they may serve their country. Members of Parliament fancy, that by washing down Bael.Amv's veal-pies...

POLITICS AND LITERATURE.

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THE 01(1 complaint, that Literature is swallowed up by Politics, can no longer be received as a general truth. That certain parts of literature fade and die under the sirocco of...

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EXETER HALL ORATORIOS.

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THE army of amateur chorus-singers, which of late years Las been accustomed to train and hold certain field-days at Exeter Flail, has gone into winter.quarters—but for action,...

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ELLIS'S HISTORY OF MADAGASCAR.

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Maratoascaa is one of the largest and most fertile islands in the world: it lies in the immediate vicinity of our settlement of Mau- ritius, and forms an intermediate station,...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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MANNERR AND CVSTONI., History of Ma ;aga , ear. Comprising also the Progress of the chri‘tiln Mksion established in IsH;aif ail all hymn: A■ssrint Of the recent Marty pima ID1...

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POETRY.

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Amin the dearth of general works of interest and matter, verse seems to grow as if it were the vernal instead of the autumnal season; and some of the volumes before us challenge...

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J AMES GRANT'S SKETCHES IN LONDON.

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WHEN we glanced over the contents of this volume, by the noto- rious author of Random Recollections of Me Lords and Commons, we expected more reality and entertainment, of a...

The Legal Guide is a new weekly publication addressed to

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the profession, embracing the character of a magazine, a newspaper, and a directory. It is to contain original essays on legal ques- tions, chiefly upon such subjects as are...

P ROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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Aternotton there is no lack of number in the publications before us, they are generally, as for sume time past they have been, of a meagre or business-like character; consisting...

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Almanacks for 1839 are falling thick and fast around us

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; there are broad-sheets whitening the table, and pocket-books like autumn-leaves for variety of colour—tributes to the coming year scattered on the grave of the dying one. To...

Life's Lessons is a tale of the trials and sufferings

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of a spoiled child, who by a sudden reverse of fortune, followed by the death of her father, is left unprovided for. The punish- ment that vanity and selfishness inflict on...

ShAt.hand IKetionary, or Complete Key fur Translating Short- hand tF,itinq,

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By JAMES NYE. Plain Instructiow: frr the Attainment (yr an Improved, Complete, and Practical Srp.h in of Short-hand. By T. C. FOSTER. . I V,w and Philosophical :System qf...

" Pearls (If Great Price" is the title bestowed, undeservedly,

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on a selection of thoughts from the writings of JEREMY COLLIER, known chiefly as the censor of the stage. The character and mo- tives of the divine are successfully vindicated...

Anecdotes of the Feathered Creation is one volume of an

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ap- parently intended series, called " The Young Naturalist's Book of Birds," by PERCY B. ST. Joees. The selection is very uaiscel- "lantaus, awl the attempt at arrangement only...

The recarches of antiquarians and architects, towards the end of

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the last and in the beginning of the present century, have accu- mulated a vast amount of information on the subject of Gothic Architecture, that only required a vigorous and...

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GRANT'S equestrian portraits are accounted like ; but, taking his full-lei:0i

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of Count D'ORSAY and his horse in mezzotint as a sped- men, they are flattered and feeble compared with the identity of cha- racter and resemblimee in the likenesses of...

11.111•11=11

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DiOnySiii8 1077gintIS on the Sublime, by Dr. D. B. Meow, is a very excellent school and college edition of this celebrated critic. The ti xt is chiefly from \\*Eloise ; the...

A New 1! Iliad of Learning to Read, Write, and

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Speak a Lan- guage in Six Months, adapted to the German, by H. 0. OLLEN- DOEFF. M. 01.eeerionee is the teacher celebrated by Captain Been. HALL, for teaching him Getman in six...

The current number of the Third Divisicn of QUAIN'S Ana-

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tomical Plates—The Nerves—is devoted to the structure of the Eye; whose delicate and curious organization is more distinctly shown than we have ever seen it, by dissections of...

by EDWARD SGS of Durham, of Grace Darling, who saved

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the survivors it the wreck of the Forlarshire steam-boat. The parti- culsrs of this heroic action are fresh in the public memory; but we cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of...

Besides several Medical works, indicative of the beginning of the

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winter campaign in the Schools, and two or three An- nuals, to both of which classes we shall endeavour to pay early attention, we have received a complete copy of Oliver Twist,...

An Epitome V Phrenology, by D. G. Govnae, is a

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brief and plain exposition of the phrenological organs, and the faculties they are said to give bit tit to. It aleo contains a short history of the science, with an account of'...

NEW EDITIONS.

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I. A new and revised edition of Lieutenant Coemsev's Journey to the North V India, Overland from England. Of the scope and general merit of these graphic and characteristic...

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A spirited and masterly sketch of the Interior (I the

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Gothic Ar- moury, in Grosvenor Street, has been made in tinted lithography, by DoeoLas MOnISON, a young artist whose name we have not heard be- fore, but who, judging from this...