18 JULY 1829

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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PRIVATE letters received through Berlin represent the late victory of General Diebitsch as more complete than was at first imagined. Tile army of the Vizier, who had been lulled...

The 12th of July, the anniversary of the battle of

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Aughrim, has passed over peaceably, in Dublin at least ; that capital had not been so quiet for twenty years before as it was on Sunday. It is reported to have passed otherwise...

Bomb-vessels are fitting out at Toulon for an attack on

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Algiers. The feebleness with which the French Ministry have pressed the blockade of that plaee, has long been a matter of astonishment. The discussions on the subject in the...

An English gentleman named Sargent haS been arrested at Coimbra

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by Don Miguel's orders. but for what reason is not stated. Terceira continues to be eloselv llle;c•'::allccl by the Royal squadron ; and not- withsttmdin!r the activity of Villa...

'Washington Irving has been appointed Secretary of Legation to England

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by the Government of the United States. This is a woolly choice of the new President, and shows his sincere desire to cultivate our friendship. No American has shown such a...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY MORNING, HALF-PAST TEN: We have had considerable business this week in our Stock Market, and a rise in prices, which, although not fully maintained, are...

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PRECAUTIONS sir Gnseatrast.-It appears by letters from Gibraltar of the

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23rd ult. that the weather has set in very warm. The Governor, General Don, is taking measures to prevent the recurrence of the dreadful malady which raged in the garrison last...

TliE KING'S COURT.-HiS Majesty came from Windsor-park on Thursday, and

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held a Court at St. James's Palace, which was attended by the Margrave of Baden, (a visitor front the Continent), and the principal Officers of State. Mr. Stratford Canning was...

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STOCK EXCHANGE MYSTERIES.—On Thursday, the Vice-Chancellor gave judg- ment in

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the cause "Brookman v. Rothschild," which has excited much attention. The history of the transactions out of which the suit arose. was given by the Soli- citor-General on the...

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THE Anmtashry SESSIONS were held on Tuesday and Wednesday. There

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were only two trials of any interest,—the one of Aaron Smith for piracy ; and the other of a Captain Bragge. Both parties were acquitted. Smith clearly proved that his labour...

THE PRESS.

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NEWS OF THE COURT AND CABINET, via EDINBURGH. C-ALEDONIAN Mt:nutty—To whatever cause it may ascribed, it is no longer doubtful that a certain degree of coldness at present...

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REFORM OF PARLIAMENT — IGNORANCE OF THE PEOPLE.

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MORNING CHRONIC LE — According to the Rev. Edward Irving we are now dose upon the grand Millennium; and Messrs. Cubbete and Hunt have put forth a Declaration announcing an...

NONSENSE — " FOR THOSE WHO MAY DEEM IT ENTITLED TO NOTICE."

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MORNING JO URNAI — We can imagine a case, and one not of mere visionary application, when the devolvement of royal honours on the next in succession would place in the hands of...

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

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CLORE — It is now the favourite system of opposition tactics pursued by the disappointed part of the Tories against the Duke of Wellington, to impute to him plans formidable to...

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MORE MAMA FOR THE KING'S ATTORNEY - GENERAL.

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As we have a benevolent wish to supply the longings of all our readers, we cannot help submitting the following to Sir JAMES SCARLETT*S serious consideration. It is from a...

POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.

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SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY. A German mail has arrived bringing papers to the 11th inst.; but their contents possess little interest. The news of the victory obtained by General...

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

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THIS question, which Lord JOnN RUSSELL supposed to he quietly laid on the shelf, bids fair to agitate the minds of the people during the next twelvemonth, as much as it did the...

MR. PEEL AND THE ROUND-ROBIN.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. A CAPTAIN and fifty has, it is said, marched up Constitution Hill to demand the head of the Home Secretary. We should like exceedingly to be made acquainted...

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• VAPOUR t) TSUS STEAMING.

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• WE are creatures of custom, and as surprisingly tolerant of any old- established evil, as violently impatient of a new form of inconveni- ence or danger. It has been customary...

THE ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING..

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IT is not a little singular to find the Chamber of Deputies in Paris and the people in London employed at the smile moment in discussing the best means of putting an end to West...

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VAUXHALL GARDENS. ;

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GARDENS arc entirely out of season in a summer which, to its shame be it said, has not been of a capacity to mature a fly, and has soured all the sweets of the country. Vauxhall...

ENGLISH OPERA—THE ROBBER'S BRIDE.

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FERDINAND Riess new Opera, Die Raiiberbraut, was produced at the English Opera-house on Wednesday, to a full and attentive au- dience, an extraordinary proportion consisting of...

THE OPERA FEINT.

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ON Tuesday the. performance of Taneredi was varied by a scene of an interesting kind. In the triumphal chant of the second act, Madame MALIBRAN'S voice failed, she falteked,...

NEW ENGRAVINGS.

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SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE'S beautiful picture of the Two Children, which was formerly exhibited at Somerset House, is just published as an engraving, under the name of " Nature." The...

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THE MADRIGAL SOCIETY.

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Ti-us venerable musical society closed a most successful season On Thursday. Sir JOHN' ROGERS, the President, was in the chair ; Mr. EVANS was the conductor. We subjoin a list...

BIOGRAPHY OF SIR IIUMPI-IRY DAVY, CONTINUED. CHAPTER THIRD.

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IF the observations we ventured to offer, in a late number, upon the style and character of DAVY'S lectures at the Royal Institution, should have failed in justifying the...

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REVIEWER'S DECAMERON.

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\,, LITERARY SPECTATOR. JIFF OF LOCKE, BY LORD KING. LETTERS OF LORD CHESTERFIELD. LOVES OF THE POETS, EY THE "ATJTHOR OF THE DIARY OF AN EZZNUYEE. RYBRENT DE CRUCE, A...

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THE UNIVERSITIES.

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Oxyostn, July 14—On Saturday, the 11th inst. being the last day of act term, the following degrees were conferred. Doctor in Civil Lam—W. Robinson, Esq. Balliol. Musters of...

THE CHURCH.

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The Rev. H. Harding, M.A. of King's College, Cambridge, was last week instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, to the Rectory of Aldridge, in the county of...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EVENING.

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The only arrival front India this week is the London, Fotheringham, from Sumatra, which put into Barbadoes in distress on the Oth November iast. A considerable portion of the...

THE ARMY.

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NVAII-OFFICE, July 13.-7th Light Dragoons; Sur. W. D. Thomas, to be Sur.—lith Light Dragoons ; Cor. R. A. Reynolds, to be Lieut.-13th Light Dragoons ; Cor. W. Terry, to be...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOOKS IN THE PRESS, OR PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. Proposals have been issued by Messrs. Carpenter for publishing a Series of Twenty Subjects from the Works of the late It. P....

BIRTHS, MARRIAGF.S, AND DEATHS.

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Butxrrs.—On the 12th. inst. Lady E. Portman, of a son—On the 9th inst. Lady II. Cholmondeley, of a son and heir—Tin! Ludy of G. C. Norton, Esq. H.P. of a son—On the 12th inst....

FROM THE LON DON GAZETTES. Tuesday, July 14. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—VeitCh,

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Cowen, and 'Mines, Beck-works, Nottingham. shire, and St. John-street, West Smithfield, fender-manufacturers ; as far as regards Weitch—M. and E. Inwood, Lower Thames-street,...

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LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANG.E., FitinAY, JCL'S. , 17. We have had a very moderate supply of English ‘Cheat this week, nor has the arrival of Foreign been so large as of late, and the weather...