19 AUGUST 1837

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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LORD MELBOURNE has now got his House of Commons. The e wers, Oich the Ministerial journals assured us were to " de- ree the laracter of the English Government for a long r eed...

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L@RD IMELBOUGINE 9 0 1-10 1 J3E OF C©aviJIM©HZ.

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ELECTED IN JULY AND AUGUST 1837. No. I. THE WHOLE MEMBERS. a Abereromby. J. . Edinburgh 1 - Acheson, Lord.. Armagh County 1 - Aclanth Sir T. -Devonshire. North - 1 Aeland. T....

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ELECTION GLEANINGS.

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CORNWALL. After the election for the Eastern Division was over, Lord Eliot dined with a party of his friends. He said that he had certainly understood that Sir H. Vivian was to...

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At the Hatton Garden Office, on Monday, Ellen Detrosier, widow

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of the late Rowland Detrosier, was charged with the crime of selling newspapers in her shop, in John Street, Clerkenwell, on Sun- day. The churchwardens were the prowcutors; but...

EN , Court.

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TIIE Queen has taken her usual rides during the week, and enter-. tained a good deal of dinner company. Among the distinguished per- sons honoured with invitations to the Royal...

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We understand that there is a general sentiment among the citizens of London in favour of the present Lord Mayor, who has performed the arduous duties of his high office with...

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Cbe Country.

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The accounts of the harvest are cheering. The Brighton Gazette lays- " The very fine weather has forwarded the corn so much that the wheat is now cipe almost everywhere and will...

The account of the death of Mr. Maude, who wits

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said to havelot his life in consequence of injuries received at the Wakefield riots, is contradicted. Mr. Maude was severely hurt, but is recovering. The present state of...

The :Medway, a Gravesend steam-boat, with about 150 passengers on

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board, took fire on Wednesday afternoon, in the Thames, off North. fleet- " The fire was not discovered till near four o'c'octs, when the vessel had nearly got to its...

IRELAND.

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Mr. Robert Holmes, the eminent barrister, 'slumped for Hutton at the late election ; and for his refusal to support O'Connell, Mr. Bar- rett, editor of the Pilot, attacked him...

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Mr. John .Bligh, whose wife ( Mr. Gishorne's daughter) died

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lately, is about to return to England from Stockholm ; whither the Honour- able John Bloomfield goes immediately to take his place. The Marquis of Watei ford sailed on...

The Duke of Cumberland has been received by the middle

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classes and the people with sincere joy. He is certainly popular in Hanover, and various words or actions which are attributed to him tend to in- crease that popularity. We...

Parliament will meet for the despatch of business early in

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November. The particular day of meeting has not, however, been yet fixed. We urge on the Liberal Members to make arrangements to insure their k,resence at the opening of...

Signor Luchesi Palli, the brother-in law of the Dutchess of

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Berri, has just married an actress of the theatre San Carlo at Naples. Thiers has been hissed in the theatre a Florence, and obliged to leave the house in consequence of the...

A complete revolution is expected to take place in the

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manufacture of native sugar—a revolution which will probably compel the beet-root- growers to bide their diminished heads. In other words, the pumpkin is about to enter the...

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Dr. Lamb, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and the object of much Tory persecution, is to succeed Dr. Musgrave, the Bishop of Hereford, in the Deanery of Bristol....

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. Affairs in Spain are in a most unsatisfactory state—unsatisfactory, that is, if the existing government be worth preserving. The Carlists have approached within three...

Many articles Intended for this week's Spec-remit have been omitted,

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in order to mak --- room for the Election Tables. Notwithstanding great pains have been taken to be right, some errors will of course be discovered in the Tables, by those...

There is no news from France. The country is tranquil

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and pros- perous, blessed with abundant crops, and freed from political agitation.

The last accounts from Hanover countenance the opinion, that King

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ERNEST and his subjects will settle their quarrel without even the in- terference of the Diet. It will turn out that this Hanoverian affair was a trumpery one from the beginning...

EAST CORNWALL ELECTION.

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TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SPECTATOR, Truro, 1611, August 1537 . Sin—However much you may disapprove, generally speaking, of the pres to t Administration, I feel confident that you...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANOIL FRIDAY Arremmos. Money continues to be very abundant in the City. The rate of discount for nnexoeptionable paper is from 21 to 3 per cent. The foreign exchanges...

A DILEMMA.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 15th August 1837. Snt—Lord JOHN RCSSEE L distinctly asserted, in reply to the appeal is behalf of the Ballot which I made to him at Stroud, that...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived — Off Penzance, Aug. 15th, Larkins, Ingram, from Bengal. At Liverpool. 14th, Sulus, Crickmay, from the Cape. At the Cape, May 30th, Sophia, WS air ; and Hindostam...

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IN ALL CASES OF COUNTY VOTERS, change of residence since

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the last regis- tration requires a fresh claim to be put in ; and any person who has not done so may be objected to. Improper description of the property also is good ground of...

Pennine AND Be First—That the claimant was not admitted by

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the 31st cusses. of July laat. Second—That he had not resided within seven miles of the city, or borough, since the 30th of January last. Neither aliens, persons convicted of...

TENANTS IN Occtr- First—That the rental actually paid is less

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than 50/. HOLDERS or Or.} FICES, SUCH AS SCHOOLMASTERS. If their appointment be not clearly for life, should be objected to. PARISH CLeaxs, Unlesa clearly deriving 40s. per...

THE PURCELL CLUB.

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As far as regards musical associations or enterprises in this country, and especially in London, the rule is to turn them into a job, the ex- ception to unite in furtherance of...

Grounds of Objection to Voters for Cities, or Boroughs, as

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£10. HOUSE.. First—That the premises are not of 101. value held under HOLDERS. one landlord. Second—That the claimant is not himself ths Actual occupier, hut merely a servant...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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"REGISTER, REGISTER, REGISTER! "* Watr.8 there is life there is hope." Though worsted in their late conflict with the Tories, the Liberals have not been disarmed or put hors de...

Grounds of Objection to Persons claiming to Vote for Counties

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in respect of Pennines. First—That the property is not of the value required, above all charges. Second—That the claimant has purchased since the 30th day of January last....

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THE THEATRES.

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BUCKSTONE, who has catered so much to the taste of that portion of the play.going public which doats on the interesting horrors of heart and house breaking, has now turned this...

The Report of the Drury Lane Committee was read to

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the renters and shareholders at the Theatre on Thursday. It is a long, wordy rigmarole, and appears as if it had been drawn up so as to veil the plain and unwelcome fact that...

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PROFESSOR TUCKER'S LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON.

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csose examination of these two ample volumes has not very greatly changed the opinion we ventured, from a casual inspection, to express in regard to them more than four months...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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BroolArHY, Th e Life of Thomas Jefferson. Third President of the United States: esith Parts of T his Correspondence never before published, and Notices of his Opinions on Qom...

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PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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CONDUCT cannot be inferred from single actions. The praise we have once or twice bestowed on bibliopolic generalship, at Christmas and Easter holydays, must be withdrawn, and...

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Chapters on Early English Literature, by J. H. HIPPESLEY, N.,

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M.A., is a well-intentioned, pleasant, gossipy volume, about -the rise and progress of the English language; the life and literary character of CHAUCER, his works, and those of...

Voyages up the Mediterranean and in the Indian Seas, by

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JOHN A. H EICAUn. WILLIAM ROliINSON, the son of Dr. ROBIN- SON, was originally designed for the law ; but his physicians having ordered change of climate for his health, Captain...

The Parish and the Union, is an industrious and readable

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digest of the Evidence taken before Mr. WALTER'S Poor-law Committee of last session. The questions and answers are arranged under the subjects to which they relate; and are...

FINE ARTS.

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Time prospects of art already begin to brighten, cheered by the smiles of our young Queen. The first rays of royal favour have not all been intercepted by the Royal Academy a...

Exactly this week last year, we reviewed at some length

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the "Hand-book for Travellers in Holland, Belgium, and Northern Germany ;"tual now we are called upon to chrooicle the appearance of its fellow, the Hand hook fin. Travellers in...

All these are books which, if not new, appear for

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the first time. We have also to acknowledge the receipt of a second edition of Dr. LArvo's History of New South Wales ; which the learned author states has been revised,...

Mr. RRIND'S Elements of Geology and Physical Geography, "forms the

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first of a series on Natural Science, intended as ele- mentary works to the general student, but more especially to meet the views of the comprehensive system of early education...

Lessons on Form, or an Introduction to Geometry, by C.

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REINER, is a publication of the lessons given to the pupils in a Pestalozzian school at Cheam, in Surry. According to the prin- ciple of the founder, they require at their...