19 JANUARY 1833

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6: .1o::Ft 0YD, of Viraillia, has sent IlleSSti•f• : 0

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the Iektisr' , lature that State, dated 13th December last, m Vt' he tions th reeeipt of the ordinance adopted by South Carolina for. the nn tiling of -the Tariff-laws within...

Intelligence from Oporto, which had been interrupted for neailx - a

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month, has been received down to the 9th instant. A great number of particulars, possessing in general little or no interest except for the parties actually engaged in the siege...

In the French Chamber of Deputies, on the 14th, there

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was a discussion of considerable interest relative to an important clause in the new departmental law, which is to regulate the mode of election, and the number of deputies...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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HE answer Of' the King of the Netherlands to the proposals of ranee and England has - been received. The terms in which it is' nveyed are conciliatory ; but it is evident that...

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The partisans of Don CABLOS in Toledo and Madrid have

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made an abortive attempt to raise an insurrection against the govern- ment of the Queen. In Toledo, upwards of 1,500 insurgents ap- peared; but in Madrid, although some persons...

The accounts from Ireland present a dreadful picture of the

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state of the country. The counties of Wexford, Kilkenny, and Kildare, are infested by organized bands of ruffians, who consider the commission of murder a mere trifle. We could...

The Chambers of the Grand Dutchy of Hesse reassembled on

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the 7th instant : they seem inclined to prove very refractory and disobedient to the commands of their Sovereign and their Sove- reign's Austrian dictator. The second Chamber...

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The arrival of the Carron steam-vessel, despatched from the 'Tagus

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by Admiral PARKER a week before the regular time, has _led to many conjectures as to the probable interference of England and Spain in the affairs of Portugal. It appears that...

The Augsburg Gazette publishes intelligence from Constanti- nople, dated the

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19th December. According to these accounts, the Sultan of Trebizond had advanced from Cesarea to form a junction with the Grand Vizier at Ackshebir. This movement had compelled...

Cnurt.

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On Sunday, their Majesties. with the Duke of Gloucester, Prince George, and the royal suite attended divine service at the Palace Chapel. There was a grand dinner-party on...

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tr.Cbe fartnitibtEl.

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A requisition, signed by nearly one thousand citizens of London, and amongst them Many of the most respectable men in the metropolis, Was presented on Wednesday last to the Lord...

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1WEBTMINSTER E LECTORS. —The members of the general and paro-

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chial committees for conducting the election of Sir Francis Burdett and Sir John Hobhouse, dined together at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on Monday. Mr. '1'. S. Duncombe was in...

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Apparatus has lately been constructed in Brompton Church for the

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purpose of warming it with hot air; and, in order to guard against acci- dent by fire, a wall was built round the furnace. The man employed in the structure, which is formed of...

At the London Adjourned Sessions, on Saturday last, the Lord

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Mayor baying observed two men taking the oaths Of constables with their hats on, inquired the reason, alai was informed that they \ v erc Jews. The Lord Mayor asked how it was...

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ANALYSIS OF TUE POLL.

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Gentry.elergy, bankers, merchants, and brewers, Ewart. including the medical and legal professions, 1,1:34 .... wine.merchauts, and all wholesale dealers. Tradesmen in general,...

Clo , Cowan.

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Mr. Throekmorton and Mr. Walter, the Liberal representatives of Berkshire, were invited by a large body of the electors of Newbury District to a public dinner on Tuesday last,...

The agricultural inhabitants of the countyof Sussex are about to

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pre- I sent a memorial, numerously signed, to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, representing " That the memorialists, after much ! consideration, are of opinion...

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IRELAND.

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Lord Anglesey quits Ireland on the 25th, under the pretext of taking the oaths in a new Parliament, and thereby qualifying himself for leav- ing his proxy with the Premier ; but...

are glad to find that effectual measures are now taken

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to procure • a bill which shall place the roads of England in the bands of Govern- ; ment. This is good news to the traveller as well as the labourer, who l_will find in it a...

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SCOTLAND.

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The election of the Sixteen Representative Peers of Scotland, took : place on Monday, in the Picture Gallery of the Palace of Holyrood. • The following account of the ceremony,...

steadily these ten years past. The total number of vessels

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is 219, - amounting to 23,681 tons. Last year a number of fine vessels owned at this port were lost; these; however, have been replaced by new '-ones. Of the above number sixty...

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The King of the French and the Dukes of Orleans

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and Nemours left Lille for Paris on Wednesday at two o'clock. The Queen, Ma- dame Adelaide, and the Princesses, remain there until to-morrow. It was expected that the King and...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The Courier of this evening contains a copy of the proposals made by France an&England to the King of the Netherlands, in the form of a "Project of convention...

A grand entertainment, which had been announced for some time

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was given by the Marchioness of Salisbury on Wednesday last, at Hatfield House. The guests appeared in the costume of the various charac- ters in the Waverley Novels. After the...

We have received Charleston Papers to the 20th ult., by

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the Nimrod, arrived on Saturday. President Jackson's proclamation had reached that city. It had, as a matter of course, excited an extraordinary sen- sation in the minds of all...

General Buzen, the Governor of Antwerp, has informed his Go-

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vernment, in a despatch dated Thursday the 17th instant, at noon, that the Commandant of the Dutch fleet in the Scheldt has received orders to permit all vessels, except those...

Copy of the Ministerial circular to the members of the

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House of Commons, on the opening of the Session— "Downing Street. 8th January 1833. i "Sir—Parliament will meet on the 29th instant, and mmediately proceed to the election of...

A letter from Oporto gives the report of the mate

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of the Water Witch, who had arrived there from Vigo, that on the day of his sailing from the latter place, two Spanish regiments, of nearly 1,600 men each, were shouting vices...

Mr. CARPENTER'S name was introduced into one of our last

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week's Topics, in some - such manner as seems to have inflicted pain. We regret it.. Somehow, his name had become in our minds mixed up with those of persons who maintain...

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By advices from Buenos Ayres, up to the 19th October,

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we learn that Mr. Fox, the British Minister at Buenos Ayres, has taken leave of the Government there. Mr. Gore, his Secretary of Legation, was to act as Charge d'Affaires until...

A treaty of commerce has been signed between Russia and

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the United 'States at St. Petersburg. There is no reason to suppose that any thing in the treaty is calculated to give umbrage to other States ; but it has been concluded either...

The Duke of Cumberland has left town on a visit

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to the Duke of 'Wellington at Strathfieldsaye. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury and a large party of the nobility have been invited by his :Grace to meet his Royal...

The employment of so many persons in putting Claremont in

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order, has given rise to various conjectures. By some it is considered as likely that Leopold and his bride will visit this country in the Spring; kr others that his Belgian...

Rumours are afloat upon the subject of calling out the

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Militia, the Veteran Battalions, &c. &c. We believe there is not the least founda- tion for the report. The despatch of a few thousand soldiers for Ire- land implies no such...

The Gazette of last night announces the appointment of Lieutenant-

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'Colonel T. W. Taylor to the office of Groom of the Chamber, in the room of Sir H. Blackwood, deceased; of Lord Adolphus Fitz- clarence to be Lord of the Bedchamber, in the room...

COURT OF CHANCERY—JAxuau 19.

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THORNLEY V. BYRNE. Sir Edward Sugden stated that this was a petition beset with greater diffi- culties than perhaps ever came under the consideration of a court of justice,...

The advices from Bologna up to the 5th January state,

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that the 'Papal Government, notwithstanding it had exhausted nearly every mode of taxing its subjects, had'been compelled to make a fresh issue of paper money, in bonds of...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENTING. Till yesterday afternoon, the past week had been one of inactivity in the Money Market, and, comparatively, the fluctuations bad not been...

EAST INDL1 SHIPPING.

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The Calcutta, Watson, from Liverpool to Calcut; a, baying struck on the Blackwater Rocks, and become diQmasted, was abandoned by her eiew. She lies since been car- ried into...

The King of Spain has published a decree, dated 4th

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January, in which he announces his resumption of the reins of Government, and strongly approves all the measures of the Queen during his illness. Ile has ordered a medal to be...

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STATE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

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EVERY one recollects the celebrated exclamation of MIRABEAU; " Wo unto the privileged orders—they shall perish ; but the people is everlasting r But it is not by the exertions...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE CHURCH IN IRELAND. As the appointed time for the meeting of Parliament approaches, public expectation in regard to the extent and nature of those mea- sures for the reform...

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SOUTH CAROLINA.

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. THE resikance of South Carolina to the legislative authority of . Congress, is viewed, by some, as an unjustifiable act of treason . —by others, as a brave and spirited...

A LETTER FROM PARIS. [Continued from last week's SPECTATOR.] THE

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Carlists are mad ; here's the proof: they form a miserable and hopeless minority.. So do the English Tories, you will say, without being mad ; but I venture to contradict you....

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THE HATFIELD ABSURDITIES.

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THE grand event of the week, judging from the space it occupies in the Daily Papers, is undoubtedly the " Festivities," as they are called, at Hatfield. The Morning Herald and...

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THE SIN OF STREET TRAFFIC.

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IF the Morning Papers do nothing else, they often make us ashamed of ourselves, of our institutions, and the country alto- gether. There is a scene described in the Police...

PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

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LISTON has shaken off his indisposition, and reappeared on Monday night at the Olympic, with revived health and spirits. He was wel- comed by a crowded house with hearty...