19 NOVEMBER 1836

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next election may be deemed certain,—provided always that Whigs and

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Radicals work together, for on their union success de- they were "useful, and, generally, well-digested" But when was this said ? On the 2d day of April. To what measures did...

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The French journals are either angry or chuckling at the

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Austrian slight put upon LouisPrnLIP by the refusal of his sons and heir for a husband of the Archilutchess THERESA, and the preference of the King of Naples; w ho, to make the...

ecto Court.

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THE King and Queen take daily rides on the Shoreham and Rotting- dean roads. They are attended by Lady Falkland, Mademoiselle D'Este, Earl Brownlow, Mr. William A41ey, and Lady...

From Spain we have little news this week. GOMEZ is

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" no- where." ROOM says, he wants shoes and money, and till he gets them cannot go after GOMEZ. It appears that the number of troops actually under the command of Room is but...

The attempt to overthrow the Portuguese Constitution of 1820 which

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was almost publicly announced some weeks ago as being in contemplation, was made on the 3rd instant, and failed en- tirely. The Queen, escorted by a body of Rce al Guards, left...

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In the Court of Exchequer, on Saturday, a Privy Council

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was held for the purpose of nominating Sheriffs tar the ensuing year. Mr. Spring Rice, Chancellor of the Exchequer, presided. Various excuses for riot serving the office were...

At a very numerous meeting of the members of the

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Lambeth Re- form Association on Monday, resolutions in favour of a Reform of the House of Lords were carried, with one dissentient voice. The Hackney Parochial Association, at...

lifietroparti.

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The Sub-Committee of the City of London Reform Club have made a most satisfactory report of the proceedings before the Revising Barristers. There is no prospect whatever of the...

In the Court of Chancery, on Saturday, the Lord Chancellor

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having been informed by Mr. Maule, on behalf of the Corporation of Lud- low, that the Corporation did not intend to take any notice of the threatening letter of the "nameless...

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In the Insolvent Debtors' Court, on Thursday, Mr. Haydon, the

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historical painter, applied to be discharged. The application was not apposed; and, without being asked a single question by the Corn. suissioner, Mr. Haydon was set at liberty....

Eighty gentlemen, principally members of the Council of the Bir-

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mingham Reform Association, had a dinner on the 8th instant. The precise object of the meeting is not stated ; but we gather from the proceedings as reported in the Birmingham...

At the Marylebone Police. office, on Tuesday, Mr. Frederick Walker,

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a Dublin gentleman, was charged with carrying off Miss Mary Ann M'Culloch, a ward in Chancery. A policeman had observed a crowd near the Regent's Park, on Tuesday afternoon ;...

From the Leeds Mercury's very complete statement of the result

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of the Leeds revision, we find that the Liberal majority in Leeds is 803 votes : last year it was 787. Of course Beckett "must go." Mr. Edward Cox, Secretary of the West...

trbe (mantra.

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We find that we were right in our inference from the indistinct state- ment of the Brighton Gazette, that the Reformers of Brighton have beaten their antagonists. That journal...

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Notwithstanding the arrivals of wheat during the last week at

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New- castle - upon - Tyne were considerable, and the delivery from the growers equally so, such was the competition for the parcels on sale, that the market went up 4s. to fis,...

At the annual dinner of the Yorkshire Agricultural Association in

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York, on Monday, Mr. E. S. Cayley mentioned several particulars respecting the state of the crops and the markets for agricultural pro- duce. The Scotch had last year a very...

The Worcestershire Reformers gave the Members of the Eastern division

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of their county, Messrs. Cookes and Holland, a public dinner, at Stourbridge, on Monday. Mr. Holland was elected as a rather Conservative Whig ; but he has been made more...

The misunderstanding between the corders, rovers, and spinners of Oldham,

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and their employers, has, with the exception of the hands of one or two mills, ceased ; the operatives having returned to their em- ploy on their former terms.—Manchester...

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The constitution of the Liverpool Dock Committee has undergone a

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considerable change as regards the political sentiments of the majority of its members. During the last week, the Corporation elected thirteen of their body as members of the...

On Saturday, Captain Verner, brother of the Member for Armagh,

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applied to the Chester Magistrates, under the following circum- stances. His only daughter, a young lady fourteen years of age, had eloped from his house at Newry, in Ireland,...

IRELAND.

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The National Association met on the 10th instant. There was a very large attendance of gentlemen of wealth and influence. It was agreed that Mr. O'Connell, who was expected to...

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Mr. Otway Cave has addressed a letter to the Secretary

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of the Ge- neral, Association in reference to a paragraph which appeared in the Spectator of the 15th October. In that paragraph it is said, that "Some of the Irish landlords,...

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The Association reassembled on Tuesday ; when Mr. O'Connell proposed a series of resolutions,—to the effect, that the objects of the .Association being to procure a final and...

The members of the Irish Metropolitan Conservative Society had their

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first public meeting in Dublin en Wednesday. We recognize but few of the names which are given as those of" distinguished" persons. No Peer was present, and the" dons" seem to...

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After sustaining a severe run for several days the Agricultural

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Bank of Ireland has stopped payment. This Bank had about five thousand partners, with twenty-six branches; and its liabilities are stated at 800,000/. ; of its ultimate...

SCOTLAND.

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meeting of the Town-Council ; when it was arranged that a public meeting should be held at two o'clock on the following Monday, in order to give Sir Henry an opportunity of...

Mr. O'Loglilen, after delay and difficulty as yet unexplained, has

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taken his seat as a Baron of the Exchequer Court. Mr. Richards is Attorney-General, Mr. Woulfe Solicitor-General, Mr. Ball King's Sergeant. r. Fitz simon has declined the...

In the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, en Monday, a

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conditional order for a criminal information was granted against the proprietor of the Dublin Evening Post, for a libel upon the Enniscorthy Magistrates, in commenting upon the...

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gligtelTaltrautf.

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Lord Melbourne gave the first , Cabinet dinner of the season on. Wednesday. The only absent Ministers were Lords Glenelg and Dun. caution. Lord Glenelg is not expected to...

We understand that Sir John Cam Hobhouse is in treaty

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for the- renting of Erle Stoke Park, near Devizes. A rumour is also preva- lent that a marriage is on the tapis between the honourable baronet and the accomplished daughter of...

The Earl of Winchilsea will, in a short time, be

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united to Miss Bagot, eldest daughter of Sir Charles Bagot (one of the Maids of Honour to her Majesty). It is at present undetermined whether the ceremony will take place in...

50,0001., through the exertions of the Lord Provost, had given

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in their adhesion to the terms proposed ; and hopes are entertained that creditors for the remaining sum of between 50,000/. and 60,000/. will accede ; by which the amount of...

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A friend has handed to us a private letter from

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New Orleans, dated the 2f21 September last; for the following account of bloody and bar- barous practices which it contains. " We have had very few duels here this season....

Ten days ago, a midnight meeting of the leading Tories

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from all parts of the kingdom was held in Edinburgh. It took place in the saloon of the Royal Hotel. It began to assemble at ten o'clock, and did not separate till five o'clock...

No intimation respecting the interest on Exchequer Bills has been

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received from Mr. Seanso RICE ; but the Bank has given notice, that it will make loans on Exchequer Bills, after the 21st instant, at the rate of per cent. interest ; SUVII...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., Lady FANNV.the Lady of Owen Blayney Cole. Esq.. of a daughter. On the 14th lust., at Trecuatou Hall, the Lady of Captain JERVIS TIICKER, R.N., ors...

Accounts from New York, dated the 30th of October, have

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been received by the Garrick, arrived at Liverpool. The scarcity of money still continued, and some considerable failures bad taken place. Ap- plication had been made to the...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, Nov. 16th, Madras, Quinton; and Sir E. Paget, Walker, from Madras; and Nine° George, Chileott. from Bombay; 17th, Blakley, Harding; Dapper, Dickinson ; and...

According to the Madrid papers received this morning, RODIL has

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declared the province of Estreinadura to be in a state of siege. He complains bitterly of the lukewarintiess of the people in the Queen's cause, and orders the National Guard to...

According to an " authorized" statement in the Dublin Evening

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Mail, orders have been given to the Excise and Customs Department in Dublin, to receive Bank of England notes in payment of duties.

According to Le Si?.cle, Prince Polignac and M. Guerrion de

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Ren- ville are to be permitted shortly to go, the former to England, the latter to his estate near Caen. The King of Denmark has abolished flogging in his army. M. Malibran,...

By an extraordinary exertion, the Morning Advertiser has procured a

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copious report of the meeting of the General Association of Ireland, held at Dublin on Thursday afternoon. Mr. SkIAIIMAN CRAWFORD'S resolutions, somewhat altered in point of...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. It is rumoured that the King is seriously indisposed. A Cabinet Council, attended by all the Ministers in town, was held this afternoon at the Foreign Office.

The longer one looks into things, the more one is

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inclined to believe that they move in cycles, and that nothing is new under the sun. A society has just started with the title of the "St. James's Ornitho- logical Society,"...

The Times this morning has the following paragraph, dated yester-

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day, from Woolwich- The Times this morning has the following paragraph, dated yester- day, from Woolwich- " His Majesty's steam frigate Rhadamantbus arrived at Woolwich on Sun-...

The Gazette of last night contains the quarterly average of

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the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, from the 23e1 August to the Lith of November inclusive. LIABILITIES. Citeulation XI 7,543.000 Deposits 12,682,000...

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LETTERS ON THE FOREIGN POLICY OF ENGLAND.

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No, I. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. London, 18th November 1836. S1R—The Radicals had till now good reasons for not taking a lively interest in foreign affairs. We have so...

[FROM A KNOWN AND VALUED CORRESPONDENT.] Mr. —, who is

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a Whig, but a man of talents and great shrewd. ness, has been travelling about for the last month, having visited Man- chester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle-on-Tyne,...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The principal subject of interest here during the week has been the pro- bability of the increase of the rate of interest upon Exchequer...

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TOPICS OF TH DAN.

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PROSPERITY AND DISTRESS. POLITICAL economy, as expounded by RICARDO, MILL, and M`Cticoocu, would not explain the causes either of the recent prosperity or of the corning...

"RURAL POLICE."

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THE inefficiency of the Country Constabulary force is notorious. A country constable is laughed at everywhere. Marmudake Magog, represented with so much real gusto by the...

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ELECTION STATISTICS.

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• Our accounts are still partial and imperfect ; hut there is no cheek in in the Tory camp. HO d..roonv to th.• conflict, %hick a rCW l'AS :Igo they acre so ea g ..r to provoke....

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Julius Casar has been reproduced this week at Covent Garden,

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with a very efficient cast of the principal characters, and creditable com- pleteness of stage effect. MACREADV personated Brutus, VANDEN- HOFF Cassius, CHARLES KEMBLE Mark...

THE THEATRES.

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TnE Beggar's Opera was brought out at the St. James's Theatre on Tuesday, for the purpose of introducing Miss RAINFORTH in Polly. The wit, the moralist, and he musician, may...

SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

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THE Times a few days ago made a furious attack on the whole bedy of Dissenters ; but the Times this morning plasters the pious and non-political Dissenters—" the great body of...

The English Opera closed on Tuesday, with a variety of

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perform- ances, for the benefit of Mr. PEAKE, the Treasurer,—wbich mustered VESTRIS, CHARLES MATHER'S, WILSON, BARTLEY, and MEADOWS, in addition to the regular company. The...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Portugal and GalHein; with a Review of the Social and Political State of the Basque P.ovinee,.; and a few Remarks on recent Events in Spain. In 2 vols.— Murray. Narrative of a...

PORTUGAL, GALLIC 1 A, AND THE BASQUE PROVINCES.

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THE advertisements tell us that the author of these volumes is a nobleman ; he himself informs us that he is a member of the Somersetshire Yeomanry, in whose uniform he figured...

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KING'S NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE SHORES OF THE

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ARCTIC OCEAN. MR. KING was the surgeon and naturalist to the expedition which was sent out under Captain BACK, to go in search of Captain Ross, and, as a second object, to...

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ADVENTURES IN THE MOON, AND OTHER WORLDS. THIS work is

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rather a rare avis — a volume of philosophical fiction. The subject matter is mostly the foibles and errors of human nature, and those dispositions which appear ridiculous or...

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Of the two volumes of Poetry before us, Evening Hours,

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by ROBERT ALLAN, Kilburchan, consist for the most part of Poems and Songs, which it is said have already had an extensive circula- tion, either by means of periodicals and...

Genera Nominum, is what the secondary title promises— a brief

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mode of learning the genders of Latin nouns ; and a very cheap and useful leaf it is. In the compass of a single sheet, the size of a common letter, the rules and exceptions...

The Forsaken, a novel, is compounded of the usual improbable

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mysteries and cross-purposes, the unlikely loves, and unlikelier distresses, which have formed the staple in trade of the common run of novels ever since novels were written. In...

PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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A STIR is apparent in the publishing world ; but whether it be a transient Hush, or a permanent stream, we know not. Its imme- diate produce, however, is a variety of books on a...

NEW PRINTS.

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" The Proffered Kiss" is the title given to a portrait picture of two children, commenced by Sir Turmas LAWRENCE, and completed by his pupil, H. WYATT. A half-clad urchin has...

Boimu's French Self-Instructor has already appeared before the public, but

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at a more expensive price; having been combined with other and foreign matter. The views of the author on learn- ing languages are sound; his advice judicious; and his plan cer-...

The Laird of Logan is a collection of short stories,

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convivial okes, snatches of verse, and smart sayings, by a set of wits in the West of Scotland, varied by good things from other parts when they are got hold of. The...

FINE ARTS.

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THE CABINET OF MODERN ART Is the title of a set of twenty-four highly-finished engravings, forming, we believe, the illustrations of the Literary Souvenir. These, though...

Uncle Philip's Conversations about the Whale Fishery and Polar Seas,

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is a narrative, broken into the form of dialogue, of the dangers of the Whale-fishery, and the adventures and sufferings of various Polar voyagers, from SEBASTIAN CABOT to Ross...

ome ingenious person has devised a sort of floral .cipher

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for he aid of lovers, a hen &barred the use of speech, or pet: and ink. It consists in employing flowers, arranged in a particular manner, rs the arbitrary signs of certain...