19 SEPTEMBER 1835

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The Monitet)r of Saturday contains a proclamation for the pro-

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rogation of the French Chambers, and a list of thirty new Peers, most of whom are mere dependents on the Court, and men of exceedingly small reputation. The French Ministry have...

The Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia are

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now at the camp of Kalisch. Englishmen are generally refused permission to visit the camp; but an exception ins been made in favour of the 'Duke of' Goanox, the Orange Grand...

Considerable uncertainty prevails as to the actual state of affairs

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in Spain. It is rumoured that a species of revolution has occurred in Madrid, that TORENO has been deposed, a "Supreme Junta* established, and ARGUELLES appointed to the place...

The Duke of PALMELLA has retaliated upon the King of

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Sardinia, who ordered the Portuguese Ambassador out of his dominions in twenty-four hours, by suspending all the Sardinian. Consuls and functionaries in Portugal from this...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE session of Parliament was scarcely brought to a close before the work of political agitation was commenced in the provinces. The recess will not bring repose. From one end...

The Belgian Chamber of Deputies have resolved to augment the

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duties on foreign cotton goods, for the protection of their own manufacturers ; but have rejected several motions whose object was to prevent evasion of the law imposing the...

According to accounts front tile United States, the excite- ment

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on the slave question was rather on the increase in many parts of the country. The inhabitants of the Eastern States, planters, seemed rather inclined to conciliate the...

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An arrival from Jamaica brings the speech of the Marquis

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of Suno on the opening of the House of Assembly of that island. In reference to the crops and Negro labour, the Governor said- 44 The crop of this year has been got off in a...

The proprietors of Bank of England Stock held a meeting

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on Thursday, when a dividend of four per cent. for the current half year was declared. In reply to questions from several proprietors, the Governor stated, that the "rest" was...

irbr Bctrpalt.

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Messrs. Tamlyn and Craig, the Revising Barristers for the city of London, opened their Court on Tuesday, at the Guildhall. Mr. Tamlyn undertook to revise the lists of the...

b r Court.

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TUE King and Queen spent the first part of thc week at Windsor. Mr. Spring Rice arrived at the Castle on Saturday, dined that evening and spent Sunday with their Majesties, and...

The Revising Barristers for Middlesex, Messrs. Thomas Coventry and F.

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0. Martin, opened their Court at Brentford on Tuesday. We take the following account of the proceedings from the Morning .Chronicle report, which is substantially the same as...

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frbe eatintiv.

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Mr. O'Connell arrived at the residence of Mr. Thomas Potter, Buile Hill, near Manchester, on the evening of Wednesday week. He was accompanied by Mrs. O'Connell and two of his...

On Sunday night, between ten and eleven, the residents in

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Man- chester Square and the neighbourhood, were startled by a loud report, as it was supposed, of a cannon ; but it was discovered that a hand- grenade fastened to the railing...

At the INiansionhouse, on Saturday, two young men were committed

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to prison, each for a month, for having offered for sale a id. and a .2(1. newspaper. The Lord Mayor regretted that, for the sake of the newspaper-proprietors, the Stamp-office...

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Messrs. Bernal and Hodges dined with a large party of

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their Liberat constituents lit Rochester, on 'Wednesday. The health of the Princess Victoria was drunk with " tumultuous applause ;" and " Lord :Mel- bourne and his 'Majesty's...

On leaving Mencliester, Mr. O'Conne proce eded ded to Newcastle- upem-

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'Fyne, which be reached on Monday. The people gave hi in a hearty and enthusiastic reception. A srvzie of unusual bu,tle viol excitement was presoited in the streets ;...

The parish of St. Oswald, at Durham, is one of

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vast extent, amel contains a numerous population. It is a vicarage, and the, tithe- . ing and due to the clergyman emelt:it in veltre to .;!,;11. a yt:ir, eael of the large...

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Doncaster Races commenced on Monday. The weather on the first

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day was fine, the ground in good order, most of the best horses in England were on the course or in the stable, and the company unu- sually numerous and fashionable. The...

IRELAND.

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Dr. Brinkley, Bishop of Cloyne, died in Dublin on Monday last. The Dublin Freeman's Journal states that the military are not to be employed in the collection of tithes. Mr. W....

There was a tumult at Steyning, in Sussex, yesterday week,

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occa- sioned by the refusal of some paupers in the workhouse of that place to be removed to Ili:Wield parish, and by the misconduct of the con- stable whose duty it was to...

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Dr. Murray, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, has addressed a letter

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to the sliorning Chronicle, in reply to certain calumnies of the Reve- rend .Mortimer O'Sullivan. At the late Protestant meeting at Wor- cester, Mr. O'Sullivan said- " In 1825...

The Orangemen of Enniskillen held a meeting on the 9th

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instant, and passed a resolution expressive of extreme delight at the Duke of Cumberland's firm and uncompromising defence of himself from "the scandalous and malignant...

SCOTLAND.

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The'following is the result of the Sheriff's judgments in the Registra- tion Court for the county of Edinburgh— The total claimants admitted are (If these there are in the...

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The Report of the York Bribery Committee establishes the fat-

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of the existence of systematic corruption to a great extent in that Archiepiscopal city. Previously to IS07, every freeman 'eye:I - ea hell- a-guinea. for a split vote and a...

Lord Brougham has been visitieg Earl Spencer at Althorp, and

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was expected to be present at the Of dinner in Edinburgh on Thursday. From Edinburgh it is said that his Lordship will proceed to Dublin, on a visit to Lord Mulgrave. In...

Lord William Ileteinck has rehlressed the following letter to Mr.

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Bucking'', m on the subject of' the freedom of tl.e press in India : it is just what might leoe been expected from tbet ealightened and trely liberal statesman. have many...

The merehauts trading with Jamaisa, and through that island with

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South America, regard with much apprehension the measures brought forward in the House of Assembly in Jamaica in the last session, but lost through not receiving the Governor's...

The Tories are making a vigorous attempt to give a

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political and 0 - aoge character to the proposed celebration, on the 4t h1 of next mortal; of the printing of Myles Coverdale's Bible in Fele; the celebration was first...

The Excise Commissioners have given notice, that the stocks of

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wine-trues - hems, who do not also deal in spirits, will in future be ex- empt front survey by Excise officers, and of course from the necessity of ohtainive permits for the...

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Louis Philip is at present at Eu, one of the

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most beautiful chateaus of Normandy, where he is to remain eight or ten days. Two of the Ministers, M. Guizot and M. Duchatel, are with him. It is stated, that after his return...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATIIS. 131

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ou the 3.1 inst., at Edinburgh. Mrs. JAsPER IlAt.t, of a daughter. On the 14 inst. at Gurbainbutry, Herts. the Lady KATiliaLSK BARIUM, Of a sun, still.born. On the 16:11...

From the newspapers of Upper Canada, we find that there

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is not that perfect contentment with the system of Colonial Government which has been said to prevail. In the ?mud° Correspondent, just received, we find the following grumbling...

TIIE REGISTRATION.

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t - taeL7LAR 05 Tint ILEFORSI ASSOCIAT1OK. " Reform Association, 3,eleveland Itow.31st August 1835. "Sir—To impede the progress or Reform, by any nwans, however...

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Opinion Or tljc 131 . r.

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sounrE AND EXTENT I ti o'CoNNELL'S POWER. COURIFIt—itt England we have within a few years had such men as Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Hunt, and some few others, but we have not had, since...

The ReArmateur was seized in Paris on Wednesday, under the

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new law " for attacks on the respect due to the laws, and for provocation aud disobedience to those laws." 'the Government is resolved that this paper at ninny rate shall be...

The Recorder of Dublin, Mr. FREDERICK SHAW, has been charged

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with bribery before the Dublin Election Commission. A credible witness stated that Mr. SuAw took the registration certificate of a voter, and "with a pen made three holes in it,...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATITR DItY The tcrotints from Paris received this morning contain no further par- ticulars relative to the late ;tenons in the North of Spain. Neither is there any more...

The Standard is opposed to the attempt to raise a

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subscription for, the Irish Clergy at the Bible festival on the 4th of October. It ap- pears to us that the Tonics, who to suit their own party purposes re- jected the offer to...

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THE AllAIY. •

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WAR•orvies, Svpir. 18.-7th Itegt. of Dra4. moils —Assist..Sio.g. II. Marshall, front the 87tit Foot, to be A ssist.-Sorg. vice Barry, promoted in the s9i It Foot. ilth fleet. of...

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Apropos of exhibitions. 1Ve wont again the other day to

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take another look nut the wonderfully hi a' ti illusive picture of the In- terior of the Cathedral of Santa ( . .rore, at the ' Diorama. It is so ex- traordinary that the effect...

THE TAMWORTII TIlly3IPETF.11. TO TOE F.DITOR OF TIIE SPECTATOR.

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Sir NVIIen did your trumpeter die?" is one of the pithy sayings of the common people which has survived many more brilliant apophthegms and more caustic rept oofs, flow far it...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Ank...1—At Gravesend, Sept. lath, Redman, Anderson. from New South Wales; and 1Silt. Maria, Burton, from the Cape. At Deal, 18th, Henry 'rainier, Ferguson, from Madras; and...

THE THEATRES.

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Tox approach of long evenings and cool weather has given a fillip to the Summer Theatres, which have been languishing during the hot season. The note of preparation, too, which...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANDE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The English Funds have risen since last week, and the market still evinces further symptoms of improvement. The first purchase by the broker...

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POLITICAL UNIONS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Si—There are some features of the struggle in which the Nation is at present engaged strikingly diaracteristic of the two parties opposed to...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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A CHANGE IN THE ROYAL MIND. WHEN the King dismissed the MELBOURNE Ministry in Novem- ber last, we have no doubt that he fancied he had done what would prove satisfactory to the...

THE IRISH CHURCII : CLERICAL AGITATION.

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PUBLIC attention will not be withdrawn from the enormities of the Irish Church Establishment (luring the Parliamentary recess. Even if Mr. O'CONNELL and the Reformers were...

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THE ORANGE PLOT.

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THE Standard has taken up the cudgels for the Duke of CUM- BERLAND, and declares that there is no such thing as an Orange plot. In a leading article of that journal, on Monday,...

WORKING OF THE NEW POOR LAW.

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Om readers must recollect the vehemence with which the new Poor-law was denounced a year ago in several of' the leading metropolitan newspapers, and by a minority in both...

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TILE ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.

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TIIE reign of Meas. ADANTE, as we predicted, has been but short ; and the company have reaped neither fame nor pecuniary profit from El/sue Claudio. This is as it should be :...

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(CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK'S PAPER.)

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but this is rendered impossible in such a mei,' as this programme Behold thy sereant in distress." They had higher aims and nobler objects in view. familiarized to their...

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MR. BECKFORD.

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MR. LOUDON, in the Gardener's Magazine for this month, describes the grounds of Fonthill as having been perfect in point of unity of character, and a unique specimen of the...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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ttioatsenv. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth. fly Edward Oiler, Esq. Smith alai Elder. PERIODICAL LITERATURE, New York Mirror. A Weekly Journal devoted to Literature sod...

OSLER'S L I FE OF LORD EXMOUTH.

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WITHOUT exhibiting much nice portraiture of individual character, or even displa)ing any particular literary merit as a piece of com- position, this Life of Lord EXMOUTH is an...

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THE NEW YORK MIRROR.

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AFTER the direful accounts that have been propagated of the " whity brown" appearance of our Transatlantic contemporaries, the external elegance of this American weekly Journal...

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ENCYCLOPAIDIA BRITANNICA.

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THE last twc parts of this publication are distinguished for the value and variety of their subjects. There is a good paper on HOMER, ill which the rise and character of the...

THE WEALTH OF NATIONS ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR OF ENGLAND

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AND AMERICA. Tan second volume of this excellent edition of the text-book of economical science, contains the whole of the celebrated chapter on Rent, with the digression...

VISIBLE HISTORY.

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THE object of this juvenile History of England is to present to the eyes of children the most striking subjects mentioned in the narrative that admit of pictorial...

BLOXAM'S MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE.

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To the curious observer, who sees in a mound of earth or the mu- tilated effigies of some old monument, a relic of the customs of bygone times—and who would trace the kelings...

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PICTORIAL PERIODICALS.

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Tnn Gallery if Paintings by Benjamin West, engraved in outline by HENRY Aloss, should have appeared twenty years ago. WEST'S fame was then at its zenith : it has scarcely...

MONTGOMERY MARTIN'S STATISTICS.

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WE were not aware that Mr. MONTGOMERY MARTIN had beencon- sidered worth the labour of a commentary, until we received from a respectable correspondent some half-dozen pages of...

PICTURES AND ARTISTS.

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NEW PORTRAITS. MODERN portrait-painters rarely succeed in a likeness where the cha- racter of the face depends upon its expression and not on its features ; and this being the...

The moonlight view of the " Arched Rock" on thc

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coast of the Isle of Wight, in the Fourth Number of Stanfield's Coast Scenery, is one of the truest, simplest, and most effective of STANFIELD'S pic- tures; and it is, moreover,...

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POLITICAL CARICATURES.

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O'CONNELL is still the ogre of 1 - 113's Conservative fancies ; but BROUGHAM now figures in also as the evil genius of the Ministry. The Tory horror of the Corporation Reform...