1 OCTOBER 1831

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE prelude to the grand act of next week has already begun ; the question of the Bill has been raised by the Lords. It was in- troduced on Monday, by the Marquis of...

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THE KING axn its COURT.—Ills Majesty lift town for Windsor

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on Saturday. On Sunday, the Lord Chancellor visited the Castle, by his Majesty's special invitmion ; Lord Brougham remained with his Royal "Master all Sunday and Monday. The...

The fire of Polish liberty, which was thought lobe extinguished,

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still smoulders. The journals received since our last have brought us a spirited proclamation. It is dated Kunow, September 12, and signed Rozister : it speaks any language...

There has been no renewal of the riots at Paris

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; which, as we stated last week, seem to have confirmed the power of the Minis- ter which they were meant to shake. The recent elections have been generally in his favour, and...

'.-:cra In- , 7;e on 1 na on the lath, after a

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hurricane of . v , - . . , 11'., 1 c , '!(1. showers of rain. It is ie. , r classes have fallen vie tees h e'en.: s , are mentioned, a genera of 'di. , : h en.:.ses, thee...

The little canton of Neufchatel is in progress towards a

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settle- ment of its grievances. The authorities and the people have agreed that the troops on both sides shall be disbanded, with the except ion of 400, who remain in arms to...

The affairs of Belgium proceed quietly; and if the troublesome

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politicians of England will but leave him alone, there seems no reason for anticipating for King LEOPOLD any thing else than peace and prosperity. Of course, no settlement has...

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REFORM Mcsrisos.—We shall not attempt any enumeration of the towns

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that have met during the week to petition the Lords to pass the Bill. If our readers wish to have the names, let them turn to any Ga- zetteer of Great Britain, and pick out the...

THE LONDON MAYORALTY.—The contest for the Mayoralty, 'which be- gan

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on Thursday, continues to be waged with great spirit and obstinacy. At the close of last night's poll, the numbers were—for Sir John Key 1131 ; Sir Peter Laurie 1130; Alderman...

DINNER TO LORD A1.1'110121. AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—This dinner took

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place on Saturday, in Stationers' Hall. Sir Francis Burdett was in the chair, supported by Lord Althorp on the right, and Lord John Rus- sell on the left. There were no guests...

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POLICE CONSPIRACr.rolln Sidney Cower and William Rowland,. policemen, and D.

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Morgan, were finally vxdnlineti before Mr. Brongha ton, at 'Worship Street, on Tuesday, and frilly committed, on the charge of having, hy conspiring, defeated the prosecution...

" M. Cecil Street, 21st Sept. 1831.

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" My clear Sir—Yesterday I had the pleasure of dining with Lord Aithorp, and, in the course of conversatiomhis Lordship intimated to me the necessity of apublic meeting being...

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Omretor s—As Sir Peter Laurie was alighting from his gig,

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on Mon- 2ay morning, his foot got entangled in the reins, and he was thrown to the ground, by which his knee was severely CiAltItSCd. EFeECTS or LI:ilLTNINCi.-011 ‘I -...

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PREPARATIONS FOR Tan Bn.r..—The workmen eommcnceq erecting the galleries in

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the lIoase of Lords on Saturday evening ; and renewed their labours before one o'clock on Monday mornirg. The galleries are of the .same construction as those used on Queen...

MILITARY Hoxorns.—The Gazette of Tuesday announces that the Xing has

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nominated tins following officers to be Companions of the Bath: Capt. It Corry, of the Royal Navy ; Capt. the Hon. F. P. Irby, of the Royal Navy. Capt. D. Woodritl, of the Royal...

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POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.

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SPECTATOR OrIFICE, SATURDAY. In some of the lists which were exhibited yesterday afternoon, there was an apparent majority of 17 Lay Lords and 18 Spiritual Lords against the...

THE SCOTCH RerOnll BIT.T,.—There are twenty-one notices of motions tespecting

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this Bill ; contrary, however, to what took place in respect of the English Bill, all of them, three excepted, are motions for exten- sion. The exceptions are—Major Bar ca s...

THE LONDON THEarans.—The winter campaign is on the eve of

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com- mencement. The two great powers, the managers of Drury Lane and Covent Garden, take the field, the one to-night, the ether on Monday, with their massy battalions. VESTRIS,...

WHAT WILL THE LORDS DO ?

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what w i l l ihoy ? what dare they do ? • I know not, ba! s , :amise Whate'c'ithey do, th e i r ;hare they'll do of something very wax ; , AndsurelYthey have nous enou; h to...

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IEAST INDIA SHIPPING. , Arrived. At Gravesend, Sept. 26th, the Burrell,

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Metcalf, from Van Diemen's Land. At Singapore, March 23d, Caroline, Santon, from Bengal ;. and Elizabeth, Philips, from New South Wales. 29th, Austen), Ladd, from Van Diemen's...

THE ARMY.

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WAR-OFFICE, Sept. 27. - let Regt. of Dragoon Guards : Lieut. A. B. Handley to be Capt. by purchase, vice Bray. who retires; Cornet G. D. Scott to be Lieut. by purchase, vice...

THE CHURCH.

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The Rev. T. H. Sparke, M.A. has been instituted to the Rectory of Gunthorpe with Bale, in Norfolk, on the presentation of the Rev. E. J. Bowman, of Hock. ering. We understand...

The following is given in the Times as a correct

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statement of tine number of Reformers on the third reading: Those that positively voted with the tellers 317 Paired off from necessity or convenience 11 Vacant counties and...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 251.11 ult. at Lake House, Hants, the Lady of FREDERIC JAMES GEORGE MATH Ew s, Esq. Captain in the Royal Scots Fusilcers, of a son. On the 23rd ult. at Hampton...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EvENIN G.-Consols closed on Saturday at 821 for the Account ; Exchequer Bills 10s. to 12s.prem. Symptoms of scarcity of money continue to exhibit...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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PUBLIC FUNDS. IIttrrisn. 3 per Cent. Reduced ...... Sate?. Mon. Tues. W altzes. Thurs. Friday. shut 3 per Cent. Consols ....... Ditto for Account ........ 82 1i 8 2...

FROM TH I' LON DON GAZETTES. Tuesday, Sept. 27.

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PARTNERS'IIPS DISSOLVED. BEAn N, COX and LEE, Ifeworth Moor, Yorkshire, mustard-manufacturers —r .*otitta e n w d . Netherbury, Dorsetshire, flas-spinners—GoonzAn and...

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PETITIONS.

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On the subject of petitions to Parliament, the Standard of last night says- " we are unwilling, for various reasons, to invite recollections of the unhappy year 18:i9 ; but when...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE CRISIS: Moans ago, we stated our apprehension, that, in east the Re- form Bill should be thrown out, or materially damaged by either House of Parliament, the middle classes...

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A NEW MINISTRY AND A NEW BILL.

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WE are indebted to the Standard of Thursday for the following piece of important information. " STANDARD OFFICE, HALF-FAST THREE. " We mentioned on Saturday, that the...

essly deputed for the purpose by themselves ? We answer—and

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every particular both in Mr. SEDGEWICK'S recent publication, and in the more ex- tended statements, which appeared in the British Press news- paper in 1826, bears us out—because...

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DEATH OF CHILDREN.

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THERE is no affliction in human life which causes such sickness of heart as the loss of children. The death of parents is a part of the order of things. " One generation goeth...

TWO PROJECTS, BY A RURAL ECONOMIST.

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A PAMPHLET has been placed in our hands, containing a propo- sal for an Equitable Property-Tax, and a Fair Rate of Wages to the Labouring Poor.* Of the benevolent intentions of...

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NEW BOOKS.

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riCTION, The Smuggler. By the Author of "Tales of the O'Hara Family" 3 vols. HISTORY. Annual Register for 1830 ....... . POLITICS, The Present Political Crisis, and its...

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The author of Spain in 1830, and other books of

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travels, whom we have had frequent occasion to treat with respect, has been brought into the field of politics by the interest which every man of intellect and intelligence must...

The Annual Register for 1830 is a continuation of a

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" series" or " library" of the old school : it boasts seventy-two volumes, being consequently commenced in the year 1758. It perseveres in its original plan, and amidst changes...

The Second Volume of The Preacher contains fifty-four ser- mons,

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by clergymen of celebrity of the present day. There are upwards of forty contributors to this volume. The sermons are not printed from short-hand notes taken in the church ; a...

Dr. COOPER'S Lectures on the Elements of Political Economy is

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an importation from the United States. The author is the Pre- sident of the South Carolina College, and Professor of Chemistry and Political Economy. As well as the examination...

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MERLET'S Traducteur is a selection of passages from French writers,

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adapted to the purposes of the learner. The ext racts are undoubtedly made with judgment, and make even a very pleasant book of miscellaneous reading. There arc also grammatical...

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR—Observing in the Spectator of last Saturday, under the notice you have taken of Mr. YOUNG'S Elements of the Inlvv . al Calculus, that no...

By means of OLIVER and BOYD'S batch of Catechisms, tolerably

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copious instruction may be obtained in Latin, French, and Eng- lish Grammar, English Composition, Christian Instruction, Zoology, the History of England and Scotland, the Works...

Egypt and Palestine form the subjects of the two last

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volumes of the Edinburgh Cabinet Library. They are compilations, by Dr. RUSSELL, of every description of knowledge—History, Geo- graphy, Antiquities—that relates to these two...

. The Literary Guardian is a new weekly paper of

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reviews—mu- sical, literary, and theatrical—price twopence. It is decently printed on ordinary paper ; the size is quarto, and the number of pages sixteen. With regard to the...

FINE ARTS.

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GEORGE CRUIKSHANK in his Illustrations of the " Novelist's Library," succeeds in giving effect to the broad humour of the story, without cari- cature, and with only a due...

REFORM versus RIOT.

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TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Glasgow, 24th September 1831. Sta—In reference to the letter in your last week's paper as to the Scotch Election Riots, I feel impelled to make...