20 JUNE 1840

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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The Tories call this truce a " capitulation" : but if Lord STAx- LEY gained an advanced position, Ministers were enabled to forward their business,—a matter of especial...

The Continental intelligence is so insignificant as scarcely to deserve

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a paragraph of our summary. The Continental intelligence is so insignificant as scarcely to deserve a paragraph of our summary. The session of' the French Chambers is virtually...

This is a very important period of the year in

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reference both to agricultural and commercial prospects. We have seen cheering accounts of the growing crops, and statements of an opposite cha- racter. The generally fine...

A letter from Constantinople in the Constitutionne/ confirms pre- vious

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accounts of the Circassian successes over the Russians- " All Cireassin glorifies itself on the advantages gained over its enemks, while the latter are in complete...

The Carlists of Arragon and Catalonia are pursued by the

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Queen of Spain's troops in all directions. CABRERA'S brother, a boy of fifteen, and his two sisters, have been arrested on the French frontiers; and C.IIIRERA himself, it was...

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Dailies anti iproretbinns in Vat !lament.

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REGISTRATION OF IRISH VOTERS. The House of Commons, on Monday, was crowded with Members, many of whom could not obtain seats. It was expected that a severe party struggle would...

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At a very numeeous meeting of the inlishitents of Stepney,

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held in the old church on Feiday lae:,—the Rector in the chair,—a church-rate of th/ in the pound was proposed ; to which an amendment of" no rate" was made ; and the latter was...

Zbe Alletropolis.

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A meeting of the Common Conacil was held on Tuesday. It was announced by the Sheriffs, that the Queen and Prince Albert would receive the address of congratulation on the...

The purveyors of gossip for the daily papers have nearly

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exhausted the " diabolical attempt to assassinate the Queen and Prince Albert," and only unimportant eddithms have beeit made to thus rumours of last Week. The pistols have been...

The Anti-Shivery Delegates continue to meet daily at the Free-

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mason's Tavern. Statemems showing the condition of slaves in Ame- rica and the French and Spenieit Colonies have ham made by several delegates. Oa Wednesday, Mr. Buxton asked...

At the quarterly meeting of East India Proprietors, held on

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Wed- nesday, an address of congratulation on the late providential escape " was unanimously voted to the Queen amid Prince Albert. A petition to Parliament against the Colonial...

On Monday evening, a meeting took place of all the

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influential He- brews in Loudon at the Vestry-room of the new Synagogue in St. Helen's Place ; on which occasion, the various letters which have been received from Alexandria...

be grourt.

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THE Queen and Prince Albert, with their attendants, left Buckingham Palace on Monday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. As they passed through the different villages, the entire...

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Oxford will be tried at the present sessions of the

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Central Criminal Court, which commenced on Monday. There was some doubt on this point, but the charge delivered to the Grand Jury by the Common Sergeant, in the absence of the...

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The trial of Courvoisier commenced on Thursday. Long before the

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doors were opened, persons holding Sheriffs' tickets of admissioe were in waiting to take their seats. Only a few of the privileged, however, were allowed to enter before nine...

A reprieve has been received at Newgate on behalf' of

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time convict Sa- muel Bayley, who was respited about a fortnight since.

The Court of Queen's Bench, on .Mooday, sentenctal 3Ir. 11 - atts,

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proprietor and editor of the United Service Ga:citc, to a fine of 50/. for a libel on Admiral Onminaney. The judgment was delivered by Justice Littledale in the following terms-...

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Ascot Races commenced on Tuesday. The attendance was larger than

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usual on the first day; but the only noticeable point in the running was, that Little Wonder, the winner of' the Derby at Epsom, was beaten easily by a mare or no reputation,...

A fire, which destroyed a large amount of property and

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caused the death of two persons, broke out about five o'clock on Tuesday morning, on St. Andrew's Wharf, high Street, Wapping. Flames and smoke were first seen issuing front the...

IRELAND.

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The Dublin newspapers are filled with extraordinary rhodomontade about the attack upon the Queen. We cull a very few samples; and begin with the Pilot. TI1E QUEEN l true ininnx...

Mr. Richard Dunn, the barrister, has beets again annoying Miss

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Burdett Coutts. At the Marylebone Office, on Thursday, he entered into his recognizances to keep the peace towards that lady and all her Majesty's subjects. Mr. Dunn said, that...

Vrobincrs.

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The country newspapers contain announcements of meetings of cor- porate bodies, and inhabitants of towns and counties, to vote congratu- latory addresses to the Queen and Prince...

A man who held the place of under-brewer in Lord

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Derby's esta- blishment, at Knowsley, was found in his bed on Monday morning with his throat cut, but not dead. He told a story about two robbers having attacked hint, which he...

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Lord Durham's health has rallied, and the journey to time

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Continent is given up. Captain Hamilton, of her Majesty's packet Widgeon, has received orders to hold himself in readiness to convey Lord Durham from Dover to the Isle of...

Fourteen men, implicated in a Rilibon conspiracy or association, have

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been arrested in Leitrim. They profeseed to be delegates from nine Irish counties. in Cork and Dublin time people are sank in the most abject misery. Hundreds of unfortunate...

Mr. Hume has offended his Irish friends by his absence

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from the last division on Lord Stanley's Bill. The Morning Register thus assails poor Joseph-- " One of the incidents that formed the subject of universal conversation in the...

We are informed that a house at Trieste has been

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obliged to suspend its payments, from the amount of which it has been defrauded by the band of forgers who have procured so much money in Italy and Ger- many by fain! bills. The...

Arrivals from A frica, during the week, bring the pleasing

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informa- tion, that there were no slavers in Bonny river on the 2d April, nor had there been any for months previously ; and the most recent accounts *cm Canscroons and Old...

In consequence of the good conduct of the Glasgow cotton-spinners,

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and the kind intercession of' Lord Brougham, Mr. Wakley, and other influential gentlemen, five out of the six have received a free pardon, and were on Wednesday last liberated...

The Court of Queen's Bench has decided that the judgment

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passed upon Mr. and Mrs. Holland at Limerick, for cruelty to two orphan children, was invalid, inasmuch as that part which directed them to be kept in solitary confinement was...

A report that the Bishop of London was about to

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break up his este- blislmtent in London and to let London House, is contradicted on au- thority. The insinuation was that Dr. Illonifield is in pecuniary diffi- culty. Tiee...

Mr. Charles Kenn has brought home from America a confession

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of the murder of Lord Norbury, made by two Irish labourers, who ab- seended from Ireland soon after the murder, and were employed in the United States.—Limerich Clasiniete.

Snistellancotts.

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At a meeting of the Privy Council on Tuesday, an order was issued to the Archbishop of Canterbury to prepare a form of thanksgiving for her Majesty's escape from assassination,...

SCOTLAND.

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Several changes in the Non-Intrusion Committee of the General Assembly have taken place within these few days : the reasons for which, as might have been expected, have given...

We have received a file of Le Maaricien, to the

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11th of March. Almost the only theme of these newspimeere is the necessity of obtain- Mg a speedy supply of labour to save the colony front ruin. The emancipated Negroes are...

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The Continental intelligence received this morning from Paris does not

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possess the slightest interest.

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATunDAY. The Ministerial rally proved too strong for the Tories last night. The House went into Committee on Lord Stanley's Registration Bill without a division, according to...

Last night's Gazette announces that " the Queen has been

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pleased to appoint Brevet Major Sir Alexander Burnes, Knight, of the East India Company's Twenty-first Native infantry, to be a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order...

The British Queen arrived at Portsmouth at seven o'clock on

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Tuesday morning. She left New York at two in the afternoon on the 1st instant, and made the voyage in fourteen days fourteen hours less longitude. Her last outward passage was...

The advocates of Medical Reform are preparing to bring their

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ens" before the House of Commons. In various parts of the country a.sso ciations have been formed, and the organization of the profession is in rapid progress. The Eastern...

MONEY MABKET.

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gruel( EM11.1NOE, FRIDAY Arrxrewou. The transactions in the English Funds have been unimportant, and the fluctuations have not been worth remarking ; Consols for Account having...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived -- At Graveseml„tune 13111, Criumtler, nendall, from the Cape; 16th, Cru- sader, !IV Donald, t .,0 " , s Land; , Ind Rosalind. Ponrime. from Itenml ; 18th. ilk', Mills,...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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11111T118. On the 17th inst., in Eaton Sinare, Lady 1,v - r - retases, of a danghter. On the 19th inst., in l'ortmon \Is...mutes.: Costal:aunts, of a son, still-born. On this...

CIltItENCY.

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OLTI'lliFIn n g 011 roar o a t-ica sc,sonsl IC to fidloa. out iles train or thought already .1-1 Io those patsages of my former letter whose Illc!!!"I'l!!`. , t1-.';''`I t-i •...

THE KING ' S PRINTER ' S PATENT—ITS LEGALITY. To Tim EDLTOR OF THE

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SPECTATOR. S1R-411 yodr remarks on this patent which occurred in your number for the 30th of 3lay last, you state that you prefer treating the subject on broad public...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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TIIE EVENT IN HIGH LIFE. TIrE " event in high life" which has taken place, has called forth from the public, and from those, its monstrous speaking-trumpets the masters of the...

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THE EUTHANASIA OF NON-INTRUSION.

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"lie just gaed out like the snuff of a canalle." — Nortom mf Milnicood's heath, as described by his House/wiper. Loin) MELBOURNE told the Peers on Tuesday last—" I for one have...

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THE GERMAN OPERA.

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SPOHR'S celebrated opera, Jessonda, or the Rajah's Wife, was performed on Thursday for the first time in this country. We believe that this opera is considered the composer's...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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111 , 40111'i Cict•10.4;u...tic:II l Political Ilisltos th,• ot• Iltotte tlorititt Hie sistocatli oft Sot cittottotlt Pr/iles,.1. hi the ruiii r..:ty .1' 'I'ratii-lato I...

RANICE'S HISTORY OF THE iturES.

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THE title ()Hills work . , as :Mrs. A usriN rein:Irks ill her prefiice, does not " accurately represent the subject of the book." It is not, however, so much " a history of the...

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MRS. NORTON'S DREAM.

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A untoutut not deficient in thought and poetical feeling, conjoined with considerable skill in the mechanical branch of' poetry—versifi- cation, this volume displays the...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BOOKS. The Dream, and other Poems. By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON. A Supplement to the Essay on the Archamloyy of our Popular Phrases, Terms, and Nursery Rhymes. By JOHN BELLENDEN...

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FINE ARTS.

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IT luny interest the lovers of pictures to know that J mix LEwrs's fine picture of a Scene daring the Holy Week at Rome, which arrived too late for the Water-Colour Exhibition...

Mr. Wvr.n, the geographer, of Charing Cross, is exhibiting a

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set of maps and plans of the principal operations of the British Army in the Peninsular Campaigns, preparatory to their publication, principally as illustrations of Colonel...

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Mr. BURFORD'S new panorama of Macao is attracting all the

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town to Leicester Square ; and the "little 0" it encloses is sometimes incon- veniently crowded with visiters as the day advances ; the public being almost as curious to behold...