21 FEBRUARY 1835

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Being aware of the extraordinary exertions used by the Minis- terial minority to insure the success of their candidate, we are not surprised at the large number they brought to...

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The Committee of the house of Representatives as well as

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that of the Senate of the United States, have remlved io withhold their repot t on the question of the Indemnity, until they should ascer- tain the decision of the French...

The French Chamber of Deputies have agreed, by a majority

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.of 241 to 140, to refer to the consideration of a Committee the question of continuing the monopoly of the tobacco manufacture to the Government. M. MARTIN DU NORD, one of the...

The insurrection in Persia has been suppressed ; the Pretender

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to the throne having submitted to the son of ABBAS MIRZA, who was energetically supported by both the English and Russian Ministers.

MARTINEZ DE en Rost has recovered from his illness. There

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is still a good deal of intrigue and uncertainty relative to the ap- pointment of the War Minister, LLAUDER'S successor. DE LA ROSA declares his resolution to resign the...

prbated ant! PrOrttningd in VadianTrItt.

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THE first ..ession of the second Reformed Parliament was opened on Thursdey, the day appointed for the return of the writs. Unusual in- , terese wits excited on this occasion ;...

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DIVISION ON TIIE SPEAK ERSIIIP.

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Foil MIt. AB ERC EMI BY. Acheson. Viset , Armagh C. Adam, C., Claehmonnao Kinr. C. Al ionby. 11..1.. Coyle ',Hotel& Alston. R.. Hertfordshire Andover, Lord, Matairsl,ory Anson,...

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Ebe Court.

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Till. King and Queen arrived at St. James's Palace, from Brighton, be- tween five and six o'clock on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, the King held his first Levee for the season....

Ebc 13Iadt

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Cannot be made out until the votes on the Address have been mTertaineti. Many honest Reformers may have been entrapped into voting for, or not voting ar&nst, the Tory candidate....

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A deputation of electors, from seven parishes in Westminster, waited on Sir Francis Burdett, at his house in St. James's Place, on Thursday nun ning, to ascertain how he...

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III the Court of King's Bench, on Saturday, Mr. Griffith

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Evans ob- tained a verdict, with forty shillings damages, against the proprietors of the Liverpool Journal, for three libels. Evans is the person who a as apprehended at the...

In the course of last week, informations were laid an

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Boa Street. before Sir F. Roe, at the instance of the Lord Chambeilain, against certain persons connected with the company now verio:. ,. ning at the Strand Theatre, for...

tbr Country.

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Mr. G. II. Cavendish and Mr. Gisborne dined with their constie tuents of North Derbyshire ' on Wednesday week. Both gentlemen delivered very liberal speeches; avowing their...

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IRELAND.

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The Dublin Tories have sent circulars to the principal London Tories, requesting subscriptions to defray the expense of the petition to unseat Messrs. O'Connell and Ruthven. On...

SCOTLAND.

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Mr. Balfour, the Tory, has succeeded in beating the Whig candidate, Mr. Trail!, for Orkney, by a majority of 30; the numbers at the close of the poll being 114 and 84. Mr....

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. At the Wood End, Yorkshire, the Lady of SAMUEL CROMPTON, Esq.. M.P., of a daughter. On the hilt inst.. at Spetchley. Worcestershire, the Lady of RouLar BERKELEY, Esq.....

JR ittertaneaut.

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The Gazettes of the week announce that Sir G. T. Walker, Mr. John Barrow, and Mr. Francis Lyttleton Holyoake Goodricke, M.P. for Stafford, have been created Baronets. Colonel...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, Feb. 16th, Cleopatra. Street, from Van Diemen's Land ; and 11th, Matilda. Conlin, from the Cape. At Vau Diemen's Land, Sept. 4th, William Metcalfe....

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POLITICAL CARICATURES.

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H. B. anticipating the desertion of tiler principles by those two recreant Radicals Cobbett and Burdett, has represented them as sup- porters of the Crown, in an " Original...

RUSSELL'S .STEAM - CARRIAGE.

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Rossris.'s steam•carriages have been plying between Hyde Park Corner and Hammersmith for several days past, previous to their being sold by GEORGE ROBINS. Fortunately, we have...

There was a remarkable arlmiss'on in the speech of Sir

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Cuantts MaNsmas SureoN to the effect that be " suggested, advised, and counselled" the appointment of Sir ROBERT PEEL, the Duke of WELLIxoroN and Lord LYNDHURST, to the offices...

THE THEATRES.

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JERROLD has this week experienced the rare felicityof having two sue. cessful dramas brought out on the same night : The Hazard el the Die, a two act play, at Drury Lane ; and...

MONEY MARKET.

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Spica E aenatro. FRIDAY AVTRRN0011., Up to yestezday afternoon, the Money Market continued firm ; and though money in the course uf Tuesday and Wednesday was scarcer than at the...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The betting gentlentrat of the Tory party have bled freely for their backing of Sir CHARLES SUTTON. They wagered three, four, and five to one, on his success. This...

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VOCAL CONCERTS.

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THE third concert was last Monday; and the following was the scheme- 1. Anthem," WI, have heard with our ears" PA LEST RI NA. 1. Anthem," WI, have heard with our ears" PA LEST...

LORD MELBOURNE'S ACCOUNT OF HIS DISMISSAL.

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THERE can be no doubt as to the real cause of the dismissal of the late Ministry. It was ascertained that the Reform of the Irish Church, and of the English Municipal...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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WHAT NEXT? THE division of Thursday demonstrates the power of the Re- formers to turn out a faction, which, in defiance of the declared wishes of the country, has succeeded in...

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THE LATE SPEAKER'S DEFENCE.

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Jr was a great disappointment to the Tories on Thursday, that the proposer and seconder of Mr. ABERCROMBY carefully avoided all personal vituperation of Sir CHARLES MANNERS...

THE TRUE POLICY OF THE WHIGS.

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THE Tories would fain tempt the Whigs to their destruction. They are labouring assiduously to separate them from the body of the People, and to alarm some and bribe others into...

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THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE AND THE SPIRIT OF LORD

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LONDONDERRY. I should hold myself obliged to conform to the temper I found universally in mg ow a day.' " I propose. by removing the ground of' the differenee, to be permanent...

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE STRAND THEATRE.

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THE Lord Chamberlain is lending himself to do the work of BUNN. Pursuant to his Lordship's instructions, measures are in progress for shutting up the pleasant little Theatre in...

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According to the admission of Baron d'Haussez, one of the

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late Ministers of Marine in France, the British Navy destroyed in the last war no fewer than I:200 ships of war ; viz. 156 ships of the line, 382 frigates, and 60 corvettes and...

The Temps is mortified that France should be unrepresented in

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the family war now waging, according to the customs of the country on the death of its Sovereign, in Persia, at the same time that England, yet more remote from the scene of...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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A Tour through N.,r111 America ; together with a Compreliensise %few of the Canallas and UnitedStates, as adaptes1 fur Agricultural Emigration. Hs Patrick Shirreff, Fanner,...

SIT IRREFFS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR. MR. SHIRREFF is a practical East

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Lothian farmer, with some scientific knowledge to boot. A younger brother wishing to emi- grate, his senior resolves to explore the promised land, to " enable him to give an...

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CONSIDERATIONS ON THE LIKELIEST MEANS TO REMOVE HIRELINGS OUT OF

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THE CHURCH. Tins cheap reprint of MivroN's tract is timely . ; for it will enable those who are curious about the matter easily to compare the opinions of the author of...

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TAYLOR ' S CATECHISM OF THE CURRENCY.

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Tuts is a little book of seine ingenuity and shrewdness, written after much consideration of the subject, and not without an ex- amination of the principal writers on political...

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ST. LEON, A DRAMA.

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THE idea of St. Leon was suggested by GODWIN'S novel. For a dramatic poem the subject is not ill adapted, but is utterly unfitted for the stage. As in Manfred, the development...

THE SORROWS OF A BASHFUL IRISHMAN.

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This is an amusing book enough ; though the idea of the author is not worked out with sufficient care and fulness, and his standard of taste is none of the loftiest. The Exile...

The Sees of England and Wales, Ireland, and the Colonies,

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is truly a book of Bishors. It contains representations of the mitres of each class of overlookers, and engravings of all the epis- copal armorial bearings ; which are strongly...

PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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Heinrich Stilling contains a complete picture of German life as exhibited amongst the better class of the peasantry. We are in- troduced to the hut of the small farmer and...

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A new edition of Dr. Nurra B ucolics off 7rgil,

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Interlinearly Translated, is before us. The translation itself is neat, and as elegant as a strictly verbal metaphrase can become; though had it sometimes been closer, it would...

Selwyn in Search of a Daughter, and other Tales, by

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the author of "Probation," "Tales of the Moors," &c, is a reprint, chiefly from Blackwood. Selwyn, the first and longest story, is rather a vehicle for presenting a series of'...

Few people read Novels, or talk of them, in these

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serious times; and those recently issued from the "fashionable" manufactories have been of a very indifferent quality. Miss PARDOE'S Maidens and Daventrys is the newest on our...

One of the latest volumes of the Library of Entertaining

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Know- ledge is devoted to the Faculties of Birds. Their modes of seeing, hearing, tasting, and touching, are first treated of; then their locomotive faculties, the way in which...

The essay On the Office of the Ruling Elder, by

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Dr. SAMUEL MILLER, of New Jersey, is the result of the thought of more than twenty years. The general duty of this officer of the Presbyterian Church is, " to cooperate with the...

Mr. MOXON has sent us a new edition of a

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very quaint and charming work, too old to receive a lengthy notice—too well known to require one. What recommendation is wanted to the First Series of Ella .9 The person who has...

FINE ARTS.

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NEW PICTURES AT TIIE BRITISH INSTITUTION. No. H. IN giving an account of a collection of pictures, there are three clasm of reAders whose gratification we have in...

Mr. BAINES'S elaborate History of' the Cotton Manyfitelnre is on

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our table, and shall receive that patient examination which its ap- parent merit requires.

The Third Part of the Resources and Statistics of Nations

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contains some valuable political documents—the Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus Act, the Bill of Rights, and the French Constitutional Charter established on the accession...

We are glad to see that Dr. COMM ' S valuable work

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on the Principles of Physiology applied to Me Preservation of Health has reached a third edition, in which some additional matter has been introduced. It is with pleasure, too,...