21 OCTOBER 1837

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE business of a Tory tavern-keeper must be about the best now going. The newspapers are again filled with long reports of Con- servative dinners. Within a few days there have...

From Spain there is no news of importance. The friends

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of the Pretender acknowledge that the last campaign has been a failure, and are now thinking how they can best maintain themselves during the winter. They boast of possessing...

The Queen of the Netherlands, sister of the King of

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Prussia, died at the Hague on the 12th instant, of " a progressive decay of strength." In consequence of her death, the opening of the session of the States-General, on Monday...

Considerable anxiety prevails in Paris respecting the expedition against Constantine.

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It was currently reported and believed in Paris, at the beginning of the week, that the French army had actually entered Constantina, on the 9th instant ; and the Standard and...

Accounts from Naples, dated the 5th instant, mention that the

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King and his Ministers had been a good deal alarmed by the ap- pearance of a French squadron in the Bay of Naples. The object of this disagreeable visit was not known ; b it,...

The same Dublin paper which published Mr. O'CONNELL'S letter, the

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Pilot, had a long leading article, which also has been !seethed, guessingly, to Mr. O'CONNELL. At any rate, it appears In a Journal supposed to be the organ of his opinions and...

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CI, Court.

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Tile winds of heaven have been suffered to blow harshly on the Queen, and her Majesty has been troubled with a cold and sore throat. Dr. Clark went from London to cure the...

The Emperor of Russia has resolved to take a journey

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to Tefflis, through the defiles of the Caucasus ; which would lead him into the centre of the Russian operations against the Circassian!. The motive for this dangerous...

At a Court of Directors of the East India Company,

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held on Wed- nesday, Mr. Andrew Amos was sworn in fourth ordinary member of the comma of India. At a meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates, on Thursday, licences were renewed to...

An inquest was held on Monday, at a public-house on

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Kew Green, on the body of an elderly woman, found in the Thames with her legs fastened together, her eyes tightly bandaged, and a bruise on the eye, but apparently not caused by...

On Monday, Mr. Turner, Revising Barrister for East Surty, de-

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cided in favour of the claims of sixty-six gentlemen, almost all of them Tories, to be registered as voters for the Eastern Division of the county, in virtue of rent-charges,...

According to the Swabian Mercury, King OTHO'S chief Mi- nister,

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M. II DH ART, will he dismissed, in consequence of his insolent behaviour to Sir EDWARD LIMNS. the British Ambassador. Even the Russian Envoy has declared that his conduct was...

ebr Sitietrapolil.

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In the Court of Common Council, on Thursday, Deputy Peacock, and Messrs. Collingwood, Bedford, Hunter, Dixon, and Anderton, being " the best-looking fellows in the Court," were...

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The amphitheatre at Liverpool was crowded on Monday by a

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nu- merous party of Tories, who gave Lord Sandon and Mr. Creswell, their successful candidates, a splendid entertainment. Lord Sandon, in his principal speech, was at pains to...

ebe Catintru.

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According to an elaborate statement in the Leeds Times, the actual majority of the Leeds constituency, notwithstanding the gain of the Tories on the claims and objections, is...

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Five hundred Norfolk Tories had a dinner at Norwich on

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Friday last. The four Tory Members for the county delivered themselves of very stupid speeches; and poor Lord Douro was obliged to do duty four times. This young nobleman...

IRELAND.

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A letter from Mr. O'Connell to Lord Cloncurry appears in the Dublin Pilot of Monday last. Mr. O'Connell reminds Lord Clon- curry of an opinion be had given some time ago, that...

A lady in the neighbourhood of Egham has given the

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whole of the compensation which she received as a slave-owner, amounting to a considerable sum, towards the endowment of a new church in that vicinity. Three new Catholic...

Henry Palmer, a fashionably-dressed young man, was brought before the

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Birmingham Magistrates on Friday last, accused of having passed a number of fictitious bills of exchange, purporting to be drawn by the Sheerness and Queenborough Bank, and the...

On Tuesday last, the Members of the North Durham Reform

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Asso- ciation held their first meeting for the election of officers, and for ge- nera business, at the City Tavern, Durham. Nearly two hundred members of the society dined...

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Much conjecture continues to be exercised in the City about

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the movements of the Bank Directors, and as to their supposed investments in the Funds. The general conclusion is, that they had determined on, if they had not actually...

SCOTLAND.

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A correspondent of the Times gives the following account of some- thing very like a jub, connected with the University of Edinburgh. 1, When the Whigs were in office in 1805...

The Queen has made Mr.GeorgeVilliers, Ambassador at Madrid, a Knight

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Grand Cross of the Bath. The rumour that Lord Hill will give way to the Duke of Cam- bridge at the HorseGuards has been revived this week, by the Morning Herald. The Hertford...

Mr. O'Connell is expected in Dublin on the 80th ;

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and on the 31st the question of dissolving the General Association will be discussed in that assembly. We observe that the work of tithe-hunting has been renewed ; and that the...

The Mr. Vernon Harcourt who has got the Prebendal Stall

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in the Chapter of Carlisle, is a son of the Archbishop of York. It was un- derstood that the Archbishops and Bishops were not to present is these Cathedral sinecures ; but Dr....

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A hatta fruit Carlos to his cousin Teresa, Princes: of

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Beirut, ncss of the lotto us ; raid aoi the sake of the lady, it is holed they are forgerita—if alto lutist be a bloodthirsty as wail as bigoted persohaera Lac give sonic...

POSTSCRI PT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The only foreign news of interest received this morning, in addition to what will be found in our first page, relates to the movements of Don CARLOS and...

Alexander Dutnas's new drama, presented and accepted at the Theatre

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Fraocais, cannot be performed because every actress at the theatre has Mused to perform the character of its heroine—Mt- saliva. They all concur in thinking that such a...

After all their boasting, the Tories have made but a

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poor affair of the election petition fund. r he thing is manifestly a failure. From the list published in the Standard lost night, it appears that seven* weeks' hard begging...

Lord CL1NCURRY has replied to Mr. O'CONNELL'S invitation to take

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the lead at a meeting of Irish Peers and Commoners in Dublin-that he will "attempt it ;" and will pass the first eight days of November in Dublin " to confer with all Members of...

The quarterly average of the weekly liabilities arid ass. ts

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of the Bank of Enalend, from 33th July to lath October, is given in the (h,zette of lust night- 1.1a 1:11.11.1ES. ASSETS. 16.1100 i Securities Deposits . 10,5n11,000...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Ai rite.', - . At f;;;At.cOn.I. (11.•!■111 r 19:11, ii is, Bengal; ‘21.111. Sorry Sinclair. iron. liam; Kelm,. num Nlatiras; our , er, Promlfoot, from the Cape. At July 7:11,...

The Working Men's Association of London have published an ad-

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dress to the working classes of America; which deserves attention as a sign of the times, and as an indication of the efforts which the masses are making in this country to...

The Dublin correspondent whose letter was inserted in last week's

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Spectator, informs us that the Irish Tories are very active- " They are making preparations for Conservative festivals in every part of the country, where they will meet in vast...

The Ministerial newspapers are apparently at a loss how to

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deal with the article on the state of Parties in the London and Westminster Review. They are waiting, probably, for a signal from Downing Street, which may be communicated...

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MR. LANDSEER'S EVIDENCE ON ART.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR—It seems but proper that I should respond to a public call. If I have been mistaken, I must hope for pardon ; but I did by no means con-...

THE ROYAL STUD.

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TO THE 'EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Lopatin, I 8th October 1937. Sin—So much has been recently said and written on this subject and the coaling sale,that, having had some...

WHITE AND BLACK IN THE UNITED STATES.

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TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. October 16. Sin—I have no wish to protract an argument on a subject which will pro- bably soon be settled in a better way—by experience ; but...

MONEY MARKET.

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S tong EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Consols have receded per cent. from the prices of last week. It was be- lieved that an investment to the extent of 600,0001, would be made on...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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MINISTERIAL REGULATION OF MINISTERIAL PENSIONS. Ws suspend our series of Practical Measures for a week, in ord er to look a little closely into " Army Expenditure," which will...

CHEAP POSTAGE FOR THE METROPOLIS.

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THE Common Council of London have resolved, this week, to pes thaw Parliament in favour of Mr. ROWLAND HILL'S Post-office plan. The resolutions of the Edinburgh Chamber of...

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THE UGLY QUESTION OF CHURCH-RATES.

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IT is part and parcel of that heap of anomalous absurdity the Ecclesiastical Law, that the inhabitants of a parish cannot refuse to make a Church-rate when duly assembled in...

LORD SANDON AND THE BALLOT.

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LORD SANDON has the reputation of being a clever man of busi- ness ; and when his Liverpool friends have a job to carry in a Committee of the House of Commons, we doubt not they...

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PARTY POLITICS.

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IN common with other newspapers, we have received some sheets of the unpublished number of The London and Westminster Review for October, containing an article on "Parties and...

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One of the dullest melodramas that ever exhausted the patience

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of a well-disposed audience, was produced at Covent Garden on Thursday. It would be foolish to attempt to describe the incidents, cr rather the lack of them, in this long and...

THE THEATRES.

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THERE are now above a dozen of these places of amusement open in the Metropolis. We are not certain that we know the names of them all, but we will mention those we recollect :...

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We have received several communications on dramatic subjects ; none

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of which demand notice, except the letter of THALIA on the pre. ference shown by Mr. AlACREADY to her rival sister in the selection of their respective trains. The complaint of...

The most successful season that has been known at the

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Strand Theatre was terminated on Saturday last. An address spoken on the occasion by the Manager, Mr. HAMMOND, was highly relished by the audience.

Mr. BRAHANI made his first appearance this season at the'

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St. James's Theatre on Monday, in the " good old" English opera of Artaxerxes. We were happy to find that Time still leaves the powers of this distinguished performer...

The following lines from a parody supposed to be written

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by the former Manager of the Haymarket lately met our sight. cit management, great was thy gain When comedies had a long rim! Now banisli'd the Garden and Lane liy ray friends...

The new burletta of A Quiet Day, produced last week

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at the Olympic, is a pleasant little piece, on the hackneyed subject of the an. noyances to which a retired merchant is subjcctd by the intrusions of his friends on his...

The attractive POWER of Rory O'More at the Adelphi is

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seen nightly by increasing crowds. The contents of the Pocket-Book ap- pear to be more valuable than we thought them at first sight; and The Man with the Nose is one of those...

THE MADRIGAL SOCIETY.

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TOE first meeting of the season was on Thursday evening; and the society mustered strong. Sir JOHN ROGERS the President and Mr. CAPEL the Vice-President were there; arid among...

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HEATH'S PICTURESQUE ANNUAL.

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THE Picturesque, under the management of Mr. RITCHIE, has hitherto possessed more of solid reality than the greater part of the other Annuals. The travels, as Mr. RITCHIE says...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Gurr-rooxs , Ireland Picturesque and Romantic. By Leitch Ritchie, Esq. With Nineteen En- grav ings, from Drawings by D. 11PCIlse, Esq., A.R.A., and T. Creswick, Esq. Longman...

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MARY HOWITT'S cnntsrsrAs LIBRARY.

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THIS little volume may form an addition to the Gift-Books of the Season; and a very charming addition it will make. Its name indeed smacks of Christmas ; but it may be bought,...

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MACGILLIVRAY'S HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. MR. MACGILLIVRAY claims for himself

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the merit of being a natural naturalist. He has not confined his labours to the study, the parlour, or the museum ; taking his account of the structure and habits of birds from...

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DR. BATHURST'S NOTES ON NETS.

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THERE are cycles in all things. The lowest spoke, after becoming the uppermost, anon is down. The seasons pass and return ; the trees send forth their blossoms, and after...

SOUTHEY'S POETICAL WORKS.

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IN form, beauty, and embellishments, this collection will resemble the reprints of BYRON, CRABBE, and COWPER, with the advan- taize of being corrected and commented upon by the...

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SELF-FORMATION.

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As regards value, these volumes are pretty much what we pro- nounced them to be from a hasty glance some months ago; but their literary merit is far greater than we concluded...

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We have received from the OLD SAILOR a wrathful and

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not over-modest letter, calling us to account for having, in expressing our opinion of his tale of " The Avenger" in Friendship's Offering, said that (in that tale) " he was...