22 JANUARY 1831

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Iv . the neig,hbourhood of a Bourbon. There is surely

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something . — a more consistent form than it had previously done. On the private one. a, - ling forili - th.e concurrence of the King of Holland and the Belgic July, had...

General was extremely severe on the apathy with which the

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insur-

The accounts from Warsaw, or rather of Warsaw, still continue

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The accounts from Warsaw, or rather of Warsaw, still continue nothing is said. A proclamation of the Dictator, issued on the Sth instant, deprecates the differences that previil...

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The war of proclamations has not ceased in the Sister

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Island, but it has been varied by dispersions of meetings, and by arrests. On the 13th, Lord ANGLESEY, whose feats in words had been rather unsuccessful, issued a proclamation...

There was a report, yesterday, that Don MIGUEL was extremely

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ill, and some accounts attributed his sickness to poison. We doubt the news. The Scotch say "it's lang ere the Dell die by the dike side." MIGUEL will live to fill more prisons....

The letters from Spain describe the Government of that coun-

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try as extremely urgent with the English Government for the recognition of MIGUEL. Perhaps of all the reasons for refusing it, the entreaties of FERDINAND might be numbered...

It would appear that Hanover, which partakes of the blessings

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of Belgian taxation, is not disinclined to follow the Belgian ex- ample in getting rid of its burdens. The district of Hartz, of ghost and goblin notoriety, has been in a...

In Switzerland the disputes still continue. A private letter of

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the 16th, dated Mulhausen, describes a rencontre between the troops of the corporation of Basle and the peasantry, in which several persons fell on the corporition side, and a...

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An order of the Directors of the East India Company,

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dated 28th May 1828, directed that in future the field als,owances which. had been previously made to officers cantoned at the Presidency, Berhampore, and Dinapore, should be...

The Morning Post, which may be accepted, we believe, as

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the organ of the Ex-Ministers, seems inclined to sorrow over Lord GREY and the Ministry on account of the fewness of the public meetings in favour of Reform. That there have not...

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Tim - won si —A meetiug of the inhabitants of Bedford was

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held on Sir Peter Laurie said, the issuing of the proclamation was the act of Monday. The Mayor, Mr. Elgar, was in the chair ; the two members, the Lord Mayor alone. lie had not...

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THE FORFAR ELECTION.—This affair " came off " on Thursday

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the 13th. The returning officer (the Town Clerk of Forfar) lied, it seems, taken learned advice ; and under that advice, the London and the Edin- burgh lawyers giving opposite...

FINAL EXAMINATION OF " SwINO."—The examination of John Alexander, the

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recruit, for sending a threatening letter to Mrs. Chandise, of Church Farm, was resumed, that lady having arrived in town f o r the porpose of swearing to the receipt of the...

SPECIAL Commisstost.—The commission for Huntingdon ended on Saturday, when judgment

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of " death" was recorded against twenty machine-breakers, and sentence of death pronounced against two men, also convicted of machine-breaking—no day was named. GOODMAN.—This...

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Fiat ON TUE RIVER.—An old sloop, moored opposite Mr. Christie's

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Wharf, Rotherhithe, took fire on Wednesday night, and was burnt to the water's edge ; luckily no other damage was done. SUICIDE.—A medical student at Guy's Hospital, named...

X CONVENTION.—Sir Robert Peel is at present entertaining, at Drayton

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Park, a large party of his old colleagues. 3:r. Croker, Mr- Horace Twiss,. and 11Ir. Gout burn, are, amongst others, the distinguished guests.—Morning Paper. [Who are the others...

young fellows -apprehended, but only three appear to be implicated.

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An alarm had been given on Friday morning, that a corn-stack had been maliciously burnt during the night ; the seizure of the delinquents was made on the information of a...

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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. USE OF REFORM MEETINGS.

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GLOBE—No doubt there are many shades of difference among the friends of reform ; there are arrangements which are declared to be all- important by some, immaterial by others,...

LORD LYNDHLIRST.—His Lordship, on Tuesday, was sworn in as Chief

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Baron of the Exchequer. MR. ARNOLD'S PETITION V. THE PATENT THEATRES.—This inquiry was resumed on Tuesday. The counsel for the petitioner closed their case, and that of the...

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THE CHURCH.

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• The Rev.,S. H. Casson, M.A. of Magdalen Hall, F.S.A. of Mere Vicarabe, Wilts, and Chaplain to the Right lion. Earl of Caledon, has been instituted, by the Lord Bishop of 'Bath...

THE ARMY.

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WAR.OFFICE, January 17.—bIernorandum—Ilig Majesty has been pleased to declare Ithnsell Colonel-in-Chief of the Household Brigade of Cavalry, consisting of the 1st and 2nd...

THEATRICAL MEMORANDA. Dar ItY LANE.

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Saturday-11ot) Roy—Davy Jones. Monday—Pizarro—A King's Fireside—Davy Jones. • Tuesday—The School for Scandal—Davy Jones. Wednesday—Werner—Turnin- the Tables—Davy Jones....

JAN. 20.—This day the following degrees were conferred t , -Master of

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Arts—W. W. Champneyl,Bratennose. Bachelors of Arts—J. E. Bates, E. Hill, Students tf Christ.Church ; C. P. G wilt, Christ Church; F.C. Wilson, Edmund Hall ; E. Ellis, St. John's...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE Poles have saved the French from the . machinations of Russia, and therefore it is argued, the French ought to save the Poles from the vengeance of the despot. Sounder...

The spirit of Reform, when it once gets infused into

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our institu- tions, will have abundant changes to work. Adapted for a totally different state of manners, the progress of time has destroyed the utility of many of them ; and...

How true it is that one half of the world

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does not know how the other half lives I What misery, what wretchedness occurs in the very next street to that in which those dwell who would gladly relieve it if they but ....

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Company's Ship Lady Melville, Clifford, for Bengal and China, was des. patched on Thursday ; and the Buckinghamshire, Glasspoole, for Bombay and China, yesterday. The...

At one of the recent executions of an incendiary, it

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is reported in the newspapers, that "great numbers of people attended the execution ; and because the execution was delayed a few minutes over nine o'clock, they began whistling...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND .DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. - The Lady SUSSEX LENNOX, of a son. On the 13th inst. at Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire, N.B., the Hon. Mrs. PRASE a, of Lovat, of a son. At Brighton, on the 16th...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY Ec Ext xo.—Yesterday was the day fixed for the public opening of the books for the transfer of Consols, and also for the settlement of the January Account...

POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.

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SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY, Two O'CLOCK. An Irish gentleman—a Protestant, a large landowner, and by family an aristocrat—thus writes on the state of his native country, and...

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THE " BOLD PEASANTRY " OF ENGLAND.

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BY all accounts, there were more fires last week - than during any seven days since the first rick was lighted in Kent. One of the main purposes, therefore, of the Special...

Mr. STEELE is far different, as a man and an

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orator, from the wily DANIEL. His speeches resemble nothing human, except the tragedies of NAT. LEE, who was not au Irishman, but very mad— which is not the same thing. If...

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CHEAP COALS.

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WE understand that his Majesty's Ministers have come to the resolution of recommending the repeal of the tax on coals carried ,coastwise. There is no impost in existence that...

INDIRECT EFFECT OF LEGAL EXPENSES.

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ONE abuse seldom exists without generating others. The enor- mous expenses of our law, and the paucity of our available courts, have not only virtually denied justice to all but...

. PROJECTS OF THE SEASON.

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I. THE POOR. IT was natural to expect, that at a moment when great .changes were in contemplation, many projects of their how and their Ow would he submitted to the public....

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III. THE PARLIAMENT.

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A gentleman who signs " J. V." has addressed Lord ALTHORP on the engrossing question of Parliamentary Reform. His letter is numbered I.; but we cannot say that he has taken the...

II. THE CHURCH.

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The letter to Lord BROUGHAM, on " Reform of the Church Establishment," as a remedy for the distresses of the poor, is the slaughter, its author tells us, of an article of our...

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DEATH OF HENRy MACKENZIE.

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THE venerable HENRY MACKENZIE is dead, at length. The Man of Feeling feels no more ; the Man of the World has ceased to be of this; his Mirror is dull ; the Lounger no longer...

IV. THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL. The author of the

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" Observations on the Necessity of Reform- ing the House of Lords," has adopted too large a title ; unless, indeed, he counted upon a chance of being read under the impres- sion...

THE SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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THE volume supplemental to the Voyages of COLUMBUS which describes the adventures of his companions and disciples, is one of the most pleasing productions of its accomplished...

NEW BOOKS.

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BIOGRAPHY... Washington Irving's Companions of Colum- bus (Family Library) . 1 Vol. Murray. Sherer's Life of the Duke of Wellington (Lardner's Cabinet Library) Vol. 1 Longman....

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- The Annual Obituary is this year rich in death

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: the harvest has been great. One king, five admirals, two statesmen, a President of the Royal Academy, several authors, and other extraordinary or remarkable persons, have...

Mr. PALGRLVE'S Answer to Mr. NICOLAS'S pamphlet on the abuse

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of the funds set aside for the publication of the records, and the g eneral neglect and mismanagement of the public docu- ments a nd state papers, leaves the question pretty...

Time's Telescope is thiiyear behind time ; a great fault

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in a time- keeper and observer, like this publication. The editor had gazed so long at some new asteroids, that he forgot to observe that the planet lie was upon had completed...

The Travels and Researches of Eminent Missionaries is a well-

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tonceived little work, and, as far as it goes, extremely well exe- tented. The idea has probably been taken from the abridgment of the Lettres Edifiantes of the French Jesuits ;...

Guy's Ancient Geography is as complete a little sehool-book as

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we have lately met with. We are glad at length to see the sub- ject reduced to a small compass, and placed before the learner in an intelligible form. An improvement might, we...

Captain SHERER'S Life of the Duke of WELLINGTON forms the

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first volume of Dr. LARDNER's Cabinet Library; which is a se- parate work from the Cyclopedia ; and, as the latter work em- braces the circle of things past, the Library will...

The Stories from the Italian Writers, with an Interlinear Translation,

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is an extremely neat performance ; and the system upon which it is compiled, not ill adapted for language-learning. It wants simply one improvement, and that taken from the me-...

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FINE ARTS. • A TETE-A-TETE WITH OUR READERS ON CONVF:RSAZIONE,

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MODELS OF SHIPPING, HARDING'S SKETCHES, AND noo.A.ar.u. CONVERSAZ IONE are the order of the day : let us therbfore enjoy a gossip with our ,readers, before the exhibitions...

The GaRic Dictionary is a valuable addition to our stock

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of philological lore. Before we can become thoroughly acquainted with the vestiges which still remain of our ancestors, and yet form the rudiments of our history, we must...

Allan M'Doug al is a novel, in three volumes. • There

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are many thousand such - already in existence ; it is not worse than numbers that are published. every day in more fashionable resorts than Leadenhall Street.

We learn from the Asiatic Jour nal,—a,.welliconducted periodi- cal, which

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condenses much useful and curious information touch- ing the East,—that our old friend, Mr. HOLMAN, the blind traveller, has felt his way as far as India: This gentleman's...

A translation of SCHILLER'S " Camp of Wallenstein," of great

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.ffreedom and energy, graces Fraser's Magazine of this month. Lord IEVESON GOWER, who once attempted the subject, has taste and some delicacy of expression, but he has not the...

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GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

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Wednesday, January 19th 1831. Professor SEDGWICX, President, in the chair. Robert Trotter, Esq. and Thomas Hodgson Holdsworth, Esq. were elected Fellows. A paper, entitled "...

FURTHER NOTES ON THE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM.

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BEERALSTON.—A fresh illustration of our representative system has just occurred here, which shows full well the working of the " puppets and wires." An election took place on...

ROYAL SOCIETY.

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His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX presided at the meeting on Thursday last. Sir Martin Shee, Knt. President of the Royal Aca. demy, was proposed as candidate for election....

MUSIC.

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" Songi of the Ship." The Poetry written, and the Airs lected, chiefly,from the Naval Melodies of Great Britain, by Mrs. C. B. WasoN.. "Songs of the Ship.'! Of what ship ? of...

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LETTERS ON THE COLONIES—No. IV.

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TO VISCOUNT HOWICR, UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR My LORD—I return to the question, What are the principles that ought to guide a colonizing state in the disposal of waste land...

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STATE OF THE POOR.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 14th January 1831. Stn—The public papers, and their correspondents, seem strangely at a loss to account for the causes of the discontents among...

THE CROWN JEWELS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 17th January 1831: Sin—You often show a turn to be facetious, and sometimes to be sarcastic, and every now and then play the censor. The one and...