23 SEPTEMBER 1837

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NEWS OF THE WEEK. THE Revising Barristers are again at work in town and country, and the disfranchising powers of the Reform Act are in full ope- ration. The practice of making...

The intelligence from Spain is still of the most unsatisfactory

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character. Valiant in civic broils, and expert in bullying a fe. male Sovereign, the Christino forces when the enemy is in the field behave like cowards or traitors. The gallant...

No news of importance has been received from Portugal. It

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is said that before attempting any thing decisive, SALDAN H A will endeavour to form a junction with the Portuguese corps, expected to return from Spain.

Sir EDMUND LYONS, British Ambassador at Athens, has written an

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angry letter to M. RUDH ART, the Bavarian Prime Minister of Greece in the room of Count ARMANSPERG, complaining that UsinLio, an Italian with an English passi.ort, bad been sent...

There is a rumour in Paris that the great European

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Powers have resolved to effect a settlement of the Spanish quarrel : but the only foundation for it is the fact that General Ss:wails:10s departure for London has been...

The Queen has no private secretary, but her Majesty supplies

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, a th tt e want of that convenient officer by making Lord MELBOURNE end to business. The Premier, and Lord PALMERSTON, seem lo be at Windsor the greater part of every week. In...

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Zijc alrtrapoltd.

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The Court of Aldermen assembled on Wednesday. It was chiefly occupied with a motion of Sir Peter Laurie, declaring the inexpe- diency of agreeing to a report of a Committee of...

The Revising Barristers for the City and for Finsbury have

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been holding their courts during the week ; but the proceedings have not been important, except as illustrating the operation of the existing system of registration in vexing...

int Court.

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TEE Queen remains at Windsor Castle. She usually rides out in the morning, and has small dinner-parties in the evening. The almost .constant guests at the Castle are Lord...

A Court of Proprietors of Bank-of England Stock was held

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on Thursday, for the purpose of declaring a dividend. In reply to ques- tions by Mr. Selwyn, the Governor stated, that the amount of the " rest " was 2,854,44.2./. ; that the...

In the Lancet we find the following account of a

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recent medical ex• amination at .Apothecaries' Hall, from a correspondent- " A young man had just come from the country with all his necessary testi- monials for the ordeal of...

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About 1200 Tories dined together at Devizes, on Tuesday, to

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cele- brate the return of Sir Francis Burdett for North Wiltshire. Mr. Estcourt, M. P. for Devizes, was chairman. The other "distinguished persons" were Lord Heytesbury, old Mr....

At the Union Hall Office, on Thursday, Mr. Monek Mason

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was charged with assaulting a Mr. Williams, in 'Vauxhall Gardens, on Fri- day week. It appeared that there was a Scuffle for a good place to see the ascent of the Nassau...

At a dinner given on the 14th to Admiral Troubridge

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and Sit James Curiae, at Deal, Sir Thomas Troubridge, a Lord of the Admiralty, expressed his regret that he could not bring forward the Ballot— It was also a deep source of...

Erb, trauntrg.

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The Reformers of North Derbyshire gave their Members, Mr. Cavendish and Mr. Evans, a splendid dinner at Buxton on the 13th. Mr. Cavendish spolcs like one who, though Member for...

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Doncaster Races commenced on Monday ; but the running on

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that day possessed little interest. On Tuesday, the Great St. Leger was, as usual, the chief attraction. The company was numerous and fashionable; and the interest always...

A meeting was held on Thursday, in the Vestry-room of

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St. Nicholas, Deptford, to inquire into the alleged cruelty of the Keeper of the Workhouse, in refusing ail old man leave to see his wife, who was dying in the Workhouse. The...

Various rumours are in circulation in Canterbut7 respecting the

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probable results of the threatened scrutinies. The Liberals doubt not • unseating Mr. Bradshaw, the Tories are sanguine of dispossess. in, Lord A. Conyingbam. Some of Mr....

S:r Culling Eardley Smith, who lost his election for Pontefract

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be- muse he refused to purchase the voters, has written a letter to Lord John Russell detailing the mode of choosing Members for that pure place. It is simply a specimen of the...

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SCOTLAND.

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The Ketso Mail pu'ilishes two letters from Mr. Robert Selby, ageztt ta Lord !into, to electors of Roxburglishire, which prove that bin Lordship's influence was directly employed...

At Dorchester Races, en IVednesday week, a disturbance between the

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military and the people took place; the particulars of which are given by the Dorset County Chronicle- " During the evening several quarrel* took place between the...

Twenty.seven :Magistrates of the county of Carlow held a meeting

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at Carlow Court-house on the 14th, and passed resolutions con- Twenty.seven :Magistrates of the county of Carlow held a meeting at Carlow Court-house on the 14th, and passed...

IRELAND.

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A 'meting of Lit( ral eivetor-: woo held in Dublin on Saturday, to stt on f: tot ii subscription .0 de ferai the seats of O'Connell and Hut- ton. h1 am orals of 1.).ani/. was...

Some soldiers belonging to the Twelfth and Ninety-ninth Res; merits,

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stationed in Cork, bad a quarrel about the superior bravery .17 their respective regiments, and on Sunday week resolved to fight i', out. A desperate conflict ensued, in the...

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The Culoneley of the Forty-first Regiment is vacant by the

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death of Lieuteliant. General Sir Edward Stopfoid, G. C. B. The Marquis of Waterford, accompanied by his brother, Lord John Beresford, and the Honourable Mr. Ponsotiby, has...

The Examiner last Sundry dev aed two more column; of

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small print to the laudable purpose of bolstering up his recent misrepresentation of the Spectator, — or, the failure being melancholy, it might only be a device for throwing...

aliecellancous.

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The Gazette of last night contains a Royal prochunatIon, summon. ing Parliament to meet on the 15th of November, " tor the despatch of divers urgent arid important Weirs."

Lord Lyndhurst has declined an invitatinn to a pelOie dinner

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at Aberdeen. Private business, he says, will prevent his ret urn to Englalid bef ore the meetin.4 of Parhainctit; and then his duty as a legislator will detain Lim in London....

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Some difficulty is said to have been experienced in making

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up the accounts of Messrs. Esdaile and Co., bankers, who were enabled a few months ago to discharge all the claims of their customers upon them by a subscription or loans from...

In the Statistical section of the Association for the Advancement

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of Science, a paper was read by Mr. Walmsley, containing the following particulars of the Liverpool criminals of various descriptions. " In the year 1835, there were taken into...

There is a strong determinat o s in France to

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resist the restoration of fanaticism. As long as the clergy are quiet, they are not male- treated, but the reverse. As soon, however, as they show any symp- tonis of a design to...

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The Duke of Wellington will not, as stated, be of

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the distinguished pesty about to assemble at Haddo Castle, on a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen.— Courier.

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. Accounts from Madrid mention that the Government is taking every precaution to protect that city against the threattmed attack of the Car- lists. All the gates...

Letters from Quebec, dated the 2Stil of August, state that,

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in con- sequence of the sturdy opposition of PAPINEAll and the majority of the House of Assembly, Lord GOSrORD bud dissolved the Parliament of Lower Canada. No particulars ate...

THE TEA TRADE.

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On the 20th instant, a great tea sale closed ; when, of nearly 114,000 chests, four-fifths were actually sold. The tea-trade, in common with every other, had suffered a heavy...

THE ARMY.

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WA1•07111Cir, September 2t-17th Regt of Light Drags—Limit. B. A. Houblon, Stow the 70th Regt. of Foot, to be Lieut. vice Mordaunt, who exchanges. lOilt Regt. of Foot—Omit. Cadet...

THE THEATRES.

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Tile Haymarket is keeping up its character for novelty and variety. On Saturday last, SERLE . 13 drama, The Queen of the Beggars, was pro- duced—with but equivocal success. This...

MONEY MARKET.

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Nynex EicilANGE, FRIDAY ATTERWOOSt. A general half - yearly meeting of the Proprietary of the Bank of England occurred yesterday ; at which the only business of importance...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. '11 , e following vessels were driven ashorn, during

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a heavy gale, at Bombay, no the 15:11.h:tie ; viz , the Edinburgh of Lon !on, since gut off; John stamp of Liverpeol, do.; Ranger. Great I h..rwoo,l, It ictuaul Waiker.and...

Sir Joule Honnoese has refused to sanction the appointment, by

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the East India Directors, of the Reverend H. Mum. to an office in liaileybury College. Mr. Mum has obtrusively distinguished him- self by zeal for Toryism, and is known as a...

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STATE OF " THE PEAR," LAST AUTUMN.

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" Last autumn we reminded the Spectator of its assertion that the countty was ripe for Peerage Reform, and that it was the duty of Ministers to lead the people in that direction...

VOTES FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.

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TO THE EDITOR Or THE SPECTATOR. Ay!eshury, 6th September 1837. SIR — You appear to have an objection to the Ballot.ball mode of voting; and your objection is, that by this...

THE ELECTION LISTS.

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To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 17th September 1937. Sin—You say, " It is manifest that the first division in a full House on the Irish Appropriation-clause, would place...

The two Great Houses have summoned their forces, preparatory to

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she opening of the campaign. VESTRIS has put forth her muster-roll ; in which we are glad to see FARREN, and KEELEY and his wife; but LISTON, alas! is wanting. The Minors open...

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THE IRISH MAGISTRACY.

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THE conduct of the Irish Government in the matter of Colonel Vsesi6e, which has been a fruitful topic of discussion for several days, is characterized by the good sense and...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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SALE OF THE HAMPTON STUD. THE late Royal Stud at Hampton Court is to be sold at Tatter. salt's, on the 25th of next month. We use the word late ad- visedly, because the horses...

UNCONSTITUTIONAL INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS.

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THE Courier on Monday denounced the Tory plan for ousting certain Liberal Members by petition, as " base and unconstitti- tional." 6 , Unconstitutional we must call it,...

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THE BIRMINGHAM FESTIVAL.

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TI1E Birmingham Festival exhibits strong symptoms of decay. This is a fact sufficiently evident to all who remember it in its former state of celebrity, when it not only brought...

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The Emperor Ferdinand has ordered the Jesuits to be replaced

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at the bead of public instruction in Galicia. When the Bishop of Lem- berg restored to them the convent and church of St. Nicholas, which belonged to them formerly, he...

THE OLD COMMODORE.

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As a work of art, or even as a mere novel, the Old Commodore is inferior to the author's former fiction of Rattlin the Reefer; pro. bably from MARRVAT having discontinued...

CHEAP POPULAR AMUSEMENT.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. London, 9.0th September 1937. Sza—In these piping times of political peace and tranquillity, I hope you will be able to find room far a few...

MARITAL RIGHTS— CASE OF SUCCESSION IN THE VICAR OF WREXHILL.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 19th September 1837. Sta--As opinions in a publication of the celebrity of the Spectator, although occurring but incidentally in a Criticism on...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRA:AY.

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Ficriorr, The Old Commodore. By the Author of "Rattlin the Reefer," 8r.e. In 3 vols. Beraky, BIOGRAPHY, The Life and Reign of William the Fourth By the Rev. G. N. Wright, M.A....

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WRIGHT'S LIFE AND REIGN OF WILLIAM THE F 0-U RT

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H. THESE goodly volumes are a singular specimen of the art of making much out of little. The naval career of Prince 1VILLIAM was so uneventful — the life of the Duke of...

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There is a fashion in travelling, as in every thing

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else; and the centrifugal movement, that has just now attained its utmost force, impelling the mass of people seaward, projects numbers beyond the salt water boundary. Bath and...

PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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Tire publishing world partakes of the general dulness ; though the announcement (since this was written we have to say the arrival) of a novel by EDWARD BULwER, and the near ap-...

CHARLES V. INCLEDON'S TAUNUS.

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Mn. CHARLES V. INCLEDON, the son of the CHARLES INCLEDON, having been usuccessful in his farming pursuits, and having a vivid impression of German gemiithlichkeit (kindliness)...

Interesting Tales by J. H. Jung - Stilling, Translated from the German

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by S. JACKSON, generally resemble in the persons and Interesting Tales by J. H. Jung - Stilling, Translated from the German by S. JACKSON, generally resemble in the persons and...

The Two Brothers, a Narrative exhibiting the Effects of Edu-

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cation, is an able and readable little tale, told plainly but forcibly, and with a lifelike air. The object is to show by example the author's notions of the different results...

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The Cicisbeo, a tragedy in five acts, is an exhibition

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of great want of judgment and of misapplied ability. Had the drama cor- responded with its title, and given a true picture of Italian manners and matrimonial practices, with a...

Illustrations of Scripture, the Hebrew Converts, and Other Poems, is

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a very respectable and a not unpleasing collection of devotional and serious verse. The writer has evidently studied in a good school, and does not mistake fury for fire,...

FINE ARTS.

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL. EVERY year the Annuals seem to steal a march upon us, making their appearance earlier than the last. Michaelmas is not arrived, and hero...

Questions on the History of Europe, by Jt1LIA CORNER, is

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formed upon the plan of Miss MANGNALL'S Historical Questions on Greece and Rome. So far as facts, names, and dates are con- cerned, questions are of universal use as tests of...

The chief feature in the fifth edition of the Science

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of Booh- keeping Exemplified in Jonts's English Systems of Single (yid Double Entry, is its cheapness. The price of the previous editions, published during the life of the...

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TI1E NAPOLEON MEDALS.

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'DE appearance of a work of this kind makes strikingly evident the value of the ingenious mechanical process invented by ACHILLES Courts, for engraving fac-similes of medals and...

COMIC CARDS.

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AN attempt has been made, by Messrs. REYNOLDS and Sons, to give a comical character to playing cards, by putting ludicrous faces on the kings, queens, and knaves, and filling up...