24 OCTOBER 1835

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE revision of the lists of Voters in England and Wales is now very ready completed; and, after a careful reference to public and private sources of information, we can state...

If the French Government is strong, as it is said

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to be, in the support of the middle classes,—who are resolved at all events to If the French Government is strong, as it is said to be, in the support of the middle...

MENDIZABAL Continues to justify by his proceedings the good opinion

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entertained of him by the friends of free institutions. A decree has been issued to limit the number of young men here- after to be admitted into the priesthood ; one of whose...

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The session of the States-General of Holland was opened on

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the 15th instant, with a Royal speech. In some respects this document will probably be satisfactory to the Dutch King's subjects ; in others there is cause for complaint....

President JACKSON is said to be very much irritated at

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the treatment of America by France ; and the journals in his interest are quite ready, on the slightest hint from head-quarters, to com- mence the work of inflaming the national...

The only item of intelligence from Portugal, worth recording, is

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the stoppage of Lord BERESFORDS pay of 2201. per month as a Portuguese Field-Marshal. The Royal decree states as a reason for this proceeding, that Lord BERESFORD enjoys a...

Above we have given a summary of the principal foreign

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intel- ligence received during the week. There are, however, other points of greater or less interest, some perhaps merely gossip, which deserve notice; and which we accordingly...

The conferences at Tceplitz have been broken up; and the

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world is as wise as ever on the subject of them. But in the mean while, the Austrian Government has taken a step by no means likely to promote the continuance of harmony among...

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the

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The revision of the Metropolitan lists of voters has been brought to a close since our last publication. On Saturday, Mr. Tamlyn decided that the claim of Mr. Joseph Parkes to...

At a meeting of the inhabitants of Lambeth, held yesterday,

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the parish-officers stated, that the Poor-law Commissioners refused to sanction a contract for maintaining the poor similar to the one now about to expire, as they considered it...

The Middlesex Magistrates have had several meetings this week, for

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the purpose of conferring music and and dancing licences for the ensuing year. There has been a good deal of unprofitable talk, not worth reporting. On Thursday, a licence was...

The foundation-stone of the City of London New School was

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laid on Thursday, by Lord Brougham, in Honey Lane Market, Cheap- side. The temporary entrance to the site of the intended build- ing was covered in and decorated with flags, and...

ebe Court.

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THE King' went to Kew on Monday, and dined with Lord and Lady Errol. On Tuesday, he was visited by the Dutchess of Gloucester, at Windsor Castle. On Wednesday, he came to town....

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On Monday, a lad, eight years old, got up behind

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a Dulwich coach, in Little Wild Street ; but losing his hold, his leg was forced between the hind-wheel and the body of the coach, and completely torn out of its socket : his...

trio Country.

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The accounts of the proceedings of the Revising Barristers continue to be favourable to the Liberals : we resume our extracts from the provincial journals. The comparative...

An inquest was held on Monday, on the body of

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William Brown, a mason, who was drowned on Saturday, by the upsetting of a boat n the swell caused by the City of Aberdeen steamer on her passage down the Thames. It appeared...

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The Reformers of Bridgewater have given a public dinner to

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their Members, Colonel Tynte and Mr. Leader. Among the preliminary toasts, "Lord Melbourne and his Majesty's Ministers" was the favourite. Colonel Tynte briefly returned thanks...

About five hundred Tories of Exeter and the vicinity dined

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with their Representative, Sir William Follett, on Wednesday. Mr. E. M. Parker, Mr. Bickham Escott, Sir J. Y. Buller, and the Honour- able Charles Courtenay, were among the...

The result of the Leeds borough registration shows an increase

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of only 266 voters. The Tories maintained 807 objections, the Liberals 606. There were 59 Liberal, and 46 Tory claims allowed. At Bradford, the Reformers objected to very few...

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" SIR— As you wish the tithe of milk due

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to the Dean and Chapter to be taken in " I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

a population of 21,000) joined in the "joviality." board tack,

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nearer to the shore than she could reckon u pon. ch anged. traps and faleehoods. lie reprobated the Liberals fur rejecting Sir A meeting of the members of the West...

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being

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The ia: Court acquitted Captain Symons, his officers, and ship's company, honourably and fully, and passed upon them a most honourable cults. gium for their steadiness in...

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We regret to see two decidedly Ministerial journals (the Courier

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and Morning Chronicle) recommending the appointment of Dr. Gil- lespie to the vacant office of Principal of the United College, St. Andrews. One Principal is enough for any...

Mr. Robertson, as Convener of the Committee on the Irish

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Church, stated that it had been referred to the Committee to prepare a draft of a petition to both Houses of Parliament, and an overture to the General Assembly, on this subject...

On the 15th instant, another public entertainment was given to

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Mr. Chalmers, the Representative of the Forfar district of burghs, in tes- timony of approbation of his public conduct. Upwards of one hun- dred and fifty gentlemen, principally...

SCOTLAND.

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The Waterloo Rooms in Edinburgh were crowded on Monday, by a large body of Sir John Campbell's constituents, whom that gentleman had assembled by advertisement, to hear an...

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IRELAND.

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The proceedings before the Dublin Election Commission were sus. pended on the 16th, in consequence of the illness of Mr. Haire, the Chairman. That gentleman was unable to appear...

LETTER FROM DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ. TO MR. BUCHAN OF KELLOE.

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" Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." Merrion Square, Dublin, 12th October 1335. Sir—Tim catechism which I was taught contained the exposition or the...

A General Court-martial assembled in the Infantry Barracks at Glasgow,

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on Tuesday last, for the trial of an officer against whom there are a number of charges, some of them connected with circum- stances of a delicate nature.—Glasgow Chronicle....

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Mr. Howley, Chairman of the King's county, has been promoted

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to the much more lucrative Chairmanship of Tipperary, which is worth amwards of 10001. per annum. Mr. Acheson Lyle, one of the Irish .Church Commissioners, is to obtain the...

Mr. Maurice Brennan, a tenant of Lord Kenmare, whom that

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nobleman refused the free use of lime and stone on his estate, for voting against the Knight of Kerry at the last election for that county, lee: been elevated by the Lord...

Lord and Lady Abilgrave passed through Drogheda, on their way

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to Lord Caledon's, on Tuesday last. Lord and Lady Abilgrave passed through Drogheda, on their way to Lord Caledon's, on Tuesday last. Mr. O'Connell left town for Limerick on...

We mentioned last week, that Mr. O'Connell and Lord Cloncurry

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had agreed to forget past differences. Some of the passnges in O'Con- nell's letter to his Lordship, on the occasion of their reconciliation, ate well worth reading—being...

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Very considerable alterations are making in the House of Lords,

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in order to render it more convenient for carrying on the public business. It is well known that the Peers have always entertained objections to the side-galleries ; in fact, so...

fitiirelTrottausi.

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An accident happened at the Duke of Wellington's seat at Strathfield- saye, during her Majesty's visit. About three o'clock on Thursday mornin!, it was discovered that a part of...

An instance occurred last week, in which a strong armed

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force was placed at the disposal of the Magistrates, by order of the Government, to protect the service of civil bill processes for the recovery of tithe. The circumstances of...

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THE THEATRES.

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COVENT GARDEN opened for the season on Monday; and the temp- tation of low prices coupled with a feeling of curiosity drew an over- flowing audience. There was actually a rush...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. We understand that the vacant Blue Riband is to be conferred upon the Duke of Hamilton. The steady (?) attachment of his Grace to Liberal prin- ciples has given...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Sir Charles Malcolm, Lyon, from London to Ceylon, has put into Brest with loss of masts, boats. &c. The Kersewell, Haswell. from Liverpool to the Cape, is discharging her...

The Standard has a letter from a Bridgewater correspondent, im-

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pugning the Liberal statements of the result of the West Somerset- shire registration : let us give the Tory the benefit of his asserted (but not proved) gain of 423 votes, and...

The Dublin Election Commissioners did not make their appearance in

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Court on Thursday, according to their promise, to give their decision on Mr. 111uneits's objections to the election of Mr. ARMSTRONG- as Chairman. The agents for the sitting...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCIIANOE, PRTDAT AFTERNOON. The pressure for money has been materially diminished during the last few days; but the prices of Public Securities have not improved in...

Further notices of the Illustrations of the Annuals, with other

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items in the department of Fine Arts, &c. are unavoidably postponed. fur want of room.

The Continental journals, received this morning, are destitute of important

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news. It is said that the American Charge d'Affaires has announced to Louis PHILIP, that the Government of the United States will not make the explanation or coneession required...

The following is the official statement of the average liabilities

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and assets of the Bank of England from the 28th of July to the 20th of October inclusive. Deposits 14,227,000 Bullion 6,186,000 Downing Street. October 23. Circulation...

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SLAVERY IN TIIE UNITED STATES.

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characters were about as respectably filled as at Drury Lane,—which, SIR — Having perused the article in the last number of the Spectator upon though it is saying but...

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THE MONARCHY NOT ENDANGERED BY REFORM.

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LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S reply to the address of the Plymouth and Devonport Reformers seems to countenance the notion, which the Peers would gladly inculcate universally, that to...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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SIGNS OF A POPULAR ADMINISTRATION. WHEN men of capital hoard up their treasure, or invest it in foreign funds, we are apt to suspect that there is something rotten in the state...

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THE CHURCII IN IRELAND:' CLERICAL INTOLERANCE IN SCOTLAND.

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THE reception of O'CONNELL is not the only proof of the decline of bigotry among the Scottish People. We are glad to see that, in Perth, Mr. O'Sueeivear, the hired Orange...

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LORD BROUGHAM AT HIS TRICKS AGAIN.

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ALTHOUGH the Edinburgh Review is no longer anxiously ex- pected and eagerly read, as m its former days of power and bril- liancy, yet it occasionally demands attention from the...

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WEALTHY LIBERALS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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IN making out classified lists, last week, of the Liberal Members who supported Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S resolution on the Irish Church Bill, we gave the names of twenty-one...

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.

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THE latest intelligence from the United States confirms previous accounts of the intense interest excited by the Slavery question. The indignation of the inhabitants in the...

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We have been informed by a correspondent, with regard to

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the present value of land in the South Australian colony, that country sections of the first-sold 437 allotments fetch readily from JO to 12 guineas per annum, and town sections...

THE CHRONICLES OF WALTHAM.

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LAST week, the Reverend JOSHUA KING gave us, in a Conserva- tive speech, a specimen of the results which the " learned leisure" - Passing from the author, let us to the work ;...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Ftertog, The Chronicles of Waltham. By the Author of " The Subaltern," " The Country Curate," &e. In 3 vols. Bentley. Conti the Discarded; with other Tales and Fancies. By...

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LITERATURE OF THE ANNUALS.

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As stated epochs are marked in the natural world by the appear- ance of certain productions, so it is in the world of trade. The snow- drop announces the approaching spring ;...

CONTI.

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IN the tale which gives the title to his volumes, Mr. CHORLEY has displayed considerable power and skill, and exhibited faculties of no every-day kind,— a distinct sense of...

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The Dying Girl to her Mother. A Ballad. By J.

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W. Howls. The only fault in this song is in its title : every verse has a different melody, and therefore it is not a ballad. The sentiment expressed in the poetry is...

MUSIC.

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A Collection of Psalm Tunes. By EDWARD CRUSE. We have had frequent occasion to notice works of this sort ; and yet the reason of their publication, or the probability of any...

The Musical Library, Part XIX.

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The contents of this number illustrate the progress of vocal writing and of composition for keyed instruments, by the admixture of things new and old—yet all good of their...

A Few Thoughts on Musical Festivals. By a Looker-on at

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York. Our opinion of the York affair has been already given, and we have no desire to prosecute so worthless a subject any further. The author of this pamphlet agrees in the...

The New Harmonicon, No. XVIII.

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We don't know how it has happened that this musical periodical has hitherto escaped our notice. We cordially welcome any fellow labourer into the field of just and honest...

"Why do the heathen." A Canon. By J. M'MURDIE.

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This Canon was written for the Concentores Society : it will act dishonour the valuable collection which the library of that Society con. tains, and which its members are...