26 APRIL 1835

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Tits new Administration is completed in all its essential parts. In our second edition last week we gave a list of the appointments, according to the most authentic accounts we...

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The bill authorizing the payment of the American claims passed

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the French Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, by a vote of 289 to 137. Two amendments—one, that no interest at all should be paid, and another, that interest should only commence...

Lord MELBOURNE announced the formation of his Ministry in the

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House of Lords on Saturday evening. The policy of his Go- vernment would, he said, be the same as it was last autumn— confirmed and strengthened by what has since taken place....

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• 33cbatril an)i tame rbingt in Parliament. THE NEW MINISTRY.

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The House of Peers assembled on Saturday the 18th; and after some preliminary business had been transacted, and some petitions in favour of "protection for the Church" had been...

There were some unpleasant reports in circulation in the begin-

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ning of the week, both in Paris and London, respecting Portu- guese affairs. It was said that a revolution, either Miguelite or Ultra-Liberal, had occurred in Lisbon : but the...

It is now certain that General VALDEZ has succeeded MINA

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in the command of the army in, the rebellious provinces of Spain. MINA is said to be in miserable health. The total amount of the force which VALDEZ will have at his disposal,...

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be flietraporiO.

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The Lord Mayor gave the Easter dinner on Monday, at the Man- sionhouse, to a party of three hundred. Among the company, were revered of the Foreign Ministers, the Bishops of...

In the Court of King's Bench, on Wednesday, Mr. Sergeant

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Storku applied for a new tiial in the case of Henslow versus Fawcett, tried at the last Cambridge Assizes, before Lord Abinger, when a verdict with 500/. penalty was given...

CI) , Court.

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THE King returned to Windsor on Saturday evening, after receiving the formal resignation of the late Ministers, and delivering the seals of office to several of their...

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On Wednesday morning, about haltpast eleven o'clock, Lady Agnes Meadowes

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was riding on horseback along George Street, Portman Square, accompanied by Colonel Jolyffe; when her Ladyship's horse took fright and galloped off at a furious rate. Having...

Vie Cumin - v.

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Lord John Russell's address to the electors of South Devonshire, asking the renewal of their seffrages on his becoming Home Secretary, may be regarded as a manifesto from the...

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The amount of damages already assessed and paid by the

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Treasurer of the West Riding, in reparation of the injury done to property during the riots at the recent election for the borough of Halifax, is 3,3;J1!. is. Gd. The cotton...

The Rochester Reformers gave their Representatives, Messrs. Bernal and Hodges,

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at public dinner, on Thursday. Admiral Fleinnig and Mr. Law Hodges were among the guests. Mr. Bernal spoke with his usual vigour and manliness of tone. He declared himself the...

Last week, a lad only seventeen hanged himself at From*,

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after having pawned his clothes and parted with his last shilling to pay his losses at skittle-playing. Samuel Griffin, a lad of sixteen, and son of a gentleman residing at...

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ELECTION MOVEMENTS.

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On Wednesday night, a numerous meeting was held at the British Coffeehouse in Coekspur Street, to take measures to secure the return of Lord John Russell, for South Devonshire,...

ItILAND.

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Sir Edward Sugden took leave of the Dublin Chancery Bar on Wednesday. Lord Plunkett has reached Dublin, and will immediately resume his old duties. Lord Haddington is to take...

SCOTLAND.

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Sir William Rae, when he superseded Mr. Murray as Lord Advo- cate, appeared merely in the Exchequer and Justiciary Courts, and took the oaths of office, &c. But it was also...

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COMMISSION OF EXCISE INQUIRY.

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A VERY complete Digest of the first Ten Reports of the Commissioners of Excise inquiry, of which Sir HENRY PARNELL is Chairman, has just been presented to Parliament. We have...

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The Master-Generalship of the Ordnance has been offered to Gene-

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ral Sir Ronald Ferguson ; but declined by that gentleman. The offer shows the spirit of the new Government, the General being one of the most decided Liberals in the House of...

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The City article of the Times this morning is awfully

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solemn on an affair of some curiosity, but no great consequence, which occurred yes- terday at the Bank of England. "Three bills drawn from abroad on the Treasury in Downing...

Since our remarks on the composition of the New Ministry

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were written, we have heard that several applications to Mr. Wean to take office have been made in the course of the week ; but that he has de- clined doing so at present,...

Mr. Joist; MAXWELL, as our readers know, is one of

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the four Scot- tish Defaulters chronicled in our last Number. Since that exhibitions he has published a long letter in the Courier, of which one passage alone seems worthy of...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. A discussion of interest arose in tile French Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, relative to the abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies. M. Isamesier, as the...

The following is given in the siforning Chronicle ea rt

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correct accouat of the proceedings of the fpswich Election Committee. " The Committee have come to several resolutions, which we state not ex- actly in the order iu which they...

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EASTER THEATRICALS.

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THE reopening of the English Opera, and its attractive bill of fare, drew a crowded audience on Monday night, prepared to welcome the first opera of another young musical...

INTERESTING PUBLICATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

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Seven Dials, Tuesday Night. Stu—Having been induced by one of the Representatives of the fens of Lin- coln—not of the webfooted genus—to visit London, with the prospect of...

CLERICAL USURPATION: QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY: IRISH LIVINGS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR—In the article contained in your paper of last week, beaded as above, there is a typographical error, which I request you will permit me to...

The exhibition of the SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS,

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in Pall Mall East, opens to the public on Monday. The BRITISH INSTITUTION closes to-day.

MONEY AI RKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The English Funds have risen slightly since our last report. With the re- moval of the fear of political agitation, that confidence so...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Deal, April 233, Permei, Harris, from Mauritius. At Cowes. 20th, Rowley, Carr, from Singapore. Off the Start, 22d, Barrossa, Reeves, from China. At Liverpool, 223....

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TOPICS OF THE DAY,

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PROSPECTS AND POLICY OF TIIE NEW ADMINISTRATION. THE vanquished partisans of' the PEEL Ministry endeavour to find consolation for their defeat in prophesying a brief and...

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THE WI-HG LEG AL ARRANGEMENTS.

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IT must be conceded, that the Tory Law appointments, politics aside, were more satisfactory than those just made by the Whigs. Sir JOHN C AM NIEL L, indeed, is mere than equal...

NO POPERY.

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THE Tories are pulling vigorously at the same "old alarm-bell" which in the days of our fathers summoned Lord GEORGE GOR- DoN's mob to scenes of riot and outrage, and more...

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LETTERS FROM PARIS, BY 0. P. Q. No. XXXVIL TIM

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TORY WAIL—AND A WORD OF CAUTION. TO TI1E EDITOR OF TI1E SPECTATOR. Paris, 22d April 1835. Sin—You were right, and I was wrong : so much the better. But at any rate it was a...

The Sultan's eldest daughter, whose marriage with Halil-Rifant has been

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announced, has just given birth to a child, who has been named Abdul named, and raised to the dignity of Vizier. It is the first instance in the Ottoman empire of a male child...

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T H E GIPSY

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Is a gocd romance, though over-elaborated, and loaded with too many reflections. The story is interesting till the denouement; its conduct sufficiently complicated; the...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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The Gipsy; a Tale. By the Author of" Richelieu," "Mary of Burguncl)." Sze. Sze. Ina Volii Longman asd Co. BIO0e•PHY, Memoirs of the Life. Character, and Writings of Sir...

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WILLIAMS'S MEMOIRS OF SIR MATTHEW HALE.

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A GOOD life of Sir MArrnew HALE is a desideratum, on many accounts. The times he lived in were stirring, striking, and full of contrast, whether as relates to social...

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MONTGOMERY'S PORTFOLIO.

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AT last we have a volume of poetry; though it be not of the highest class, nor equal to some of MONTGOMERY'S former produc- tions. Still, compared with the volumes of verse that...

PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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THE influence of the vernal season seems to show itself in the poetical productions on our table. Besides Mr. MONTGOMERY'S volume, we have Kerhonah, the 'ter nal It 'a, and...

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PICTURES AND ARTISTS.

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A VISIT TO TURNER'$ GALLERY. Itre availed ourselves of the privilege which is liberally extended to students of art during the time that the Royal Academy is closed to them on...

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MR. LEYLAND'S STATUE OF KILMENY.

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MR. LEYLAND, a young sculptor, is exhibiting privately at his studio, No. 6, Seymour Place North, Euston Square, a statue in plaster, the life size, of Kilmeny, the heroine of...

A "TITIAN VENUS."

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A replica of the celebrated "Titian Venus" in the Florence Gallery (we believe) is exhibiting at the St. James's Gallery in Pall Mall. It is a beau- tiful picture, painted with...

THE COLOSSEUM — OPENING OF THE REGENT'S PARK.

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A FRESH addition has been made to the attractions of the Colosseum, in the shape of a prospect seen from the window of another apartment of the Swiss Cottage. The effect is...

31INIATURE PORTRAIT OF THE KING.

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IVE had an opportunity the other day of seeing a miniature portrait of the King—a three-qua, ter length, painted on ivory—by a young artist named HAMBURGER. The picture, we...