27 OCTOBER 1838

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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No additional intelligence from Canada has reached England during the week ; but we have seen numerous private letters and newspapers, which, though not addressed to ourselves,...

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The French papers are chiefly occupied with speculations as to

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party movements in the next session of the Chambers. The Ministerial newspapers affirm that the Opposition is composed of discordant elements, and that Count Moms needs not fear...

Sir GEORGE VILLIERS arrived in Madrid on the 15th; and

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his presence was needed to accommodate a rather serious quarrel between the British Legation and the Spanish Ministry, which had occurred while lie was in, England. Some weeks...

A portion of the landlords in Ireland seem disposed to

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get up an opposition to the Tithe Act, which Mr. O'CONNELL and the Irish Members forced upon the Government so recently. The principal movement is in Meath County ; and the most...

far court.

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THE Royal party at Windsor Castle has been enlivened this week by the arrival of an unusual guest. Earl Spencer, by her Majesty's com- mand, forsook for a while the society of...

The elections in Portugal have terminated; and it is probable

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that the Opposition party have obtained a majority ; though, as the numbers were nearly balanced, the result would not be known till intelligence from the Azores reached Lisbon.

The Second Chamber of the Dutch States-General have voted au

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address to the King, promising him their support in case the Great Powers should decline to enforce on Belgium the perform- ance of the Twenty-four Articles.

Letters from Constantinople mention the efforts of M. ROUTE- NIEFF,

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the Russian Ambassador, to recover his influence with the Porte. The question of English or Russian preeminence would be decided by the choice of a Foreign Minister by the...

Papers recently received from Sydney contain copies of the first

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speech of Sir GEORGE GIPPS, the new Governor of New South Wales, to his Council. The following are the chief passages. "In meeting you for the first time, I am happy to be able...

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We are glad to find that the Reformers of the

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Tower Hamlets are determined to support their late Representative, Dr. Litshington. It will be further necessary to keep in mind, that if the Tories have not hitherto been able...

In the Court of Common Council, on Thursday, Deputy Tyers

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presented a petition from James Stance, of the Minories, who had been elected " glassman " to the Corporation, complaining that the Committee of General Purposes had given an...

At a meeting of the Church-rate Abolition Society, held on

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Friday last, the following resolutions were adopted. " 1. 'Chat this Committee renew their protest against Church-rates, as an impost, which is toiscriptaral, unjust,...

A preliminary meeting, we are informed, took place at the

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City of London Tavern on Tuesday, to take into consideration the necessity of colonizing the Falkland Islands ; and is said to have hem" well at- tended. A letter from Lord...

The members of the City of London Corporation Reform Society,

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the formation of which was mentioned last week, held a meeting on Thursday evening. The Chairman, Mr. Hannen, called attention to several facts connected with the expenditure of...

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John Teuton, a printer, was tried yesterday in the Central

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Crimin a i.'otat, on a charge of conspiring with other persons to extort money Seam the Marquis of Downshire, by the publication of a pamphlet entitled "The Secret History;"...

Etc Countrn. The election for Wycombe was on Tuesday ;

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when Mr. George Robert Smith was returned without opposition. Mr. Hardy, late Member for Bradford, who had been invited by the Tories to become their candidate, declined a...

We have had extraordinary changes of weather in the North

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of England, during the last ten days. For three weeks past, up to the 11th instant, the weather had been all that could have been wished. On that day the wind changed round to...

The Whig and Tory journals differ widely as to the

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results of the registration for the West Riding of Yorkshire. The Leeds Mercury allows a Tory gain of only 69 votes ; while the Leeds Intelligencer claims for its party a...

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Some curious proceedings have taken place at the annual meeting

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of the proprietors of the Bank of Manchester. One of the Directors, it appears, had been expelled ; and in consequence addressed a letter to the Manager, subsequently sent round...

IRELAND.

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It is said in the O'Connell papers, that 51,000 Precursors have heti enrolled. This is one beenty-Vtle of the number required by de Agitator. A vacancy ill the representation...

The following story of the performances of a bear escaped

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from the Zoological Gardens, is told in the Liverpool Courier. The human actor in the scene, and the narrator, is a Mr. William Mayman. " About six o'clock on Sunday evening...

The Earl of Shrewsbury has subscribed 1,000/. towards the erection

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of a Catholic church in St. George's Fields, London.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. We have received several communications respecting the riotous conduct of parties after confirmation....

On Monday evening, between six and seven o'clock, a fire

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broke: out in the residence of Mr. Colenzo, Mathematical Master at Hamm School ; which was not extinguished till much property had bean destroyed in various ways. From Mr....

It would appear from the following article in a Kilkenny

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paper, tient among the constituents of Mr. Joseph Hume, there are at least seen who see through and despise the humbug of the pat-on-the-back-and- keep-out-the-Tory policy,...

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The following is the Whig account of the result of

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the recent re- gistries in Ireland, taken from the Dublin Evening Pose : it is not very hvourable- , i A correspondent. upon whose accuracy full reliance may be placed, has...

On Tuesday evening, Mr. Charles O'Keeffe, an opulent landholder, and

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brewer and tanner, resident in Thurles, was shot, when about fifty yards from his own house. The ball, fired from a pistol, entered his left shoulder ; and he expired in a few...

SCOTLAND.

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The Duke of Sussex has been invited to a public dinner by the lead. ing Edinburgh Whigs. It is stated that Mr. C. Ferguson is about to retire, owing to bad health, from the...

4 1Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, has published a

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defence, in the form of a letter to the Irish Catholic clergy, of the proceedings of the National Board of Education for Ireland. it is really, but not openly, directed against...

Sitidteitansout.

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Letters were brought by the Earl of Durham's nephew and Aide. de-Camp, Mr. Cavendish, directing the housekeeper to get the mansion ready for the reception of the family by the...

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In Paris, and throughout Germany, extreme disgust has been ex-

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cited against the Russian barbarians, in consequence of the death of In Paris, and throughout Germany, extreme disgust has been ex- cited against the Russian barbarians, in...

Letters from Demerara, dated the 9th of September, state that

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the Negroes were demanding high wages, and exhibiting insubordination. Many ships were in port waiting for cargoes in vain. Letters from Demerara, dated the 9th of September,...

The Paris papers of Thursday continue to discuss the question

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of electoral reform. It is said that the Ministry are "straining every nerve to prevent the spread of the contagion." Defections from the Opposition are spoken of; but on the...

In consequence of the failure of the harvest in Sweden,

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the Govern- ment of that country issued a Ro isd Proclamation on the 10th instant, prohibiting the distilling of srirds from corn fur the next two months. There had been some...

It has been recently stated in some of the newspapers,

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that Lord L— recovered a gold snuff box which had been lost at a fashionable dinner-party. The facts are as follow : Lord and Lady L— were recently on a vist at the residence of...

It is reported to be the intention of the Marquis

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Conyngham to re- sign the post of Lord Chamberlain, in consequence of the delicate state of the health of the Marchioness.—Morning Post. Sir Henry Parnell, Paymaster-General,...

In several dioceses the clergy are getting up an application

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to the Archbishop of Canterbury to Institute an episcopal commission of inquiry into the conduct of the Bishops of Durham and Norwich, who are charged with subscribing for the...

There is at present, if report be true, an affecting

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case of illness in the Royal Family of France; the Princess Mary, Dutchess of Wur- temberg, (that highly gifted artist !) having been in a declining state ever since the...

POSTSC1{1 PT.

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The Post this morning, in a second edition, mentions a report re- ceived by way of Malta from Bombay, that the troops of the Shah of Persia had been defeated in a battle before...

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THE THEATRES.

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" BE mine to read eternal new romances of Marivaux and Crebilon," said GRAY : be it mine to see perpetual new vaudevilles of Scams and DUMAS, says the playgoer upon...

The Sun last night had an amusing article on the

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Irish Railway Commission. " Ireland's best and most generous benefactors," the Sun protests, are the " Railway Commissioners ;" and the parties " who regulate their love for...

The Morning Chronicle publishes and puffs a series of letters

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from " A North American Traveller," who undertakes to give an original and valuable account of the British possessions in North America. We have been at the pains to wade...

The novelties at Covent Garden do not keep pace in

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popularity with the revivals of SHAKSPEARE. The two new pieces, produced on Friday and Saturday last week, will however serve to vary the enter- tainments that fill up the...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Duke of Northumberland, Wood, from Madras to London, was totally lost at Cape L,Aguillas. the 25th August -crew and passengers saved. Arrived-At Portsmouth, Oct. 25th,...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCKANOS, FRMAY AFTERNOON. The English Stock Market was depressed on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Consols for Account were as low as 938. A report, however, prevailed, that...

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The Maid of Mariendorpt is still the main attraction at

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the Hay- market.

YATES ON IRELAND. LETTER IV.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE srEcTA.7oR. Carlow, Oeth October lgag, SIR—I understand that my letters, which were intended as an answer to your censure of me as an Irish Member, have...

BONN has got VAN A MBI:RGH and his lions and

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tigers, and Decaow and his horses, at Drury Lane ; and as a penalty, people who go to see the beasts are condemned to sit out a tedious and dingy pageant, digni- fied with the...

STEAM NAVIGATION.

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TO THE EDITolt OF THE SPECTATOR. Liverpool, Swid October 153g. ..!rit—In reference to the letter signed E. F. (which appeared in the last ipeciater, but one,) commenting upon...

Another Oriental spectacle, called Arajoon, with more bustle and scenic

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effect than its predecessor, now introduces the Bayaderes at the Adelphi. The tableaux are not equal to some we have seen at this theatre: and the fun made by YATES and...

IMPROVEMENT IN BRASS INSTRUMENTS.

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WE have lately seen and heard some brass instruments constructed on a principle which promises to enlarge their powers and extend their usefulness to a much greater degree than...

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THE ;NEWS OF LORD DURHAM'S RESIGNATION.

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[The following selections from Liberal Country newspapers, in widely separated districts, may be read as indications of the real state of opinion among the Liberals where the...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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LORD DURHAM AND THE MINISTERS. Is Lord DURHAM justified in resigning ? This question is not discussed, but decided in the negative, by the Ministerial jour- nals, daily and...

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aaturally interested in the vindication of their own opinions, and,

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public cause, and involves the very arguments on which the latter and would soon fall to the echo of an echo, and so subside, if not rests. made vital and perpetual by the...

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"DANIELS" ON THE JUDGMENT-SEAT.

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THE articles in this journal on the Report of the Transportation Committee were copied into many newspapers ; and from various quarters we have heard that the startling facts,...

THE RAILWAY AND THE ROAD: PROTECTION TO THE PUBLIC.

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IN a few years, railroads will be constructed on all the great routes in England, with branches from them stretching into every well-peopled district. Everybody is prepared for...

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MR. FRASER'S TRAVELS IN PERSIA.

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THE second volume of Mr. FRASER'S travels, as we intimated last week, contains a narrative of the author's sojourn at the Persian court, with sketches of king, ministers, and...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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TRAV , T.9, A Winter's Journey (Tfitar,) from Constautinaple to Tehran; with Travels through various Parts of Persia, &c. By James Bail& Fraser, Esq.. Author of a " Tour in the...

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RAMSAY'S POLITICAL DISCOURSES.

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MR. RAMSAY is a person of some ability, much reading, and the knowledge derived from travel and society ; but he appears defi- cient in the experience gained by actual affairs,...

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PROFESSOR DE MORGANS ESSAY ON PROBABILITY.

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THIS Essay is an object of interest to the writer of the present article, as containing the substance of a contest held nearly forty years ago, under circumstances of immense...

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THE LITERATURE OF THE ANNUALS—CONTINUED.

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WHEN the fact is forced upon attention arithmetically, the number of these ephemera is fairly astounding, and of itself would suffice to mark the manufacturing character that...

THE NAUTICAL ADVENTURES OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM.

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WHEN we say that Mr. PYM, of Nantucket, proceeded as far as the eighty-fourth degree of Southern latitude, and abruptly breaks off his narrative whilst in full tilt for the...