27 SEPTEMBER 1828

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Princess Donna Maria da Gloria, " Duchess of Oporto," arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday 'morning, in a Brazilian frigate ; and was received, by the orders of the...

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THE MONEY MARKET.'

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FRIDAY EvENING.—Another week has passed, like the last, without in- terestor incident. A morningpaper of yesterday favoured its readers with an analysis of the causes of the...

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OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.—The sittings terminated on Saturday. Thomas Cosham Brown

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pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging him with inciting and persuading James Woods, a person employed in the General Post Office, to steal letters, containing bank-notes,...

POLICE OF LONDON.

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Mr. Corfield, writing-desk maker, was from home last week : while his sisters kept the shop, they were waited upon by a soi - disant Mr. William Wemyss, "son of the Earl of...

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COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. A DAILY journal has announced, as one of its intended improve- ments, a greater attention than ordinary to the contents of provin- cial newspapers : it...

THE PRESS.

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RATIONAL SETTLEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC CLAIMS. MORNING HERALD.—If the Duke of Wellington is able to settle the Catho- lic question at all, we trust it will be, as has been...

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RIVAL MANAGERS — MR. MORRIS AND M. CHEDEL.

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WE are not going to speak of liberality to Mr. MORRIS; but simply, as a question of prudence, to ask whether the Haymarket Theatre was likely to be benefited by his prosecuting...

We have had some further examples of the doltish credulity

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of tradespeople, in the account of the soi-disant Mr. Wemyss's frauds. He walks into a writing-desk-maker's shop, and asks " if Mr. Corfield was not in the habit of doing...

The most sensible advice which we have seen for an

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age in print, is conveyed in a letter from Mr. HEATON DE CRESPIGNY to his father, in which he recommends him to come over to Paris, and listen to ROSSINI'S opera of Comte Ory,...

A NEW TRAGIC . ACTOR.

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WE appear sufficiently at our ease, for a people whose tyrants and heroes are in danger of becoming an extinct race—even on the stage. They however are so, very evidently. 'I...

EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIC.

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DR. GRANVILLE, in his Travels, has recommended laudanum for the prevention of sea-sickness ; and the newspapers have not only copied the prescription into their columns, but...

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LITERARY SPECTATOR.

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General MILLER, when he entered the service of Buenos Ayres, though a very young man, was an old soldier : he had served four years in the Peninsular war, and afterwards joined...

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EXTRACTS.

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REVIEW OF TDB PATRIOT ARMIES IN SOUTH AMERIGA.-011 the 2d of August, Bolivar reviewed his forces, nine thousand strong, on the plain be- tween Raneas and Pasco. The troops were...

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FOREIGN LITERATURE.

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FOR the substance of the following notices we are indebted to the intelligent and interesting pages of the Foreign Quarterly Review, No. 5, which was published this morning....

PULMONARY CONSUMPTION, DR. LONG, AND THE LITERARY GAZETTE.

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DR. JOHNSON TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.—LETTER t. Sin,—When it is considered that at least SIXTY THOUSAND British subjects are annually immolated at the shrine of Pulmonary...

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SPECTABILIA. '

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Hew To MAKE THE DEMAND EQUAL. TO THE SUPPLY.—An unprofitable consignment of spectacles lying upon a merchant's hands at Lima under the old Spanish regime, a corregidor was...

GAS LIGHT ASSOCIATIONS.

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TIE observations in the SPECTATOR of the 30th ult., on a pamphlet by Mr. W. Matthews, entitled a " Letter to the Lord Mayor," have called forth the ire of that gentleman in no...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Br nr lls.—On the 11th inst. at Kincarrathy-house, near Perth, the Lady of Lieut.- Colonel 111`Pherson, Bengal army, of a daughter—Mrs. Spencer Perceval, of a son— Mrs. George...

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, September 23. PARTNERSIII ES DISSOLVED. H. Griffiths and R. Creer, Liverpool, joiners—J. Watchorn and T. Towers, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, maltsters—J. Johnson and J....

LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 26. The arrival of Grain in general this week has been exceedingly moderate, and the Wheat trade this morning was very brisk, at an advance of from...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Our list of shipping Is this week very short. Few vessels have arrived from the East, and they bring no intelligence of importance which we did not previously possess....

NEW WORKS

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On the Point of Publication. OCTAVO. S. The Last Days, by the Rev. E. Irving, bds. 0 12 DUODECIMO. Jesus, the Messiah, by a Lady, bds. . 0 5 0 Ottley's First Principles of...