29 NOVEMBER 1828

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Don Miguel has nearly finished his career as a king,

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from his carelessness or unskilfulness as a charioteer. On the 9th of No- vember, while driving his sisters to his country-house, the carriage was overturned, and all the Royal...

At Quebec, the bill passed last session of Parliament allowing

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the admission of Colonial grain into the United Kingdom, has given much satisfaction. Other beneficial concessions seent also to havetheen made ; but the Committee of Trade...

An insurrection broke out in Mexico in September,—headed by General

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Santa Anna and Colonel Gomez. Their pretexts do not appear very plausible ; and they have excited indignation by their wanton cruelties. An effective force was preparing to put...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Russian blockade of the Dardanelles and Constantinople has at length been officially declared. This was announced to the commanders of the ships of war of neutral nations,...

The people of the United States are at present deeply

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excited by the contest for the President's chair between Mr. Adams and General Jackson. The returns from the different States, so the as known, give Mr. Adams a great majority....

SATURDAY NIGHT.

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Nothing further has transpired relative to the report of the taking of Silistria. Up to one o'clock the Russian Ambassador was without any communication on the subject. We...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. — At the usual hour of commencing business on Monday morning, it was announced at the banking-house of Messrs. Frys and Chapman, that the firm...

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THE KING'S COHRT.—His Majesty held a Court at Windsor Castle,

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on Monday afternoon. It was attended by the principal Cabinet Ministers, and other official persons. M. Bermudez, the new Minister of Spain, and Mr. Barbour the Minister from...

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POLICE OF LONDON.—ROBBERIES. — Green alias White, was charged before

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the Lord Mayor, on Tuesday, with having been found lurking about the premises of Mr. Brown, Basinghall-street, with intent to rob. The Lord Mayor recollected that the prisoner...

CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION—THE APPEAL TO FORCE.

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THE PRESS. TIMES—So as the Catholic leaders have directed the power derived to them through the above institution, to the excitement of a purely political spirit in their...

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MA'TTHEINS'S CALEB PIPKIN, AND REEVE'S YANKEE CAPTAIN.

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IF ever perfection walked on the boards of a theatre, it is seen in MA.TTHEWS'S Mr. P. That a tinker should be the mirth-inspirer of a town theatre !—It must be a tinkerly place...

THE LITTLE ADELPHI COMPARED WITH THE GREAT THEATRES.

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THE little Adelphi—that bit of a box—with it two or three pieces and two or three actors, has done more this season for the delecta- tion of the human race than the two ngular...

THE LAW OF REASON v. THE LAW OF LIBEL, OR

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JUSTICE IN A DILEMMA. TOPICS OF THE DAY. ONE fine day last week, to use a favourite formula of Mr. Baron HueLocies, the Court of King's Bench was perplexed with a suit, which...

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THE BEGGAR'S OPERA—MISS BYF1ELD'S POLLY.

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THERE is not a musical piece on the stage of which the characters are filled with such talent as the Beggar's Opera, as it is now re- presented by the company of Covent Garden....

T.1'. COOKE'S LONG TOM COFFIN—A PILOT WANTED.

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DID the author of the Pilot, when he paid us a visit, visit the cockswain of the Adelphi ? It might have startled him to see a figure so like the tall body whom in imagination...

REGENT-STREET SONGS—LEE AND VESTRIS.

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READERS may perhaps be startled by our saying, that, in certain situations of life, it is a fine thing to have a liaison with Madame VESTRIS. But, let us not be misunderstood—we...

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THE TRIALS OF LIFE*, BY THE AUTHOR OF DE LISLE.

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LITERARY SPECTATOR. WE recollect that we gave the former production of this writer the title of the Book of Matrimony (in the Atlas); and the publisher was apparently so well...

A SECOND GLEANING FROM THE ANTHOLOGIES OF 1829.

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We resume our review of the Anthologies of 1829, which our limits obliged us to break off before we had duly admired some of the choicest flowers of the collection. The...

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PROFESSOR LESLIE ON THE INTERNAL CONSTITUTION OF THE EARTH.

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In a note on the subject of the Compression of Water, in the new edition of his "Elements of Natural Philosophy," Professor Leslie has thrown out some opinions which are...

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THE ARMY.

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War-Office, November 24. 3d. Reg. Dragoon Guards—Brevet Lieut.-Col. John Marcus Clements, from half. pay 18th Light Dragoons, to be Capt. vice Shewell, dec.; Cor. and Adj....

THE CHURCH.

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On Wednesday last the Rev. R. Burgh Byam, MA. of King's College. Cambridge, was presented, by the Provost and Fellows of that society, to the Vicarage of Kew and Petersham. On...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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OxFORD, November 27. — This day the following degrees were conferred. Bache- lors in Dieinity—Rev. Edward Burton, late Student of Christ Church, Grand Com- pounder; Hon. and...

BOOKS PUBLISHED DURING THE WEEK.

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R. S. d. Raper's (Rear Admiral) New System of Signals, 46. boards . Tales of a Grandfather, Second Series, 3 vols. 18mo. half-bound Memoirs of the Rev. W. Goode, 8vo. boards...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EVENING.

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We have very little to add to the numerous list of East India Shipping contained in our last. Among the arrivals, however, will be seen the Bolina, from Singapore, for whose...

BIRTHS, MARRI A GES, AND DEATHS.

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Borsrus.-At George-square, Edinburgh, on the 20th inst. Mrs. Leburn of a daughter-At Epsom, on the 20th inst. the Lady of the Hon. and Rev. Edward Moore, of a son-On the 20th...

FROM TH E LON DON GAZETTES.

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Tuesda y, Nor. 25. PARTNERS II I PS DI S s OLVED. J. and T. Bingham and J. Keeling, Derby, timber-nterehants-J. Cobb and J. Ansley, Exeter, brush-manufacturers-A., W., E., and...

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LONDON MARKETS.!

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rCORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28. Though the arrival of English Wheat this week has been very moderate, we have had a considerable supply of Foreign, and the trade is on the...