31 MARCH 1838

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Two grand battles, and a skirmish of question and answer be- tween the Whig and the Tory leaders-both "cunning of fence "- form the chief topics in the Parliamentary record of...

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The Continental intelligence possesses little interest.

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A treaty between France and Hayti has been announced. The independence of Hayti has been formally recognized ; and the Black Republicans have engaged to pay the sum of...

Eirbatrri an praterbingli Parham:it.

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EMANCIPATION OF THE NEGROES. Many petitions were presented to the Lords on Thursday, for the speedy abolition of the Negro Apprenticeship. Lord St. VINCENT and Lord SEAFORD....

A New York packet has brought American papers to the

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3d of' March. They are filled with rumours of the warlike intentions of the insurgents on the Canadian frontier ; but nothing appears to have been done beyond the pillage, from...

By a majority of 31 to 22, the Hanoverian Chamber

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of Depu- ties has pronounced in favour of its own competency. King ERNEST appears to be following up his plans without serious molestation from any quarter.

Considerable bodies of the Carlists have certainly crossed the Ebro,

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ESP4RTERO being in pursuit ; and the campaign, it is said, is about to open seriously.

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e Court.

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THE Court has not been very brilliant. There was no levee or Wednesday ; and the evening dinner-parties have been small, consist. ing principally of members of the Household,...

tEbe AfIttropaliC

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The final decision in the cause of Small and Attwood was given in the House of Lords on Monday. As some time has elapsed since the particulars of this case were brought before...

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Three hundred and seventy delegates from various anti-slavery meet- ings

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and associations, with ninny others interested in the same cause, held a meeting on Wednesday, at Exeter Hull ; Mr. J. N. Blair of Bath in the chair. On the motion of Mr....

Upwards of a hundred applications have been made to the

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Middlesex Magistrates fur the offices of Superintending Physician and Matron of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, vacant by the resignation of Sir William and Lady Ellis. A new...

A public meeting of the members of the Association for

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obtaining Free Access to the National Monuments, whether deposited in cattle- ekes or other public buildings, throughout the United Kingdom, was held on Saturday afternoon, at...

The Bishop of Chichester was thrown from a spirited horse

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in the Strand on Monday afternoon; and was carried to King's College, severely but not dangerously hurt. The Bishop was riding rapidly, and his quadruped shied at a cart. On...

In the Sheriff's Court, on Wednesday, the Imperial Gas Light

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Com- pany obtained a verdict for 19/. 18e. 9c1. against Sir Andrew Leith Hay, Governor of Bermuda, being for gas supplied to Sir Andrew's house, in Eaton Square, Pimlico. The...

At a meeting of Guardians of the Stepney Union, on

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Thursday week, a surgeon was balloted for. There were two candidates ; and 11 votes were put in for each, making .22, though only 21 Guardians were present. The proceedings were...

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IRELAND.

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In consequence of the removal by Lord Mulgrave of the Sheriff of 'Monaghan, the Assizes in that country have been broken up; a question arising as to the legality of any trials...

The Yeomanry of the Lymington district was to be disembodied;

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but in consequence of the commanding officer ( Mr. Mackinnon, hi. P.) having undertaken to pay all future expenses, and to exonerate the Go. vernment, they are now to be...

At the Hereford Assizes, Mr. Merrick, a surgeon, obtained a

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verd' with one farthing damages against Mr. Wakley, editor of tile La let for a libel affecting his professional character. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and a...

Many of Mr. Thomson's constituents are deeply dissatisfied that be

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did not aid his colleague in the debate on the Corn-laws. Mr. Philips made a manly stand, amid loud shouts of "divide, divide !" from the landed men, who came, halt% drunk, to...

Cbe Country.

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At the Devizes election, on Monday, Captain Deans Dundas was returned by a majority of 109 to 102 over his Tory opponent, Mr. Heneage. In addition to the votes polled, 58 were...

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It is said, we know not how truly, that the

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preliminaries of a mar- riage are adjusted between Viscount Fitzallan, son of the Earl of Surry, and the great heiress, Miss Angela Coutts Burdett. The lady's dowry will be half...

The last American papers give an account of a fatal

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duel between two Members of the House of Representatives — Mr. Cilley of Aleine and Mr. Graves of Kentucky. Cilley had spoken disrespect- fully of Colonel Webb, editor of the...

SCOTLAND.

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The Tories of East Lothian have :met at the requisition of Lord Bleb°, and resolved to put Sir F. B. Hepburn forward as their can- didate in place of Lord Ramsay, now Earl...

It has been found impossible to fill up the twelve

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vacant Professor- ships in the University of Gottingen. Out of the twenty Universi- ties in Germany, not one single prufessor will consent to proceed to Got- tingen under the...

flitidtellantatti.

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The appointment of the Count de Flahaut to 1.e the French Am- bassador Extraordinary to London on the coronation of the Queen, is considered by the Messayer to be decided; and...

Four divisions of the Guards, 400 each, have marched for

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Ports- mouth, to embark for Canada on the 10th of April. On Monday, the fiat battalion of the Fusilcer Guards marched into Wellington Bar- racks, en route from Bristol, where...

The Baron de V— took his wife and daughter to

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the exhibition at the Louvre. Not long after they had entered, the Baroness disco- vered that the two long tresses of hair worn by her daughter had been cut off by some...

Mr. Lewis Duval, the conveyancer, has given an opinion, sedulously

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promulgated by the Tories, that Mr. 1Vilberforce's qualification, de- cided by the Hull Committee to be bad, is perfectly good. Mr. Duval says, that a power given to trustees to...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. of Commons was The Negro Apprenticeship debate in the House brought to a close last night. The division was— reading 269 205 Majority 64 For Sir George Grey's...

A narrative of the outbreak in Upper Canada, by William

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Lyon Mackenzie, dated about the middle of January, has been only this week transferred from the American newspapers into the London daily journals. Though Mr. Mackenzie cannot...

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A correspondence between Lord Durham and Lord Glenelg, relating to

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Lord Durham's establishment as Governor-General of British North America, has been laid before the House of Commons. Ap.. pended to the letters is the following Memorandum of...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Elizabeth, Thomas, from Bristol to Madras, was on shore Oils Jan.757 miles Smith of M.tdras—eargo expected to Is. ■.ard. A rriwil- At Gravesend, March 23d, .1ohn. White,...

MONEY MARKET.

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SEoCK EXcHANOE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The business of the English Stock Market has been unimportant ; and during the week the fluctuations of the various Funds have not exceeded j...

THE ARMY.

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WAR-OFFICE, March 30.-1st Dragoon Guanls—Sergeant Major J.Misset lobe Quinn- termaster, vice Brown, who retires upon half. pay. 4th Dragoon Guards—A. Rolls, t ; cot. to Cornet,...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 26th Met., in Stanhope Street. Ile. Countess CoWPCR, of a daughter. On the 21st hist , at Brighton, Lati■ AIIDI'STA Say MOUR. Oi a sou. On the 20111 inst., at...

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THE BALLET.

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AFTER La Sonnambula comes Masaniello, that most stirring and p i e. turesque of ballets ; revived with becoming splendour. Its anim a t e d groupings, enlivened by choral and...

A brilliant prospect opens on Covent Garden. Next Saturday, MACREADY,

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for his benefit, will produce BYRON'S tragedy of the Two Foscari ; and also a yew operetta called Windsor castle, or Me Fri. toner- King ; in which WILSON will personate King...

Since our last mention of the Olympic, another amusing trifle

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has been produced there, with the title What have I done ? in which KEELEY, RS Mr. Bouncenble, a plethoric and choleric compound of combustible matter, with an equal thirst for...

At the St. James's, an unsuccessful attempt was made to

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represest the diameters and incidents of Box's entertaining story Oliver Twit. We only notice it, to condemn the piratic practice of certain °permit e dramatists, who lay...

EPIGRAM.

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'Tis said by poets of the golden ages, (And who can ever doubt these learned sages?) That Music and the Healing Art combined, Were once so intimately joined, By ligament...

THE THEATRES.

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ANOTHER new burletta, of the better sort, has been brought out at the Adelphi this week, with the almost unvarying success that attends the productions of this popular little...

THE DUNDEE CONSTITUENCY AND SIR HENRY PARNELL.

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TO THE EDITOR OF TUE SPECTATOR. Dundee, 27th March 1839. SIR—However reluctant to appear, at a time like the present, before the public, I cannot resist the appeal you have...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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SOURCES OF ENGLISH ZEAL FOR THE BLACKS. T HE singular circumstance of the time, is the apathy with which questions most nearly affecting the interests of the public are re-...

HINTS TO CONSTITUENCIES.

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A LETTER to time Spectator, from One of Sir HENRY PARNELL'S most able and influential constituents, tells with intelligent clearness but polite forbearance, why the writer, and...

THE POOR-LAW NOT PERFECT.

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THY complete success of the new Poor-law is vaunted in Par- liament. The merit of having effected a reduction in the rates, is sufficient to secure for it the patronage of an...

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THE ITALIAN OPERA.

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THE Italian Opera-house opened on Saturday last, with La Sunnam- beta. Later than usual, in consequence of some coquetting between LAPORTE and the Opera Buffa company, who...

SALE OF ENGLISH WORKS ABROAD.

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AUTHORITY is to be given to Mr. POULETT THOMSON IO negoti- ate with Foreign Governments for the establishment of inter- national copyright. Such, we understand, is the scope of...

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THOMAS ATTWOOD.

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Tins amiable man and accomplished musician died on Saturday last, at his house in Cheyne IValk, Chelsea; amid in employing towards hire the common epithets of " universally...

VOCAL CONCERTS.

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THE last concert of the season was on Monday night ; of which the principal features were the Cantata of BEETHOVEN, performed at the first concert, and a selection from the"...

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BOZ AND HIS NICHOLAS NICKLEBY.

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THE popularity of Boz, which circulates his feuillades by thou- sands, and at once floats an indifferent Magazine into a sale rivalling that of all the old-established...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Fierrow. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; containing a faithful Account of the Fortunes. Misfortunes, Uprisings and Downfallings, and complete Career of the...

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RUFUS, OR THE RED RING,

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Is an attempt to revive the public interest in the age of chivalry, or rather of knighthood. In a preface of some judgment, but of little taste, the author lays down at length...

SCANDINAVIA, ANCIENT. AND MODERN.

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Tux Scandinavians have a twofold interest. Their manners and superstitions were curious ; their expeditions of piracy, often end- ing in permanent conquest, startea from the...

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TAREY's PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.

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MIKE the Essay on the Rate of Wages by the same writer, this "volume may probably be adapted to the country of its birth— America, but it is quite unfitted for England. Mr....

A Dissertation on the Statutes of the Cities 'of Italy,

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and a Traits lation of the Pleading of Prospero Farinacie, in Defence of Beatno 1 Cenci and her Relatives, with Notes. By 7 ....SORGE B owes% Esq., of the Middle Temple. This...

Besides this conclusion of a great work, we have also

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The Robber, a tale in three volumes, by the indefatigable Mr. JANIS; and Seven Weeks in Belgium, Switzerland, Lombardy, Piedmont, Savoy, &c., by JOHN ROBY, Esq., M.R.S.L.

PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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IN the early part of the week, there was literally, in commercial phrase, " nothing doing in the book market." Its close la s brought several works, but all too late for present...

Mortimer Delmar, and Highfield Tower, are the titles of two

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tales, written in a slipslop style, by the author of "Conrad Blr- sington." Mortimer Delmar is a story of adultery, only differing from similar occurrences common in high life,...

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The Practices of the Early Christians Considered, contains three tracts.

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The first is by Mr. GREW, of the United States ; and contains a sort of code of public and private practice, drawn up from Scripture for the use apparently of a new set of...

Stable Economy, is a treatise on the Management of Horses,

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by Mr. JOHN STEWART, Professor of Veterinary Medicine in the Andersonian Institution, Glasgow, is a practical work by a master of his subject ; comprehending the minutest points...

Of the various publishers who cater for the public in

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the matter of reprints, few exhibit so much desire to gratify the reader of taste as Mr. MOXON, with a full sense of the probable risk he must run in addressing an audience fit...

FINE ARTS,

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STANFIELD'S SKETCHES. STANFIELD unquestionably enjoys the most extensive popularity of any artist of the day. Others may have been for a longer time before the public, have...

Musical History, Biography, and Criticism, by GEORGE IlloGARTH. We are

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happy to find that this excellent and much 'wanted work has so soon reached another edition, and that public opinion, evidenced by the rapid sale of the first impression, has...

A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Dahlia. By

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JOSEPH PsssroN, F.L.S., H.S. &c. The dahlia was discovered by RUMBOLDT, on the high sandy plains of Mexico, about 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. It was first introduced...

The Moral and Intellectual School-Book is in reality a •

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aResiler ; " the lessons selected being arranged under the head- ing of religious and moral, scientific and philosophical, descriptive and sentimental, and dramatic and...

Jarrock's Jaunts and Jollities is the title of a reprint

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of several smartly-written sketches that enlivened the New sporting Maga- zine, ridiculing Cockney sportsmen. Mr. Jarrocks, a City grocer, a sort of Pickwick on horseback, is...

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THE LAWRENCE COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS.

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THIS splendid collection of Drawings and Sketches by the Great Masters is now dispersed, never to be brought together again ; but though the corner-stones and capitals are...

"There is a time for all things," says Solomon ;

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and Air. HEATH Will vainly try to impugn this maxim of the royal visdom. People are fond of the firstlings of the season, but any thing e n ti re l y out of season seems...