3 JANUARY 1829

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INDEX.

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FROM JANUARY 3, TO DECEMBER 2G, 1 829, NEWS.. FOREIGN COUNTRIES. merica - President's Message to the Congress of the United States, I. Ta- riff, 17; opposition to the Tariff,...

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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DR. CURTIS has published the following answer to the Duke of Wellington's letter on the difficulties of the Catholic question. It will be seen that the reverend prelate does not...

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Journal alarms us, quietists,

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for the peace of Europe. France possesses a " magnifi- cent army ;" the Austrian army was " never more numerous or more formidable "than at present ; and the Prussian army " is...

The annual message of the President of the United States

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was presented to the Congress on the 2nd of December, the day on which the session was opened. It is an elaborate document of immense length ; of which an outline will be...

As the newspapers, and their correspondents, cannot kill DOTI Miguel,

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they make him out to be mad. This may be nearer the mark. He has not been able to attend to business for many days. The soldiers are said (a very common saying in Portuguese...

We should have imagined that even though the Sultan had

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or- dered the campaign to be continued during the winter, the snow and the ice would have formed an impenetrable barrier between him and his enemy. Not so: the Paris papers of...

As we have ascertained that many of our readersintend to

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bind th e first twenty-six Numbers, which close the year 1828, we shall Immediately prepare an Index and a Title-pa g e for the First Volume; and now commence a new series of...

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SATURDAY, Two O'CLOCK. There is no account from Dublin of

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the resignation or recall of the Marquis of Anglesey. The probability is that he has been dismissed ; for we have reason to believe that he Some time ago stated, that he would...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING.—The present state of the Stock Market has afforded abundant matter of surprise to many persons, who, arguing from the experience of the past,...

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THE KING—Since the King took up his residence at Windsor

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Castle, he has experienced a slight attack of the gout in one of his hands, which confined hint to his private apartment for several days. The attack, however, was of short...

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POLICE OF LONDON. IMPROVEMENT IN THE MORALS OP THE Memo-

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rosts.—In the course of Thursday morning, Sir Richard Birnie took occa- sion to remark upon the improvement which seemed to have taken place in the public morals, as he scarcely...

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MURDER.—Mary Mortlock, the woman mentioned the week before last as

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having been shot in Lower Spring-street, Marylebone, died on Sunday morn- ing in the infirmary, from the effects of the wound and of a fever induced by cold. A Coroner's Jury...

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EVILS OF DIVIDED GOVERNMENT.

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THE PRESS. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE—We fear it is as pernicious in practice as it is incongruous in theory, for the United Kingdom to have virtually two Kings and Cabinets, even...

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SCIENTIFIC MURDERS.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. Tiut Edinburgh Murders have excited an universal feeling of min- gled horror and disgust, which no event in the history. of our coun- try has probably...

DISHONESTY OF THE ENGLISH.

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MORNING Cunt's tcLE—As far as we have been able to discover, a greater number of individuals in England, compared to the population, enjoy the ad- vantage of nutritive and...

DECLINE OF PANTOMIME.

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SOME or our cony emporaries appear to entertain apprehensions, founded on the alarming - symptom of' their not having laughed out- right once at either Pantomime, that they are...

POPULARITY OF THE PRESENT MINISTERS.

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THE Globe was pleasant, a few days ago, on those Ministerial papers which attribute the late increase in the revenue to the Wel- lington Administration,—an Administration, it...

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THE CURRENCY—BILLS OF EXCHANGE, OR BANK-NOTES?

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THE whole Scotch nation were not more unanimous, two years ago, in their praise of one-pound notes, than the Manchester people are now in favour of a circulation composed of...

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THE BOOKS OF THE SEASON.

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LITERARY SPECTATOR. SITTING by the - fireside, between as it were two years, the old and the new, at twelve o'clock at night on the 31st of December ; listen- ing, pen in hand,...

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LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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nooks IN THE PRESS, OR PREPARING FOIL PUBLICATION. The second volume of Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe from the Peace of Utrecht, by Lord John Russell, will appear in a few...

GLEANINGS.

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A GENEROUS Ttum.—The Sultana Asma, sister of Mustapha III., pre- sented to him one of her young slaves, who, besides her rare personal beauty, was possessed of great natitral...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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CAIIIBIt/DGE, January 2.—The Hulsean Prize for the last year has been adjudged to Mr. Andrew Watson, of 'Catharine for his dissertation on the following subject : " [low far...

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PARTNERS/Iles DISSOLVED.

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P.Tansley and NV. Redman, Brick.lanc,Spitallields, willow-bonnet-manufacturers —T. Horner and R. Gad - halt, Morton, Yorkshire, limeglealers—J. Crafts and H Itishwortb,...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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By the Madras we have advices from Madras to the 23;1 August, and by S. Undaunted from Calcutta to the 20th of that mouth. Freight still continues very scarce at 4/. to 61. at...

THE CHURCH.

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The Rev. James F. Roberts, M.A. of Walthamstow, Essex, is appointed by the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House to the Chaplaincy of their Chapel, Mile-eud, London. The Rev. C....

• BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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111 RTIG4.—On the 22d ult. at Gattonside-liouse, near Melrose, N.11. the Lady of Captai ci Lyon, of a son—In Gower-strcet, the Laily a f the Hen. Charles Law, of a dail4hter—Oit...

PRESENT DISTRIBUTION OF THE ARMY.

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THE ARMY. Regiments. 1st Lite Guards 2,1 do. Royal Mose rids. 1st Dragoon Gds. tel do. 2c1 do. 4th du. 5th do. f1t11 do. 7th do. 1st Dragoons 211 do. ad Light Dragoons...

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LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2. The supply of Wheat and Flour this week front our own coast has been rather limited than otherwise, but of Foreign Wheat there is a most...