4 JUNE 1836

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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ANOTHER Parliamentary week has been devoted, almost exclu- sively, to the discussion of Irish affairs. It is by no means the lightest penalty for the misgovernment of Ireland,...

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The intelligence from Spain is by no means satisfactory. The

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new Premier, ISTURITZ, has dissolved the Cortes, without, appa- rently, the slightest chance of obtaining a majority by a new election; and in the mean while MENDIZABAL and his...

Sir FRANCIS HEAD prorogued the Legislature of Upper Canada on

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the 20th of April ; and it is said that he subsequently dissolved it. All the supplies have been withheld ; and all the money bills passed by the Assembly for the improvement of...

Letters from Constantinople mention a disagreeable occurrence, which has compelled

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Lord PONSONBY, our Ambassador, to as- sume a somewhat threatening attitude towards the Porte. Mr. CHURCHILL, an English merchant, accidentally wounded a Turkish boy, while...

There is no news of importance from France. An unsuccessful

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attempt has been made in the Chamber of Deputies to curtail the usual grant of money to the Parisian theatres, on the ground of the immorality of some of the pieces recently...

Elcbatext nub Pructatinad in Vntliantent.

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1. THE CHURCH OF IRELAND. In the House of Commons, on Wednesday, Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the order of the day for the second reading of the Irish Church Bill ; after some...

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far Court.

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THE King entertained a dinner-party on Sunday, at St. James's Palace the guests were chiefly members of the Royal Family. On Monday, their Majesties returned to Windsor ; and...

The Duke of York's creditors had a meeting on Monday,

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and agreed to petition the House of Commons to take their case into consideration. A preliminary meeting of the Master Printers of the Metropolis 'was held yesterday, at...

Ent Country.

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The nomination of candidates for South Essex took place on Thurs- day. at Chelmsford. Mr. Palmer was proposed by Mr. Round, and seconded by Mr. William Cotton. Mr. Branfil was...

The Court of King's Bench, on Monday, granted a rule

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for a criminal information against the proprietors of the Satirist, for a libel on Mr. George Moore, a Leicestershire gentleman, who was charged in that paper with having caused...

On Saturday, Mr. O'Connell was entertained by a large party

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of Liberals at Bungay, in Suffolk. The dinner was given in the Theatre ; every corner of which was filled—the upper boxes by ladies. Banners, bearing the following inscriptions,...

Cbc aletropoinS.

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The Court of Common Council, on Tuesday, adopted a petition to the house of Commons, against the Lyndhurst Bill, and praying that good local government might be secured to...

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Ascot races commenced on Tuesday; but the running on that

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day and on Wednesday was indifferent. The only race which excited much interest was the following, on Thursday. THE GOT.D CUP, valise 300 sovereigns, by subscription of 20...

We mentioned in our second edition last week, that the

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Duke of Gordon died on Saturday. Ile was in his sixty-sixth year. Gordon Castle and a large part of the property goes to the Duke of Richmond. The dukedom is extinct ; but the...

IRELAND. IRELAND.

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From every part of Ireland numerous petitions have been forwarded for presentation to the House of COM111011S, against the Lyndhurst Bill. The Protestants of the North appear to...

The Whitby and Pickering Railway was opened with suitable ccre.

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molly on Thursday week. The weather being fine, a great concourse of people attended, and the affair passed off admirably. Prior Park, which formed part of the Roman Catholic...

ffiiarellautciug.

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The Bishop of London has had a serious relapse, and has been inter- dicted by his physicians from attending to business of any kind for a considerable time. The Bishop of...

The Liberals of Bath bad a meeting on the 29th,

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to take into consi- deration " the conduct of the Lords in opposing all salutary reforms, and more particularly in refusing to grant municipal corporations to Ireland." The...

SCOTLAND.

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The Reformers of Edinburgh assembled on Friday the 27th, and petitioned the House of Commons to reject the Lyndhurst "amend- 'Dents." In the course of a few hours, this petition...

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The rehearing of the great "Small and .Attwood " case,

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in the House of Lords, began on Monday ; Lord LYNDHUtisr being one of the Judges. No protest was made against his acting in that capacity; the professional deference of counsel...

Our outline of last night's debate in the House of

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Commons, was mocessarily on a very contracted scale; and that of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S -speech in particular, is defective, having been done from an imperfect -report, in...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The Tories are quaking—manifestly. We learn from the Morning Advertiser, that about twenty-five Peers assembled yesterday . " at the house of an Earl, (Lord...

MONEY Al ARKET.

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STOCK CECIIANDF, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The Consol Market has been unmoved ; and the shutting, which occurred yesterday, passed over without any fluctuation of importance. The...

Subscriptions for the O'Connell Testimonial are received at the Salopian

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Coffeehouse, Charing Cross ; Messrs. Bouverie and Co., Hy- market; Messrs. Ladbrokes and Co., Bank Buildings ; and Messrs. Wright and Co., Henrietta Street.

The following is Sir Francis Burdett's reply to an invitation

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to attend a public meeting to be held on Monday week, at the Crown and Anchor, for the purpose of originating a subscription for erecting a a monument to Cobbett; Mr. O'Connell...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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On the 29111 ult.. in Weymouth Street. the Lady HELENA COOICE, of a son. On the 2711. ult., at Woolmers. Hurts, the Lady SUSAN Honiara, of a sou. On the 2stli ult., at Brighton,...

The Ministerial majority this morning was 39, in a House

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cf 561 voting :limbers. This shows a proportional increase of about 41L- above the division on the same question in July last year ; when, in it House of 601 Members, the...

A requisition has been sent to the - Vestry of St.

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Marylebone to convene a public meeting of the parishioners to express their opinion on the Irish Municipal question. The request has been complied with.

Among the articles necessarily omitted this week, is a postponed

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notice of the Pictures by the Great Masters, now exhibited at the British Institution.

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EPISTLE FROM CAPTAIN ROCK TO LORD L — NDII — T.

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[We learn from the C urier, that Mn. Titomas MOORE, NS hose gems of wit and sarcasm illustrated the columns of the Times in the better days of that journal, now tunes his lyre...

POOR-LAWS FOR IRELAND—MR. POULETT SCROPE AND MR. O'CONNELL.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR — The harsh terms in which in your last Number you noticed my letter to Mr. O'CONNELL on Irish Poor-laws would have been disregarded by me,...

MR. HORSMAN'S EXCUSE TO HIS CONSTITUENTS FOR HAVING BURKED MR.

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GROTE'S MOTION. (From the Carlisle Journal 28th May.) "London. May 13th. "Since I last wrote to you, there have been two questions of much interest —the principal one, the...

EAST INDIA PING.

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Arrived—Off Penzance, June 1st. , ,anipbell, from Bengal. Sailed—From Gravesend, May 27th, Agrippina, Rodgers, for Ceylon; 28111, sane, Churchwanl, for New South Wales ; and...

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ELECTION COMMITTEE LAW AND PRACTICE.

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THE House of Commons has refused the electors of Dublin an opportunity of substantiating their charge of bribery against the gentlemen who by the grace of that eminent Reformer,...

MR. POULETT SCROPE versus MR. O'CONNELL.

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WE print elsewhere a letter from Mr. Poueerr SCROPE, on the subject of our last week's article under the above title; and beg leave to assure the writer that we should have...

TOPICS OF TIIE DAY.

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THE PRINCIPLE OF IRISH CHURCH REFORM. LORD JOHN RUSSELL warned the Tories, in his speech on the Irish Tithe Bill, that the People of England wete beginning to understand and...

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POST-OFFICE PLUNDER: PROJECTED REFORMS.

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AT length there is a fair prospect of a reform in the Post-office. Lord DUNCANNON, Mr. LABOUCHERE, and Lord SEYMOUR, the Commissioners appointed in May 1835, "to inquire into...

CUSTOMHOUSE ABUSES.

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THE Commissioners of Customs have perhaps greater power of obliging private friends, and annoying those against whom, for any cause, or no reason, they may happen to have a...

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THE MAGICIAN

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Is a powerful and skilful tale,—powerful, from the distinctness and force with which the mere bodily features of the age are presented; skilful, from the contrivances which the...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Fterion. The Magician. By Leitch Ritchie. In 3 vois Mama*. Tx 1%* E LS, Journey through Arabia Petrtra to Mount Sin-it. anti the tie waled City ct Petra, the Etlom of the...

FRENCH PLAYS.

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L'IlEnIE has departed, and his place is supplied by MONROSE, a comedian of the Searamouch order, all grimace and gesticulation, with talent besides in personation and genuine...

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'LABORDE'S JOURNEY THROUGH ARABIA PETR.EA.

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ts is a remarkable volume ; but its most distinguishing characte- , ristic removes it in a great measure from our critical cognizance. be leading feature of the book is of a...

MARTINEAU'S RATIONALE OF RELIGIOUS INQUIRY. THIS IS an able and

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striking publication ; although possessing more of keenness than soundness in its views and arguments, and being rather rhetorical than scriptural in its style. The author is...

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An Apology for Lord Byron is the principal among a

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number of lesser poems—first flights of fancy—forming the volume to which it gives the title, by STEPHEN PRENT1S, A.M. The Apology —of which only the first part appears—is put...

The sufferings of SiLvio PELLico in the cause of freedom,

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have given to his name a wider celebrity than the fame of his writings alone would have earned for him out of his native country. A tragic drama, which he wrote to beguile his...

The object of goureddin, " an Eastern Tale," is to show

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the miseries which would naturally beset us if we had a knowledge of the future. The hero, by means of magic tablets, the gift of a genius, can make himself acquainted with any...

The chief value and novelty of Mr. JOHN PARKER. LAWSON'S

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Autobiography of Martin Luther, consists in its allowing the great Reformer to tell his own story, wherever he was so inclined. It is in fact a selection from the Works of...

PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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GLASGOW has put forth a new periodical, called The Scotthh Monthly Magazine ; which has made a spirited and very pro- mising commencement. The papers of the First Number form a...

The Pilgrim and Other Poems, is a school production, of

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six- teen years and under; which has now first seen the light. Re- gardcd in this point of view, the poems may claim the highest praise such verses are ever likely to...

The Mysteries of Providence and the Triumphs of Grace, is

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a religious novel ; in which a story is made, though not very suc- cessfully, a vehicle for inculcating the advantage of following evangelical doctrines after the straitest...

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The Visionary, with Other Poems, is a publication of the

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inde- fatigable Lady E. S. WORTLEY. The plan of the leading poem we do not exactly comprehend ; but it appears to be a cento of thoughts and reflections upon various subjects,...

Advice to Purchasers of Horses, is a clear, comprehensive, and

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succinct account of the conformation and diseases of the horse; pointing out the defects and good qualities of the animal, as indi- cated by the size and shape of the various...

The perennial Mr. COGHLAN'S Guide to St. Petersburg and Moscow

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is significant of the extent to which summer excursions are now carried ; fur so experienced a caterer for small tourists would scarcely have risked such a publication, unless...

St. Vincent De Paul and the Sisters of Charity, is

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a little Catholic publication, with apparently a twofold object,—one to interest the reader in the lives of the Romish Saints, and in the charitable establishments to which...

The appearance of a fourth edition of Rooktvood, in one

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goodly volume, clad in an embroidered red jacket like a gallant highway- man, and decked out with illustrative gems by CRUIKSH ANK, is evidence of the sympathy which the ideal...

The people of Gravesend, as well as the Cockney-folk, owe

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a vote of thanks to Dr. CULVERWELL, for the publication of an useful and amusing little brochure, entitled Hints to the Citizens of London ; in which he descants on the medical...

British Song Birds, being popular descriptions and anecdotes of the

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choristers of the groves, by Mr. NEVILLE WOOD, is the latest, the fullest, and, all things considered, the best of the various publica- tions on Ornithology ; for the...

Not long ago, DONALD WALKER proved to us that the

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genera- lity of people knew not how to walk properly ; now comes ALEXANDER BELL to tell us that they do not speak properly. and it is too true—more shame to our teachers. How...

A new serial work, with the inviting title of The

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Library of Anecdote, has been commenced by that experienced caterer fur the miscellaneous reader, CHARLES KNIGHT; and the first vo- lume of the Book of Table-Talk, with which it...

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NEW PRINTS.

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THE continued succession of Exhibitions has for several weeks past demanded all the space we could possibly spare for subjects of Fine Art, under the present pressure of...

Charges against Custom and Public Opinion, is the leading phrase

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in the quaint title of a well-meant sermon-like discourse, by the Rev. H. JEFFREYS, of Bombay, against Drunkenness in particular, but including also Suttees, Idol-worship, and...

The greater part of these publications smack more of trade

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than literature. In addition to them, several others are before us, which seem to promise something of merit, if not of any great mark. Amongst them we may enumerate Mr....

Old Toby's Address to his Friends, is a collection of

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short, homely pieces of advice and moralizing, in.a religious strain, on the peculiarities, follies, errors, and vices of mankind ; couched very much in the manner of one of the...

FINE ARTS.

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TII F. DRAWINGS OF RA 'TAME. A HUNDRED of the Designs and Studies of RAFFAELLE, forming part of the LawrtmxcE collection, are now exhibiting at :Messrs. Woon- snares Gallery,...

The Nursery Book is an improved introduction to reading, siailling,

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and understanding, for the use of infant scholars. It contains descriptions of nearly a hundred difl'erent familiar objects, and their uses and construction; as lessons in...