4 MAY 1839

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE week opened with a cry of distress from Downing Street. In- deed, official repose was sadly troubled on the Saturday night, after a day which had disclosed to watchful...

It was supposed in Paris, on Sunday, that Louts PlumiTE

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had at length succeeded in procuring a Cabinet ; and on Monday the morning papers published the following list, as that finally deter- mined upon at the Tuileries— "SL Dupin,...

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At the Court of Russia, there appears to be no

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doubt of Count Ness le.le we's disgrace. Ilis appoiutments at home told almond have ;mem rescinded by the Emperor ; who, it is said, thus evieees hostility to _England, which N...

eonsisting f .1 uste MinL-dry Ims been Ilmmed in Lisbo,i

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It was reported itt Constantinople on the 1 0th ulthno,

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that a despatch had been received from Colonel &t em, announcing a 6e- rious defeat of the British army at Peshawar.

The accounts from :Madrid mention that one of CABRERA'S Lieu-

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tenants had made a successful incursion within twelve leagues of the Spanish capitel, sed eerried oil' 9.0,000 head of cattle, and about 40,0001. which he lied exacted iirom the...

The front Egypt and Terlao - are genesslie vearlike ;

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but :seek.' mammas state with confidence that there ‘vill L'e no light- ing between the Sultan mid Mimes:1;r A: t.

IntelEgenee from New York, to the 8th April, has been

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received this week. It is of a pacific character. Through the mediation of the American General Score, the svithdrawal of the troops both of Maine and New Brunswick from the...

7 A:biltt5aII1 Orattbings Varlianunt. THE: riu,ss 12; MALTA.

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Lord BuorostAM called the attention of the House of Lords, on Tuesday, to the Ordinance for regulating the less in the - 161;wd. of Malta. Ile said, that he considered the...

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Vbt _Metropolis.

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A party, between two and three hundred in number, dined at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on Wednesday, on occasion of the presen- tation of a silver tea-service to Mr. Hume, for...

Zbe eourt.

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THE Queen takes almost daily rides on horseback. Her Majesty is generally attended by the Baroness Lelizen, Miss Quentin, the Marquis of Headfort, the Earl of Uxbridge, Mr....

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A party of gentlemen interested in the colonization of New

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Zealand went on Saturday to Blackwall to inspect the barque Tory, a vessel of 400 tons, in which the new company's first exploring and surveying expedition will go out, under...

The Lord Mayor gave an entertainment on Wednesday, to the

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Judges, and a numerous assembly. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Denman, and Sir Frederick Pollock addressed time company when their healths were given, in commonplace speeches. The...

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A few members of the National Convention remain in town,

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and hold meetings ; but their proceedings neither attract nor deserve much attention. Abele three thousand Chartists assembled in Smithfield on Monday evening, and for upwards...

the duties of Churchwarden in the parish of Llanellan, Carmarthen-

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shire, for it rule to show cause why the writ de contumuce capiendo, on which he was committed, and all the subsequent proceedings, should not be set aside, and the Reverend E....

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IRELANP.

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Led Farnham is to be the new R epresentmive Peer of Ireland, in the room of the late Lord Caledon ; studi being the decree of the Tory majority of' Irish Peers. The election...

Vibr Vrobinte5.

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The Duke of Newcastle has been dismissed from the Lord-Lieute- nancy of Nottinghamshire. It is said that the Duke refused to insert in the commission of the peace the names of...

A melancholy accident, accompanied with fatal consequences, oc- curred on

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Sunday afternoon, at Harlevfbrd, on the Thames, near Mar- low. A boat, in which were Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Thomson and a young gentleman, son of Mr. Wadham Wyndham, who resides in...

SCOMINP.

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Mr. Rutherfinel, the new Lord Advomste, was elected without oppo- siziemine Mr. Murray's suecessor in she repeesemation of Leith, on Tharsdav sennight. He delivered a teimming....

At Llanidloes, in Montgomeryshire, several persons charged with taking arms

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by force from farmers mid others, were apprehended by Policemen sent from London by the Home Seeretnry, at the request of the Magistrates. Their arrest cansed much exasperation...

On the night of the 26th April, Sir Hussey Vivian

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was knocked down by the pole of a carriage, as he was crossing Jerulyn Street. with Sir John Macdonald and Sir William Gossett. The horses went over hint, and the front-wheel...

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ftliscrilancott5.

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'Afore patronage to the Whigs and in the Church too !—The Bishop of Peterborough, Herbert Marsh, died at the Palace, Peterborough, on Wednesday evening. He was in his 83d year,...

A deputation from the City of London Uniform Penny Postage

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Committee, accompanied by Mr. Warburton and about 150 Members of the House of Commons, had an interview with Lord Melbourne on Thursday. Mr. Spring Rice and Mr. F. 1'. Baring...

A deputation of Irish Members were yesterday received by Lord

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Morpeth. Their object was to induce his Lordship to alter his mea- sure on Irish Railways so as to apportion the 2,500,000/. between three great lines running North, South, and...

When the House of Commons was counted out on Tuesday

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night, on the motion of Mr. O'Connell, the Speaker counted thirty-eight Members besides himself; consequently, he declared that the House was ad- journed. Immediately...

In the House of Lords, on Thursday, Lord Brougham delivered

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his judicial opinion on the famous " Auehterarder " case. He went over all the facts at great length, and briefly stated the main point at issue— The Earl of Kinnoul had...

The Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia, with Prince William Henry

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of the Netherlands, arrived at 3livart's Hotel yesterday afternoon. They were brought to Deptford from Rotterdam in a Dutch Govern- ment steam-boat, and accompanied by a...

A joint-stock company is now forming in Glasgow for carrying

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pas- sengers and merchandise between the Clyde and New York, by means of an iron steam-ship of great power and capacity, to sail at the rate of at least sixteen miles an hour,...

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" Her Majesty thinks it proper to acquaint the House

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of Conunons, that it appears to her Majesty the future welfare of her Majesty's subjects in Lower and Upper Canada would be promoted by the union of the said provinces into one...

The friends of Lord John Russell have been under considerable

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ap- prehension for the consequences of an accident which befell his Lord- ship within these few days, at the hGase of the Right Honourable Edward Ellice. Dining tete-a-t6te with...

POSTSCRIPT

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The Paris papers of Thursday mention, that the King had applied to the Duke me Bnoorat: to form a Ministry, but that the Duke had re- jected the overture. M....

The Theatre at Cheltenham, where the present Lord Segrave with

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his bro- thers, and a son of the celebrated Dr. Jenne; used to exhibit as amateur actors, w as destroyed yesterday, by tire, occasioned, it is supposed, by an escape of gas.....

Last nights' Gazette announces that the Queen has conferred tho

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diznity of a Baron of the United I+ iagdom of Great Britain and Ire- land on the following persons, and the heirs male of their bodies law- fully begot ien- " Richard Wosan...

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Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the

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Bank of England from the 5th of February to the 30th of April 1839. ASSETS. Circulation £iS,t30,000 Securities £23,112,000 Deposits Bullion 6,023,000 X26,45 7 ,0110...

A proclamation for the prevention of the Chartist armed meetings

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appeared in last night's Gazette. Her Majesty having "been given to understand," that in some parts of the country persons have "un- lawfully assembled" for the purpose of...

Arrangements have been completed for giving the residents of the

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West end of London, as well as the citizens, the benefit of the course of lectures on Education, to whirls we some time ago alluded, by Mr. JAMES SIMPSON, of Edinburgh. The...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 11111 tilt., the Countess of GLENOALI„ of a sou, still-born. Out the 26th ult.. at Horton, near Colnbrook, Bucks, the Lady of GEOROE THOMAS of i son. (hi the...

The writer of the following letter, received this morning from

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Scotland, possesses extensive and trustworthy political information. It will be seen that he anticipates a gloomy Mnouement of the 4 • Reform " drama; but nothing is gained by...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-,,FFT('E, May 3.-2d Dtaginil Guaribi—Major (1. Nugent, from the 7th Drag. Guards, to be Alajor, vice Grifliths, promoted. 411t Drag. Guards—Cornet A. Rolls to be Lieut. by...

MONEY MARKET.

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STorlt EZCHANCIE, FRIPAY ArtrRNOON. The Money Market has evinced considerable firmness during the week ; and the quotation of Con.4di for Account, which, np to yesto.dity, bad...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arri.70.1-011' Brighton, 7tlay si. Geor g e Canning, Winn, from Bombay. Off Pen- zance. April 25t1u, Iluigisuid, Eay, rwa Bengal. At Liverpool, May :AL Watkins, White,ide. rrom...

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THE "VOTE OF CONFIDENCE" PEERS.

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EIGHT new Peerages have been created ; for a reason which few would have discovered by their own unassisted sagacity, but which . is thus revealed by the Globe— We understand...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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HOW TO DO NOTHING ELABORATELY. THE Whigs and the Tories at this moment arc very Much like Jack and Tom in the sea story : when you ask what the Whigs are doing, the answer is,...

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THE COPYRIGHT BILL IN ITS NEWEST ASPECT. Ma. WARBURTON'S resolute

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opposition, for which he is abused by nearly the whole press, with more virulence than beseems disinte- rested literary sentimentalists, did good : the Sergeant has been...

NEW OPERA AT COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

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ROOKE, the composer of Amine, has produced at Covent Garden a second opera, called Henrique,or the Love Pilgrim; which was performed for the first time on Thursday evening, with...

DULL TIMES.

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How fade, without fruit, the anticipations which blossomed so gaily last autumn and winter, of a brilliant season in London this spring! The Morning Post announced extensive...

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It is stated in the Morning Post, that the Committee

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Of Standing Orders gave permission for the introduction of a bill for the Manchester and Birmingham Extension Railway, by a majority of one, obtaued wider time following...

THE DESERTION FROM "FURTHER REFORM." TO THE EDITOR OF vie

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SPECTATOR. 27. Pall Mall, 29th April 1839. Sot—In the analysis of the division on the recent Irish debate, given in the Spectator of the 27th instant, I find my mama classed...

BISHOP GOODMAN'S COURT OP JAMES THE FIRST.

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LIVING from the reign of ELIZABETH till the government of Caom- WELL, GODFREY GOODMAN was at his zenith as a courtier-divine, celebrated preacher, and theCogical writer in the...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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HISTORICAL MEMOIRS, The Court of King James the First; by Dr. Godfrey Goodman. Bishop of Gloucester; to which are added, Letters illustrative of the Personal History of the...

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MAJOR TIEVAN'S THIRTY YEARS IN INDIA.

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Toe author of these volumes left England for India in 1808, as a cadet ; and worked his way slowly up to a captaincy, in despite of ill-luck and lack of influence ; after...

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LORD JOLIN RUSSELL ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE REFORM ACT.

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UNTIL we read our Home Secretary's Letter to the Electors of Stroud, we never fathomed the depth of the ancient wise man's wish, " Oh that mine enemy had written a book!" and...

THOMAS MILLER'S RURAL SKETCHES.

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Jr seems at first sight a singular thing, that the uneducated should attach the most weight to words,—evidently attributing to them a value in themselves, instead of regarding...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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A History of Greece. By the Rev. CONNOP THIRLWA.LL, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Vol. Vi. (Lardner's Cyclopxdia, No. CXIV.) [This volume is devoted to parts of the...

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FINE ARTS.

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OLD WATER-COLOUR SOCIETY. THE charm of water-colour painting is its atmosphere : sunlight and storm, the shower and the breeze, the river and the clouds, are realized in the...