5 APRIL 1834

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The Cabinet of Madrid is principally occupied wit; 6 40-i arrangement

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of the finances. Arrangement means, a bargain with foreign creditors to take considerably less than is " nominated in the bond." At the date of the last ads ices, nothing had...

NEWS OF TIIE WEEK.

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PARIS is at present the scene of great diplomatic bustle. The Earl of Du R H AM S arrival in that capital, apparently on a special mission, has thrown the Ambassadors from the...

A brother of the King of Naples, Duke LEOPOLD, Viceroy

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of Sicily, is soon to be married to the Princess MARY, the darn/ Louis PHILIP. They are to live at Palermo. e•-, .tt . /

The Associations Suppression Law having passed the Chamber of Deputies,

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as we mentioned last week, has been introduced into the Chamber of Peers; through which its speedy passage without amendment was deemed a matter of certainty. But events have...

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The Legislature of Bermuda have passed a resolution declaring the

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utter abolition of slavery in the colony, without any modifica- tion of apprenticeship, from the 1st of August next. A petition to the King has been signed by a large body of...

A Russian Consul-General has made his appearance at Cairo, and

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has been presented to MOHAMMED ALI. As there is 110 trade between Russia and the dominions of the Viceroy of Egypt, he is of course sent as a political spy.

Chic Court.

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Tut: King and Queen, attended by Sir Benjamin Stephenson and Countess Howe, visited Kew on Monday. The King inspected the state of the improvements now in progress at the...

There are some events this week under the head of

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Portugal. A Captain Camp?, a fine young Irishman, who lately held a commission in PEDRO'S army, was killed on the night of the 12th of March, in a scuffle, by one of the...

HONOURS.

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FROM TUE LoNDON GAZETTE. WHITEIIALL, March.—The King has been pleased to grant unto JAmEs EnwAnn ALEXANDER, Copal:1 in the -1241 or Royal Highland Regiment of Visit, his Roy a...

The Committee of Ways and Means in the American House

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of Representatives, made two reports, on the 4th of March. The minority affirm that the President was-not justified in removing the deposits from the Bank of the United States;...

tbr ifirtropaii4.

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A curious question relating to the right of precedence occurred on Saturday in the House of Lords, between the Attorney-General and the Lord Advocate. Each learned gentleman...

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On Sunday afternoon, James Carter, a young waterman, belonging to

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Wapping Dock Stairs, left London Bridge with a fare, consisting of five or six ladies and gentlemen, and has not since been heard of; but his boat was found on the same night at...

The Bishop of London was summoned, on Monday, to the

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Queen Square Office, by an informer, for not having the board on which his name was painted clear of the wheel of his cart. The Magistrate fined his Lordship twenty shillings...

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Mr. Edmund Lechmere Charlton, a gentleman of ancient family and

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some fortune, residing near Ludlow, brought an action, which was tried at the late Shrewsbury Assizes, against the proprietor of the Shrews- bury Chronicle, for a libel,...

On Monday week, Ayton House, near Berwick, the property of

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Mr. Fordyce, was discovered to be in flames; and the family and domestics had only time to escape, almost naked. A messenger was immediately despatched to Berwick; but before...

EV Country.

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A declaration against the admission of Dissenters to University honours is in the course of signature at Candi) idge. It has already been signed by 101 resident members of the...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Lit.mens, from Liverpool to Bombay, was totally lost on Dyer's Island on the 15th Jan. Crew saved. The P..ri land, from Sydney to Launceston, was lost on the 27th Oct....

IRELAND.

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Mr. Plunkett, Dealt of Down, will probably be translated to the 11,Io s of Lismore and Archdeaconry of Aghacloe, vacant by the demise of Sir George Bishop!). It is said that...

SCOTLAND.

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The old Marquis of Breadalbane died last week ; his son the Earl of Ormelie succeeds to the Peerage, and of course there must be a new 3lember for Perthshire. Two candidates are...

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has light: wed his lute itien of :emposing a larger

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di , . dilation of the fluty wt iron, imported into Fritat'aa than he was at first prepared to allow.

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. One of our friends in Paris, who has excellent opportunities of feel- :Mg the pulse of the Court mid the capital, has sent us the following tomtits of his...

If the correspondent who writes to as fowl Dover, had

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sera the last Number of the tip , e■ator is hen he wrote, he would hal his egmt ion ainiust putting filth in Me StOtenten's recently forni•I:. I oy II'' Onto. of Itle/IMONI)...

The Lord Chancellor arrived at the House of Lords this

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morning at ten o'clock ; and, from the non-attendance of Peers, was detained fur more than an hour, while messengers were despatched in all direc- bons to procure some.

No. XI.

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THE WAY TO SAVE FRAN(I..! Olt TIIE DOCTRINAI11.115' LAW FOR DESTR31IN6 THE BASIS OF ALL SOCIETY, i. e. ASSOCIATE IN. " La lui cute, Mardi par la Cliambre des Deputes oloit...

A new club has just been formed, by a number

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of Members of Par- liament belonging to the Independent party. These gentlemen, it would seem, have 6morcaware of the necessity of acting in eoneert. Ilitherto they have seldom...

The accounts of the Quarter's Revenue will not be made

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up till late this evening ; but, from all that can be judged, they will prove satis- fartory. The excess on the Excise will not be less, we are informed, than i.100,(XX)1. for...

THE ITALIAN OPERA.

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THE Opera sea , oa telait to-night. All the previous exhibitions of the present year have bean as beggarly us this has been rich. To be sure, we had head 11.13urbiere some dozen...

SATURDAY MORNING. Attired -(la' I o , . 1., Sarah, Nicholson, I ,-urn

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Nem South Wales ; and Esther. Nichol- s m. hon. Ml i t lw At Livelpool,(1i1111,4e. Lindsay, I liouthey. At St. I lelens, 1 , eh. 5, Rapid, Dash, from thank.% ; Witispear ; 6•11....

"Fen thousand men will enter Portugal on the 1,-; of

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April, forming two divisions ; one under the coinmand of Alorillo, whieh will procei , 1 by way of N'erill, in G.11 h•ia ; the other commanded by iiodill, by Ciudad Rodrigo....

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ONE OF THE SPENDING CLASS.

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" The embarrassments of a noble lord holding large and valuable possessions in the North, have at length come to a crisis, which has produced a powerful sensation, but no...

THE PEERS IN THEIR JUDICIAL CAPACITY.

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" When Lord Denman attended the House of Peers on Tuesday, for the purpose of taking the oaths and his seat, there were no Peers present to introduce his Lordship. 'f lue...

--- SYMPTOMS OF WHIG UNPOPULARITY.

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IT is an unthankful office to speak disagreeable truths to a Prime Minister. "Through him the rays of regal bounty shine;" and they arc seldom suffered to fill upon the friend...

Since the above remarks were in print, we have learned

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that Mr. ROBERT GILEME is appointed to the Treasury, and that the representation of the great county of Perth, for which he is a candidate, is to be jobbed. "If you will secure...

otilCS OF THE DAY.

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TIIE FUTURE KING CONSORT. IN the course of a few years, the Royal Family of England will probably be one of the smallest in Europe. There are only four surviving grandchildren...

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IGNORANT JURIES.

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" At the late Derby Assizes, the petit jurors were deliberating over their vet diet in a case of stealing from the person, at Chesterfield, wherein two men and a woman were...

THE INIQUITOUS LAW OF LIBEL; CASE OF THE SHREWSBURY CHRONICLE.

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PROOFS of the necessity of amending the Law of Libel are multi- plied.weekly. Even in its mildest and least objectionable form, it sanctions gross injustice. A recent trial at...

CRUEL PUNISHMENTS ON FALSE PRETENCES.

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THE sentence passed on the Dorchester Unionists has been tho subject of much discussion. It appears, under all the circum- stances of the case, to be disproportioned to the...

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INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE JUST SETTLEMENT OF TITHES.

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Tim Government plan for the Commutation of Tithes will in all probability be speedily brought forward. It is not, we believe, as yet known exactly what their plan is to be; but...

DIVISIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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OUR Representatives acted like rational beings, aware of their real position and of their responsibility to constituents, when they sanctioned " the principle of publicity," by...

CORN CATECHISM.

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(Continued.) RS. There was no greater delusion practised on the farmers of this country than to tell them that they had an - interest in the continuance A. This is true; but by...

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PROPERTY IN LAND.

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MR. HOPKINS has sent the following communication in reference to the notice of his work entitled Greet Britain for the Last Forty Years. This is the letter we acknowledged on...

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EASTElt TIIEATRICALS.

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Tats Easter piece at Drury Lane, instead of a genuine fairy marvel of the kind that delighted our boyhood, seems to have been but a sorry attempt at a pastoral pantomime, put...

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FRENCH PLAYS AT THE OLYMPIC.

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IT is now the fashion of managers of theatres to emulate the Ad- mirable CRICHTON in the quantity, if not in the quality of his achievements. Thus, Mr. BONN, the reigning...

THE NEW FRENCH OPERA AT COVENT GARDEN.

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HEROLD'S music was never greatly admired by us; although, im- partially speaking, we must allow considerable merit to his opera of Zampa. He has no originality of melody or...

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The son of the Crown Prince of Denmark has been

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banished from his grandfather's Court, for beating his wife, and "lifting his hands against the King and Queen." A precious sample of royalty this young gentleman must be. He...

MEMORANDUMS OF A WINTER'S RESIDENCE AMONG THE MUSICIANS OF GERMANY.

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FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, 3d March 1834. I cannot quit this most agreeable town without indulging myself in dating one other letter from it ; although I shall not close it uutil...