5 MARCH 1831

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We intended to give the Reform Debate in a somewhat

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different form, but we did not anticipate that it would have exceeded two or three days at the most. The excesSive length has compelled us, towards the close, to cut down not so...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE GREAT MEASURE has at length been laid before the public. It fully justifies the anticipations of the warmest friends of Reform, and has filled with confusion and dismay the...

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2. EMOLUMENTS OP THE CuAncnr.r.ort. Lord BROUGHAM, on Tuesday, took

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occasion to allude to the statement of Lord Lyndhurst last week respecting the amount of reduction which the proposed changes in Chan- cery would effect in the income of the...

The question of Reform was alluded to in the House

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of Lords on Wednesday, by the Earl of RADNOR, who expressed himself highly satisfied with the measure proposed by Ministers. On Thursday, Earl CARNARVON, in presenting a...

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The tranquillity of the French capital has not been in

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the slightest degree disturbed since our last. The only token of apprehended commotion has been a placard of the Prefect of the Seine, forbidding tumultuous assemblies. There...

The accounts from Poland during the week have stated that

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the Russian troops, which seem to occupy a very extended line, were closino. 'e round Warsaw ; and the last letters represent that city as invested by four divisions of the...

The German papers announce to us the fact, that the

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Duke of CAMBRIDGE has been appointed Viceroy of Hanover by his bro- ther the King of England. We always learn what we are doing at home, in this way. The Duke has published a...

THE KiNo.—His Majesty and his Royal Consort left town for

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'Windsor on Saturday. They were welcomed by the loyal people of Windsor with an ardour that absence had only tended to render more intense. On Wednesday about two o'clock, their...

The accounts from the North of Italy represent the Liberal

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party as still dominant. In the Legantine towns especially, no effectual opposition has yet been offered to them : a party is even said to have marched upon Rome. The...

SURLET DE CHORIER has been formally recognized by France as

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Regent of Belgium. He seems disposed to act with modera- tion and spirit. He has named his Ministers ; among whom are VAN DE WEYER, GENDEBIEN, and TIELEMANS. The Regent is a...

MEETINGS IN ravoun or THE REFORM BILL.—A meeting of St.

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Andrew's, Holborn, took place on Thursday. A meeting of the inha- bitants of Westminster was held at the Crown and Anchor yesterday. Yesterday also, the good people of the City...

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A CLASSIC or. 183L—in a 'conversation in the King's Bench

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onMon day, touching an arrangement for taking certain cases on Tuesday, which Sir James Scarlett wished rather to stand over for Wednesday or Thursday, Lord Tenterden said he...

SAIGFAY0.—This person, who is a well-known political agent of Don

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Miguel, made a complaint at Bow Street, last night, through Mr. Phil- lips, the barrister, against an agent of Donna Maria, who, as he stated, had opened a packet addressed to...

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THE NEW COINAGE.

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Wu have been &toured with a sight of the first piece of the new series of coins of the reign of King Wautir the Fourth, of which the sove- reign is the only one completed. On...

New MUSICAL Coucn.—An ingenious Swiss mechanic has invented a kind

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of couch, which is inflated by air, and converted to a musical purpose. The tones are produced by the pressure of the body upon the couch. To the sleepless invalid, or the lover...

ROYAL SOCIETY.

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March 3rd, 1831. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, K.G., in the chair. The following gentlemen were proposed as candidates :—The Honour- able Frederick De Roos, of...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Company's ships Herefordshire and Hythe, for Bombay and China,- were despatched on Thursday; and the Warren Hastings, for St. Helena and China, this day. The arrivals in...

Tut THEATRES. —We can but ill spare our time of *ace

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this week for Theatrical matters; of which, luckily, there has been very little to call for our notice. The large Theatres have been not extraordinarily barren ; and with the...

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

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Wednesday, March 2. RODERICK IMPEY Muncursox, Esq., Pre- sident, in the chair. The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the Society—Robert M'Callan, Esq, The Dean of...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 22nd inst. at Waterford, the lady of Lieutenant-Colonel WILLEAR YIN. CENT, of the East India Company's service, of a son. At Hanover, the lady of JOHN TAYLoR,...

THE UNIVERSITIES, OXFORD.

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On Thursday last the following Degrees were conferred :—Illantee of dfris—J. Graves, Oriel College. Bachelor of.,4rts—W. S. Davenport, Pembroke College. In a Convocation, holden...

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PRESENT MEMBERS FOR TEE CONDEMNED HOROUGES.

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Places. Members. Aldborough Lord Stormont J. F. C. Clinton Aldeburgh Marquis of Douro Rt.Hon.J.W.Croker Appleby Hon. H. Tufton Lord Maitland Bedwin Rt.Hou.SirJ.Nicholl .1. J....

LIST OF PLACES RAVING RETURNED MEMBERS TO PARLIAME41`, AND WHICH

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HAVE CEASED TO DO SO. Counties. Boroughs. Summoned. I Discontinued. Bedfordshire Dunstable... 4 Edw. II. 11 Edw. III. Berkshire Newbury 30 Edw. I. 31 Edw. I. Cambridgeshire...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCS EXCHANGE, SATURDAY, TWELVE o'CLocE. — The Stack Market is much more steady now than fur some time past. The public, previously sellers, become buyers at the very low...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.-

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THE COMING GENERAL ELECTION. IN repeating the universal cry of the Reformers—" This will do ". —we emphatically express our approval of the Ministerial plan of Reform, and...

PRESENT MEMBERS FOR TEE REDUCED EGROU

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Members. W. T. Drake T. T. Drake I ord D. C. Stuart Aid. J. Atkins W. S. Poyntz Sir L. V. Palk W. A. Roberts Davies G. Gilbert H. B. Seymour Sir H. D. St. Paul Henry Warburton...

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THE CHEVALIER NEUKOMM'S ORATORIO,. "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS."

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IT falls not within our province, nor would it be other than a viola- tion of propriety, to notice the proceedings. of the various private societies which meet for the laudable...

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Change of Air, or the Pursuit of Health, is a

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work which comes under the head of Travels ; for it mainly consists of a narrative of sthree-months' tour as far as Naples and back. Being the work of an eminent physician, who...

THE SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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THE last fortnight has produced several works which at least pro- mise well : in some instances the title, in others the name of the author, indicated that a treat was prepared...

The Thoughts on Man, by Mr. GODWIN, and the Anatomy

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of Society, by Mr. ST. Joint, are two collections of Essays, partly moral, partly metaphysical, partly a3sthetical; the -former by a- very old man and the latter by a very young...

NEW BOOKS.

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TR4VEL5 A Year In Spain. ny a Young American Dr. James Johnson's Change of Air, or the Pursuit of Health; an Autumnal Excur- sion through France, Switzerland, and Italy, in the...

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The Sketches of Venetian History fully bear out the general

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praise we have given to the conduct of the Family Library. Venetian history is very voluminous, and only interesting by snatches : the idea, therefore, of this work was happy,...

The Irish Tales possess Irish humour ; but, as the

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author seems to be aware, they are better adapted for telling than reading. The two political satires in verse, the Modern Hudi bras and Fitz .sop's Fables, are both total...

Mr. Partnt,the author of the pamphlet on the method of

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in- struction invented by M. JACOTOT, has, we are glad to see, published an elementary work in Latin adapted to the system. We are glad to see this, because it proves that...

REPRESENTATION OF THE COLONIES.

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TO VISCOUNT HOWICK, UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONLES, 3d March 1831. MY LORD—AS the measure of Reform brought forward by the Government will very greatly improve the...