5 SEPTEMBER 1829

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THE accounts from Vienna would lead us to believe that

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General Diebitsch had arrived at Kirk-kilisia ; but either the date (Con- NEWS OF THE WEEK. stantinople, August Sth) or the intelligence previously received is erro- neous....

The news from Ireland this week has been upon the

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whole not un- satisfactory. There is only the tossing of the waters after the storm has been laid. The remarks of the English journals have not been without eflbct on their...

More recent arrivals from Terceira have brought the official account

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of the victory over the Miguelites, in their attempt to subdue that island, a summary of which we gave in our earliest edition last week. Nothing can be imagined more complete...

Official accounts have reached Madrid of the sailing of the

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expedi- tion against Mexico, on the 5th July. It consisted of 3,600 infantry, a company of artillery, without guns, and one hundred horse. Ac- cording to letters from South...

The case of the responsible editor of the Journal des

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Debats was heard before the Correctional Police of Paris on 'Wednesday sennight. The case of the responsible editor of the Journal des Debats was heard before the Correctional...

We have been constrained to omit several Communications, some of

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which may be ex- pected to appear next week.

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THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK. EKCOANCE, SATURHAY MORNING.—There has been a good deal of business in our Stock Market this week, more particularly in the early part of it, previous to the closing of...

A Cabinet Council was held on Monday afternoon at the

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Foreign-office, whicif was attended by the lam' Chancellor, the Duke of wellington, Earls RossIve and Aberdeen, Lord Ellenborough, Mr. Secretary Peel, Sir George Murray, die...

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Coral-MARTIAL AT PoRTsmot:TH.—The Court has continued its sittings

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In our last Number, we gave a general view of the first three days' preceelink We now subjoin an abstract of what took place on Saturday, Monday, Tvesdav, Wednesday, Thursday,...

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THE PRES S.

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ABANDONMENT OF OUR "OLD ALLIES" THE TURKS. MORNING doze - Le:ea—We take for granted, even against our own belief, that Turkey is to he left to her fate. Such, we are informed,...

POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.

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SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY, Two O'CLOCK. A messenger has arrived from Vienna with despatches for the Earl of Aberdeen, but their contents have not transpired. We have German...

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SINGULAR EVASION.

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A CURIOUS instance of an imaginary religious cii,,tiaction has lately been afforded, and one, we apprehend, encouraged by the exhibitions of pious contentment which are...

THE COURT-MARTIAL AT PORTSMOUTH.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. THrs Court has now sat for nine days. Its sittings commence at ten and finish at four. A complete report of the evidence would fill about six copies of the...

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LARGE THEATRES IN DISTRESS — SIR WALTER SCOTT'S OPINION.

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A MEETING of the friends of Covent Garden Theatre, to deliberate on what ought to be done, is to be held on Wedresday. Among the various schemes and suggestions on foot, there...

PRIZE - FIGHTING — THE SADDLE ON THE WRONG HORSE.

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Ar the Ilford Petty Sessions, on licensing-day, the Chairman very pro- perly admonished publicans of the impropriety of harbouring prize- -.fighters and quoted for their...

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A GHOST STORY.

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" Fee !—fa !" WE observed a good specimen of a ghost story lately quoted from a Scotch newspaper. A shepherd was on the hills at the gloaming (a word ominous of a tale of...

LADY MORGAN.

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" The fastest thief cries loudest, fie.'" SCOTCH PROVERB. IN the Book of the Boudoir, under the title "Foreign Visitors;' Lady , a y MORGAN comments on a portrait of herself,...

REMEDY FOR LIBEL.

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ONE of our contemporaries (the Courier) has entered on an exposition of the law of libel, with an industry that might have been better directed to a less beaten topic. With the...

THE HOAX OF THE MONTH.

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" YOUR English never know when they have had enough of a good thing." Theononthly hoax of " Novelties in Gentlemen's Dresses" is becoming rather stale ; but, to compensate for...

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WE notice periodical works occasionally only ; for why should

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we cri- ticise works whose fame is established ? why should we inform the world of the publication of books which the world duly expects at stated periods ? The exceptions are,...

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WE omitted to recommend these volumes at the moment of

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their pub- lication. A suggestion that they form one of the most instructive and amusing works that has lately been written concerning the East, could not be made at a more...

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DR. CLARK ON CLIMATE,

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Tier increasing attention which has lately been given to the considera- tion of climate as a remedial agent in is class of diseases for Avhich it is supposed there is no other...

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A PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE LEGAL PROFESSION.

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1.1:1rUnES—EXAMINATInx,:. - Ma. SPECTAMR,—May I add one word more on the subject of the Lawyers, Which has occupied so worthily the pens of your able correspondents. The real...

GREEK PARTICLES.*

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HOOGEVEEN'S work on Particles has always been considered a valuable aid in the study of the Greek language ; and Mr. SEAGER has com- pressed and translated it in a manner which...

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LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOOES IN Tun PRESS AND PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. Mr. P. P. Thorns (who was many years resident at Macao) has ready for the press a History of China, translated from the...

THE ARMY. .

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CHANGE IN THE DIST.t: IlUTION OF CORPS SINCE jULF. [From the United 1st Dragoon Guards from . 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards - . Id Ditto Ditto 3d Ditto Ditto 2ii Battalion...

THE NAVY.

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ntsrarni:Tiox OF TILE ROYAL. NAVY. IN COMMISSION. `WITT( TILE NAMES OF TIDIIIL CAPTAINS AND STATIONS. TO AL , G i; r:r, I829.* [From the United Serviee Journal, No. IX.] Ship....

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY Evil's! No.

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By the Lang, from New South Wales, list; of arrivals at that colony have been re_ :wed to the 7th of May. At a Court of Directors held at the India House, on 't,Vednesday, the...

LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCELANGE, FRIDAY, SEPT. -1. Thesamply of Englishwb oat this week is very moderate • the present very favouralAc weather, however, has the effect of making the trade...

FfOM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Rut: a I.: It s tt f 0 1.%• E o—r. aid E. E. Luke, Cheapside, boot and shoe-makers Dawson ml Sadler, Trued-street. Paddington, and :Manchester, patent power-loom- annfact...

11111'111S, :4A Itli.I.AGES, AND DEATIIS.

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'lICutrnc.—Oc the 25th nit. Lady Tli./aheth 1)runnutontl, of a son—On the 2501 nit. at Lill-liouse, Windsor Forest, the Lady of T.J. Enowlys, Esq. of a son—At Willi:un- rook,...