6 AUGUST 1831

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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LAST week we left the Reform Bill in the middle of Schedule B ; it has now got through C and D. We rejoice less at this marked acceleration of its progress, than at the...

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The intelligence of an event which few of the politicians

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in this country anticipated, has arrived since our last Number was pub- lished,—CASIMIR PERRIER has resigned, and the French Ministry is dissolved. It was generally understood,...

The King of Holland has determined on war for the

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recovery of Luxembourg. The termination of the armistice took place on Thursday, it having been previonsly announced by General CHASSE, commandant of the fort at Antwerp, that...

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THE OPENING or LONDON BarnoE.—The preparations for this fete were

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not entirely completed until mid-day on Monday. We shall endeavour to describe the whole as distinctly as possible, so that our readers in the country, or at least such of them...

We are still without decided news from Poland. The only

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in- telligence is a report of PASKEWITSCH, which states that he had passed the Vistula without opposition—a fact previously known ; and an insidious note from ROZNIEKI, former...

THE KING AND HIS COTJRT.—Their Majesties partook of a (1E:Winer

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at the villa of the Marquis of Londonderry on Saturday. On Monday they partook of one of a more novel and interesting character, on London Bridge. To this we shall recur by and...

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" In consequence of an invitation from Lord Althorp, there

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was a very numerous meeting on Monday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, of the members of the House of Commons who have supported the Reform Bill. We understand that Lord...

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.

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Int. The sample was good, and fetched 8s. per bushel." The Bath Journal—" All accounts we have received of the crops are of a most sa- tisfactory nature. The ears are full, the...

of Mr. E. Scrimshaw, of Wisbech, were wilfully set on

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fire. The w offered by Mr. Scrimshaw, and by the farmers and others in the neieshe the discovery of the author of " Swing" letters which have been sent is well entitled to the...

resolution, which was merely declaratory, was es follows— is to

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be another hanging, in the case of the man Gilchrist. Little DA " That from the continued silfferings of the humbler classes in Ibis city, the ne. was hanged to satisfy the...

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BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—We understand that the King has at length determined

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on the completion of Buckingham Palace, and that it will henceforth form the residence of the British Court. It has been esti. mated by the competent officers that what remains...

grand metropolitan show. On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, it was near

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and loud. Yesterday the lightning was vivid and threatening, and the peals that followed loud and appalling. The rain, unless on Mon- day, has poured down, not in showers, but...

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EX..PRESIDENT MONROE.—This gallant old patriot died on the 4th of

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July, the fifty-fifth anniversary of American independence, in his seventy-second year. It is remarkable, that of four Presidents, de- ceased since the commencement of the...

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PROCRASTINATION.*

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" 'There well it were done quickly." How long, oh ye Lords in the Commons! RUSSELL, ALTDORP, and Howice, how long Will you quail to the querulous non ones That make up the...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK ExCirANGS, FRIDAY Evaxix o.—Monday, in consequence of the King's visit, was closer than what is called a close - holyday. On Tuesday but little busi- ness was done. On...

POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.

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SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY. The news from France this morning is of more than usual interest ; as will be seen by the following letter from the Minister of Finance to the...

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Tuesday, August 2.

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INSOLVENT. Mortnrs, Riefler:a, Lawrence Lane, wholesale-linen-draper, Aug. I. BANKRUPTS. DAVIS, JOHN REDFOOR.D, Liverpool, merchant, to surrender Aug. 9, Pa, Sept 13:...

THE UNIVERSITIES, OXFORD.

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ASTRUCT S.-The Rev. L. PtIrbrick, M.A. of Christ Church, has been appointed Chaplain of All Souls' College, in the room of the late Rev. Mr. Gulch. CAMBRIDGE. ORDINATI oN.-The...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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r Arrived. In the Downs, Aug. 4th, Medway, Wright ; and Lang, Sutherland, from Van Diemera's Land; and Maitland, Brown, from Bengal. 0th, Bengal Mer- chant, Fox; and Wanstead,...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 24th ult. at Courtown, Gorey, Ireland, the Hon. Mrs. MoaarAornt STOP- Porto, of a daughter. On the 30th ult. in the Close, Exeter, Lady CHARLOTTE MARTIN, of a...

THE CHURCH.

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On Saturday last, the Rev. W. Sharpe was instituted to the Vicarage of Cromer, in Norfolk, on the presentation of the Lord Bishop of Ely. On Sunday sennight the Bishop of...

THE ARMY.

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WAR-OFFICE, August 2.-Ist Regt. of Life Guards : Hon. P. A. Gordon to be Cornet and Sub-Lieut. by purchase, vice Angerstein, appointed to the 24th Regt.- 2ad Regt. of Life...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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HOW TO CARRY "THE BILL" BY STRENGTHENING THE PEERAGE. FOR the more rapid progress of the Bill this week we are indebted to the renewed courage of Ministers ; and the Ministers...

PARLIAMENTARY LOGIC.

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MR. A. BARING contends, that, under the new Bill, the country gentlemen will be wholly incapable of competing . with the active, intelligent, busy members elected by commercial...

PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH. 3ver Cent. Reduced . 3 per Cent. Consols ....... Ditto for Account ........ 34 per Cent. Old ..... . 35 per Cent. New . . . 4 per Cent... B ank Stock .. ....... Ditt o...

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A FEW WORDS FOR POLAND.

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IN 1827, France, Austria, and England interposed to rescue Greece from the oppression of Turkey. It is true, the war be- tween the Porte and its subjects in the Morea and the...

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THE ENGLISH OPERA.

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FERDINAND RIES, whose visit to this country we noticed in a former SPECTATOR, has been engaged by Mr. ARNOLD to furnish his theatre with an opera; and it was produced on...

HAY MARKET THEATRE.

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A NEW " semi-historical play," as it is somewhat pedantically termed in the bills, entitled Madame the Barri, or a Glance at Court, was produced at this theatre on Tuesday...

THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH CONCERT, AND THE HARMONICON.

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IT is very well known that her Majesty gave what was called an English Concert last month ; all the music of which, two pieces only excepted, was by foreign composers, and the...

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NEW BOOKS.

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PERIODICAL LITERATURE, Magazines for August.—The New Monthly, Blackwood's, Fraser's, The Englishman's, The Metropolitan, The United Service Journal, The Asiatic, The...

THE SECOND VISION OF MUZZAIL

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ON the second day of the month, contrary to the custom of my fore- fathers, I had fasted nearly four-and-twenty hours, in consequence of a derangement of my peptic organs,...

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Mr. LINDLEY'S Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden, or

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an account of the most valuable fruit and vegetables cultivated in Great Britain, is a very elaborate work ; and inasmuch as it com- prises the result of a great number of years...

Mr. DAVIES has translated the Manual of Materia Medica and

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Pharmacy, which two of the most enterprising and ingenious phy- sicians of Paris, Mr. EDWARDS and Mr. VAVASSEUR, had originally published in French. It contains a description of...

FINE ARTS.

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NEW Prix/qrs.—Costly engravings, on a large scale, are getting fewer in number, in proportion as smaller and less elaborate works are more numerous. The rage for Albums, which...

It is a subject of sincere congratulation with the lovers

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of sound views in commercial policy, that Mr. WCULLOCH has lent his aid It is a subject of sincere congratulation with the lovers of sound views in commercial policy, that Mr....

It is already known to the readers of this journal,

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that a Col- lege has been founded in Bristol, the preliminary steps respecting which appear to have been conducted with great prudence and foresight. We have now before us an...

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USEFUL AMTS.

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THE PANTECHNICON.—This establishment, consistingof two immense buildings, situate at the north-west corner of Belgrave Square, is a vast warehouse and depot for all kinds of...

BERANGER AND DE BERANGER. TO TILE EDITOR OF TIIE SPECTATOR.

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Srd August 1831. MR. EDITOR—In the last number of yourvaluable paper, I read with surprise that " DE BERANGER is a competitor for the Presidency of the French Chamber ;" and by...

THE POOR IRISH.

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[The author requests the use of our columns to lay the following ad- dress before the public. To a call of charity and benevolence, of course, our columns are always open.]...