7 AUGUST 1830

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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FRANCE. COMPLETE VICTORY OF THE PEOPLE. ABDICATION OF CHARLES THE TENTH. THE DUKE OF ORLEANS CALLED TO THE GOVERN- MENT. MEETING OF THE CHAMBERS. THE extraordinary drama which...

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THE KING AND HIS COURT.

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Mis Majesty does not forget his promises made before he ascended the throne. When Duke of Clarence, he had promised to dine with the Wulff Secnndus Club ; and as, by reason of...

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THE ELECTIONS.

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THE elections progress very rapidly. Before another week elapse, we shall be enabled almost to state their close. They proceed smoothly also Whether people be tired of...

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STATE OF THE POLLS.

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BASSETLAW. Newark.— . . . 770 Duncombe . ........... 697 Vernon ..... ........ ...... Gll BEDFORD. Whitbread . Polhill .......... ..... • ... Russell . ..... •................

PROjEC TED EXPEDITION AGAINST SPAIN.—In the latter end of last

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week, the Swallow, preventive vessel, commanded by Lieutenant Simson, boarded, according to instructions, a small schooner in Black- wall Reach ; which, on examination, proved...

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THUNDER••STOR1L—A heavy and very extended and fatal thunder- - storm

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happened on Friday last week. In Scotland, in the neighbour- hood of Kilsyth, two men were struck down, and soon afterwards expired ; at Lauder, a man was killed. At Dornock,...

ExEcuTrow OF CAPTAIN Mont.—This unfortunate gentleman suf- fered, pursuant to

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his sentence, on Monday morning. A petition was very numerously signed at Chelmsford on Saturday, and sent express to London to the Home Office. Sir Robert Peel was not in town,...

POLICE ELECTORS.--" On Friday last, an order was read over

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to the New Police constables, at the different station-houses in the metropolis, ordering all these who had votes for Norwich to give in their names to the Superintendent of the...

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THE DUKE or Ontr ws.—The following short and well-written account

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of the King of France, as we suppose we may now designate him, is from the Atheneum of this morning. "The present Duke of Orleans is the eldest son of the too famous Louis...

NEW COINAGE.—A new coinage of King William the Fourth will

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immediately appear. A pia , for ascertaining its value was held at the Exchequer Office on Thursday. WINDSOR CASTLE.—A notice has been issued by the Lord Cham- berlain, by his...

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THE PRESS.

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COMPACT BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND KING OF FRANCE. EDINBURGH WEEKLY JOURNAL.—It may not be uninteresting to tie public, if we take a brief review of the circumstances under which...

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THE ARMY.

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WAR OFFICE, August 3.-2nd Reg. of Dragoon Guards : Brevet Col. J. Hay, from half•pay 17th Light Dragoons, to be Lieut.-Col. 3rd Light Dragoons: Major C. Stisted, to be Lieut....

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING.—The aspect of affairs here is much mended since our last report; and although confidence is not yet fully re-esta- blished, we hope that we may...

POSTSCRIPT . TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.

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SPECTATOR OFFICE,. SATURDAY, Two ()Trona. We have some authority for stating, that the British Cabinet have come to an understanding not to interfere in the. affairs of France,...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived.—At Gravesend, August 4th, H. C. Ships Thames, Forbes, and Atlas, Hine, from China ; and Princess Charlotte, Biden, from Bengal ; Eliza, Sutton, from Ditto ; and Lady...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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TWO POINTS OF ADMIRATION. THERE are two points in the French Revolution of 1830 that are specially worthy of notice—the despatch with which it has been gone about ; its...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATEIS.

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BIRTHS. On the 3rd inst. Mrs. ROBERT Betz, of Gower Street, of a son. On the 30th ult. at Cheltenham, the lady of ALEXANDER HONED, Esq. of a son. On the 24th ult. at 7, Tiviut...

IMPORTANT INQUIRIES.

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THE papers announce that Monsieur COTTU has effected his escape from Paris, and has actually arrived in England. He has done well in this ; for though the people of France have...

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ENGLISH SYMPATHY WITH FRENCH : FREEDOM.

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WE last week called on the influential and liberal merchants and citizens of the metropolis to meet and express their detestation of the conduct of the dethroned King of France,...

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THE THREE DAYS AT PARIS.

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BY AN EYE WITNESS. THE following letter has been addressed to us by an English 0.en- man, of high talent and character, now sojourning in Paris. 'We hesitate not to affirm,...

ELECTION CONVEYANCING.

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FROM THE GLOBE. "While we are praising the devotedness of the people of France in favour of constitutional government, we see the electors of Surrey—not poor men like the...

FUN — THE ENGLISH OPERA.

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OUR fathers, grandfathers, or great-grandfathers, whose appro- bation made the Spoiled Child a stock piece, must have had a voraciously indiscriminating appetite for fun. The...

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LITERARY SPECTATOR.

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THE TURKS.* THE Turkish character ought, at last, to be well understood. From the time of Baron BE TOTT to the present day, writers from experience have proclaimed them an...

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LYELL'S GEOLOGY!

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Is would be difficult to name any other department of science which has undergone such decided improvement, within the last twenty years, as the very interesting branch of...

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THE REVIEWER'S TABLE.

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No. X. Part II, 1. Constable's Miscellany, Vol. LVII, Bourri en ne's Memoirs of Napoleon. 2. Speech on Trial by Jury, at Malta. By Sir John Stoddart. S. Divines of the Church...

JOHN BUNYAN.*

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MR. MAJOR is a kind of Old Mortality among the monuments of old English genius. His edition of WALTON was a curious and beautiful renovation of that fine specimen of the ancient...

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FINE ARTS.

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Howard's Outlines to Shakspeare. Parts XVIII and XIX. Henry the Fifth ; Henry the Sixth, Part First ; and Comedy of Errors. We like Mr. Howaiin's costumes, and his method of...

Landscape Illustrations of Waverley. Part IV.

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This part contains a beautiful view of Durham, by Rossorr ; a very excellent picture, by NASMYTH, of the Tolbooth of Edinburgh—faith- ful, yet full of effect ; a pretty drawing...

Illuminated Ornaments. Part II.

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Presents us with some very striking novelties in these quaintly varie- gated embellishments of missals and manuscripts ; one, in particular, is a scroll of foliage uniting...

Pompeiana, Part III. Contains some beautiful specimens of the pictorial

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skill of the ancients; which exhibit the graceful lines of their compositions the chaste and classic simplicity of their drawing, and the elegance of their fancy. A....

• Landseer's Animals, No. IV.

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The subjects in this number .consist of the Gazelle, that beautiful ani• mal whose name is as poetical as its form is symmetrical, and whose eyes are Arab similes for those of...

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MR. LEWIS'S ORNAMENTAL SILVER.

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WE were invited by Mr. KENSINGTON LEWIS, of St. James's Street, to inspect the splendid ornamental piece of silver plate which is to be presented by the Roman Catholics of Great...

MUSI C.

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Instructions to my Daughter for playing on the Enharmonic Guitar. By a Member of the University of Cambridge. Part II. On the general character of this work, which is now...

The Waverley Novels, Vol. XV. The Legend of Montrose.

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The designs to this volume are clever and effective ; but, like most of the others, deficient in correct expression of individual character. An- not Lyle is not the gay and...

LYING IN STATE OF GEORGE IV.

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THE genius of wax-work departed with dear Mrs. SaLatox, rest her bones ! and its glories now bloom only in the dummies of TRUEFITT and MACALPINE. We remember the time when We...

Burns's Address to the Del Illustrated with Wood Engrav- ings,

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after THOMAS LANDSEER. A very beautiful reprint of this favourite humorous poem of BURNS, and elaborately embellished with the finest wood engravings. Mr. LANDSEER, however,...

, Imitations of French emblem Figures.

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The ingenuity which has been so very successfully exerted in the contriv- ance of some amusing personifications of pursuits, professions, and trades, by means of their...

National Portrait Gallery. Part XVI. Containing Portraits and Memoirs of

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Lord Lyndhurst, Earl of Fife, and Sir Thomas Le Breton. The portrait of the Chancellor is said to be drawn and engraved by Wool.wo.rit ; if so, he must have had WAGE MAN'S...

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THE UNIVERSITIES.

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CAMBRIDGE, Aug. 5.-The Rev. J. Holmes, M.A. late• Fellow and Tutor of Queen's College, has been elected Head Master of the Free Grammar School at Leeds. The Rev. W. A. Keppel,...

WESTMINSTER GREEK.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. MR. SPECTATOR—I should be glad if any Westminster Scholar, who may see this, would point out the sources of the late discoveries in Greek...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, August 3. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. SARSON and CLARKE, Leicester, grocers-WILLIAMS and WHITE, Mitchell Street, St. Luke's, grinders-BAosoAw and Co.Cowdale, Derbyshire,...

PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH. 3 per Cent. Reduced . . 3 per Cent. Consols ....... Ditto for Account ........ 34 per Cent. Old .... 34 per Cent. New . . 4 per Cent. ............ Bank Stock .. ••...

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ADVERTISEMENTS

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TO THE vrt t atore LONDON: SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1830.