8 AUGUST 1829

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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ALL the late accounts from the theatre of the war go to prove, that, although at the time disbelieved by many, the Russian account of the defeat of the Grand Vizier was...

A dispute has occurred between the Buenos Ayres Government and

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the French naval commander, in consequence of the former attempting to compel all the Frenchmen in the town to take arms for its defence against the Monteneros. The French...

At home the rumours of changes in the Cabinet are

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propagated with exemplary industry by its enemies, and sturdily denied by its friends. The Standard calls the Courier a liar and a slave, and the Courier retorts in equally...

• Mr. O'Connell has been returned for Clare, without the

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appearance of opposition ; which the Orange papers sufficiently account for by admitting, that opposition, had it been made, would have been utterly hopeless. Mr. Talbot...

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STATE OF TIIE COUNTRY. — We have frequent opportunities of observing pretty

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accurately the state of affairs as they affect the general body of the people; and we have known seasons of bitter distress and of transient prosperity, respectively depress and...

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ILLEGAL FEES AND OPPRESSIVE INIPRISONMENT.--TIIC Police Reports of the week

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supply a narrative in illustration of the title of this paragraph, which it would be a gross injustice to our mosttivilized and law-protected country, not to quote at some...

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Frites.—An alarming fire broke out on Tuesday evening about nine

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o'clock in Queen's-head-yard, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Its progress was accelerated by a smart breeze that blew at the time, and the flames were in consequence at once terrific and...

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COLCHESTER PURITY OF Eaecetoes.—The Morning Journal gives an amusing account

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of a meeting of the " free and independent burgesses of Colchester resident in London," which was held at a public-house called the Crown and Angel, on Tues day evening. "At...

HARDSHIPS FROM AN ERRONEOUS CHARGE ()F MURDER.—The Ayr Advertiser

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of Thursday, after quoting the account ol the examination of the person charged at Bow-street with the murder of Mr. Dow, which took place at Ayr in 1824, says--" This statement...

Lord Burghersh gave two fetes at Florence, on the 13th

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and 16th of July. A. musical mass, which his Lordship has lately composed, was performed The King's Theatre closed on Saturday, after a . ‘season which failed to yield a fair...

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NARROW ESCAPE or A PORTUESE LIBERAL—The following is an extract

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of a letter received by a resident in this city (Hereford) from a gentleman of Gloucester, who has lately visited Oporto, and who humanely saved the life of a re. spectable...

I MPROVP.MENT IN Ecerre.—The Pacha of Egypt has succeeded in

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the formation of a school of surgery at Alexandria. Until the professors become acquainted with the Arab language their lectures are composed in French and Italian, from which...

THE PRESS.

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WHAT MIGHT BE DONE BY A TORY MINISTRY. Montallo Joules:tr.—The day has almost gone by when even an honest Tory Administration could relieve the country. Much, however, might be...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE CROPS. Tut wittiest of modern bards has joined Catholics and Corn in a poem which ought to live as long as the latter grows ; and what MOORE has joined, it would appear no...

DEFENCE OF SINECURES.

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Extremes meet, and the Radicals and High Tories will be found in agreement upon points on which either party woulil be at differences with the Whigs. With reference to the...

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DANIEL O'CONNELL IN PARLIAMENT.

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TIIE clause in the Emancipation Act which excluded O'CONNELL, has deprived Ministers of an able assistant. We shall not say that it has converted him into an enemy, but it has...

JUDICIAL EXHORTATION TO FALSEHOOD.

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CAN a more unseemly exhibition be imagined than that of a Judge on the bench exhorting a prisoner on the t hr eshold of eternity to retract a declaration of the truth, and...

INVENTION IMPAIRED BY SALARY.

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THE author of the Memoir of Sir H. DAVY'S Life, which has appeared in this paper, has very truly observed, that the smallest means may be productive of the most important ends....

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CRUMBS OF COMFORT FOR THE TORIES.

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OUR contemporary the Morning Journal, that setter up and puller down of Cabinets, has promulged another expedient for restoring the courage and raising the hopes of its wavering...

T. P. COOKE AT THE SURREY.

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IN a piece called Black-eyed Susan, the favourable report of which attracted us to the Surrey Theatre, Mr. T. P. COOKE presents the beau ideal of an English sailor. The beau...

A RATIONAL SPECULATION.

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LONDON supplies Brighton with fish, and Brighton, in return, furnishes London with its town news. The Brighton Gazette, a paper Particularly industrious in this department,...

LITERARY SPECTATOR.

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THE MEMOIRS OF THE COUNTESS DU BARRI. WE have lately been much taken up with the Memoirs of Madame du BARRI, which are certainly the most delightful of all books—if they are...

LAW-MAKING—MR. WICKENS' PLANS.*

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tHE first grand defect in the present system of law-making, is the quantity of the work to be performed. The Parliamentary Session consists of about twenty weeks, including the...

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THE SONGS AND BALLADS OF SCOTLAND.* THE industrious compiler of

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these three volumes could not have been better employed than in collecting into one uniform edition, handsome and yet extremely moderate in price, the popular remains of...

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WASHINGTON IRVING'S CONQUEST OF GRANADA.!

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'` Bow is thy strength departed, oh Granada! how is thy beauty withered and despoiled, oh city of groves and fountains! The com merce that once thronged thy streets is at an end...

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NEW MUSICk "For thee, for only thee," a Ballad, sung by 211r. IL Phillips. Composed by W. Borhtn.

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A smooth and rather pleasing melody, in compass from C to E. The Song of the Dew Fizys. Composed by T. H. Severn. Mr. SEVERN is a young composer of considerable merit, and...

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REVENUES OF THE CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SPECTATOR.

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SIR,—As your journal it at all times open to the discussion of matters of public interest, I beg leave to trouble you with the following statement, which, as Junius used to say,...

THE INNER TEMPLE REGULATIONS.

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THERE is one small fact bearing pretty directly on these regulations which seems to have escaped the attention of the wise head that planned them. What is there to induce the...

MONOPOLIES.

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" Abuses and monopolies are now reduced to a question of time, and will ere long be restrained or destroyed altogether. The Catholic question, great as was its importance, was...

GLEANINGS.

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MR. HODESIDN'S LECTURES ON THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETY.—Mr. Hodgskinv has been delivering, at the Mechanics' Institution, a course of interesting and ingenious lectures on the...

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LITE RA RY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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ROOKS IN THE PalisS, PREFAB/NQ Volt PUBLICATION. Blackstone's Commentaries, brought down to 1529—alessrs.Whittaker and Co. are making arrangements for the publication of three...

THE CHURCH.

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ORFORD, August 1.—The Dean and Chapter of Christ Church having received the congt , d'airc mid the King's lettet recommendatory for the election of Richard Begot, clerk, M.A....

THE ARMY. •

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WAR-0 rpm if, Aug. I.-10th Light Dragoons: Cor. G. Vandeleur, to be Lieut.; Hon I'. Moreton, to be Cur.-13th W. M. Julius, Gent. to Ice Cor.; Serj.-Maj. J. O'Reilly, to be...

EAST INDIA SI-UPPING. FRIDAY EVENING.

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The Scotland, Lamb, sailed from Copiapo for Bengal on the 19th May, 1528, and has not since been heard of. Arrived. At Gravesend, Aug. 3d, Hopeful, Mailers ; and 5th, Henry,...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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METHS. — At Amisfield, on the 29th ult. Lady Eleho, of a daughter—At Dunkirk, on the list alt. the Lady of Captain Miguan, of the Hon. East India Company's Military Service, of...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, August 4. PARTNERS nips DissoLvED. —Pearson and Brashier, Threadneedle-street, hairdressers—Peol and Brothers, Crowan, Cornwall, dealers in spirituous liquors—Young ana...

Friday, August 7.

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PARTNERSHIPS Dissoz.vsn. — Campe and Jacob, Bush-lane, woo l-merchant- 4 drew and Co., Crumpsall and Manchester, cotton-spinners—J. and J. Birch, St. Petersburgh and London,...