9 DECEMBER 1837

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THIS has been a week of prodigious fuss in the House of Com- mons. Whippers-in are almost broken-winded by their extraor- dinary exertions. Members have been lashed into a state...

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Papers from St. John's, Newfoundland, dated the 18th of No-

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vember, were received yesterday. It appears tbat the Governor of that Colony and the House of Assembly are involved in an ugly dispute. The House of Assembly have refused to...

Accounts from Hanover mention, that the city of Hanover was

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about to protest against the abolition of the Constitution of 1833 ; and it was rumoured there that the Dukes of SUSSEX and CAM- BRIDGE had formally signified their...

The last arrivals from New York bring news of the

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entire de- feat of the VAN Buagre party in the State of New York. The late House of Assembly contained a very large majority of his adherents; but in that just elected he has...

In the Prussian State Gazette appears. a formal defence of

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th e arrest of the Archbishop of Cologne. It is grounded on the assetition that the Archbishop violated the compact which he en. teleid into when he wits installed, and was in...

The foreisn intelligence this week possesses little interest. The chief

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subject of conversation in Paris is a quarrel between ODIL- LON BARROT and MAUGUIN ; the origin of which seems to have been a declaration of the latter that BARROT was about to...

13thatc# an proccrtingstInVadiament.

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IRISH CORPORATION REFORM. In the House of Commons, on Tuesday, Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved for leave to bring in a bill for " the regulation of Municipal Corporations and Borough...

Heavy rains retard military operations in the North of Spain.

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ESPARTERO has proposed an exchange of prisoners. Contradic- tory accounts of the condition of Don Csimos and his troops are received daily ; but there is no authentic news of...

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Cbr flutist] lig.

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The lorge room at the Crown and Anchor was filled on Monday with it must respectable assembly of Liberals, who met in conaequence of Lord John Russell's declaration against the...

Ely' Court.

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Tue record of Royal movements presents little novelty this week. On Tuesday, the Queen went to Drury Lane Theatre, arid on Thurs- day to Covent Garden. Her Majesty's attendants...

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SCOTLAND.

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On the 27th November, a meeting of delegates from Anti Corn-law Associations, recently formed in Glasgow and several towns in the neighbourhood, was held in Glasgow; Mr. Weir,...

IRELAND.

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A letter with the signature of the Reverend Elias Thackeray, of Dundalk, to Mr. O'Connell, approving of Mr. O'Connell's last plan for settling tile tithe question, appeared in...

Mr. Jonathan Brundrett, of the Temple, has made a donation

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of 1,000L to the London University. Mr. Jonathan Brundrett, of the Temple, has made a donation of 1,000L to the London University. It is said that the Lord Chancellor has...

rbe Courarti.

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At a meeting of the Council of the Birmingham Political Union, on Tuesday week, very numerously attended, the following iesolutions were passed, after a spirited debate, in...

iffidartattrourt. Sir Francis Head has been recalled from the government

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of Upper Canada. The Courier says that he wished to return, finding the income of the office too small for the support of a Lieutenant-1;over- nor's dignity. This is riot a very...

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After the question of the Pensions inquiry had been disposed

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of, Mr. CHARLES BULLER moved that his Controverted Elections Bill should be " catnmitted." The bill is not to be pres , ed till after the recess ; the author very quietly...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. Ministers had proof last night, that when they propose a just and popular measure, and manfully support that measure themselves, there is no cause to quail...

The Paris ■•■ - aitain to mews f in'sect. 'Ila‘ ...a•si ter

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noticed iii tint is the late :Mg ill IV, ; which, they. without exelT7ien, he vroet e t 1 mi.. e..1: the Whim, ar..1 the equally ccnt,imn hou,: 11 poss::)..:. more remote,...

We expected to have received the Report of the Civil

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List Com- mittee before this. On Tuesday it was ordered to be printed ; but, whether the delay is the consequence of orders from Downing Street, or of the mischievous monopoly...

Bishop PHILLPOTTS is grievously afflicted with cacoRlas scribEndi. This morning's

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Times contains a correspondence bet%veen Bishop PHILLPOTTS is grievously afflicted with cacoRlas scribEndi. This morning's Times contains a correspondence bet%veen EXETER" and...

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VENTILATION AND WARMING OF BUILDINGS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE

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SPECTATOR. MR. EDITOR — Having read your article on Mr. H000's plan of warming with hot water, and seeing also that all theories with respect to the warming and ventilating...

SHALL WE RETAIN, OR TURN OUT, THE WHIG MINISTERS?

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Reform Club, Friday, 8th December 1837, Sri—In common with others, you must recollect Lord DURHAM'S declara. lion previous to the meeting of...

A MINISTRY OF AND FOR THE PEOPLE.

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[FROM • CORRESPONDENT.] The People of England are a "mighty people," according to the talk of their admirers. Mighty they are, beyond a question; but to what good end are they...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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• Arriterth--6.t Groynes& Om8th. Frances Smith, Edmonds. from Bengal ; 9th, Indus, id•Farlane, from ditto; •Ild SCOliffleld: Evans, from Bombay. At Liverpool, llsid,./tanger,...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EICERNOIL FRIDAY ArfEINOON. The Consol Market his evinced feebleness, and is an ath per cent, lower than it was on Saturday. There has been, however, very little business...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE NEW REFORM MOVEMENT IN LONDON AND THE PROVINCES. THE Westminster Liberals have taken their right position (will they keep it ?) at the heed of the movement for the second...

The address of the Birmingham Political Union to the Re-

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formers of Great Britain and Ireland, which will be found at length in our advertising columns, is a document of importance from its origin, and of interest from its popular...

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MATERIALS FOR A RADICAL MINISTRY.

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Is a previous column there is a communication on the practica- bility of constructing a Radical Cabinet. Some of our readers 'will smile, and some will shake their heads: yet,...

ABOLITION OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL. THE debate in the

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Lords on this subject must have been unsatis- factory to all persons, and especially so to legal readers. To the public, because we are left entirely in the dark as to what the...

ELECTION COMMITTEES.

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MR. CHARLES BULLER'S Bill to amend the law for trying Contro- verted Elections was mentioned last week as affording the minimum of reform. In a pamphlet by " A Member of the...

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The Duke of Somerset is desirous of retiring from the

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office at the head of the Literary Fund Society, which his tirace has so lung held with honour to himself and advantage to tine charity. A general meet- ing of the subscribers...

THE THEATRES.

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Tee new opera, Arnilie, or the Love Test, now performing at Covent Garden, has been the means of making the public acquainted with the merits of a composer who, as we are...

There is little to be said of the other theatres.

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Mademoiselle CELESTE is added to the attraction of the Adelphi ; where a military spectacle, with the title of the Fell of Constantin's, has been got up for the purpose of...

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rCONQUESTS OF THE IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS OF COLUMBUS.

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T'HI iS a collection of original accounts of expeditions to Ame- rica in the first half of the sixteenth century ; and hitherto ex- ceedingly little known. The first series, of...

TSPECtATOR'S LIBRARY.

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1)11COVZSINII AND A DVIINTCar.S. Voya g es, Relations,et Maim:sea Oripinatys, pour +emir is PHistoire de la Decouverte de PAmerique, 'Mails pour la premiere Foie en Francois....

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TRELAWNY OF TRELAWNE.

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THE Trelawnies of Trelawne are a Cornish family, so very ancient that they were in full feather at " the Conquest"—that heraldic rera when the majority of genealogical ayes were...

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PHILLIPS'S GEOLOGY,

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WORKS on Geology appear to us generally to fail in the mutter of history and of proof. They not only plunge in mediae res, but, unlike the poet, they never tell us what has...

SPORTING BY NIMROD.

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MAN is a hunting animal : his whole life is a chase. The excite- ment of pursuit and the exercise of superiority, the two principal ingredients in the sports of the field, are...

TAGART'S REMARKS ON DEMONSTRATIVE REASONING.

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THE plan of this work is, first, to investigate the nature of Mathe- matical Reasoning, and to show by analysis its essential charac- teristics. The author's next step is to...