10 JANUARY 1835

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The debates in the French Chamber of Deputies during the

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last week have been of a nature unusually interesting and important. We regret, in common with our private correspondent 0. P. Q., that we cannot devote any portion of our paper...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Tint Elections are going on very much in the way we had antici- pated. The Tories have gained the advantage in those places where Corporation influence and long-practised...

The intelligence from Madrid is unimportant ; and, with the

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exception of a Royal decree intended to make a little reparation to some of the Victims of FERDINAND the Seventh's tyranny, does not require notice. This decree, according to...

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THE GENERAL ELECTION.

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.. 111111SERS RETURNED. BERM • SUllig•ST VIIK OF G• 1148 • ND LOSSES. - I halos. Clive. Charlton - 1 1 Loan Regis.. Hentiock, Canning 2 1 1 Lyme Pinney 1 - Mails!~ . . Leal,....

THE REVENUE.

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Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended 5th Jan. 1834 and 5th Jan. 1835; showing he Increase or Decrease on each head...

It would seem that some attempt is about to be

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made by the Dutch King to renew the old game of conferences, under the 1 11Vissamscrron auspices. The Times states, that Baron Zuylen de Nyevelt, who was the King of the...

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The Gazette of last night announces the following creations. Lord

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FITZGERALD is raised to the British Peerage, by the title of Baron Fitzgerald of Desmond ; Sir JAMES SCARLETT is at last made Baron Abinger, of Abinger in the county of Surry,...

In addition to the Election news in the preceding colnmns,

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we can now state, that Farebrother has given up the contest in Lambeth; that Howard and Marshall have been elected for Carlisle ; Sir Robert Heron and Mr. Fazakerley for...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived-At Plymouth, Jan, 2d, Mount St. Elphinstone, Richardson, from Bengal At Fahnouth, 3d, James Harris, Pearson, from New South Wales. At the Capt.. Oct. 10th, Mar g aret,...

THEATRICAL INTERRUPTIONS.

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THAT portion of theatrical audiences which is composed of the unso- phisticated few to whom "going to the play "is an event in their lives, or whose visits to the Theatre are...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. Whenever it happened that a member of the late Government failed in his attempt to get into Parliament, loud and lusty were the pans sung, many and insolent were the...

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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.11. 11. jean impostor, and most likely a tool. If he had been a reader of the Spectator so long as he pretends, he wonld have known that no journal has Written more strongly or...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AIETIONOON. During the early part of the week, the attention of the public was almos %Windy absorbed in the elections, and business of all kinds...

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the way from Cheapside to the Hall, and the numerous

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flags and ban- ners gave it a very gay appearance. On each side of the street the walls were covered with placards, calling upon the electors respectively, to support the Reform...

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EU ifIttrOVOTiff.

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violence and usurpation," and declared that he would say the same of was held on Saturday; at which Mr. Pattison, A Court of Aldermen it in the House of Commons. Governor of the...

to say there was no one thing that would add

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more to the satisfactiun he then felt, THE King and Queen have remained at Brighton during the week, . whatever might be the result of the election ' than their having an touch...

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IRELAND.

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Yesterday week, between four and five o'clock in the evening, as Mr. Lundy Foot was walking on his own grounds at Rossbercon, near New Ross, in the county of Wexford, he was...

Cbt Country.

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An occurrence has recently transpired in the vioinity of Ulverstone, which is the topic of very general conversation in that neighbourhood, and.bas caused much astonishment and...

THE ARMY.

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OFFICE OF Ottnsrsticr, Jan. 2.—Royal Regt. of Artillery—Second Capt. W. A. Itayries to he Capt. vice Scott, deceased ; First Lieut. I. Somerville to be Second Capt. vice Haynes...

The Quarterly return of the Public Revenue (to the .5th

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instant), does not call for any lengthened notice. There appears on the face of it a large increase in the Customs, and a diminution of the Excise re- venue, but which arises...

Ift I d cilia it t 0 tt

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The Earl of Courtown has been appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. The Earl of Morton is to be appointed to fill the only remaining vacancy amongst the 111b rd s of...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 3,1 inst., at Weare Gifford, the Lady Levin FORTESCV1, of a son. On the 4th itist • in Dover Street, the Lady of Roazzr Gonttro, Esq.. of a son. On the 30th et...

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Opiniont of tbe

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PRESENT POSTURE OF AFFAIRS. WESTMINSTER REVI ew—Moralista and preachers take advantage of the new year to review the past, and enforce resolutions for the future. Merchants...

crry EtterION.

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TO THE IMO& OF THE STECTATOZ. S1R—The great triumph which has attended the efforts of the Reformers in 'Ow City, is a sore subject to the Tories. They say that the canvass has...

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THE PRINCIPLES OF THE NEXT MINISTRY.

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THE result of the election contest in the City of London, lowered the insolent tone of the Times amazingly. The versatile journal s traightway began to preach up an alliance...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE COUNTY ELECTIONS. THE City and'Borough Elections throughout England and Wales are now nearly over ; and for the most part the constituencies have done...

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that occasioned disaffection in the Ministerial majorities, and dis- Teta

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events of the week leave no room to doubt that the Re- agreements in the GREY Cabinet. The unsatisfactory manner in formers will command a powerful majority in the new...

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ANOTIIER DISSOLUTION THREATENED: NECESSITY OF PREPARATION.

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THE rumoured intention of the Tories to hazard a second disso- lution, if they should find themselves in a minority in the new Parliament, was mentioned in this journal three...

"DOWN WITH THE TORIES!" RE-ECHOED FROM ABROAD.

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Nuts, 7th January 1833. " Round aud around the sounds were cast, Till echo seemed an answering blast." ELECTORS of Great Britain and Ireland ! you do not underrate the im-...

UNSEASONABLE DUTIES.

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GENTLEMEN who ride in their coaches and drink burgundy—who delight in any excitement which relieves the ennui of fashion- able indolence—rejoice, no doubt, in the opportune...

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DOWN WITH THE TORIES!"

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Si TUNE —Green grew the ;ashes, 01 Down with the Tories, 0! Down with the Tories, 0! At Freedom's call rouse, Britons all, And "Down, down with the Tories, 0! " Chorus—Down...

A Policeman the other day appeared at the Worship Street

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°See r dressed like a country clodhopper. The Magistrate, Mr. BROUGHTON 5 whose general good sense and humane bearing contrasts strongly with the brutality of some of his...

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BANIM's TALES.

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THE volumes before us prove how little intellectual power, or even genius, can effect when It attempts to produce its materials instead of shaping them. In the Mayor nj...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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The Mayor of Wind-Gap, and Canvaasing. By the O'Hara Family. In 3 'ails. Saunders and ()ley. II !STORY. The Life of Napoleon nonaparte. fly Sir Walter Skott. Vol II....

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THE STATISTICAL ANNUAL OF THE BOARD OF TRADE, OR A

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BUDGET OF FACTS. A CLOSER examination confirms the opinion we hazarded on a rapid glance : the present Part not only contains those statistics for 1833 which are in the...

SCOTT'S I. I PE OF BONAPARTE.

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Tnis volume completes the preliminary view of the French Revo- lution, and brings the biography of the hero down to his mar- riage, and his appointment to command the Army of...

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Short Whist, by Major A*****, is a smart and pleasant

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little book on a subject of grave import. It contains a jocose account of the origin of the game; the laws of Short Whist as it is now playa, with suggestions for their...

PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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Mn. LOUDON, whose numerous publications on rural affairs are valuable for their comprehensiveness, and the union of scientific accuracy with practical utility, has commenced...

COGHLAN's Pocket Picture of London is a cheap and neatly

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got up little book, conveniently arranged as regards reference, and clear enough as far as it goes; but it is a mere compilation, by a mere craftsman, drawn frog very obvious...

Sacred Songs is a small collection of verses, consisting chiefly

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of paraphrases of the Psaltns. Their object is pious, their spieit amiable, their rhythm not harsh, their versification for the most part correct; but it is scarcely censure to...

The seventh edition of Plain Advice to Landlords and Tenants

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contains a useful digest of the Laws relating to Houses and Lodg- ings ; but is perhaps more useful as a warning than a help. Its information is rather valuable to keep people...

FINE ARTS.

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ENGRAVED LANDSCAPES. MR. Moost, who published the highly-finished line engraving Of EAsTLAKE's beautiful landscape, miscalled " Byron's Dream," and another of PitouT'S View of...

Messrs. Batrroer and BRAVLEY, who arc fellow labourers in the

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field of antiquarian topography, have combined their expe- rience and research in elucidation of the History of the Ancient Palatial Edifices of Westminster, of which the late...

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YIELDS CHROMATOGRAPHY, OR TREATISE ON COLOURS AND PIGMENTS.

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" AN eye for colour" is more common than "an ear for music." There are fewer, perhaps, to whom an harmonious arrangement of co- lours is not agreeable, than who are indifferent...

WOOD STATUES.

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THE curious and unique series of statues of the Church Reformers, carved in wood by ANDREA BRUSTOLINI, which we noticed a few months back, are now exhibited at Stanley's Rooms,...

HARDING'S Annual Drawing Bonk, for the New Year, is the

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best of the series. The snatches of landscape and marine scenery are charm- ing for their simplicity and truth, and the taste and skill shown in their selection and treatment....

PANORAMA OF PERE LA CHAISE.

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MR. IhraroaD whose magical pencil transports us alternately "from India to the Pole," in the last exercise of his graphic skill places us in the midst of that beautiful garden...