11 JANUARY 1834

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE orators in the French Chamber of Deputies have been exer- cising their sweet voices, during the past week, with extraordinary vigour. The general debate on the address in...

The preparations for war on the part of England and

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France have not been without their effect. METTERNICH has taken the alarm, and has caused the following official article to be inserted in the German Papers, and forwarded by...

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There has been an arrival from Lisbon, bringing accounts to

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the 29th of December. The only military operation mentioned, is the destruction of certain flour-mills in the neighbourhood of Torres Novas, by the troops of PEDRO. The value of...

1 jc Court.

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Timm Majesties have been entertaining large parties at dinner every day during the week. Among the most distinguished guests, are Prince Talleyrand and the Dutchess de Ohio, the...

XAVIER DE BURGOS, the Spanish Minister of the Interior, has

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published a list of the Sub-Delegates under the new territorial di- vision of the kingdom. The Timeicorrespondent says that it has silenced, for the present, the grumblers of...

The published accounts of the Revenue to the sth January,

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exhibit a decrease on the year as compared with 1832, amounting to 44.2,4941.; on the quarter, of 91,5471. The falling-off is in the Customs, which have yielded less this year...

Irby SistrapaIii.

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A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday at Guildhall, which was fully attended. The Sheriffs presented reports of the several gaols of the city. The Court unanimously passed a...

An important division has taken place in the American House

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of Representatives, on the Bank question. Mr. MDUFFIE, one of the members for South Carolina, proposed that a memorial pre- sented to the House on behalf of the Bank Directors...

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The sentences on the prisoners convicted at the Old Bailey

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Sessions, which terminated this week, were passed on Monday. John Pearce and James Farrel were sentenced to death, for robberies from the per- son ; eighteen. were sentenced to...

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lEbe COuntrii.

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The King has transmitted to the Marquis of Chandos, through the Privy Purse, the sum of 50/. in aid of time fund for giving premiums to agricultural labourers. At the Annual...

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Mr. Sheil has addressed the landlords and tenants of Ti,perary,

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in a long letter, principally on the subject of tithes, and the small value of the relief which will be actually afforded by the Government measure for their commutation. He...

At about midnight on Saturday week, a desperate fight took

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place in Rush Wood, Mailing, in the preserve of Viscount Five poachers were discovered in the grounds by two of the gamekeepers, and were immediately challenged to surrender....

Mr. Hoare, who resides in Clarence Place, Brighton, was thrown

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from his gig the other day on the Shoreham road ; and besides receiv- Mr. Hoare, who resides in Clarence Place, Brighton, was thrown from his gig the other day on the Shoreham...

IRELAND.

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The applicants tinder the Church Million Act are creating a couvi- &Table stir at the Castle. The clerks work early and late, and at nigh: the windows present an appearance of...

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ilitalattedu4.

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Lord Howick has been appointed to the Under-Secretaryship of the Home department, in the room of Mr. George Lamb. finis ap- pointment will not render it necessary for him to...

SCOTLAND.

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There was a strong muster of Slottish Whigs, with a mixture of Liberals, and followers of the noble house of Breadalbane, on Friday last week, at Perth, to celebrate, by a...

TI-IC ARMY.

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WAR•oPrICF:. .Ran. 10. 13th Regt. of Light Dragoons—Cornet G. J. Walker t Lieut. by purchase. vice Be nson. turn retires ; T. It. Jackson, Gent. to be ('ornet, b purchase, vice...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Caesar, Stollen, for Bengal, in going into the Mauritius for water, on the 9th Ott. grounded and became a complete wreck. The cargo will be saved, but in a da maged...

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The British and French Ambassadors at Constantinople have been questioned,

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by the Ministers of the Sultan, as to the reinforcement of the squadrons of their respective countries. The reply of Lord PoNsoNav was, that the late treaty between Russia and...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANOE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The tendency to improvement, which leas existed for some time in the Consul Market, received a revere check by the sale of a large quantity of...

Captain ROBINSON, the agent of Don MIGUEL, has left this

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country in a small vessel for one of the Miguelite ports, with the intention of proceeding to the head-quarters. 11e is charged with a mission of con- siderable importance Ly...

Prince TALLEyitAND says, there is eotbing in the treaty between

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Austria and Russia to justify war on the pint of France and Britain. Lord Pal.NEttsTost smiles assent.

A note will be left at the Publishing-office, Diu `leliday

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morning, for the gentleman wits brought tt cepy of the Musical Ki.opsake. had omitted to leave his address.

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. In the French Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, M. Maucrilt complimented Ministers on their approval of the address, and M. BIGNox's speech ; but sliowed the...

There is no truth in the statement of Ministers having

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resolved on reduction of the Army to the extent of 8,C)0 men. No orders have been given for any reduction, nor does it appear that ut:y intention of the kind is at present...

The Stanu'grd of this evening affirms, that the King, mindful

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of the old saying, " No Bishop, no King," has "positively refused to sanc- tion his Ministers in their attack on the Church." We shall see.

The Huddersfield election terminated on Thursday, in the return of

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Mr. Blackburne. The result was not doubtful after the first hour's polling, which gave that gentleman a majority of nearly a hundred. Ott Wednesday evening, at the close of the...

The eirelonstautes connected with the abandonment of the intention of

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sending Sir STRATroito CANNINC: to St. Petersburg, are these. On the ilat'laiOD being first annotteced to Prince L1EVLN, he communicated it to his Court ; and received for...

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. lt3:33 and 5th Jan. MIS; showing the Increase or Decrease on each head...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 27th tilt., at Zierow, in Mecklenburg', Baroness BIEL, of a son. On the 2d inst., the Lady of the Rev. FREDERICK STORMER, of Christ Church, Mid- dlesex, of a...

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THE NEW STEAM-MACH.

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SQUIRE 111111 MACERONCS Steatn-Carriage is running daily, for fares, front I:t.gePt's Circus, Oxford Street, to Uxbridge or Edgeware; and at eleven o'clock, the time of its...

Mr. JOHN CRAWFURD, well known by his writings on Eastern

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man- ners and statistics, and his exertions to open the British trade with China and India, has addressed the inhabitants of Marylebone, on the vacancy in the representation of...

It was stated last week, in our article on the

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" Jobs and Blunders in the Regulation of the China Trade," that the American Consul at Canton had neither fees nor salary. This was at mistake : lie has fees, but no salary. The...

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BRITISH COLONIES.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. London. Gal January 1.31. Stn—Asa wellwisher to the middle and industrious classes t i this country, I was much pleased with an able article in...

LESSONS FOR SENATORS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR—An industrious country cousin of mine has sent me the en- closed, thinking it might be useful to remind our M. P.'s of their ditties in the...

COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

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13, Great Marlborough Street. Friday, IGth January 1831. SIR—Among the remarks made in the last Number of your Paper, under the head of " Progress of Publication," are some...

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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION.

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The object of this Association is to found a Colony, under Royal Charter, and without convict labour, at or near Spencer's Gulf, on the smith coast of Aus- tralia, a tract of...

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MORE COMPLAINTS OF THE SHIPOWNERS. cumbering themselves of the old

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ones. quality and estimation of British tonnage—the embarrassment, tip cay, and ruin this country arc not to be deprived of the means of a comfortable the purpose of...

THE promised measure of the Reform of the English Church

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Esta- cur( of the account to be delivered, but it was necessary for him perty, which we cannot but consider unauthorized and inquisitorial. Nor can touching the property and...

of patience, however, as of every thing else; and the

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people— the middle classes, even more than those below them in the scale of wealth—are now bestirring themselves on their own behalf on this all-important question. Perseverance...

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POST-OFFICE PAY, AND PROSECUTIONS.

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Writes some of time clerks in the London Post-office are making from 250/. to 1,200/. a year by trading in newspapers, to the mani- fest injury of a hard-working portion of...

SHORT PARLIAMENTS.

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TUE Quinquenisialists—a new faction, as yet small in number, but dangerous from insidious cunning and official alliance— ought to read, though it is not to be expected they will...

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The Inverness Town-Council have resolved to dispense with the further

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st r- vices of the executioner ; whose extraordinary emoluments are thus described by the Inverness Cnarier. "Donald Boss was appointed executioner in 1812, with a salary of...

It is very surprising, that Jon:a BoI)LE, the son of

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the old man who was poisoned at Plumstead, and who accused his own son of having committed the murder, has been allowed to remain at large, after a charge so directly and...

" The HU tither of prisoners in the I louse

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of Correction at Wakefield is now about 150 less than usual, and this is accounted for by the restrictions that have been lately imposed. The diet has been lowered, the use of...

SUBSTITUTES FOR GIN AND BEER.

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" 'fie third tea-party of the Preston Temperance Society was celebrated un Christinas-day, in the Exchange Rooms. The company amounted to about twelve hundred; the tea-kettle...

" Toe PERIL or MR. Satyr. ea. —One evening at the

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commencement of the present week, a coach was on its way fi ow Huddersfield to Leeds, and among the inside passengers were Michael Timms Sadler, Esq., and a clergyman. One of...

"At the Wilts County Sessions, James White was sentenced to

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transporta- tion for seven years, for stealing six wood fagots, value sixpence each (his second offence); and John Hawkins, his accomplice, was sentenced to six months'...

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TAIT'S MAGAZINE—CHEAP LITERATURE.

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THE most important literary event of the New Year, so fares it hat- yet proceeded, is the announcement that the price of Tait's Maga- zine, instead of half-a-crown, will "...

SERPF.NTS THE. PREY of IlErmEnocs.—Professor Dockland, of the Univer- sity

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of Oxford, " accidentally came to the knowledge of certain circumstances which led him to suspect that hedgehogs preyed, occasionally at least, on snakes. In order to be...

51 Captain Seat% Captain Strachey, and a son of Colonel

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Horner, arc all mentioned as likely to oppose Mr. Miles, the Tory candidate for East Somerset- shire."—Daily Papers. We hope that the Somersetshire electors will have the sense...

" The Ministerial journals have forgotten to designate the species

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of the three birds which Citizen Royalty has just presented to the Cabinet of Natural Ills tory. We will lay any wager that they are not birds that could he served up at table,...

The profits of the late Norwich Musical Festival were nearly

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4501. clear ; which has been divided between four charities, the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital getting the greater part. A very simple and ingenious process has lately been made...

" The Members for Bath have for years given an

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annual subscription of 5/. to the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society. At the annual meeting of the Society, it was stated that, in answer to an application to Mr....

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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PERIODICIL Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, No. XXI I. January 1834 Tait, Edintnirgh. ANTIQUITIES, The Round Towers of Ireland; or the Mysteries of Freemasonry, of Sabaisreand of...

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THE ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND.

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EVERYBODY who has heard of Ireland, through Irishmen, is aware that there are several antiquities in the " gem of the sea," whose objects, origin, and age, are concealed in the...

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THE BABOO, AND OTHER TALES DESCRIPTIVE OF SOCIETY IN INDIA,

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Is a posthumous work. Its author was a civilian in the Company's service, who left India on account of ill health, and died on his homeward voyage. The principal tale was...

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PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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THE present has been a busy week with Messrs. SMITH and ELDER.. They have ushered into the world four other productions besides Baboo. The Stoic; A Journey to the Falls of...

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Mr. LODGE has brought cut, through the ministration of Messrs.

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SAUNDERS and OTLEY, a third edition of his valuable Peerage, in which all the annual mutations amongst the Lords and their fami- lies, by deaths, marriages, and births, are noted.

What is a Dramatic Poem? Is there no poetry 'in

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Macbeth Or are we, judging by the specimens that have been offered, to conclude that a dramatic poem means a piece with the furm, but without the soul of the drama ?—a...

Messrs. FISHER and JACKSON have reprinted the Practical View of

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WILLI AM W ILBERFORCE, in a neat and convenient pize. The Reverend THOMAS PRICE has prefixed a Memoir of the great philanthropist, which may be acceptable to many readers,—...

Another laughable caricature has appeared, not by H. B., but

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in his style, representing a Congress of infant Sovereigns. Otto, the boy King of Greece, is offered a sop in the pan, by one of his yreas - ian subjects ; Donna Maria is...

PICTURES AND ARTISTS.

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NEW PRINTS. Tits appearance of an historical picture is of so rare occurrence, that we are always reluctant to say any thing discouraging to the painter, or disparaging of his...

Besides these, we have several other publications on our table,

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standing over for fuller notice or further examination. Of the first class, we may enumerate Mr. WAREFIILD'S Public Expenditure apart from Taxation; the Thirteenth Number of the...

The execution of the Second Number of Social Eel's and

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their Remedy is better than that of the First ; the story is more indif- ferent, with scarcely a beginning, certainly without a middle or an end. The Lady and the Lady's Maid is...

How is it that the practical Statistical works of all

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the children shame those of the parent? In England, the best works of the kind published arc altogether deficient in many things ; not one is complete, even where completeness...

• H. B. has very happily realized the comparison made

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by Lord John Russell (in his recent speech at Plymouth), of Bishop Phillpots's inve- terate pamphleteering habits to the feline propensities displayed by the princess in the...

The Falls of the Cavery, a river of Mysore, are

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said to excel those of Niagara ; the climate of the Neilgherry Hills is reported to equal, in some particulars to surpass, that of Europe; and the worn and wasted invalid,...

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THINGS AND THOUGHTS,

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FOUND DERE AND THERE. li!:ient. The poet and a brother exciseman one day suddenly entered a widow WilDlaIi'S Shop In Dunscore, and made a seizure of smuggled tobacco. " Jenny,"...

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ROYAL SOCIETY.

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9th January 1834.-B. C. BRODIK+ Esq. V.P. in the Chair. A portrait of Davies Gilbert, Esq., lute President of the Royal Society, painted by Thomas Philips, Esq., R. A. F.R. S....