11 JULY 1829

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From Ireland we hear of nothing but fights and rumours

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of fights ; —Nashes and Dwyers, Crows and Magpies, Peelers and Peasants, break heads and necks, as Coapora 0 Slash says, with the most " amicable animosity imaginieble. Of all...

The present French Ministers appear to entertain a foolish fear

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of the press. The Keeper of- the Seals has addressed to the Procureurs Generals a circular on the subject of newspapers, which gravely al- leges, that the declamations of the...

NEWS Or THE WEEK.

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THE arrivals from the theatre of the war in the East consist merely of rumours, or repetitions of news previously received. The Grand Vizier, as was naturally to be expected,...

The account of the public revenue, made up to the

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5th instant, shows a decline of 349,693/. on the quarter, compared with the same three months in 1628. The items stand thus: a 1828. Increase, Decrease. £3,951,221 £3,705,8061...

We find it impossible to do justice, in this Number,

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to the important and laborious section of Sir HUMPLIRY DAVY'S Biography announced in our last. It shall appear next week.

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TuE Ktixo is in excellent health ; and takes his

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drives regularly in Windsor Park ; but, owine to the unsettled weather, has not commenced his ware parties. The Duke of Cumberlatul has been a frequent visitor at the Castle....

THE MONEY MARKET. '

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STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY MORNING, TrILLF- PAST TEN.—Our Market continued, in the same state of inactivity wh:ch we have had so frequently to report - of late, until Thursday...

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THE PRESS.

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STATE OF IRELAND. GLOBE — Ireland, now that Emancipation has been carried, is restored to its ordinary, and what has at times been regarded its natural and healthy state ;—of...

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POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.

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SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY. In consequence of the frequent assemblages at the Corn Exchange in Dublin, there have been several meetings of the Privy Council at the Castle, to...

WEST INDIA SLAVERY.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. A MEETING, of what description of persons we do not anticipate, is, we are told, to be held on Tuesday, for the purpose of petitioning Per_ iiament and the...

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THE NORTH MAIL.

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TFIE good people benorth the Tweed are naturally anxious to shorten their communication with London, and various plans have been pro- pounded for that purpose. We shall not...

NATIVES AT FAULT.

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" Mas incuriosa suorum." TACIT US. WE divert ourselves immoderately with the blunders of foreigners, who draw false inferences from superficial views of our customs and manners...

THE TWO COURT JOU ;ISMS.

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"Marry come up ! as good a woman as yourself at least." FIELD/No. POOR GOLDY, after describing the unhappy differences between Dr. RICHARD Rom and Dr. TIMOTHY FRANKS, two great...

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ITALIAN OPERA.

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UNDER this head we have rather to anticipate than to report. I n preparation, the theatre is promising; in present performance, some- what dull. CIMAROSA'S Matrimomo Segreto is...

ENGLISH SACRED MUSIC :riSGRACED IN THE METROPOLITAN

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CAT: EDRAL. THE Atlas has indulged its reaaers with some choice morsels of musical criticism, from the pen of a M. YETIS, a Frenchman, whom we remember to have met sonic weeks...

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CAPTAIN HALL'S TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA.* LITERARY SPECTATOR.

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WE do not remember ever expecting the appearance of any work with the same anxiety that we have for some time waited for the Tra- vels of Captain BASIL HALL in the United...

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CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1828.

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MR..MACFARLANE characterizes the small progress made by the Russians, in the last campaign, as the mysterious failure of their army ; so that we are to conclude that the causes...

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RICHELIEU.*

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THE subject of this novel is very nearly the same as that of the historica romance of Cing Mars, by M. ALFRED DE VIGNY, which has of late acquired a great popularity in France,...

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LONGEVITY.*

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OUR EADIES, VAN EUTCHELS, and a thousand beside, have long ago demonstrated the absurdity of tolerating disease in the world ; but these learned personages are only of use when...

GLEANINGS.

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CIVILIZATION or AFRICA.—The travels of Clapperton add one more to the numerous evidences, that the interior of Africa presents a scene of much greater civilization than has been...

THE ART OF LATIN POETRY.*

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'Nis is a collection of such peculiarities as may be observed by a , critical reader in the perusal of the Latin poets. It is in fact what all persons who desired to write Latin...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EvENI NG.

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The Marquis Camden, after a tedious voyage from the Straits of Sunda to St. Helena, has arrived safely in the Thames. The Orwell, the last Chinaman of the season, bias also...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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CA m 0 RI ne: n, July 10.-On Tuesday last, being commencement day, the following Doctors and Masters of Arts were created. Deetees Dieinity-The Rev. W. Dealtry, late Fellow of...

TIIE CHURCH.

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On Sunday, 2Sth nut. the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucester 'held a General Ordination in the Cathedral, when the following gentlemen were admitted into Holy Orders...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOOKS IN THE PRINS, OR PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. Mr. Hood, the author of Whims and Oddities, has a new work in the press, entitled Epping Hunt.- Messrs. Dymmel and Dawsun, of...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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ItInTrrs..-On the 21st ult. at Florence, the Lady of Colonel Shonldham, of a son- On the 4th hist. at Mentlham Harleston, Norfolk, the Lady of Sir G. Crewe, of a daughter-At...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Tuesday, July 7.

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PtmtTNEmtsmtip14 DISSOLvEn.-Lea, Wilson, and Co. Old Jewry, silk-manufacturers - - Woodward and Morton, Kidderminster and Holborn-hill, carpet-manufacturers- Bounds and Eplett,...

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LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FainAY, JULY 10. We are moderately supplied with Wheat this week, both Foreign and English: and, though the trade on the whole is dull, we do not consider it by...