11 OCTOBER 1834

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Dissatisfaction with the present state of its financial affairs is

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spreading rapidly in Holland. The people of that country, thanks to the obstinate selfishness of their Monarch, and their own corn- - mercial antipathy and national spite to the...

Our budget of foreign news this week is unusually small.

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With the exception, indeed, of what relates to Spanish affairs, we scarcely recollect a period so barren of interesting Continental Intelligence. It should console us, however,...

The First Chamber of the States of Saxony, now sitt:ng

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at Dresden, was startled one day last week by a speech from the Prime Minister, L1NDENAU; who had the hardihood to declare, that in case of a general war, it was certain that...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE meeting of the Spanish Cortes has proved a godsend to gamblers: whether 'honest men will eventually be benefited by its proceedings, seems a matter of exceeding doubt. We...

Intelligence from Greece has been received, to the effect that

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the insurrection in that country has been completely put down.

An arrival from the West Indies brings favourable news to

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the latter end of August. The Globe states, that "A slight ebullition, which had taken place at Dominic; had entirely sub- sided; and at St. Lucia there neither had been nor was...

King LEOPOLD'S new Ministers have commenced their career. by a

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decided step. They have removed all the Governors of the various provinces of' the kingdom. This has occasioned great dis- content; and we find no explanation of the...

The Porte has irritated and mortified its Greek' Christian sub-

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jects, by deposing the Patriarch. The cause for this almost un- - preeedented measure, is not given in the German papers, which state the fact ; but it is supposed to be done at...

Louis PHILIP, with a brilliant party, is rusticating at Fon-

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._ ,,hielas. Tamils is busied in getting up a defence of his PILlatuziont of the telegraph, which has so much enraged the speculators on the Parisian Bourse. In default of more...

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At the Court of Common Council on Wednesday, there was

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a long discussion on the motion of Mr. Hale, Chairman of the City Lands Committee—that the report of the Committee relative to the altera- tions in the Old Bailey Court should...

THEIR Majesties have been spending the week at Windsor. On

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Wednesday, the King, accompanied by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in town, and held a Court ; at which Narnik Pacha, the Minister from the Porte, had his first audience, and...

The Corporation Commissioners, having given notice that they should pursue

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their•inquiries into the state of the property and other matters, of several of the Civic Companies, have held three meetings this week ; but no one has appeared before them...

Attire Mansionhouse, on Monday, a young man of respectable con-

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nexions, but fresh from the country, complained to the Lord Mayor that he had been cheated at an auctior -room in Cornhill, which he had foolishly entered for the purpose of...

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SCOTLAND.

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The Earl of Durham has been visiting the Marquis of Breadalbane, at Taymouth Castle ; and Lord Kinnaird, at Rossie Priory. While staying at the latter place, he received the...

elje ei:ountrg.

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The Lord Chancellor arrived at Portsmouth, on Monday evening ; on Tuesday morning visited the Isle of Wight; and returned again in the evening. On Wednesday morning, be visited...

Last week, the Churchwardens of Rochdale were employed col- le!tIng

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a church-rate of twopence-halfpenny in the pound, which, it is laid, has been granted them by the Ecclesiastical Court of Chester. 4 number of the Dissenters have refused to...

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IRELAND.

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Mr. Crampton is appointed the successor of Judge Jebb; Sergeant O'Loghlin, a Catholic ' Solicitor-General, in the place of Mr. Cramp- ton ; and Mr. Richard Wilson Green, a...

SfUsitatanzaud.

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The office of Solicitor-General, which was offered to Mr. BICKER. STETH, but which that gentleman refused, will, it is said, be conferred on Mr. ROLFE. We do not know whether...

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An address was presented to Lord BROUGHAM yesterday, by a

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body of the inhabitants of Salisbury, who took advantage of his visit to Earl RADNOR'S Sat in their neighbourhood, to offer him their tribute of gratitude, &e. The Mayor refused...

THE THEATRES.

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AN historical comedy, written by Mr. SERI .a, with the somewhat in- expressive title of the Widow Queen, was produced at the English Opera-house on Thursday, with well-deserved...

The Revenue Accounts were made up last night. They present

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a decrease on the quarter, as compared with the corresponding one of last year, of 330,064/. The decrease on the Excise is 846,5241.; on the Stamps, 22.7181.; on the Taxes,...

The Marylebone Board of Guardians of the Poor held a

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meeting Yesterday, and rescinded the vote of a previous meeting, by which the consideration of the questions of the Poor-Law Commissioners was postponed sine die : the numbers...

The King has subscribed 50/. to the Floating Church, with

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the intl. maim that the same sum will be given annually from the privy purse. The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr. Richard Baker Wing- field, to be Chief Secretary at the...

The perpetrator of the murder of Mr. Rens, at Stow

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on the Wold, which was mentioned some weeks ago in the Spectator, hasheen detec- ted; and has subsequently.confessed his crime. His name is Edward Jeaffrey, and he was in the...

POSTSCRIPT. SATURADY.

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No vessel has arrived from Portugal during the week ; neither has any addition to our former intelligence been received through indirect channels.

Anticipating a week of extreme flatness both in Polities and

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Publication, we had made arrangements for devoting an extra portion of the present Number to Literary Advertisements. Our anticipation has been realized : the quit•tness of...

The proceedings of the fickle King of Naples are attracting

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atten- tio. It is now said that he will receive Count TOLEDO, the A in- inssador of Don Carmos ; and MIGUEL is also expected in Naples. There are several other minor indications...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—Off Margate, Oct. thh, E u ',brutes, Beckham, from Bombay. At Portsmouth 8th, John, Lowe. trom Batavia. Off Penzance, fith, Dorchester. Carrick, from Bengal At...

MONEY MARKET.

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Nroex EMMA:Vali. Elif DAT A YYRRNOON. The gloom which had so long pervaded the Money Market has been considerably diminished, if it has not entirely disappeared. The...

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tans, with a pair of gauze wings, appears and vani

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' shes and pirogettes of francs ; and (it is almost impossible to believe it whilst we write it) of these 1 - la - TAGLIONI, and causes abundance of laughter. Acomic dance of...

Paris. 7th October 1834,

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rises with each successive scene, until the denouement resolves Sia — As you have distinguished yourself by the able and fearless manner in all doubts as to the ultimate fate...

to pay these debts. But more than this-1 pledge myself,

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if necessary, to show , ter; and that the nominal debt and fraudulent claims, do not and ought not to so e a t millions per annum. But then comes the question, Cannot the...

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No. XXV1L

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SPAIN CANNOT PAY EVEN HER REDUCED DEBT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Paris. Rh October 1834. SIR—In my last letter, dated 30th September, I showed you that the REvE- NUES...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY •

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THE GLASGOW DINNER. TO THE EARL OF DURHAM. A PUBLIC dinner to a distinguished person may be a very worthless compliment. If he in whose honour it is pretended to be given is...

OPERATION OF THE POOR-LAW BILL.

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THREE children were charged at the Marylebone Police-office, on Saturday last, with vagrancy. It appeared that they had absconded from the Workhouse; and Mr. Snurr, the...

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LITERARY PIRACY.

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An injunction was obtained on Tuesday, on application to the Master of the Rolls, at the instance of Mr. Bentley, the publisher, of New Burlington Street, against a person of...

BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

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THIS long-expected Festival, the Festival of the present year, has taken place this week ; and if the result has not in all respects equalled our anticipations, it has not been...

FRENCH POSTAGE ON BRITISH JOURNALS.

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THE law for regulating the postage in this country of newspapers forwarded to and from foreign parts, has put us in the situation to profit by. a corresponding 'liberality on...

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The Edinburgh Scotsman has the following observations in re- ference

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to the Earl of Duitivat's acceptance of the invitation to the Glasgow dinner. "The Earl of Durham, we understand, has accepted the invitation to a public dinner at Glasgow; a...

The Right Honourable Sir Jan Cam Hobhouse has been unremitting

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in hi' devotion to amusement and recreation ever since his appointment to the First Commissionership of Woods and Forests. He attended the Board twice is- niediately after being...

We are informed, that the Bishop of Raphoe's will has

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been proved ; and that his per5. - onal property amounts to fifty thousand pounds, exclusive of a large property in the English Funds.—Dublin Paper. The enormous wealth...

The first tea sale since the opening of the China

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Trade took place on Tuesday. After several lots had been disposed of, Mr. JOHN TRAVERS, an extensive dealer in the article, inquired whether some tea which was about to be...

A Yorkshire paper mentions, that at the Howden horse fair,

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which commenced on the 25th of September, numbers of fine horses were purchased at good prices for exportation : upon which the Morning Post makes the following sage remark—....

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DUNLOP'S MEMOIRS OF SPAIN.

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THE revolutions of Spain have yet to be written. A work that should give a rapid accuunt of the leading events of the Spanish monarchy, a striking portraiture of the principal...

- SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Memoirs of Spain during the Reigns of Philip the Fourth and Charles the Second - from 1621 to roe. By John Dunl i tiit. Author of the " History of Fiction," &e. lois. hiltaker...

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COLONEL FLINTER'S PUERTO RICO.

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ON a casual glance at Colonel FtrprrEa's volume, it appeared likely, as we observed last week, " to throw considerable light upon the question of free labour by the Negroes." We...