12 AUGUST 1837

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE elections in England and Wales are over ; and the result is a Tory majority of forty-two votes. The returns from Ireland and Scotland, when completed, will probably throw...

The insuivection in Portugal has put on a formidable front.

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The people generally regard the attempt to restore Dan Pispao's Charter with indifference; but the regular army, for want of something to do, has resolved to overturn the...

The French papers supply no news. It is a general

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remark that the country was never so quiet. The probable dissolution of the Chambers is the only topic of discussion in the journals; and on this there is nothing new or...

It is stated in some of the German papers, that

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the conduft of the King of Hanover will be brought before the " arbitra! tri- bunal" of the German Diet, appointed to decide upon constitutional questions. There is a general...

Sonic self-styled " Loyalists" of Montreal had a meeting in

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the beginning of last month, and passed resolutions, stigmatizing the conduct of the House of Assembly, and the PAPnrs Au party in the province, and declaring that the British...

The Spanish intelligence is a heap of contradictory rubbish. Only

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one point seems to be agreed upon ; which is, that the Carlists generally are retreating, and that for the present there is no fear of a march on the capital.

It is rumoured that a commercial treaty is on the

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point of being concluded between England and Austria. This is not unlikely, as Austria refused to become a party to the Prussian Customs League, and exhibited a good deal of...

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AYLESBURY. Lord nigent has written a locg letter to the

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electors, describing the manner in which he was defeated, and pointing out the only remedy for the exercise of undue influence and bribery- " 1 had of distinct promises of...

THE GENERAL ELECTION. MEMBERS RETURNED.

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Fr.aess. M Rwressons. RIT1111111). Continued from last Week ... 1113 231 Anglessa ....Stanley . 1 Beech/wash . Wood - 1 Car,narthench.Trevor. Jones 1 1 Canteen/nth. Gore -...

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A lunacy commission, which has been sitting for some days,

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decided on Tuesday, that Mrs. Priscilla Mary Fennell, a lady of fortune resid- ing in Seymour Place, New Road, had been insane since March 1936. The unfortunate woman roamed...

CV Court.

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Ttir . : Queen has given audiences to Lord Melbourne and other Ca'Innet Ministers every morning during the week. Her Majesty has taken several rides ; and she went to the...

FINAL POLLS.

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[Vie names to which the letter 'f is attached otheis are Liberals.] are those of Tory candidates; the Been nshire Wow; (T.) 1217 Ili.lfoul 5,0 Cheshire, South . . I: ueri ion...

Ir 1)r airtropultd.

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A meeting was held at the King's Head in the Poultry, on Monday, to set on foot a subscription for the relief of the unemployed weavers of Paisley. A deputation, headed by the...

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aiidtraitittottlf.

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Dr. Musgrave, Dean of Blistol, succeeds the late Dr- Grey in the Bishopric of Hereford. The Earl of Carlisle is said to be dangerously ill. His death just now would be...

The traffic upon the Liverpool and Manchester Railway is increasing

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at a rapid rate. The increase of passengers during the half-year ending the 30th of June last, over the corresponding half of 1836, was no less than 16,500.—Liverpool...

A Coroner's Jury assembled at Wakefield on Tuesday, to inquire

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into the cause of the death of Mr. William Carter ' who died of the wounds he received in the riot at the nomination of the West Riding candidates. The evidence, as far as it...

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At the Lewes Assizes, on the 4th instant, the Court was occupied for several hours in the trial of an action brought against Mr. James Henry Mills, of Lewes, for bribing James...

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The reappointment of the Earl of Munster to be Constable

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of Windsor Castle, is a circumstance which has occasioned a good deal of conversation during the week. The John Bull last Sunday copied from the United Service Journal a very...

The Earl of Errol has written a letter to the

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Standard, denying the truth of a report mentioned in that paper, that he bad used the Queen's name at Richmond to influence the electors to vote for the Liberal candidates in...

Lord trips to Paris have ended in his marriage with

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Miss Golds with, daughter of Mr. Lewis Goldsmith, formerly editor of the Antigallican, and author of some political works now forgotten. After paying a short visit to...

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Mr. Robert Owen has been lecturing at the Hotel de

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Ville in Paris, on his plans for reconstructing society and reforming the world. The first lecture was on Sunday last. A correspondent of the Globe gives the following account...

The Commissioners of Woods and Forests, acting upon plans executed

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by her Majesty the Queen, remarkable for the taste and judgment in arrangement which they display, have given orders for the immediate employment of several hundred persons, for...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCUANOZ, FRIMY AFTERNOON. The Consol Market has been heavy during the whole of the week, with a tendency to decline. There has, however, been no material variation of...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. We have no additions to the election returns; but, from the stalest the Irish polls, we see that some of the seats which the Libe ra l, claimed as secure are in...

THE ARMY.

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Wait-or:Am Aug. 8. — lot or Grenadier Regt. ef Foot Guards—Ensign and Limit. A. Cox to be Lieut. and Capt. by purchase, vice Beresford. who retire.; It. P. Dawsou, Gent. to be...

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iNDICATIONS OF MINISTERIAL HOPES AND POLICY, FROM THE MINISTERIAL PAPERS.

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I. WHIG REJOICING AT RADICAL LOSSES. "It is notorious that onegreat difficulty of Ministers during the last Parlia- ment, was occasioned by the extreme measures and opinions of...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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A r rived—Off Bri g hton, Au g . 6th, D. r.veut, Riddle. from Van Diemen's Land. At p bmoath, 6th, Narcissus, Corry, from Ceylon. Off Swanage. 6th, Orator, Terrv, no a Bengal....

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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CONSERVATIVE ASCENDANCY. Tun Whigs have so managed to work the Reform Bill, that, as everybody now admits, the next general election will give a Tory House of Commons. With...

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MANAGEMENT OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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BUBB DODINGTON tells us, that when HENRY Fox was negotiat- ing with the Duke of NEWCASTLE for the office of Secretary of State and the "management of the House of Commons," he...

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THE THEATRES.

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TRAGEDY having taken her departure from the Haymarket with Mae- It ADY, the little Summer Theatre is again restored to its proper chit. ruter. By way of inf using sprightliness...

DEFEAT OF THE LIBERALS IN PERTHSHIRE. TO TIIE EDITOR OF

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THE SPECTATOR. Stnohmore. 8th August 1837. Stmt—As a good deal of misapprehension exists as to the causes of Mr. Mar 1.E's defeat in the county of Perth, I beg leave to...

INTERFERENCE OF THE CLERGY IN THE ELECTIONS, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

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It is commonly remarked that the morals of the Established Clergy have very much improved within the last twenty-five or thirty years. Our fathers tell strange stories of the...

A gang of thieves has just been discovered at Rome,

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all the mem- bers of which belong to noble families, and several of whom are even serving in the Pope's body guard. They were most of them looked upon as persons of more than...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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C11111IhTIAN MISSIONS, A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises In the South Sea Islands ; aith Remarks upon the Natural History of the Islands. Ori g in, Lan g ua g es....

WILLIAMS'S MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.

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THE conversion of the Polynesian Islanders to Christianity has excited little contemporary attention, beyond the sectarian classes which have contributed the pecuniary means to...

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STOKESHILL PLACE, OR THE MAN OF 'instills& THERE is no

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writer of this age who approaches Mrs. GORE in the truthful and therefore the effective manner in which she embodi al those social peculiarities which come nearer to vices than...

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FINE ARTS.

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LOUIS PHILIP'S COLLECTION OF SPANISH PICTURES. THE Gallery of the Louvre, like most other collections, was deficient in specimens of the Spanish school : it contained only two...

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Mn, ATHERSTONEll Letter came too late for insertion this week.

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CARICATURE SCULPTURE.

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BANTON, the French caricature-sculptor, who modelled a pair of mi- niature busts of the celebrated pianists, THALBERG and Hinz—which are exquisite specimens of' sculpture as...

WILKIE's picture of The Abbot.Turd Family has been engraved by

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GRAVES, the size of the original. A miniature engraving of this pic- ture appeared in one of the Annuals, by which it may be known to many of our readers ; but Sir WALTER'S own...