12 MARCH 1836

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE comparative strength of parties in the House of Commons as fairly tested on Wednesday morning ; when a division took place on the motion of Lord FRANCIS EGERTON to instruct...

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23tbatesi atttr Prater/rim/it in Vadiamtnt. 1. REFORM OF THE IRISH

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CORPORATIONS. In the House of Commons, on Monday, Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the order of the day for the second reading of the Irish Muni cipal Bill. On the question being put,...

The intelligence from the insurgent provinces of Spain is very

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contradictory, as far as warlike operations are concerned. The last accounts state that ESPARTERO, the Queen's General, had en- tered Bilboa with a considerable force ; that...

About 400 persons, who are described as being Polish refugees,

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have been expelled from Cracow ; and a body of Cossacks has been despatched to scour the neighbouring country of others, who are suspected of being concealed in the woods, and...

No question affecting the stability of the French Ministry has,

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as yet, been discussed in the Chamber of Deputies. The union be- tween THIERS and ODILLON BARROT was not of long duration. They had a difference in the Chamber of Deputies...

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THE CARLOW INQUIRY.

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The Minutes of Evidence given before the Carlow Election Corn.. mittee have been published. They occupy fifty-two closely-printed columns of the Times ; but much of this matter...

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Cbt Country.

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Sir Roger Griesley intends to retire from the representation of South Derbyshire; and the Tories will endeavour to supply his place by a Sir Francis Hurt. A subscription has...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. At Rudding Park, Yorkshire, Lady RADCLIFFE, of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at Orielton, Pembrokeshire, Lady Owtst, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Woolwich, the Lady...

CV Court.

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THE . King and Queen are residing at Windsor Castle, in the enjoy- ment of excellent health. His Majesty rides out frequently in a car- riage with Lady Falkland ; and the Queen...

In the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, the sentences were

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pro- nounced on the prisoners convicted at the late sessions. Thirty-three were ordered to be transported for seven years, three for fourteen, and twenty-four for life. Jourdan...

ir be Marvin:aid.

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IRA meeting was held in the Guildhall on Monday, to petition Par- liament for the total repeal of the Newspaper Stamp-duty. The Lord Mayor, who had called the meeting on a...

SCOTLAND.

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We learn from the Glasgow Argus, that at a numerous meeting of the electors of Paisley, it was unanimously decided to support Mr. Aytoun of Edinburgh, in preference to Mr....

The new Committee of the Stock Exchange have rescinded, by

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an nnanlmous vote, all the proceedings of the last Committee in regard to the transactions connected with Lakeman's affair ; the consequence of which is, that the brokers whose...

iffidtenaneutut.

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It is now, we understand, fixed, that Dr. Longley is to be Bishop of Ripon ; that Dr. Allen, Bishop of Bristol, is to succeed Dr. Maltby in the see of Chichester ; and that the...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, 'March 6th, Andromeda, Gales, from Van Diemen's Land; and !nth, Thomas Snook, Brown, from Bengal. At Deal, lOth. Eliza, Stewart, Miller from China; and Rio...

The Report of the Carlow Inquiry Committee was presented to

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the House of Commons last night. Mr. RIDLEY COLBORNE, the Chair- man, said that it had received the unanimous approbation of the Com- mittee ; and, he was convinced, would be...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK P.XCRANOZ, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The operations i ' 11 the English funds do not offer any prominent subject for remark ; the busiues I saving been on a very small scale. Money...

The result of the proceedings before the Dublin Election Committee

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is very doubtful. Last week the decisions of the Committee all told against the sitting Members ; but on Wednesday it was determined, that the persons liable to the Paving-tax...

The Ultra-Orange bigots of Oxford University have so far frightened

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the Heads of Ilouses, as to induce them to allow the following propo- sition to ha considered in Convocation on the 19th instant- " To suspend, during the pleasure of the...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. Intelligence has been received ,!Iy a vessel which left New York on the 20th of February, that an insulTection of the slaves had broken out in Nashville,...

Another Letter by DURBAN? CCOPER, on Electoral Regislration, is in

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type, but . want or won. W . e liovieter, lake care to make it 'has been exdiuded la) . " There is no probability of the Registration Bill quarter. available in the proper...

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ToPICS OF TH.E DAY.-

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O'CONNELL FOR Ire ESTMINSTER. hatred. The RAPHAEL at- selves, and benefit the object tt' th eir tack has not only exposed e.ie hypocrisy and malignity of these new-light...

THE NEW HOUSES OF lcARIJAATENT. .

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seventy sets out of the ninety -s even 'have been received for exhi- bitiOn ; as many as fifteen sets y et remain unclaimed at the office of In the mean time, the discussion as...

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THE ITALIAN OPERA.

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To plain men of business, the affairs of the King's Theatre seem a tangled skein, which every year serves only to render more knotted and twisted. First there are the...

• Since the above was in type, we have heard

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that the decision of the Dublin Committee is now considered doubtful. We are almost sorry for it. So much advantage would arise to the cause of Reform and real Union, from...

THE GNAT AND THE CAMEL, BY SIR ROBERT PEEL.

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THE philosophy of the Conservative leader is as flimsy as his jokes are ponderous. For example, in the debate on Tuesday he said- " But the noble lord (John Russell) was shocked...

ONE KING, ONE ALLEGIANCE,—AND ONE LAW.

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of the pauper mass; to raise Irish wages to the English level; • " Now he fearlessly asked the right honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer, did be consider the English...

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HENNINGSEN'S CAMPAIGN WITH El/MALACARREGUI.

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IN consequence of his enthusiasm in the cause of Don CARLOS, Mr. HENNINGSEN joined the Pretender's army as a volunteer, and served a twelvemonth with theCarlist forces. But his...

THE BALLET.

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THE new ballet, Le Rossignol, is a pretty and very animated picture of village gayety d l'opera ; with a beautiful scenic background painted by GRIEVE, a throng of rustic maids...

'PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.

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THE second concert was on Monday last. This was the programme— ACT I. Sinfonia in C (No. 6) MOZART. Duetto, Madame CARADORI ALLAN and Mr. 11.4,1.ga, 0 Vieni, i for tormenti "...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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MILITARY ADVENTURES, The Most Strikin g Events of a Twelvem oath's Campaign with Zumalacarregni In Navarre and the }lamina Provinces. By C. F.Henningsen, Captain of Lancers in...

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IRISH LOCAL DI e STURBANCES, AND THE IRISH CHURCH.

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MR. Lawn's treatise on the first of these important subjects con- tains the results of a very wide and attentive course of reading on Irish affairs, both as regards the past and...

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Antipathy, or the Confessions of a Cat-Hater, is a slight

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im- provement on Mr. Atstsme's former productions; but is still far from reaching the grade of a respectable novel. The notion of rendering a man's fate dependent upon his...

The second volume of the Lives of Eminent Foreign Statesmen,

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in LARDNER'S " Cabinet Cyclopsedia," has been undertaken by Mr. JAMES; and contains RICHELIEU, ONENSTEIRN, OLIVAREZ, and MAZARIN. The author's researches for his historical...

The Christian Atonement is the subject of the third series

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of the Congregational Lecture. In its nature it does not possess so general or rather so popular an interest as either Dr. WARDLAW'S Christian Ethics" or Professor VAUGHAN'S "...

1. The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb. A complete collec-

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tion, elegantly got up, of the quaint and frequently humorous but (be it said with submission) prosaic poetry of this amiable man ; for which we are indebted to Mr. Moxott.

The precise object of Mr. EDWARD MERTON'S Physical and Intellectual

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Constitution of Man Considered, is not very clear, or at least the useful purpose which it is to answer : so far, however, as we can catch the drift of the writer, lie appears...

PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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WE have much pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of a second edition of Mr. REDDING'S History and Description of Modern Wines. This work, on its first appearance, afforded us...

No fewer than eight Poetical publications, of one kind or

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another, are on our table,—some collections ; some wihch, if not original, have appeared for the first time; and some which com- bine both features. Those of the first class do...

4. Songs of Granada and the Alhambra, with other Poents,t4

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Lydia B. Smith. The greater part of the contents of both 'Ile* volumes have already appeared, chiefly . in Annuals; of whose poetry they offer very favourable specimens. The...

5. Rhymes from Italy. A series of hatters to a

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frienid i4Euld land; containing commonplace thoughts or trivial descriptions, put into verse by a person who has the knack of it, but has not taken pains to versify correctly,...

2. Poetical Remains of the late Mrs. Hemans. An edition

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con- taining such fugitive pieces as had not been collected, or were still unpublished at the time of the writer's death. A brief Bio- graphy, with the signature of DELTA, is...

The Youthful Impostor, a three-volume novel, is a disgusting compound

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of blackguardism and absurdity ; the blackguardism garnished with pseudo-moralizing, the absurdity with a fine writing the peculiar property of the author. The story of this...

Mr. JOHN BROWNLOW'S Guide to the Benevolent Institution* and Religious

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Societies of London, is a useful little book ; contain- ing an account of the medical, educational, pecuniary, reforma- tory, and religious charities of the Metropolis, with the...

3. The Poetical Works of the Reverend Thomas Dale, M.A.

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6. Lays of the Heart, by J. S. C. A

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collection of occasional pieces; whose material is not better than that of the preceding volume, but the versification is of a more studied and careful kind.

8. The .fifth edition of the Reverend R. MONTGOMERY'S Messiah,

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tastefully bound in a straw-coloured binding, to please the eye of the serious. " So forged things do fairest show."

7. Gems from the American Poets. A very pretty little

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pocket volume, consisting solely of verses by Americans, and forming quite a Transatlantic Anthology. The editor, however, is mis- taken in supposing this the first selection of...