12 NOVEMBER 1836

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE accounts of the Municipal elections continue favourable to the Liberals; who retain, or have acquired, superiority over the Tories in every large town in the kingdom. A...

The principal Foreign news this week is from Spain ;

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and until we hear of the complete overthrow of the Queen, and the triumph The principal Foreign news this week is from Spain ; and until we hear of the complete overthrow of the...

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The Middlesex Registration closed on Wednesday. The Revising Barristers allewed

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the claims of the New River proprietors, which which were rejected in Hertfordshire. Last year, these claims were allowed in Hertfordshire and rejected in Middlesex. The claims...

General Evans, finding that more tlory is to be acquired

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as Member for Westminster in the House of Commons, than as a Spanish officer cooped up among ragged, half-starved soldiers in San Sebastian, harassed by the Carlists, and...

The session of the Belgian Chambers was opened on Tuesday,

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with a speech by King LEOPOLD, full of congratulation on the prosperity of the country ; and it is pleasant to add, that, by the confession of all parties, Belgium is peaceful...

The Paris journals are occupied with discussions on the late

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attempts at revolt in Strasburg and Vendome. At Vendome, the disorder reachei a greater height than at Strasburg. Several additional arrests of sub - officers have taken place ;...

erbe Caurt.

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tilt 'Xing and Queen have not left Brighton during the week. Their Majesties continue to have excellent health. The King takes frequent Allies in the neighbourhood of Brighton,...

At length the Swiss Diet, by what management appears not,

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have agreed to such a reply to the Duke DE MONTEBELLO'S note, as, while it barely saves appearances for Switzerland, will be satisfactory to France. This decision was come to on...

Count ALBAN!, an emissary of Don MIGUEL, is said by

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La Fair, a Paris paper, to have been arrested in Portugal; where his object was to head a counter-revolution.

The King of Naples is about to be married to

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the Archdutchess Tits:nits,. of Austria, daughter of the Archduke CHARLES. It was said lately that the King was to have an Orleans Princess for his wife: the upstart dynasty is...

The following statement shows the amount of Corporation Com- mittee

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allowances, previously to the redactions agreed to last week, as well as the sums now slimed to each Committee. The total reduc- tion is 3,3531. las. 6d. Former Present Irish...

the alai - odic On Wednesday the 9th, the new Lord Mayor,

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Alderman Kelly, was sworn in at Westminster Hall, with the usual ceremony. We did riot observe that Lord Denman especially instructed his Lordship on the subject of...

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Three men and a boy were seriously, and several other

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persons slightly hurt, by the bursting of' a cannon on Wednesday, which one of the men was firing near Blackfriars Bridge, in honour of the Lord Mayor. The Cranford Bridge Inn,...

In the Court of King's Bench, tin Tuesday, the Attorney-General

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moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should nut be filed against the proprietors of the Satirist for a libel on Mr Samuel Digby. He stated that Mr. Digby,...

Ettuntrn.

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The accounts of the registration are still very imperfect. In many districts we have statements of the numbers of objections sustained and rejected, but the new claims...

In the Court of Chancery, on Monday, Lord Cottenham said,

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that be had to notice an occurrence in the -office of one of the Masters, which, after an experience of thirty years, he believed to be without a parallel. Master Brougham had...

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The Tories had a " manifestation " at Devonport on

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the 4th instant. Mr. Dawson (" Peel and Dawson crew" Dawson) was the great man of the day. He arrived on the 2d, and spent the intervening period in canvassing the electors, and...

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The scarcity of money consequent upon the diminution of discounts

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by the Bank of England, begins to be severely felt at Manchester. As a great part of the paper circulated in this neighbourhood is Bank of England notes, it may be easily...

The Boyne Club, another name for an Orange Association, gave

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a dinner in Dublin on Thursday week to Messrs. West and Hamilton. The Boyne Club, another name for an Orange Association, gave a dinner in Dublin on Thursday week to Messrs....

IRELAND.

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Crowds of paupers, diseased and crippled, are every day driven into the Court of Exchequer by Rebellion Commissioners, and com- mitted to prison for contempt of Court. Among the...

Mr. O'Loghlen has not yet taken his seat as a

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Baron of the High Court of Exchequer. The delay has probably been occasioned by neglect at some of the offices in forwarding the King's letters of appointment to Dublin. It has...

A large steam-engine boiler, in Bateman's Buildings, Dean's Gate, Manchester,

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burst on Saturday morning, killing two men and wounding three dangerously. The noise of the explosion was tremendous. The spire of Christ Church, Doncaster, was struck by...

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In the barony of Gorey, county of Wexford, the scene

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of so many ineffectual attempts at tithe sales, there have recently been sotne very decided symptoms of opposition to rent, in cases where the landlord has availed himself of...

There has b Tn a considerable run on the Agricultural

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Bank and the National ( O'Connell) Bank in Dublin ; which, however, was well sustained by bath establishments. An attempt, the first of the kind, was made on Thursday week, in...

At the meeting of the Dublin Society on Thursday week,

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a report was presented from the Committee, to whose consideration was re- ferred all the questions at issue between the Government and the Society. The Committee have adopted a...

Mr. C. Fitzsimon, Mr. O'Connell's son-in-law, has been appointed Accountant-General

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of the Court of Chancery ; by the acceptance of which office he vacate:: his scat for Dublin County. Lord Brabazon and Colonel Henry White have been mentioned as the Liberal...

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The Corporation of Derry have conferred the freedom of the

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city on Lord Lyndhurst. The Guild of Merchants in Dublin has also presented his Lordship with the freedom of their worshipful body. The value of the latter compliment may be...

SCOTLAND.

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The Liberals have generally succeeded in the Municipal elections. In the Metropolis, the Edinburgh Chronicle states that "In four out of five wards not a Tory was elected....

21Ir. Spring Rice arrived in town yesterday, from Dublin. He

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visited Lord Melbourne in the afternoon ; and had an interview with the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, in Downing Street. The Marquis of Lansdowne...

The Duke of Sutherland, on his return from Ireland, is

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expected to proceed to Paris, where a distinguished circle of friends and relatives, including the Duke of Devonshire, are expected to assemble in the ensuing month. The Earl of...

Two hundred electors of the district of Cowed, in Argyllshire,

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gave My. Campbell of Islay a dinner at Dunoon, on the 4th instant. The .pnncipal speakers were Mr. Campbell, M.P., Mr. Stewart, Mr. Gordon, Sir Donald Campbell, and Mr. Weir,...

The Bishop of Gloucester, who, under the new "scheming" system,

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has been enthroned Bishop of Bristol, holds, in addition to his Bishoprics, a rich stall of 14001. a year at Westminster, and the Rec- tory of Peakirk, Northamptonshire, of...

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The Examiner of to-morrow, which we have seen since ourCountry

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edition went to press, reminds us of a negligence into which we had fallen, in having entirely overlooked him for the week. We hasten to make amends. Assuredly, neglect would be...

A wretched pauper, by name John Reilly, was in attendance

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during the whole of Wednesday in tile Dublin Court of Exchequer, expect- ing to he committed as a tithe "rebel." His miserable appearance excited the compassion of a reporter,...

The Association met on Thursday. The attendance of gentlemen of

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wealth and influence was unusually numerous. Mr. O'CONNELL was expected to be present, for the first time since the death of his wife ; and it was agreed that he should be...

If the statements of the Dublin papers of the latest

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date arc to be be- lieved, the mystery respecting Mr. O'LoortLEN and the Exchequer Judgeship is solved; Mr. O'LOGHLEN having positively refused the appointment.

The elections of Mayors for the Corporations in England took

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place on Wednesday; and in all the returns which we have received - they have been decided in favour of the Reformers.— Courier. This morning the Sheriffs for the ensuing year...

EA ST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, Nov. 9th, Bengal Packet, Steward, from Bengal ; 10th, Abberton, Shuttleworth ; Tamerlane. M•Kellar ; and Kyle. Fletcher, front do. Al Deal, 9th, Governor...

If Mr. DYER, the Marlborough Street Magistrate, should obtain a

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verdict against the newspaper he has prosecuted by criminal informa- tion for a libel, his magisterial character will stand before the public in precisely the same predicament...

It has been determined by Lours PHILIP, to ship off

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young LOUIS BONAPARTE: to the United States. As soon as his arrest was known, the Dutchess of Sr. Ley, in defiance of the law which prohibits the entrance of any member of the...

This morning, the threatening letter of the nameless barrister to

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Master BROUGHAM was again the subject of remark in the Court of Chancery. Mr. Matrix, on behalf of the Town-Council of Ludlow, said, that after consulting with their Recorder,...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. No steps have been taken by theGovernment to relieve the pressure on:the Money-market. Mr. SPRING RICE has the subject under consi- deration. No doubt he will...

The accounts from Madrid, received this morning, bring nothing but

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reports of the movements of GOMEZ ; whose escape is what RODIL and ALaix pretend to dread. GOMEZ would probably have free permis- sion to return to Navarrre ; but as long as...

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MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. This is the first week since the commencement of the pressure for money that we have had to notice decided and unequivocal symptoms of...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATIIS.

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BIaTtis. On the 7th inst., in South Street, Lady LANGDALE, of a daughter. At Ilolywell House, Hants, Lady 1IENRY THYNNE, of a daughter. On the 5th inst., the Lady of the Rev....

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Another American actor has been brought forward at Drury Lane,—

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Mr. HILL, who personates a Yankee Pedlar, and deals out the slang of Kentucky in proper style. We have not seen him, though he is said to be clever : but we are getting rather...

THE THEATRES.

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WE have not noticed the little Olympic for some time ; and, truth to tell, the performances have not been very remarkable. Moreover, the difficulty of getting a good seat—which,...

The burlesque extravaganza Tom Thumb has been revived at the

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St. James's, with splendidly exaggerated costume. HARLEY'S Lord Grizzle and STRICKLAND'S King Arthur are very droll; but the rich humour of LiwroN or REEVE, and the gusto of...

Yaws has introduced Mr. RICE, the Jim Crow of the

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Surry, to the playgoing public on this side of the water, in a new extravaganza, con- cocted for the nonce by LE14IAN REDS, called A Flight to America. Au audience packed to the...

ROYAL ACADEMY.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. King's Bench Prison, 8th November 1836„ SIR—In the very important space you allotted last Sunday to the Arts, you did yourself honour and the...

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1(i1)ICS OF TH16 DAY.

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ELECTION PREPARATION: PLANS FOR REFORMING THE PEERS. THE Reformers will do well to make ready for a General Election before Easter. There is but one course for the Ministers to...

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PARTY AND ECONOMICAL POLITICS. THE state of parties, arising out

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of the new policy of the Tories, is at length so well understood, that we are disposed to drop the subject until some new fact shall occur to alter the complexion of things....

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PRETENDED CONVERSION OF THE MASSES TO TORYISM.

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THE Tories boast of their success in forming Operative Associa. tions. They quote the aphorism of BURRE—" When ba4 men combine, the good must associate," and labour to organize...

REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER.

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THERE is to be one Member for Westminster in the House of Commons next session. General EVANS, weary of Spanish gar- rison life, has nothing better to do than to attend to his...

TORY PROSPECTS IN MIDDLESEX.

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THE persons who were behind the scenes at the last Middlesex nettled at the indifference of their candidate and his refusal to election, have been in the habit of speaking of it...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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POLITICS, Letters of a Representative to his Constituents. (luring the Session of 1836. To ultich is add..d. a running Commentary of Auti•Commercial Fallacies, reprinted front...

LETTERS OF A REPRESENTATIVE TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.

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THE plan of rendering a periodical account of the Parliamentary stewardship, through the local newspapers, commenced at the opening of the Reformed Parliament by the late Mk....

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COUNT DE MELFORT'S IMPRESSIONS OF ENGLAND. COUNT EDOUARD DE MELFORT

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appears to have passed four years of his teens at the court of Naples, during the dashing reign of MURAT; and then to have served in two campaigns under the Emperor. At...

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A COUNTRY CURATE'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

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THE success of the Autobiography of a Dissenting Minister pro- bably suggested the present performance; but, like most imita- tions, it is very inferior to the original. Instead...

LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN OF

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GREAT BRITAIN. THE object of the section of Lardner's Cyclopedia, the first volume of which has just appeared under this title, is to interweave a his- tory of the national...

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ENSOR ON NATURAL THEOLOGY.

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THE leading subjects of this privately-printed tract of Mr. ENSOR'S iffe two. The tint cleats with the abstruse topic of "Final Causes ;" aid, by showing that le reality weknow...

FINE ARTS.

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ANOTHER PICTURE-BOOK. Si,- Thomas Lawrence's Cabinet of Gems is the title of a handsome quarto volume, got up in the style of an "Annual ;" consisting of a dozen fac-similes of...

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Mr. FAnnirit has lithographed, with admirable neatness and finish, one

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of his urchin pictures of fun and mischief, which he entitles " The Foraging Party Surprised." A knot of schoolboys are besieging an orchard ; one is in the act of scaling the...

NEW PRINTS.

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Tins title is hardly appropriate to the principal print in our folio this week,—" Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Anniversary of the Battle of Trafielgar," painted arid...

BROMLEY'S mezzotint engraving of PRENTIS'S picture of "Amelia Awaiting the

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Return of her Husband," is a most elaborate and highly- finished copysin black and white, of the painting: indeed it is a perfect monochrome picture. The details so distinctly...

EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES.

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EGYPTIAN relics have become so rife of late, that they have almost ceased to be objects of rarity. Travellers arc now as much at home in the sepulchral chambers of the Pyramids,...