13 JUNE 1829

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A Russian bulletin announces, that towards the end of April

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the passage of the Danube had been effected at three points. The bul- letin says nothing of opposition having been offered; but an article from Jassy, while it announces the...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Discussions on two petitions arose. The first petition was presented by Sir ROBERT INGLIS, from two parishes in Lancashire, praying that " Protestant soldiers might be...

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Fttascz.—A poem, by -Messrs. Barthelemy and Mery, intended to recall

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to th e attention of fhe public the son of Bonaparte, has just appeared in Paris. It is en. titled " Le MI* de I'Homme," and has been seized at the instance of the King' s...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. — There have been three holidays since our last report ; on two of which the Stock Exchange was closed, and during the rest of the week...

LATEST NEWS.

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SATURDAY, Two O'CLOCK. There are no arrivals of the least importance to-day at any of the Government offices, and we are free from political rumours. By an arrival from...

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THE Otn BAILEY SESSIONS for June commenced on Thursday morning.

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There were 408 prisoners for trial; 71 for offences committed in the City of London, and 338 for Middlesex. William Young was indicted for breaking into a house at West...

WHAT is LIBEL ?—It will be recollected that Ferstandeg, a

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German linguist, was prosecuted by Wilkes, a bookseller, for stealing or detaining a manuscript, valued at 6d., which Ferstandeg refused to give up, unless paid a guinea for...

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At the MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, on Monday, Mr. Rogers, a shopkeeper

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in St. Martin's-court, was indicted for a nuisance, in keeping caricatures in his window: the caricatures collect a crowd outside, which obstructs the passage, and this is...

Frnes.—There were three fires in different quarters of the metropolis

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on Saturday. On Sunday morning, the premises of Mr. Walthers, bookseller, Charles-street, Mary-la-bonne, were discovered to be in flames ; and a good deal of valuable property...

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FASHIONABLE PARTIES.--On Sunday, the Marquis of Cleveland entertained the Duke

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of Wellington and a select party at dinner. Prince Leopold gave a grand dinner party. On Monday, the Earl of Westmoreland entertained the Duke of Cumberland at dinner. Countess...

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CHANCERY REFORMS—INCAPACITY OF LORD LYNDHURST.

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THE PRESS. MORNING CHRONICLE—When the secret history of the present session of Par- liament comes to be made public (and that it must be one day or other), there will be much...

PROSPECTS OF THE FARMERS.

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MORNING Jourtsar—Within the last few days we have met with several gen- tlemen, from various parts of the country, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and are grieved to say that...

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BAIT FOR SHARKS.

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NOTHING can be more surprising than the success of swindlers, if we only leave out of the account the voracious appetite for gain of traders, or the happy credulity of abject...

THE FRENCH COMEDY—JENNY VERTPRI'.

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ASSUREDLY the French comic stage is the school for acting. Trick, ex- travagance, and the vulgar appetite for vulgar applause, have there no place ; all is natural, easy, and...

SIR HUMPHRY DAVY.

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THIS celebrated philosopher closed his mortal career at Geneva, on the 29th of May, the day after that on which he had arrived from Rome. His death must be considered as one of...

THE SWAN RIVER " JOB "—A BETTER DEFENCE OF IT

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THAN MR. PEEL'S. TOPICS OF THE DAY. WE shall be very much obliged to any of the writers who amuse their leisure in vituperating the Home Secretary for all he does, says, or...

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MR. GREATOREX AND THE HARMONICON.

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THE notice which we took of Mr. GREATOREX - S concert, in the SPECTATOR of the 2nd of May, has been attacked with such severity in the Harmonicon of the present month, that we...

THE OLD MASTERS.

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THE British Institution has just opened with a selection of the richest gems the country can affbrd of the produce of the ancient masters. The TITIANS in particular are...

THE BEGGAR'S OPERA REVERSED.

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THE intended performance, for a benefit, of the Beggar's Opera, with the female characters by men, and the male by women, has called forth the expression of much angry...

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SONTAG'S ACCIDENT.

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It was not " a certain German Prince who draws his revenues from England" who was concerned in a popular songstress's accident: that was entirely caused by a too powerful violin...

TRUE HUMANITY.

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The Constitutionnel some time ago contained the following unosten- tatious article. " The Philanthropic Society of Paris, known under the name of `The United Brethren,' in its...

A PHILOLOGIAN'S GRAMMAR.

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The advertisement side of the same paper announces a new " Grammar of Grammars ;" which certainly intimates concords never contemplated by any previous grammarian, if its...

EDINBURGH MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE.

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IT has long been remarked that our friends in the Northern capital do not shine in musical intelligence. The Edinburgh Evening Post, after uttering a heap of nonsense on...

DINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS.

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THE origin of this excellent institution was purely accidental. About a century ago a celebrated oboe-player, of the name of KAITCH, came to England from Germany. Like many...

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AMENDE HONORABLE. -

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ON' looking over our notes on the Romances of Real Life, by the Author of the Hungarian Tales, we are not in the least inclined to repent of the general opinion already...

FRANCIS THE FIRST.*

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LITERARY SPECTATOR. THESE volumes are respectably executed: the writer has a competent knowledge of his subject, and has arranged his narrative in an inter- esting form. At...

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CAPTAIN BROWN'S BOOK OF DOGS*

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Is an extremely curious and amusing compilation of the remarkable feats and traits of sagacity recorded of the Dog, classed under the se- veral varieties of the animal. The...

BOOKS OF COOKERY.*

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THERE has been a vast deal of ignorance in the praise which has been lavished on UDE . S French Cook, and on UDE himself. We do not mean that praise is not deserved, but the...

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THE GLOBE, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA; AND MISS HUGHES. TO THE

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EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR, DEAR SPEC.—What say you to the Globe, and the Beggar's Opera S Are you ase severe a censor on ladies' legs as your moral contemporary ? Do you think....

MIRABILIA.*

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This is a book calculated for very general perusal. It is one of those we should put into our Innkeeper's Library ; for it would be difficult to find any traveller who might not...

THE WORST NOVEL OF THE SEASON.*

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WE will not pretend to have read the whole of Florence, or the As- pirant : we found it a task beyond our limited powers. This being the case, we ought, perhaps, to say nothing...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FR/DAY EVENING.

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The Columbine, Tuit, from London to New South Wales, was wrecked near the Cape of Good Hope on the 31st March, crew and passengers saved. The cargo is also expected to be saved,...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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OXFORD, June 6. — The Regius Professorship of Divinity in the University of Ox- ford, to which is annexed a Canonry of Christ Church and the Rectory of Ewelme, Oxfordshire, has...

THE CHURCH.

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The Earl of Home has been pleased to appoint the Rev. W. Compton, jun. M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford, one of his Lordship's domestic chapluins—On Friday last the Rev. J.W. 1)....

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Bzwrits. — On the 3rd inst. at Sheffield, the Lady of Capt. H. Forster, Royal Horse Artillery of a son—At the Dowager Lady Arundel's, in Dover - street, the Lady of b. Neave,...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOOKS IM THE PRESS, OR PREPARINO FOR PUBLICATION. Observations upon the Condition of Negro Slavery in the Islaud of Santa Cruz, and some Remarks upon Plantation Affairs ; with a...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, June 9. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—Fraser and Co. Hounsditch, manufacturers of ship fire-hearths—Kinlock and Wright, Manchester, check-manufacturers—Fisher and Brad-...

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LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, JUNE 12. We are moderately supplied with English Wheat this week, but the supply of Foreign Is again large, and the trade on the whole is exceedingly...