13 OCTOBER 1832

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Loan Duutim arrived at his . house in Cleveland Row on Thursday. Two objects have been assigned to his Lordship's mission,—the first, to obtain the sanction of NICHOLAS to...

The Quarterly account of the Revenue, which appeared on Thursday,

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is satisfactory. Compared- with the correspqnding quarter of last year, the apparent increase is 6 9 6,0001.; but the real increase is perhaps nearer 800,0001. — the...

Mr. O'CoNNELL has addressed a second letter to the Reformers

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of England. .-It is not quite so bloody as the last, though there is - still a little blood at the outset. The subject of the letter is - a charge against Lord ALTHORp and the...

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A Mr. DONALD, a commercial traveller, has published a long

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and curious statement of the persecuting zeal of a little insignifi- cant German State, called Mecklenburg, of which we have in this country almost entirely lost sight, since...

Another bloody rencontre took place on Monday, at Mooncoin, a

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little village in the neighbourhood of Waterford, between the Police and the peasantry. The object of the Police was to protect a person employed in posting notices, demanding...

unsuccessful. Mr. KINGDOM said he would preach in ,P1 t

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authorities; and this, we are told, produced the scenes orthe" h i ,the threat launched against the authorities having lid.e erfk, a mob in their favour. It would have produced...

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An extra express, received by the Standard last night, gave

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the following statement of the French Ministerial arrangements, and the changes consequent on them. The announcements appear officially in the Moniteur of Thursday— Marshal...

elje Court.

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The King has visited town twice during the week, on Wednesday and yesterday. 'The purpose of his visit on Wednesday was to hold a Council in order to receive the Recorder's...

The Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia are

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about to have au• interview at Toplitz. Something very bright may be looked for from the collision of two such hard substances as the heads of Faa:Nets and FREDERICK.

It is supposed that some change of policy may now

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take place in Spain. M. CALOMARDE has been dismissed from King FER- DINAND'S councils. He had, it is said, contrived to obtain the signature of the King, when in agony, to a...

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The space at Charing Cross is, it seems, to be

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baptized Trafalgar " Square,—because it-is not square, we presume. • Old Mr. Hardy, the well-known confessor in the cause of Reform, died at Pimlico on Wednesday, in his...

Letters from Bushire, of the 20th May, describe that town

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as the prey of a frightful pestilence, which had cut off nearly the whole of the native population.

ebe Bactrupor14.

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A motion of Mr. R. Taylor's, in the Court of Common Council, for referring the information on the proceedings on Mr. Alderman Scales's case to a Special Committee, was lost, on...

The defeat of HUSSEIN PACHA by the troops of IBRAHIM

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is an- nounced in the Ottoman Moniteur. A second army is ordered to be collected ; but there will, it is said, be some considerable diffi- culty in executing the order. The...

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The Marquis de PAL1YIELLA has published an official account of the attack on Oporto, which adds no particulars of importance, but which is gratifying inasmuch as it shows that...

Different tribes have different causes of discontent. The Mn- doos

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of Bombay rose in rebellion in the beginning of June, because of an order to slaughter the Pariah dogs with which the island swarms, and which moreover no Hindoo dare touch on...

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On Tuesday afternoon, a hostile meeting took place between a

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Captain Yates and a Captain Templer, in a field adjoinine ° Wormwood Scrubbs, when an exchange of shots took place without either taking effect. The seconds were engaged in...

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Sir Charles Wetherell was invited to dine with the Mayor

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of Oxford last week, on occasion of that officer's inauguration dinner. Mr. Har- co art, on the health of the Lord Lieutenant and County Members be- ing drunk, alluded to the...

bz eatintrn. At an adjourned meeting of the rate-payers of

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St. Martin's parish, Birmingham, held on Tuesday last week, on the motion for a church- rate of ad., an amendment was moved and carried, to the following effect- " That under...

EPSOM RACES.

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Wednesday, October 10. Since the commencement of the October Meetings at this place. such fine weather and such excellent sport have not been known ,, yesterday, nor have there...

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Earl and Countess Grey and family pre4sed through Newcastle on

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Thursday, on their return to London. They only proceeded as far as Lambton Castle that evening. On his Lordship approaching Darling- ton, on Friday morning, he was met at the...

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THE CHOLERA.

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The following is the report for the week. Saturday Monday • W Tu edn esd e a s y day Thursday Friday New Cases. 374 790 406 402 .1., 314 245 330 410 Deaths. Recoveries....

SCOTLAND.

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Mr. T. H. Miller, advocate, was gazetted on Tuesday as Sri Depute of Selkirk. A meeting of the admirers of Sir Walter Scott was held on Pijclay in Edinburgh, at the great...

IRELAND.

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The following piece of epistolary elegance is attributed to the pen of Mr. O'Connell, and has appeared in the Dublin journal where his lu- cubrations usually appear. What...

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ELECTION TALK.

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• BERKSHIRE.—Among the various certificates to character given to Mr. Philip Posey of Pusey, the following, from the pen of Colonel Evans, is by far the-most satisfactory....

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BATH ELECTION-HOW MANY VOTES MAKE A MAJORITY?

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR- Your last Number, in referring to the Bath election contest, mentions 3Ir. ROEBUCK as " having a minority of at least 1,100 out of 2,000...

Mr. Spring Rice will, it is said be proposed as

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Speaker for next Parliament. He is a clever, clear-headed business man, and of much suavity of manner. Lord Nugent was to embark at Plymouth yesterday. Charles the Tenth and...

THE REVENUE.

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Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended 10th Oct. 1831 and 10th Oct. 1832, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head....

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TOPICS OF THE DAY

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THE CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM. THE ideas of an Established Religion and a - Monarchical Govern- ment have hitherto been so closely connected in the minds Of a very numerous class of...

PREMIUM ON DUELLINCL—A Court-martial was held at Vellore, Ja- nuary

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9, on Ensign J. A. Crawford, 4th Native Infantry, for having "submitted to be called a liar by Ensign W. Lawless Seplings, of the same regiment, without taking any measures to...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY. yt appears from last night's Gazette, that Parliament is to be further prorogued till the 11th December. It is, we believe, resolved that the...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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• FRIDAY EVENING. Arrived—At Gravesend, Oct. 7th, Fanny, Drummond, from Mauritius; and, 10th, Egyptian, Lilburn, from Bombay. At Deal, 9th, Cumbrian, myth, from Bombay. At...

'Very little has transpired of the intentions of the Powers

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respecting Belgium. We have, however, reason to believe, that in one month hence there will not be a Dutch soldier within its bounds. The King of Holland will be met by decision...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EvExtxo. The fluctuation in Consols during the week has not exceeded s i per cent. ; 844 having been the highest, and 8411 the lowest price for money....

COnTiETT has at length got to Edinburgh. He gave his

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first lecture in the Adelphi Theatre there on Tuesday night. The house was crowded by men of all parties, at playhouse prices. COBBETT was ex- tremely well received. We...

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THERE is at present a general attack going on against

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Mr. HUME.against it 10. The Tories, the Whigs, the Outs, the Ins—all whose end in pub- lie life is the promotion of private or party interest—have combined Mirror of...

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ARE REPUBLICS CHEAP OR DEAR?

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Oua friends the Yankees are notoriously sensitive on all points which appear to concern their national honour. This is certainly a very praiseworthy and patriotic feeling; but...

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THE THEATRES.

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LAST night, SHAICSPEARE'S comedy of All's Well that Ends Well, " with alterations and musical introductions," was brought out at Covent Garden. The play was cut down, and...

POSTHUMOUS HONOURS.

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'YPHERE has been a meeting at Edinburgh for the purpose ot pass- ing resolutions respecting a monument to the memory of Sir WAL- TER SCOTT, worthy of the fame of the deceased...

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Another of those amusing trifles for which the Olympic is

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famous, was brought out the other evening, under the title of My Daughter, Sir; and introduced to the audience Miss MURRAY, a fair debutante, who we. are told is new to the...

A new tragedian, Mr. BUTLER, made a very successful first

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ap- pearance at Covent Garden on Monday, in the character of Hamlet. He possesses most of the external requisites for the stage,—a tall, well-formed person, prominent...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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PoLincm. Eccavomv, Ireland ; a Tale. By Harriet Martineau. (Illustrations of Political Economy, No. IX.) Fox. SPORTING, Wild Sports of the West; with Legendary Tales and Local...

MISS MARTINEAU'S IRELAND.

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THE course of these extraordinary productions has taken their authoress to Ireland, as the scene of miseries best illustrating the consequences of over population, and a bad...

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WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST.

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THIS is a very pleasant book, and altogether after our own hearts. We have always maintained that the best way to see and know a country is to sport through it, and that one of...

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SUNSHINE.

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This is a pretty volume of light verse,—light indeed; no feather can be more buoyant than its lines. It would be strange if it were not so, for they are totally unencumbered...

USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTING.

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THIS is a very complete and well-digested work, on a subject of great practical utility. We have here a full and yet compact ex- position of all that relates to that very...

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SHELDRAKE'S ANIMAL MECHANICS.

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WE have no doubt that the SHELDRAXE who wrote this book is the real SHELDRAKE—that WILLIAM SHELDRAKE, whose only merit is his name, is a vile impostor. We moreover believe...

LODGE'S PORTRAITS.

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THE first six numbers of the last new edition of LODGE'S Portraits and Memoirs of Illustrious Personages of British History, are before us ; and the fact of its being the fifth...

Miss SHERIDAN, in the Preface to her Comic Offering, states,

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tint "of the three Comic Annuals which started at the same time, the Comic Offering alone remains." This announcement surprised us; and in the midst of her shower of puns, we...

FINE ARTS.

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PORTRAITS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. SOME information with respect to the several portraits of Sir Warn SCOTT will doubtless be acceptable to those who may wish to possess a good...

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THE ANNUALS.

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TilE Landscape Album, a volume tastefully got up in the style of the Landscape Annuals, consists of a selection of sixty of the most inter- esting views from WESTALL'S Great...