14 DECEMBER 1839

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The Limerick Chronicle says that Mr. O'CONNELL will decline election

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to the next Parliament ; and cites a declaration made at Bandon by Mr. O'CONNELL himself as authority for the statement. The only passage in Mr. O'CONNELL'S speech which appears...

Birmingham is about to become the theatre of a contested

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elec- tion; Mr. TnomAs Arrw000 having announced his intention of taking the Chiltern Hundreds. Josnen STURGE, the well-known Quaker, Liberal, and philanthropist, has been...

The Ministerial newspapers haN, discovered a means of extreme annoyance

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to the Tories. They accuse them of plotting with King recent visit of Lord STUARTDE ROTHESAY to Han ) 6 - aftti':11inag ERNEST to depose Queen Vre'roara.; and it is...

NEWS OF TUE WEEK.

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THE preliminary measures for the trial of the state prisoners in Monmouthshire have been completed. Chief Justice TINDAL has charged the Grand Jury ; true bills for high treason...

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Particulars of the discovery of a large depot of arms

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and military stores in the tbrtress of the Nuwaub of Kurnoul, in the Deccan, are given in a subsequent page. The Nuwaub was suspected of' conspiracy with the other Native...

The melancholy condition to which the French are reduced in

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Africa by the activity of ABD•EL•KIDER, the stupid security of Marshal 'Vanan, (who, it is said, has been recalled) and the effects of a sickly climate on the troops, are...

There is no news of the least importance from Spain.

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An entire change has been effected in the Portuguese Cabinet.

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By the advice of the Marquis SALDANHA and the Duke of' PAL- RELLA, the Queen dismissed the Baron SAnaosA and his colleagues, and appointed the following to their offices—...

Disturbances have occurred in the Swiss Canton of Tessin. Mornho ,

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Chronicle gives the following particulars of a petty revolution- " TI:;: play called Aristocratic was there kept in power by the support of Amnia. In order to restrain the...

J3c ftletropolis.

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The Court of Common Council held tht-ir usual weekly meeting on Thursday. The principal business before the Court had relation to the rebuilding of the itoyal Exchange. Mr....

Zbe court.

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THE Queen held a Privy Council at Windsor Castle on Monday ; Lord Melbourne and the principal Ministers being present. An order was issued for the further prorogation of...

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A ir„ . cting was held on Wednesday ifiela at the rooms

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of time Mary- leboue Literary institution, for the purpose of receiving information resift:eel:a; a newly-projected charitable institution, called the 11e. Soatliwt:tod.Sntith,...

A new candidate for Southwark has appeared, in the person

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of Mr. John Curling. That gentleman has advertised his political opinions in rather vague terms- " With reference to my political sentiments, suffice it, for the present,...

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The ,Clo tut ,of laueea!s: . Bench,. was co copied :

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On Saturday. :with , tIte trial of two actions-fer libel,' in -which - the proprietors of elte . 494.-newe4 paper were defendants. In the first ease, -Mr. John Petriak Setuer4,-...

-Several thousand persons went to Limehouse on Saturday to view

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the immense steam-ship, the President, built by Messrs. Curling and Young, for the British and American Steam Navigation Company, and ititended to run between New York and...

Another long investigation into Mrs. Cullum's ease took place before

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Mr. Hardwicke on Wednesday. Mr. Steel appeared on behalf of Mrs. Cullum, and Mr. Roberts for the accused party. Facts with which the reader is already acquainted were restated...

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A commission of lunacy was held before Dr. Phillimore on

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Wednes- day, at the Cadogan Hotel, Sloane Street, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Robert Henry Pearce, late of Blacklands House, Chelsea. Mr. Samuel Charles Whitbread,...

Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Horsman, Members for Cockermouth, we entertained

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at a dinner by their constituents on the 4th instant. Mr..' Aglionby professed anxiety to support the Queen's Government— • • It was called a Whig, Government, amid he...

Zbe 1ProbintEs.

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The Duke of Newcastle has bean prevailed upon to contradict Sir Robert Heron's statement that he had resolved not to interfere in the Newark election. This is the Duke's...

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The Judges, appointed to preside at the state trials in

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South Wules, arrived at Monmouth on Monday night. On Tuesday they attended divine service, and opened the coitinissio.i. Three hundred and fifteen Special Jurors had been...

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Lord George A. Beauclerk, au officer in the 10th Hussars,

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and bro- ther of the Duke of St. Albans, was charged at the Guildhall, on Monday week, with an indecent assault upon Mrs. C. Briuley, the wife of Mr. ,Taseph Brinley, of King...

We should delude our readers if we encouraged them to

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believe that the trade of the country this winter would not be universally had. It still be so. Every department will stiffer. The g reat cotton district is at this moment in...

The weather in the North of England, for the most

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parte has been extremely wet and unfavourable this week, and there cannot. be a doubt that the beans, of which fully three-fourths are still out. nmst have sustained irreparable...

IRELAND.

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Mr. O ' Connell arrived. at Bandon on Thursday the 5th instant and was escorted into the town by a cavalcade and an immense crowd on foot. Ile addressed the multitude from the...

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Lord George Loftus and Lord Harley fought a duel at

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Boulogne on Tuesday. Shots were exchanged, without effect; and the parties re- turned to Dover on the evening of the same day. Mr. W. IL Reed, Lord George's friend, sent the...

A. long investigation took place in Dublin on Tuesday, by

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Lord Morpeth's direction, into charges advanced by Captain Vignolles against Mr. Thomas Fitzgerald, son of the Secretary of the Carlow Liberal Club, and a Sub-Inspector of...

The Dublin Freeman's Journal is very indignant that a Scotehman

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should have been preferred to an Irishman for the post of Queen's Ad- vocate in Ceylon ; and thus remarks upon Mr. Stark's appointment- " When the Judgeship iu Ceylon a as...

inisctilaneous.

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Parliament was formally prorogued on Thursday. The Commis- sioners were Lord Chancellor Cottenham, Lord Duncaunon, and the Marquis of Normanby-. No other Peers were present. The...

It has reached us from an unquestionable authority, that it

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is the in- tention of King of Hanover, with his illustrious consort, to visit this country early in February. The object of his Majesty's visit is to be present at the nuptials...

A strange story has been circulated through the public press,

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of a concealed marriage of Lord Stuart de Decies having been recently made public by his Lordship, to the great consternation of his family. Not only is there not the slightest...

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The Quotidienne states that the health of Count Pozzo di

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Borgo con- tinues indifferent. He lins lucid intervals in the morning, but soon his ideas are confused, and he is incapable of any important occupation. " The intellectual...

'A deputation of merchants from Liverpool waited on Wednesday Upon'

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Lord Palmerston on the subject of the protracted blockade of Buenos Ayres by the French squadron ; and we understand his Lord- thiP to have communicated to the party the fact,...

The Ottoman Government has prohibited the exportation of wheat, and

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of every sort of grain, from every port dependent on the empire. Upwards of 1,000 sailors of the Ottoman fleet had been carried off by dysentery. On the 14th ultimo, the...

Letters from Lyons state, that the manufacturers of that city

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were threatened with another crisis, and that the misery of the working classes was at its height ; so much so, that the Government will be under the necessity of applying funds...

Letters from Bombay, dated the 28th of October, containing extracts

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from the Madras Spectator, supply the particulars of the capture Of Kurnoul. For sonic time, the Nuwaub or chief of the territory of Kurnoul, in the Deccan, had exhibited...

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We learn from the Post this morning, that Viscount Canterbury

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per- severes in seeking compensation for his losses by the fire in the Houses of Parliament, amounting to 6,000/. The Commons having rejected his claim, Lord Canterbury has...

A correspondent of the Standard mentions a munificent act of

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the Bishop of Calcutta. His Lordship wishes to erect a cathedral in Cal- cutta, of which the estimated cost is 40,000/. ; of this sum the Bishop himself proposes to contribute...

A letter from Birmingham in the Morning Chronicle mentions a

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divi- sion in the Liberal ranks, which may possibly endanger Mr. Sturge's election. 'The Whigs cause this division. While Colonel Thompson has been successful in persuading his...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The accounts front South Wales are unpleasant. Our private letters, confirmed by the statements of a second edition of the Times, assert that the Chartists have...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOOK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The hem which Messrs. Reernscumn have engaged to raise for the United States Batik is rot to the extent of 1,0E0,0001., .as we last week...

Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the

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Bank of England from the 17th of September to the 10th of December— LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation X16,732,000 Securities £22,764,000 Deposits 5,952,000 Bullion...

We are informed that the only one of Mr. Superintendent

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opium-drafts on the Lords of the Treasury, which has appeared in Lon- don, has been protested ; the answer on presentation for acceptance being, "No orders from the Lords of the...

The Leeds Mercury makes this report of the operation of

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the new postage in Leeds—" We have inquired at the Post-office in this town, as to the effect which the new rate of postage has had upon the number of letters sent through the...

We arc authorized to say that the statement in the

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Leeds Intelligeneer, "that Mr. Morrison, the late Member for Ipswich, intends to canvass the electors of Leeds, on the strength of his presumed commercial in- fluence," is...

The Court Circular mentions Mr. Labouchere's arrival in town from

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Brighton on Thursday, and his departure yesterday for Manchester. It has been rumoured that Mr. Greg's state of health will prevent bins from taking his seat in Parliament, and...

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T.11P, AP MY.

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S t•■•.•• C.,*, C !. by pineli pimata,e, , : 1 , 1. 1 Si 111L;u,l ..,■•' • 5ritol.. too; 1.1 , .!1•,. W. v. Ike .lir:trd. ,i Iit A,1;Mmley Q:lagt ,...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived-.At Gravesend, Dec. 12th, Ann Jane, Stubbs, from China. At Ilettl, 12th, StrathedA•n, Clic:11.e, from In the Channel, Reliance, Martinis; awl George It,, , Fourth,...

THE TIIEATRES.

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BB, humorous magician l OH) by a stroke of thy wand, or rod rather, makes ministers of state minister to merriment, turns figures uf speech' to figures of fun, puts a comical...

TILE EXETER HALL BE LT.011"8-B1.01VER.

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TO THE rorron OF TIIE ATOM SM—Alt110141 mv OhjeCt fir‘t sight trivial I feel that you will talltw toe to t . vti:.: «Ilutnns, (from which many valuable hints to *I „Lc...

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THE "NO POPERY" TORIES.

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" Tun Ministerialists are evidently in an agony of terror, from having heard that Sir ItonsaT Pass means to spare them no longer, but to be down upon them, with the honest...

— 61 5- fes OF THE DAY.

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LOYALTY AND LOGIC. Tom loyalty comes on well. The Whig boys, who have been clamming for their examination in March, have used such diligence, that they already translate at once...

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ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW BY POLICE MAGISTRATES AND PRIVY COUNCILLORS.

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CASES illustrative of the corrupt and inefficient administration the law in this country occur so frequently, that they seldom at- tract public notice ; and it commonly happens...

TITLES FOR PRINCE ALBERT.

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AMONG other matters of speculation connected with Prince ALBERT, is the title of the Dukedom which will be conferred upon him, if in- deed he be so ill-advised as to accept of...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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111 E °a ss R a A ;s 11 , T. Letters from A broad, Traiislal ions. and Fragments, by Percy Byeshe ri S c.i l kif i e t o l ri l t l aint ey : 13IFILIOGRAPHY. The Poetical...

SHELLEY'S POSTHUMOUS PROSE.

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THE time has been when a literary executor examined the papers of the dead with some degree of critical care, to prevent the publi- cation of any thing inconsistent with the...

ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

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[THE following letter from Mr. Wm.'s= to the Duke of RUTLAND, on the advantages of a friendly connexion between England and America to the people of both countries, was read by...

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THE NEW EDITION Or SPENSER.

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EVERY new edition of the bard "whose deep conceit," as SHAK-. SPERE vouches, "is passing all conceit," is a glad sign of the public taste. CAMPBELL remarks, (and he is not...

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LADY CHATTERTON'S TALES.

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THESE volumes exhibit Lady CHATTERTON in a very respectable light as a novelist. They possess a closeness of texture scarcely to be expected from the writer of the agreeable but...

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COLONEL HAMILTON SMITH'S HISTORY OF DOGS.

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THAT cheap and elegant serial the Naturalist's Library has had fi.esh spirit infused into it, in the thirty-fifth epoch of its existence. With the exactness of description...

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TILE ROCK.

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Arrnomi not of the likeness, this volume is akin to the Annual family. It intermingles tale, description, and verse ; it claims attention for its plates, as well as its...

musIc.

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Airs de Ballet, and Set qf Quadrilles, from the Opera of' the Fail?, Lula , . These are the gems of Anima ; who is an excellent writer of dance- tunes, and little snore or...

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The Pearl-Divers. 7'he Crusader's Song. The Smuggler's Chant. Glees for

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Three Voices, F,y H. Boys. These compositions have all the character of dramatic choruses, rather than glees. There is no effort at good part-writing ; the lines are all broad,...

FINE ARTS.

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ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS OF WATTEAU. THE name of WArrsetu is better known than his works : as a decora- tive artist he enjoys a wholesale reputation, while as a painter of pictures...