14 JUNE 1834

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The House of Commons has been occupied this week with

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seve- ral measures of importance. Sore of the principal clauses of the Poor-Law Amendment Bill have been discussed and agreed to. An alteration of a questionable nature has been...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Ministerial prospects have brightened up a little (luring the week. Mr. ABERCROMBY has consented to join the Cabinet, as Master of the Mint; and Mr. SPRING RICE, after an...

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There has been some severe fighting in the Northern provinces

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of Spain, terminating in the defeat of the Carlists. The wife of ZUMALACARREGUY tied to Bordeaux, where the families of many of the insurgent chiefs were also expected. The...

Some alarming reports were circulated here on Thursday, of mew

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troubles having broken out in Lisbon, the revolt of the army, the escape of MIGUEL, and other disasters; but they were al- most entirely destitute of foundation. It appears that...

The elections in the United States, as we learn from

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good au- thority, are going against the President. In addition to the oppo- sition of the mercantile interests, which his attack on the Bank and its consequences have provoked,...

The shadow of independence has departed from the free city

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of Frankfort. The command of the troops of the little territory, in obedience to the decree of the German Diet, has been delivered to the Austrian General PIRET. The excuse for...

The candidates for seats in the new French Chamber of

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Depu- ties, are busy canvassing the constituencies. Recent accounts confirm those previously received, of the probability of three fourths at least being elected from the...

Elder% nub ProccrItingl in parliament.

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I. POOR-LAWS AMENDMENT BILL. When Lord ALTHORP, on Monday, moved that the House of Corn- moos should go into Committee on this bill, Mr. COBBETT moved—. " That before the House...

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William I:aker, a customhouse officer, was brought before the Thames

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Street Magistrates on Tuesday, charged with having set his dog at some boys who were bathing in the Thames. The dog, a fierce mastiff, plunged into the water, and seized a lad...

The Kling and Queen have hceir chtertoining a numerous lately

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of distinguished viaiters at Windsor dui ing the week. A loraig them are the Voteless of Kent and the Princess Victoria, Prince George of Cambridge, the Dutchess of...

In the Court of King's Bench, on Tuesday, Lord Denman

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dis- charged the rule which had been obtained by Mr. Gully, M.P., for a new trial of an action in which Mr. Ridsdale had obtained a verdict against him of 50U/. damages as...

Chic Cottutri).

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Oxford has been crowded during the week, with people of all ranks who flocked to see the grand ceremony of the installation of the Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of the...

Chit agIctroptiIid.

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4• Theyoundation.stone of the Brixton Almshouses, to be erected in ism commemoration of the passing of the Reform Act, was laid on Satur- day, by Lord John Russell. The number...

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The nomination of candidates for Cambridge took place on Tuesday.'

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The scene was an exceedingly noisy and tumultuous one, and very little of what fell from the candidates could be distinctly heard. Mr. Spring Rice exerted himself to defend, and...

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The Council of the Birmingham Political Union assembled in full

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force on Tuesday evening last, at their rooms in Great Charles Street ; when, after considerable discussion on the state of public opinion with regard to political affairs, the...

ASCOT RACES.

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These races commenced at about two o'clock on Tuesday ; when the King and Queen, with a numerous suite in ten carriages, arrived on the ground. Among the company in the Royal...

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TI1E CLEVER MEN OF LIVERPOOL AND 1HE DUNCES OF LEADENHALL

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AND DOWNiNG STREETS. THE tea-dealers and tea-merchants of London, by dint of chewing- Lord ALTHORP, have obtained a Committee of the House of Com- mons for the ire-pose of...

The decree by which the property of all monasteries and

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convents is confiscated, is republished lin the same Lisbon Chronica which con- tains the decrees for the convocation of the Cortes and the abolition of the Oporto Wine Company....

IRELAND.

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Mr. Mervyn Arehdall has been returned Member for Fermanagh, in place of his uncle, the General, without opposition. Mr. Robert Shapland Carew, has been created Baron Carew of...

The appointment of Mr. ROBERT GRAFT to the lucrative Go-

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vernorship of Bombay, which is expected soon to take place, will cause a vacancy in the representation of the borough of Finsbury. We learn from the Morning Chronicle, that Mr....

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. Don Cantos and his family and suite, which consists of about sixty persons, and includes some Bishops, Generals, and other persons of distinction in their own...

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We regret to learn the death of the Earl of

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Hardwicke, Lord Lieu- tenant of the county of Cambrid7e, and High Steward of the Univer- sity. His Lordship was in the 78th year of his age.— Sun.

There is a report, which we have reason to believe

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well founded, that Mr. Cutler Fergusson, a man of talent and considerable lebal knowledge, will succeed Mr. Robert Grant as Judge Advocate- General.— Times.

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The Earl of Winchilsea has published a letter in the Standard, ad- dressed to the people of England, calling their attention to the attacks which Ministers are making on the...

By a decree published in the official journal at Lisbon,

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on the 31st of May, the Portuguese Cortes are convoked to meet on the 15th of August. The mode of election is to be the same as in 1826. The Peers who in 1823 turned traitors to...

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PANORAMA OF NEW YORK.

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MA. BURFORD has substituted for his striking panorama of the Polar Re g ions, one of New York, retaining the view of Nia g ara ; so that visiters may take a peep at two of the...

LETTERS FROM PARIS, BY 0. P. Q.

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No. XV. APOLOGY FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLICANS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE 5Pi.CTATOR. Paris, 11th June 1834. Sue—I often hear it said and see it written—written in England, and from...

A CLERICAL JOB IN PARLIAMENT.

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[FROM A CORREAPONDENT. Atrimucit the incompatibility of the services of God and Mammon was pointedly declared by the Founder of Christianity, it has been the custom of those to...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANDE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The En g lish Money Market has been in a quiescent state during the whole week. The closing price of Consols for Account to-day is 92= ; which...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, May 10th, Achilles. Weatherley ; and Andrew, M•Kean, Hutchinson, from Mauritius. llth, Elizabeth. Taylerson ; l'enyartl Park, Middleton ; and Susannah....

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VIEWS OF THE PRACTICAL REFORMERS.

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"IT is the duty of the Government," said Earl GREY in his late speech on Lord WICKLOW'S motion, "to act in conformity with the spirit of the age in which we liver and in his...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE CONSERVATIVE REACTION. THE results of the various elections which have taken place since the first meeting of the Reformed Parliament, have been re- peatedly referred to in...

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THE ACCOUNT OF "PROVED ABUSES."

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" MUCH meditating," as the Chancellor says, on the subject of Proved Abuses, we have deemed that the National Account with the Government must be kept in figures; so that the...

THE DEBT OF THE WHIG ADMINISTRATION TO THE PEOPLE.

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Amount of capital in trust for the People, measured by the total numerical amount of the Population. 24,000,00) Proved Abuses and their estimated re- lation to the amount of the...

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OBSTRUCTIONS TO RATIONAL LEGISLATION.

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THE efforts made by Ministers to "conciliate" the Anti-Reform Opposition in the House of Peers, are now universally allowed to [ have failed. In vain have useful measures been...

LORD BROUGHAM

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Sostrt of the Lord Chancellor's admirers complain that he has met with hard usage lately in our columns. They declare that he means well, though (a sorry compliment this to a...

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CH AMPION.

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favourite song, "Tory Phillpotts,"* with more energy than taste. But those scandal-mongers who tell tales of her revels should know that the reputation of the dame is...

TO THE CROAKER IN THE COUNTRY.

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neighbourhood. LINGTON'S, between Catholic Relief and Reform ; or Lord GREY'S, As soon as the news arrived at the ball that the dear Duke from after Reform down to the beginning...

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CURRENT CORN CATECHISM.

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(ORIGINAL, AND FOUNDED ON TIIE MATERIALS OF THE PASSING MOMENT.) (Continued.) 193. Journal des Debuts, 9th .11.ne183-1.—Our inten- tion is to examine one by one the principal...