14 NOVEMBER 1835

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According to the accounts furnished by the Tories from Ireland,

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numbers of the Established Clergy are in a state of absolute penury, in consequence of the non-payment of tithes. There is no lack of will to compel the Catholic cottier to give...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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WHo would envy the Tories the gratffication of reading the accounts from the West of England this week ? Their sinister prophecies respecting the Bristol dinner to Lord JOHN...

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We scarcely remember a week so bare of foreign intelligence

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of importance, or indeed foreign news of any kind, as the present. We scarcely remember a week so bare of foreign intelligence of importance, or indeed foreign news of any kind,...

The Vice-Chancellor, on entering his Court on Thursday, stated that

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two persons, a male and female, who had been sent to Newgate for a contempt of Court, were, with several others imprisoned for a similar offence, in a state of the greatest...

no Metrologist.

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Alderman Copeland was sworn in as Lord Mayor on Saturday, with the usual ceremonies. On Monday, the great Ninth of November, his Lordship, with Mr. Winchester, the Recorder, and...

The King of BAVARIA is about to visit his son

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King OTHO at Athens, at the request of Count ARMANSPERG; who complains of the loss of his influence over the young King.

MENDIZABAL has published a decree restoring the family of the

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gallant RIEGO to its honours and pensions, and declaring that his daughter is under the Queen's especial protection. This is a just, popular, and well-timed measure. A...

It is said that Count ORLOFF is expected at the

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Hague, com- missioned by the Czar, to effect, if possible, some settlement of the Belgian question.

The Czar has apportioned a number of estates belonging to

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Polish patriots, among sixteeen Russian Generals; whose tenure is to be as if hereditary and in perpetuity. "The estates," says the Imperial ordinance, "shall on no account...

Mr. Thorp, Alderman of Aldgate Ward, died on Saturday. Mr.

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Humphery, M.P. for Southwark, and Mr. Sheriff Salomons, are can- didates for the vacant gown ; and Alderman Wood, in compliance with a requisition numerously signed by members...

Chr Court.

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Tkreta - Majesties continue at Brighton, in the enjoyment of good They frequently take morning rides in the neighbourhood, have small, dinner-parties in the evening. Among the...

Accounts have been received of the departure of Lord DURHAM,

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en the 13th of October, from Odessa for St. Petersburg.

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In the Court of Requests, on Thursday, Mr. Rawlins, the

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Tory agent and solicitor, appeared to show cause against the order obtained last week by Soames the carpenter for payment of compensation for three days' loss of time in...

Cbc Countro.

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Lord John Russell met the Bristol Reformers at dinner on Tues- day, at the Royal Gloucester hotel. The room which was selected for the occasion, though the largest in Bristol,...

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Seven hundred electors of Bath dined together on Wednesday, in

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a large room, formerly a riding.school, which had been fitted up and tastefully decorated for the occasion. 11r. William Hunt presided. Lord John Russell and Sir John Hobhouse...

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IRELAND.

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The death of the Earl of Charleville has caused a vacancy in the Irish Represmtative Peerage ; which, it is expected, will be supplied by the election of Lord Dunsany—a Tory and...

A meeting of the inhabitants of several parishes in Dublin

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was held on the 6th instant, for the purpose of making preparatory arrangements to secure an effective collection of the O'Connell Tribute. Mr. Finn stated, that the sum which...

We perceive that in several parts of the country the

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Reformers are laughing at the Standard's account of Tory gains by the registration. The Reformers of Knaresborough assert that they will assuredly turn out Mr. Richards at the...

The following account of a fire near Manchester appeared in

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only a part of our impression last week. A considerable portion of an extensive spinning and weaving mill, belonging to Messrs. Bowers and ( 'o., at Levensh tilme, near...

TO TIIE ELECTORS OF THE COENTY OF CARLOW.

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Darr) natio Abbey, 6th November 1P35. Darr) natio Abbey, 6th November 1P35. Fellow Countrymen-1 bog your pardon. I humbly hog your pardon, for having re- conunelaled to sour...

The Leinster Express furnishes an account of some extraordinary proceedings

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on the 27th of October, in what pretended to be a court of justice, held in Borris, Ossory, Queen's County. Some Orange- men were tried for a riot and assault on the 12th of...

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The irrepressible Mr. Haywood of Sheffield has written another letter

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to the Sun, and informs the public that he has been making particular inquiries among the Orangemen at Barnsley respecting Fairman's sayings and doings among them in 1832. He...

SCOTLAND.

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The Edinburgh Evening Post claims a triumph for the Tories in the recent municipal elections. The fact is, that they have gained ground in Cupar Fife, owing to the strenuous...

Some of the young Tories at Cambridge have formed a

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club, called the " University Piet Club," the p.incipal object of which seems to be the establishment of a system of exclusive dealing. One of the rules is- " That every member...

The Morning Chronicle of Wednesday contains a very long account

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of the treatment which Mr. W. H. Rowlett, Reader :it the Temple, has sustained at the hands of Sir Robert Peel, Lord Lyndhurst, and the Bishop of London. It seems that Mr. Henry...

On Tuesday week, seventy gentlemen of Glasgow, friends to the

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general diffusion of education among the people, gave a dinner to Mr. James Simpson of Edinburgh,—an advocate of the Scottish bar, mind a distinguished phrenologist,—whose...

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Dr. James Hamilton, who died on the 27th October, in

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the eighty. seventh year of his age, formed a connecting link between the past and present race of physicians ; and with him the last remains of the old school have completely...

NORTHAMM/NSIIIRE REPRESENTATION.

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There is likely to be a severe contest for the representation of the North division of Northamptonshire. The Tories are busy as so many Devil's imps—all for the good of the...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. In Dublin, the Lady of the Hon. Gwoaos C07.T.Er, of a sou. On the Ilth inst., at her residence in Clarges Street, the Lady of Colonel FREE- MAN rLE. Coldstream Guards,...

POSTS CRI PT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. INJUNCTION AGAINST THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL. A remarkable case was heard in the Rolls Court this afternoon,—an application, on an information of the...

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

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The Act of Parliament for founding this Colony will now come into full operation; the Commissioners having complied with the o ulitions precedent, by the sale of 35,000/. worth...

Yesterday the Times stated, in a leading article, that no

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person of respectability or wealth connected with Bristol attended Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S dinner; and that he was so contemptuously neglected by the superior classes in that city,...

Want of room compels us to postpone till next week

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the insertion of two excellent letlers,—one on the subject of the County Registrations, front Mr. WILLIAM Dolt RANT Cooet 11, of Lewes ; the other front Collar Fife, in...

THE ARMY.

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WAR•OFFICE, Nov. 13.-1st or Grenadier Rest. of Foot Geoids—Ensign and Lieut. Lord A. G. Lovaine to Ile Lieut. awl Capt, by purchase, vice Drummond, who wines; J. A. Caney. Gent....

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THE THEATRES.

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WE should have very little to say about the Theatres this week, if the novelties produced were all we had to talk about ; but the fact is, the Theatres are becoming more...

The Middlesex Tories have fairly thrown down the gauntlet to

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the Liberals. At a meeting of the Conservative Registration Committee, yesterday, it was resolved to bring forward, at the next election, two candidates—Mr. WOOD of Littleton to...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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` Arrived—At Gravesend, Nov. 8th, King William. Stewart. from Batavia. Off Dart- mouth, 10th, Resource. Smith, from Bombay. At Cork, 9th, Concordia. Blackallor, from the Cape....

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANOR, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The principal feature in the English Money Market this week, has been the 'large amount invested on behalf of the disputed claims under the...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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RAPHAEL, O'CONNELL, AND THE TIMES. IN a previous column we have given a letter addressed by Mr O'CoxNELL to the Electors of Carlow, in reply to the attack of Mr. ALEXANDER...

The principal talent of the Queen's will be added to

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that of the Adelphi company ; Mrs. NisaErr and her sisters, Mrs. floNtN, Miss MURRAY, WRENCH, Mereust.i., and Wittiams, being among the num- ber. And the Adelphi, which closed...

Mr. JONES, the American tragedian, is still playing at the

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Victoria. He appeared on Monday as the hero of a new melodrama called Demori, or the Klepht of the Evil Ent! ; and showed himself efficient in strength of lungs and the art of...

RAYNER, who has been reviving his acquaintance with the town

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at the Lyceum, has at last got tardy justice done him, in the shape of a licence for the Strand Theatre; which is to open forthwith.

Malta:Ws new theatre, in King Street, St. James's, is roofed

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in ; and the decorators are already at work, as well as the scene-painters. It is promised to he open on the :30th—but we hardly expect so soon— with a new opera by a young lady...

CONCERTI DA CAMERA.

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THE general state of musical feeling and prejudice (for it can scarcely be dignified with the name of opinion) in this country, is any thing but creditable to its population or...

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THE TORY CHIEF BARON.

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THE conduct of Alderman WINCHESTER during his Mayoralty has been viewed with disgust by right-thinking and honourable men of all political opinions. He smoothed his election by...

NAVIGATION OF THE THAMES NEAR LONDON.

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NOT a day passes without accidents fatal to human life in this immense metropolis and its vicinity. You never take up a news- paper in which several are not recorded. Sometimes...

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HINTS TO THE NEW MUNICIPAL CONSTITUENCIES. LIVERPOOL—NORWICH—BRISTOL—HULL.

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IN our brief opening of this great subject, in last Spectator, we gave as a reason for excluding Tories from the new Town-Councils, that the opinions of the commons ought to be...

MAD MINISTERS OF THE SCOTTISH KIRK.

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THE Clergy of the Kirk of Scotland are going on at a strange rate. They are espousing a quarrel which ought in nowise to concern them—the quarrel of the Episcopal Church of...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Mem, Musical Tlistory, Biography. and Criticism ; being a General History of Musk; from the earliest period to the present time. By George Bogart!' Parker. FICTION, My Aunt...

OGARTH'S MUSICAL HISTORY.

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AMONG our other musical desiderata, is that of a good History of the ort,—especially of the history, character, and progress of music in our own country. BURNEY'S voluminous...

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MY AUNT PONTYPOOL.

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THIS novel is a very singular work. The author has a command of language, which, when the subject is exciting, almost ri-es to eloquence; he has evidently mixed in the world,...

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HERREN'S MANUAL OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY.

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By the publication of this valuable compilation from the work of HEEREN on Ancient Geography, Mr. TALBOYS has rendered con- siderable service both to the schoolboy and the more...

LITERATURE OF THE ANNUALS.

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THE volumes of this motley class of literature now before us are seven : 1. TIIE PICTURESQUE ANNUAL; CONTAINING LEITCH RITCHIE'S JOUR- FEY TO ST. PETERSBURG AND Moscow. 2....

THE ROMANCE OF ANCIENT EGYPT.

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THE second series of Mr. SEYMER'S attempt to present the world with a picture of the social life and political condition of ancient Egypt, exhibits very little improvement upon...

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THE BATTLE OF THE ANNUALS.

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THE framework of this little jeu desprit is an imitation of the old way of giving life to satirical criticism, by personifying the subjects of it, and introducing them as...