15 FEBRUARY 1834

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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SYMPTOMS of reformation are at length visible in the proceedings of the Reformed Parliament. There is an evident improvement in the tone of the Ministry, corresponding with a...

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Some angry debating has occurred in the French Chamber of

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Deputies, on a proposition to prosecute M. CARET, a member, for writing an article in a journal called Le Populaire, which he owned and published. M. CARET defended himself with...

From Spain nothing of importance has been received. The in-

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surrection in the North certainly does not lose ground. It is now said that the Cortes will be immediately convoked, in two Cham- bers —the first to be chosen by the people...

The Swedish Diet wasopened by the King at Stockholm on

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the 21st of last month. His speech gives rather a favourable view of the condition of the country ; although the last harvest in the Northern provinces had been scanty, and the...

tb t anti Prareetiim/4 in Parliament.

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1. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Lord ALTIIORP having moved last night, that the House of Commons should resolve itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, proceeded to give a statement...

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eV Court.

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THE King and Queen have resumed their usual mode of life at Brigh- ton. His Majesty has taken advantage of the fine weather during the week to drive about the neighbouring...

Mit Sietrapaiitt.

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The proceedings of the London Corporation Commission have been, as usual, destitute of interest during the last week. The privileges of the ticket porters, the duties of the...

A gentleman, whose name is not given, attended at the

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Mansionhouse on Monday, and stated, that a small parcel containing two copies of an American book had been sent by a private ship from New York, whence it had been received...

In the Court of King's Bench, on the Sth instant,

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Thomas Russell Davis, one of the witnesses before the Committee of the House of Commons which sat last session on the Hertford election, was tried, on a charge of perjury. The...

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SCOTLAND.

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Mr. Horatio Ross, the Member for the Angus Burghs, met elbow three hundred of his constituents on Monday last week, in the Town- hall at Arbroath. The persons who attended the...

ebt Country.

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A letter from the Bishop of Exeter to one of his clergy in Corn- wall, relative to the burial of unbaptized children, has just been pub- lished. The clergyman in question had...

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The Duke of Devonshire is recovering, and intends to leave

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Naples for England in April. It is intended to abolish the provisions in the Customs Acts by which service in the Navy is made a punishment for smuggling offences. Letters from...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, Feb. 13th, Emma, Cobb. from Singapore; and Shepherd, Livesay ; from Mauritius. Off Margate, 12th. Eraua.s, Kirlting, from Mauritius; and 13th, Mexican,...

Mi'. Macaulay left town yesterday, to take his departure for

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India.— Titers.

As to the state of things in France, there is

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only one word which will convey a true idea,--torhitraire. It is a capital Government for Louis Philip; a capital government for the Chamber of Peers ; a capital Government for...

TB F. ARMY ESTIMATF:I.

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Tut: Army Estimetea for the enauing . year (31st March 1834 to 31st March la:15) have just appeared. They exhibit it real dvereese, throwing the complication of Exchequer fees...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY ArTEnNtueL The English Stock Alarket has been nearly deserted during the week ; and the interest has been almost entirely centred in the various Foreign...

POS'i SCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. It is stated iu a letter from Constantinople, which flpitettrell ill the Times this morning, that IBIL.■11131 P.m:lea's government in Syria is execedieely eiparcae:...

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LETTERS FROM PARIS, BY 0. P. Q. No. IV. 14.F.

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THAI'S LAID BY TN E tioLy . ALLTANCE, OR AN AlTEMPT TO AlAKE AN INataRRECITON IN SAVOY. TO, THE EDVIOR THE SPF.CTATOR. as! to the in- .. •. • • ••■ess of eivilna I, :h.....

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GOOD BEHAVIOUR OF THE HOUSE OF. COMMONS.

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THE Globe is quite delighted with the good temper and industry displayed by the Members of the House of Commons during the few days it has been in session. " What," exclaimed...

GENTEEL AND UNGENTEEL PROFESSIONS.

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WHEN Mr. Timm, time other night, alluded to his education as a surgeon, saying that he had passed through all his examinations, and was as fit to dispense medicines as any...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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PARLIAMENTARY MORALITY. IN the debate on Mr. O'CoNNEee's motion for a Committee to in- vestigate the grounds of the charges against the Irish Members, Sir FRANC IS BuRnerr is...

TRICKS OF THE HIGH CHURCH PARTY.

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THE High Church party are making prodigious efforts to counter- act the exertions of the Dissenters to effect the separation of Church and State. With this view, meetings have...

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CORN CATECHISM.

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[It is proposed that a series of extracts from current publications, with the answers, should be continued from time to time under the above title. The object being to keep pace...

EQUALIZATION OF THE DUTIES ON EAST AND WEST INDIA SUGARS.

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THE twenty millions voted by Parliatnent to the West India plan- ters will soon be in course of payment. The accounts received from the West Indies, prove that the slaveowners...

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THE NATIONAL GALLERY JOB.

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IT is fit that the public should know that this precious job is now going on quietly ; the muiti ceremony of laying the foundation- stone, which is rarely minded in the erection...

THE LENT ORATORIOS.

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WE know not whether the Bishop of London and the Lord Chain- berlain's deputy have been bullied or coaxed into a surrender , f their opinion, but the injunction has been...

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A MAN-FOX CHACE.

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THE Sorry Hunt put up a new species of game the other day, the pursuit of which afforded the tuntsmen additional zest, on the score of utility as well as novelty. A thief had...

A POPULAR FETE.

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THE Emperor of Russia, it is said, has been " feasting. the good people of St. Petersburg ; thirty thousand of whom were invited to a grand halt ! " We know not (though we may...

PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.

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THE second trial-night fur the ensuing season was on Thursday last; when three of the new veal pieces were rehearsed ; and English musicians, after having suffered a twenty...

THE VOCAL CONCERTS.

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THE third concert was on Monday evening; and the selection will show that the research of the Committee has been pursued to good purpose, and has disclosed some rich and rare...

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GILBART'S HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES OF BANKING SHOULD have been called

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a Manual of Modern Banking. The account of the origin and progress of the practice, more especially in Italy and Holland, is meagre, consisting of a slight sketch rather than a...

.After being sated with speethcle and pantomime, French opera' French

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ballet, and French comedy, at the so-called " National Thea- tres,'! we are to enjoy the treat of a genuine English play at one of the Minor Theatres. IkNowt.us's drama, ne...

The Adelphi produced this week a dramatic version of is

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strange story that appeared in Blackwood's Magazine some time ago. A country squire, who had never in his life before been further from his home than a fox-chase had carried...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY: -

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POLITICA?. 'ECONOMY, The History and Principles of Banking, By James William Gilbert, Manag,r of the Loudon and Westminster Bank. LOrt,yesan and Cc. HisToair, The Writings of...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

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ABUSES IN COUNTRY POST-OFFICES. SIR—You have made very proper comments upon the tardy correc- tion which is at last commenced in the General Post-Office ; but the reform will...

THEATRICAL NOVELTIES.

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A TRANSLATION of Setae's comedy, Bertrand et Raton, has been brought out at Drury Lane, under the title of The Minister and the Mercer. We have not seen it ; but the reports of...

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THE WRITINGS OF WASHINGTON.

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TEE precise and regular habits of WASHINGTON are notorious. It is not perhaps so generally known, that he preserved almost every thing he committed to paper, or that " many...

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THE FROLICS OF PUCK.

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THE pleasant creation of Park, or Robin Goodfellow, is widely spread. lie is known, under different names, in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, and Sweden, as well as in England,—"...