16 APRIL 1831

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NEWS OF THE 'WEEK.

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pied since the 1st of March. On Tuesday, Lord Jonsr-Russsoi. adverted to some intended corrections and possible alterations, neither of which, he said, would affect the...

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PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

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MONDAY, APRIL LS. rotices of Motion-1. Sir A. Agnew—To move an Instruction to the Committee on the Reform of Parliament (England) Bill, that the Committee do consider the...

The cause of the Poles prospers. They have gained a

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victory over the invaders of no inconsiderable importance in its direct and immediate results, and of the very highest consequence in the moral effects which it will not fail to...

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We noticed in the Postscript last week the slaughter (for

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the accounts are so various, that we hesitate to call it- by any other name) of five miserable policemen, near Doolin, a wild and re- mote quarter in the county of Clare, Ving...

The Italian insurrection is at an end for the present

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; the ancient regime is everywhere reestablished ; the insurgents who were to defend Ancona, have 'melted away as their brethren farther north, did. The Austrians have marched,...

Belgium is still in nearly the same state as it

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was ; though there is a prospect of its getting into a train towards settlement, if the report of a new protocol, by which Luxemburg is finally conveyed to the King of Holland...

Don MIGUEL has been flogging some Frenchmen, and the 'Minister

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de Bairro, at Lisbon, has visited rather roughly the house of an English merchant named ROBERTS, in search of "Malliados." The English Consul is said to have made a repre-...

Loan Ror.r.E.—This aged nobleman (the Squire Rolle of Pindar) ap-

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peared in his place in the House of Lords on Wednesday, to present a petition from Exeter against the Reform Bill. He was cordially wel- comed by the Duke of Cumberland....

The principal feature in the French news of the week,

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is the subscription of a loyalty loan. Instead of the ordinary method of offering the loan to some great Jew jobber, at eight or ten per cent. below its value, and through him...

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THE KING AND HIS COURT.--Their Majesties came to town on

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Monday. On Tuesday the King gave a splendid dinner to the Knights Grand Crosses of the Bath, civil and military. Fifty - four covers were laid, and forty - six of the...

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REFORM MEETINGS.—The great meeting of the county of War- wick

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was held on Thursday, last week, in the county town of Warwick. It was attended by fifteen thousand persons, including many of the principal gentlemen of the county. Two...

THE OLD BAILEY SESSIONS have closed, without furnishing any point

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of novelty or interest. REC ORD E R'S RE POR T.—The report was made on Wednesday. There are at present, under sentence of death, in Newgate twenty-seven per- sons, two of them...

compensations to the Commissioners of Bankrupts, under the law which

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the Lord Chancellor recently introduced ; but it was objected to the mo- tion, that it would be imprudent to send objections to the House of Lords without properly considering...

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DREADFUL FIRE.—About nine o'clock on Monday morning, a fire. broke

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out in No. 53, Davies Street, Berkeley Square. The adjoining premises being separated by a wooden partition only, they were quickly burnt down ; and upwards of thirty...

SIR EDWARD SUCHER'S CASE.—Sir Edward has published,. another letter, denying

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every thing that could be denied ; and Mr. Fraser has reiterated all his statements, supporting some of them by writtea docu- ments. Among the documents is the following copy of...

TAKING A WATCH.—On Wednesday, between two and three o'clock, a

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soldier deliberately thrust his hand through a pane of glass in the shop of a pawnbroker in Gray's Inn Road, and took down a watt' from the f • e hook in the wiidow. When the...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK E N CHANGE, Fa IDAY EVENIKG.—IVe have again to report a week of vitt- lent fluctuations in the value of Stock ; owing partly t, the changes which hare occurred in the...

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. At Florence, on the 23rd of March, the Lady of JOHN FREDERICK FALWASSER, Esq. of a sou. At Eastdale, in the county of York, the Lady of Roe Ear RAIKES, jun. of a son....

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Company's Ship London, which has anived from China, sailed on the 18th December, in company with the Reliance, and parted from her on the 4th January, clear of the Straits....

THE ARMY.

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WAR-OrrtcE, March 12.-13th Regt. of Light Dragoons: Lieut. T. E. Well*, from the 26th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Neville, who exchanges-3rd Regt. of Foot Guards : Ens. and Lieut....

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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OXFORD. APRIL 13.-This day being the first day of Easter Term, the following Gentle- men were admitted to degrees. Bachelor in Dirinity - Rev. J. Ball, Fellow of St. John's....

THE CHURCH.

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On the 6th inst. the Lord Bishop of Peterborough instituted the Rev. R. Vevers, B. D. to the Rectory of Kettering, in the county of Northampton, vacant by the resignation of the...

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Tuesday, April 12.

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PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, BERREY and Co. Nottingham, lace-manufacturers—T. and H. P. BURT, Devizes, Wiltshire, ironmongers—Bows RS, St. Leonard's, and ROWE, Burton. Sussex, plea-...

PRICES CURItENT.

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BRITISH. 8 per Cent. Reduced . 3 per Cent. Consols ....... Ditto for Account 34 per Cent. Old.... 84 per Cent. New . . 4 per Cent... .... . ..... Bank Stock Ditt o L....

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TRUSTEES OF THE NATION.

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[CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.] OUR list this week must be a short one ; and it will be found to consist principally of " young men of talent," such as, Sir ROBERT PEEL says, ought...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE BILL IN DANGER 1 MirrisrEas. do not propose any alteration in " the Bill ;" for though they announce that some errors in the schedules A and B will be corrected, these...

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SMITHSON versus RUSSELL.,

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ONE of the most amusing specimens of absurdity that the progress of the Reform Bill has produced, has been brought to light in the course of the present week., The Duke of...

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JUDICIAL CANVASSING.

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IT is an old saying, that at burials and marriages the truth comes out. The meaning of the adage, we take it, is, that in periods of strong excitement, those feelings and facts...

LORD HOWICK'S EMIGRATION BILL.

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WANT of room alone has prevented us from taking earlier notice of Mr. TENNANT'S Letters*, which ought to be carefully read by every one who wishes to understand the defects of...

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THE LIFE - PRESERVING ARROW.

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Mn. JOnsr MURRAY, the excellent person whose labours in the discovery of a remedy for Consumption we lately noticed, has published an account of the "Invention of an effective...

THE ITALIAN OPERA.

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THERE is a sort of interregnum just now at the Opera House. The reign of the late King and Queen is at an end. Mrs. Wool) is fled to Bristol, and LABLACIIE to Paris, leaving...

FOURTH PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.

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THE Directors seem determined to adhere to " the doctrine of vibrations" in their regulation of these concerts. Last month, the swing of the pendulum gave us all the richness of...

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The Dramotic Annual, - or a Playwright's Adventures, by FREDERICK REYNOLDS,

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is a tale, or short novel, composed of very ordinary materials. The title indicates a continuation, but we are much mistaken if this is not both the first and last of the...

NEW BOOKS.

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FICTION At Home and Abroad ; or, Me- 3 Vols moirs of Emily tie Cardonnel .. • S . The King's Secret 3 Vols. F. Reynolds's Playwright's Adven- tures; a Dramatic Annual .. • • I...

Constable's Miscellany, No. LXVI. is the first volume of a

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work on Switzerland, the South of France, and the Pyrenees, by Mr. DERWENT CONWAY, otherwise (see advertisements) Mr. H. D. INGLIS, the author of Solitary Walks through Many...

The King's Secret is a novel by the author of

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The Lost Heir, said to be Mr. POWER, the comedian,—an actor whose humour we relish extremely : but a very pleasant performer on the stage may be a very dull performer on paper....

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We cannot too much approve the practice. which we believe

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Mr. MURRAY was the first to adopt, of republishing the expensive and well-established modern works in a cheap form. There might be some risk of loss in the speculation, and...

• FINE ARTS.

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EMBELLISHED PERIODICALS. WE have an arrear Of these works to dispose of ; among which is a new candidate for public favour,— The Gallery of Greenwich Hospital, corn-. png...

• The Second Number of the " Standard Novels," contains

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GODWIN'S Caleb Williams,—for six shillings ; hardly the expense of binding the three volumes in which the work has hitherto been published.

The Second Number of the Education Magazine, published under the

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superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Use- ful Knowledge, has redeemed the expectations we had formed of the first. It contains several articles of considerable...

. Since ours was the first publication in this country

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that recom- mended the Memoirs of BOURRIENNE to the notice of the literary world on this side of the Channel, it may be supposed that we are glad to see our praise borne out by...