16 MAY 1829

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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'THE three principal subjects agitated in Parliament since our last number, are Chancery Reform, India, and Mr. O'Connell. The first occupied the House of Lordi on Monday ; the...

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SATURDAY, Two 0 - CLOCK.

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Despatches have been received at the Foreign Office from St. Peters- burg and Berlin. They were brought by Mr. Waring, the King's messenger, and are said to be important. We...

The Duke de Laval Montmorency has refused to accept the

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office of French Minister for Foreign Affairs, though requested by the King. The labourers and artificers of France, suffering equally with our own from the depression of trade,...

Toe Couar.—The King held a Court, at St. James's Palace,

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on Wednesday afternoon. I Maje.ty began by holding a Chapter of the Order of the Garter, for the purpose of electing, a Knight Companion, a vacancy being created by the decease...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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• STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EvENING.—The transactions of the week have been more uninttcresting than for some time past. On Monday, the market opened with a very promising...

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Fiar.s.—A destructive fire broke out on Monday morning, in the

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lower part of the premises of Mr. Carlile, bookseller, No. 105, Fleet-street, corner of Bell-yard, Fiar.s.—A destructive fire broke out on Monday morning, in the lower part of...

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FASHIONABLE PARTIES.-011 Saturday, the Archbishop of Canterbury entertained the Chancellor

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of the Exchequer, Mr. Herries, and a select party at dinner. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester had a dinner party, and a numerous party in the evening. On Monday, the Duke of...

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MR. GOULBURN'S NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS.

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IT is; not a little curious to mark by what different plans an individual and a nation seek to manage their difficulties. The former makes it a regular study to pay nothing . at...

O'CONNELL IN THE HOUSE.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE "great 0" took—not his seat, but—his stand at the table of the House of Commons, on Friday night. The member is a good- humoured, jolly,...

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EAST INDIA TRADE,

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WHEN we are told that the trade with India has not increased since 1814 in such a ratio as was anticipated, it would be well to inquire whether it has not so increased because...

MELANCHOLY MUSINGS ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY- CURRENCY—EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT.

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"If the Legislature should not deem it expedient to establish such a just and equitable currency as may lift up the means of the country to a level with its burdens, it would in...

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diVRA—MALIBRAN.

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MORE frequent observation of Madame MALIBRAN GARCIA has only served to confirm us in our first estimate of her performances. We formed our opinion, in the notice alluded to,...

SONTAG AND PISARONI.

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Soarrao is, in our opinion, much improved. She does not now labour under the grievous task of supporting an exaggerated reputation—she is relieved from the straining effort of...

HONEST AND APPROPRIATE TESTIMONIALS.

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IN the Chronicle of Monday, we read, in that type and form of para- graph which notify all historical events, from the eversion of a dynasty to the upsetting of an apple stall,...

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THE MUSICAL SCRAMBLE.

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MAY is usually a busy. month in our world of music. We are gene- rally visited with a swift succession of concerts ; but this year quite outruns all our former experience. To...

MR. F. CRAMER'S CONCERT.

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THERE is no member of the profession whose character stands higher than that of Mr. F. CRAMER. We never heard hiS name mentioned without respect. Educated in the school of...

SIXTH CONCERT OF THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

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ACT I. Sinfonia In B flat Beethoven. Aria, " Fra tante angoscie i " Signor Bordogni Caraffa., Concerto Pianoforte, Mr. Cramer Cramer. Aria, Madame Stockhausen, (La Clemenza...

OPERA-HOUSE CONCERTS.

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THE second Concert of this set took place on Friday evening; and we must do M. BOCHSA the justice to say, that he showed industry in making his selection. Particularly were we...

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THE ROYAL ACADEMY PAINTINGS.

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FOR the first time in our memory, we miss the remark, that " the Ex- hibition at Somerset House, this season, is, on the Whole, considerably inferior to that of last year." Have...

TRAITS OF TRAVEL.*

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EITERARY SPECTATOR. MR. GRATTAN- could not have tua•ivel at the degree of popularity wlich he enjoys, without being distinguished ii*OBI the vulgar herd of welters liv sonie...

" COMUS" AT COVENT GARDEN.

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TnE criticisms of our diurnal brethren on the subject of music are frequently edifying. The Morning Journal was lately in raptures with " HA.NDEL'S sublime oratorio of the...

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THE SECTARIAN

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Is a novel intended to show the evils of theological discussion among the people. The principal misery which it is here seen to entail, is family dissension. Religionists are...

GLEANINGS.

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REMARKABLE TALE OF MURDERS.—There lived in Lyons, in a respectable sta- tion of life, a man named Peter Claudius Chevallier, whose amiable qualities and gentlemanly appearance...

CHURCHYARDS*.

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FOR beauty and for truth, this work is superior to the best sketches of WASHINGTON IRVING : it is equal to his writings for a certain kind of elegant pathos, in which few...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EVENING.

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The arrivals from all parts of India this week are more than usually numerous. We ]rare advises from Canton to the 15th January ; from Bombay to the 17th, from Madras to the...

THE CHURCH.

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The Lord Bishop of Winchester has collated the Rey. Charles Gower Boyles, M.A. of Exeter College, to the Rectory of Buriton, with Peterstield Chapel, vacant by the death of the...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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OXFORD, May 12.—The election of three Craveruscholars took place on Saturday last, when the following gentlemen were elected. William Henry Johnson, Commoner of Worcester...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, May 12. Psnyresasitios DISSOLVED.—T. Sedgley and It. Kirby, Banbury and Deddington, Oxfordshire, drapers—Brooks and Osbaidiston, Manchester, fent-dealers—T. and...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Birrriss.—On the 11th inst. at East Sheen, the Hen. Isles. Penrhyn, of a daughter— At Clapham, the Lady of Mr. Alderman Farebrother, of a daughter—On the 10th inst. in...

LITERARY ANNOUNC.EMENTS.

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BOOKS IN THE PRESS, OR PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. A Series of Dissertations, peel minary to a Nov Harmony of the Gospels. By the Rev. E. Greswell, M.A., and Fellow of Corpus...

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LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, lettinAv, MAY 15. We have a very moderate arrival of English Wheat this week, but of Foreign there is a considerable supply, and the trade on the whole is dull,...