17 OCTOBER 1829

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9 E gave the substance of the convention between General

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NEWSOF THE WEEK. BBITSCH and the Porte in our Summary of last week. A copy the principal treaty we subjoin, from the second edition of Courier of Tuesday. No copy of the...

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Contrary to general expcctation, Count FERRONNAYS, one of the most

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liberal members of the late French Cabinet, and Minister for Foreign Affairs, has accepted of the appointment of Ambassador to Rome. Viscount CITATEAUBRIAND, whom he replaces,...

TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

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" In the name of God Almighty !—His Imperial Majesty, the Most High and Most Mighty Emperor and Autocrat of all the Ituseias, and his Highness the Most High and Most Mighty...

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The smuggling transaction with which the names of Lord war

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de itormAy and Prince POLIGNAC were so absurdly mixed up by the Calais journalist and his brethren in Paris, turns oat, upon a more accurate investigation, to be precisely what...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY MonNING.—There was little alteration in the Money Market from the date of our last account up to Thursday. On that day, however, the Rothschild party...

Letters from Lisbon, of the 1st instant, desevibe AliGuE.T., as

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having quarrelled with his prime confidant " and barber," the Count de Qum. He was arrested on the previous Sunday, and sent on board a vessel, to be conveyed, as rumour said,...

TIlE Counr.—H is Majesty left the Royal Lodge in Windsor

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Park shortly before two o'clock on Monday afternorm, attended by the Lord Steward of the Household and the Lord and Groom in Waiting, and proceeded up the Long Walk to the...

The news from Mexico, by the last American arrivals, come

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down tithe 15th August. The invading force had taken possession of the new town of Tampico ; and in doing so they drove a force of three hundred Mexican troops out at the point...

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LAW Nonces.—The Court of King's Bench will resume its sittings

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in London o nnonday the 19th ; on which day only undefended causes on bills of exchange and promissory notes will be tried. Special Jury causes are appointed for the 23d, 24th,...

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TRIAL el , STEAM' CARRIAGES.—The Liverpool papers continue the account of

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this interesting competition to Wednesday the 14th, being the eighth day. Wednesday, Oct. 7.—Messrs. Braithwaite and Erickson's engine, time Novelty, proved itself to-day to be...

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FALL OF TURKEY—TREATY OF ADRIANOPLE.

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THE PRESS. TI MES—The supplementary and separate articles of that treaty, which has fixed he expectation and attention of Europe for some weeks past, as it may affect her r 'P...

POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.

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SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY, Two o'CLocK. No later accounts have been received by Government from Con- stantinople. It is therefore almost certain that the accounts in the French...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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MELANCHOLY DEATH !—We are sure that, in announcing to the public the following death, we shall not fail to excite their deepest sym- pathies. The young lady—for she was of the...

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.

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WITH those who support the Ministry, the Quarter's Accounts speak of nothing but prosperous days and long: the clouds have passed away, the storm is over, trade is reviving,...

for the discovery which, by means of its secret agents,

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it ''has just made, and to which we hasten to give the extended circulation• of our columns. Many eyes and hands have been lifted up in wonder at the quiet and regularity of...

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THERE would appear to be something mysteriously captivating in impudent

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ignorance. The subjoined scene, for example, is travelling the press circuit under various eulogistic titles, indicating the copying editor's approval of the principal actor's...

THE THEATRES. DRURY LANE.

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A NEW Tragedy, entitled Epichezris,* was produced at this theatre on Wednesday night. The scene of the whole action is laid at Rome, during the reign of Nero ; and the subject...

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LETTERS FROM A RECLUSE.

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NO. I. You, who are a Spectator on one of the great stages of the world, can have no idea how events strike the mind of a recluse like myself, who lives in a solitude, and sees...

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THE BORDE'tERS.*

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LITERARY SPECTATOR. WE remember elsewhere considering COOPER as the Vatananerarant: aromatics., and observing that. his home WaS 11p0/1 the waters—that he chose his scenes not...

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THE ANNUALS—THE KEEPSAKE.

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FINE ARTS. WE are among those who have hailed with exceeding gratification the rise and progress of the Annuals in. this country, and who think that much advantage has been...

THE WAVERLEY NOVELS.

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THE new edition is selling at a prodigious rate ; and Sir WALTER SCOTT is reaping, or rather, those for whom, with a noble elevation of principle, he continues to labour, will...

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NEW PRINTS.

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MR. ACKERMANN has just published a coloured print representing the Supreme Court of Judicature at Ceylon, drawn by STEPHANOFF after a sketch by a native of that island, and...

STEADS-ENGINES IN CORNWALL.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sts,—The annexe.d statement, of duty performed by some of the principal Cornish steam-engines, in drawing water from the mines,.will excite...

BELGIC AND PRUSSIAN MANUFACTURES.

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NO H. IT is a question interesting to England to know the comparative value in quality and price of Belgic, Prussian, and British manufactures. As I paid some atten- hon to the...

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THE CHURCH.

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On Wednesday last, the Lord Bishop of Peterborough instituted the Rev. J. Shillibeer, M.A. to the Rectory of Wadenhoe, in the county of Northmnpton, vacant by the death of the...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EvENING.

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By the Mount-Stnart-El phi nstone, whose arrival on the coast we reported last week, we have advices from Bombay to the fith of June, acid from Madras aud Calcutta to the middle...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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Ox PO an. October 14.—In a convocation holden this day, the nomination of the Rev. W. Kay, M.A. Fellow of Lincoln College, to be a Public Examiner in Disciptinis Mathe- moticis...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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I'%itTBr;ttslImrs Dv;sor.vsn.—Dover, Norton, and Jonei.;, Great Winchester-street, sworn-brokers ; as fitr as regards Jones—T., R., W., and J., Ashby, Staines, bankers, as far...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Bt acns.—On the 11th inst. in Clarges-street, the Lady of Lieut.-Col. Sir W. Berries, : K.C.H. of a son—On the liteh ult. at Burma, in Russia, the Lady of Dr. E. I). Fried • ,...

T11 E AR MY.

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WAR-OFFicE, October 15.—Memorandum : The half-pay of the undermentioned Officers has been cancelled from the Ilitit inst. inclusive, upon their receiving a com- muted allowance...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS. BOOKS IN THE PRESS OR PREPARING FOR PUBLICATroxt.

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Tales in Verse, illustrative of the several Petitions of the Lord's Prayer. By the Rev. W. F. Lyte—Flowers of the Desert. By W. D. WaIke—The Child of Thought, and .• other...

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LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, OCT. 16. We have had a fair supply of Wheat this week, and a large arrival of flour coastways ; the Mealing trade is in consequence exceedingly dull, and...