17 OCTOBER 1840

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The produce of the quarter's revenue gives woful falsification to

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the first estimates of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and keeps up the credit of the commonplace aphorism that increased taxation is not always followed by increased returns....

The 8111111 Irish question of the ilepeel of the 1 - nion

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is pro- ducing the separation of " very friends. - Not only have Lord EttruNearox and Mr. 0' C ON N In .1. perted campany Oil that meatier. but the members of the Metropolitaa...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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IN our last week's summary of news we had occasion to remark of M. TITTERS, First Minister of France— • He valorously threatens, that if certain events take place—if...

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Zbe Tourt.

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THE fin drives Duteltee hour. Little P Prince way. II:- and E'arlaa• , - T is, • L000trs The n private . Of the Pea . The c of three inghee, P ' .3la;e , :ty :flier this...

The general meeting of the British Medical Association was held

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at Exeter Hall on the 8th instant. Dr. Webster, who presided, congratu- lated the Association on the success that had attended their exertions. They had been the means of...

The course of events in Spain is perilous, though for

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the preeent all is outwardly tranquil. ESPARTERO is now every thing with the Junta and the populace of Madrid. He has succeeded in forming a Ministry, which gives temporary...

A meeting of Spitalfields weavers was liehl on Moiirlay ni

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edit, to take into considerathei :he report of a Committee appointed oil the 21st of' July with a view to the production of a piece of work inine-hip worthy to be pre - -en:led...

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A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at the residence of Viscount Melbourne in South Street. The Minis- ters present were Viscount Melbourne, the...

By arrivals from America towards the close of our week,

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we haVe papers from Quebec to the 28th of September, and from Halifiix to the 3d instant. The Union of the Canadas had not been proclaimed by the Governor-General; and if...

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The The Gazette of Tuesday contains an order in Council

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establishing one Police Court at Greenwich and another at Woolwich, under the recent act. The attune Magistrates are to preside at both on alternate days. The Gazette contains...

A scene of great confusion occurred at the Bank on

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Tuesday, con- nected with the payment of the dividends. It appears that alterations have recently been made in the offices devoted to that purpose, by bringing several different...

A sad eoninkstios sroile , 1 the di ner i• ....... :

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to have been given at Hull last Sat us lay to the :NI:mods of Novo sis • :.-. Is High Steward of that borough. The :NIstismis arrived at 11 s:1 .e. l'hursd ay, to be in...

Captain Harvey Tuckett having sufficiently recovered from his wound -

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in the duel with Lord Cardigan, was taken before the Magistrates at Wandsworth, on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Sir James E. Anderson, M.D., and other gentlemen who came...

Vic Vrobinccs.

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It is currently reported, and we have little doubt, that the Earl of Thanet will succeed to the Lord-Lieetenancy of the county of Kent ; an appointment that will give the...

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The expiration of the sentences of the two Bath Chartists,

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Bartlett and Bolwell, the former imprisoned for nine, and the latter for six months, for sedition, was celebrated by their partisans on Monday.— Wiltshire Independent. Mrs....

The Portsmouth correspondent of the Brighton Gazette gives the fol-

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lowing account of naval preparations at that port. "The Britannia, 120, Captain Drake, bearing the flag (red at the mizen) of Rear-Ad- miral Sir John Ommanney, K.C.B., went out...

From the Manchester Guardian of Wednesdavee" There was no material

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change in the appearance of the market yesterday. The de- mand for yarn continued about the same as for some weeks past, with a slight tendency to a doeline in prices. (foods of...

Mr. Daniel Gaskell, the late Member for Wakefield, has offered

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to subscribe 1,000/. to aid in the formation of public baths, fountains, and walks in that town. In the letter making this liberal offer, which is dated from Venice, Mr. Gaskell...

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IRELAND.

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We can confirm the rumour which has been some days in circulation that the Honourable William Browne, brother of Earl Kenmare, will come forward as candidate for the...

TIIE THIERS AND PAL.MERSTON COMIE■TONDENCE.

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M. '['hers has addressed a long note to the French. Anthassador in London, in reply to Lord Palmerston's note of the 30:1s of August: it bears date the :Id October, hut appears...

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liv ntls.ices frent Paris. datee -7. Ise:

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'able rise— pvr :c.c..- • • 1 to have ori,_;'L v sir M. . turned from St. Petersinire•. 1, is 1 Nicholes leul de:Oar, e ar hen he 11.• that e that sots eelee• sne...

For the deficiency in the Customs nti.1 tbe papers account

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thus : we quote the:I/of:nine enee.. " The deficioncy, however, is nominal c.. i I. • front the difference in the commencement of th:. .1'::cise in the quarters ending 11.Ith...

ftliscrIlaneous.

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Viscount Ebrington arrived in London ou Friday, front Ireland. The Queen has been graciously pleased to order a writ to be issued under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of...

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Foreign ()Iiice, ()Cturier 111th.--.1t jr principal 18,..e-..etary of Stato for from her 31,1j....et■ . 's Ambassador It tee e . e .,. September leste transmitting a note i5'...

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Intelligence of the ...eh instant, direct from Madrid, announces Veit

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the Queen Itegss • ; nsinted the Cabinet nominated by Espartero and the Pr',. G1 ) .:, : r:,r; ; ■•:it, The Madn'el Gazette of the Stir, • ,ry rruf: 1 . ;•■ 1...

A proclamation has been issued by the new King of

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Holland, Wit. liarn the Second, on assuming the government of the country. After mentioning the " important and affectieg event" of his father's terminat- ing by retirement, a...

By advices from Lisbon to the 5th instant, we learn

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that the Queen. of Portugal was brought to bed on the 3d, of a female infant, who pe- rished immediately after its birth ; but not too soon to receive baptism. The Queen...

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The Royal mail steam-ship Britannia arrived at Liverpool at two

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• o'clock on Thursday morning. She left Boston on the 1.8th instant, and Halifax at eleven o'clock on the night of the 3d ; thus tanking the passage from Boston to Liverpool...

The Levant mail, received ey express. hrle;:s le:tetS .... Alexan-

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dria to the 27th of last month. Tit, 4. . Austria. and Prussi.n left af.e7 i.:11'.:11.....- nication had been received teem C.eed.e . slam]. of :Mehemet Ali. The C01. ,C , is...

Mr. Stikeman, the Secretary of the East India and China

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Asso- ciation, has prepared a comparative statement of the number of British ships with their tonnage entered into and cleared outwards from and to places within the limits of...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAF. " Another attempt has hese. Ins" - • crsidch. r:t Fix &chick this evenimz. : turRina to Saint Clou ' d, - suite ai:as wounded. Tii.• displayed lee neenstemad s 7...

The Prussian C.WernIns - n: has st. . -n tit;

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and fifty horses. bendh: despatch has been se et ticein. dee:end:es subject, and thre.denieg reprIsals F.Lee e The French Government has sees a ente explanations of the...

" The Prince Royal," says a letter from Hanover, "

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still keeps his apartments, into which the light is gradually allowed to be intr ;duaed. It is supposed that the second operation will not take place for nine months.—Mwning...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

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Sta—With rafsrence tri of the Eleventh Ilessars, and t1..,1 . .ert !. • the defence in exIenuation, e:1 mahe rides fn: tiadr own proc.,:a. a _s, instance, one e.,:art Iii...

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A letter we have received frotn an eminent merchant in

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Liverpool, informs us that the apprehension of war is so great, that there is , c ' ulty in effecting insurances on vessels for long voyages.

MONEY MARKET.

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There ese e t • e• • e •eo ...de fluctuation during the week in the Money- market ; '• to establish a notch higher price at the close than had cc l ag sonic tarts of...

Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the

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Bank of England, !emu the 21st of July to the lfith October 1810, both in- I elusive. 1,1A1:1I.ITI CS. Circulathot s ete,eel e Ste Deposit ASSETS. Securities X22,782,000...

WINTER CONCERTS Al' DRURY LANE.

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• ibi r a is his lot who, here by Fortune placed, Mum ci tt.cli the wild vteissitudes UI ta..ht, With ct tly meteor et: caprice flaw ill y, And chase the new. blown Imhbles...

, At a meeting of the resident members of the

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Senate of Cambridge tniversity, hold yesterday, it was unanimously agreed, that the meet- ing.considered Lord Lyttelton, from his distinguished talents, his known attachment to...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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ettrivel -.At lteai. Oct. 15th, l'syche, trent Now Sontli Wales. At Liverpool, 15.11. W. Slropt ,, s, 31 • 1,011ati, front Bombay. In the Clyde. 11 , 11, Ilarephalits, Rood...

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TlIE N EW 11 Et OR D SERVICE.

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We have this week received t ' rmn another correspondent, a letter on the Records, WO 1•011(lily insert, as it deals in specific facts, and points to it course ot ' conduct,...

COVENT GARDEN REVIVALS.

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'NE management of Covent Garden has this season resumed the course of revivals, recommencing on Tuesday with Iltsaustowr and am:cum ; a vein as pure as any (the SHARSPERE lode...

THE IIULT, rEsTn - AL.

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Tins Festival terminate I too lato last week for us to am . .onnee the re - sult ; which t is thus stated io the ' riffles- •• The HIM Festival terminated on Friday. It has...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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WHERE IS THE DIFFERENCE? ' THE Governments of France and Great Britain," says Lord PAL- MERSTON, in his note of the 31st August, " are perfectly agreed as to the objects at...

THE FRUITS OF MEDDLING WITH THE INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS OF OTHER

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NATIONS. LAST week we incidentally, in discussing the wisdom and justice of one nation prom/Ding to interfere in the domestic arrangements of another, adverted to the filet...

TILE REVENUE.

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Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended 10th 0.t. 1839 and :0, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof....

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REASONS FOR THINKING IT UNNECESSARY TO IMPEACH LORD PALMERSTON.

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RESPECTFULLY sun:art:Tun To rem BELIEVERS IN unounster. Foil Lord Patonmsgost as a Minister we entertain no respect what- ever. Ile is an acute man, endowed with a talent for...

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BRITISH ASSOCIATION ADDRESS OF THE S EC RETARIES.

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We have before us the Address of the General Secretaries of' the British Association, Mr. MumonsoN and Major Ssnixs, recapitus lating to the members, recently assembled at...

:MAKING STATE PAPERS FIT TO BE SEEN.

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IN days of old, there used to be (and perhaps there still is) in Scottish nurseries, a great commotion whenever visiters desired to see the children. Prupree! being then...

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cacti in a series, which are not itppliceble to any

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general result death. No other period of similar duration in the annals of until they shall have been accumulated in considerable numbers, that country, blood-stained as they...

His Lordship might redly, with the Irishman who was told

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he was with serion.; remonstrances. Be they Whig, Tory, or ii it it is all the s:tute to hint: " Tros Tyruisque niihi nullo discrimine agetur," thinks the rollieking Prelllier....

lbsTortY, The nydinstie Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Val,brugh, and no-guitar.

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with Itio..Tnphical Notices by Leigh Ho..

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THE NEW EDITION OF WFCHERLEY, CONGREVE, VANBRUGH, AND FARQUHAR.

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Tins publication of the indefatigable Mr. Moxox will, in one - volume of an elegant form and readable type, furnish a library with the masterpieces of that comedy which...

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THE HISTORY OF A FLIRT.

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THIS is a good book ; but, like supereminently good people, some- what prosy. The excellent purpose of the writer cannot be doubted, for it is pretty often thrust upon the...

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CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE IN RELATION TO MENTAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL RESPOI■iSIBILITY.

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refrain est improbos csercere poenn, nisi probss sfficias disciptina. LETTER II. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sin—In my first letter I called your attention to, the...