19 JULY 1834

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Ministerial arrangements were completed on Wednesday; when Viscount MELBOURNE kissed hands at the Levee as First Lord of the Ti.asury. Lord ALTHORP resumes the Chancellor-...

The new Coercion Bill was introduced into the Commons last

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night. The Tories, though sorely afflicted at the loss of their darling clauses, could not vote against a measure which, after all; contains a reasonable portion of severity....

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Behatc# atilt Procrehing1 in Partiamrnt.

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1. THE NEW MINISTRY. The House of Peers met on Monday; and After some routine busi- ness had been gone through, were about to adjourn, when The Earl of HADDINGTON asked, if any...

The members elected to the Spanish Cortes are so Liberal,

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that it is considered doubtful whether they will support MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA. TORENO, who has been returned for three places, is the favourite. CABALLERO, the editor of a...

Upwards of two thousand persons of property have petitioned the

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King of Sweden for a reform in the representative system of that country.

MEHEMET Asi has resolved to abandon his monopolizing system in

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his newly-acquired dominions. He became aware that his subjects were beginning to desire the protection of the Sultan, being disgusted with his grasping every means of making...

It has been discovered that the recent dissensions in the

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Greek Cabinet are the fruit of Russian intrigues. The King of Bavaria has in great indignation dismissed the tools of the Czar from the councils of his son.

Don CARLOS, who was supposed to be living quietly at

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Brom pton with his wife and children, made his appearance (disguised) in Bayonne on Wednesday sennight, to the great delight of his partisans, and the discomfiture of King Louis...

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inn iHett'apaII/1.

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At a Court of Common Council, held on Thursday, the report of the Committee to whom the consideration of the provisions of the Poor-Laws Amendment Bill had been referred, was...

or Cella.

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THE King spent the early part of the week at Windsor. His Majesty was not present, as he usually is, at divine service in the Chapel on Sunday. In the afternoon, Viscount...

HONOURS.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, 18th July 1834.—The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be issued. grautiug the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom to...

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EIK Country.

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Sir William Guise, Member for the Northern division of Glouces. tershire, died on Thursday. Mr. Hanbury Tracy will probably be candidate to succeed him in the representation of...

The inhabitants of Arlington Street, Camden Town, have lately been

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annoyed by some vagabonds in the neighbourhood, who have amused themselves with breaking windows, by throwing stones and missiles. Considerable pains were taken to discover the...

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Owen Swift, the pugilist who killed Noon at the late

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battle near Andover, was tried on Saturday, at the Winchester Assizes ; found guilty of manslaughter ; and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and bard labour in the county...

SCOTLAND.

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The Town-Council of Edinburgh agreed, on Monday, to address the King on the subject of the recent Ministerial changes. The address concludes in these words- " We beg leave to...

Knockton Hall, the splendid mansion of the Earl of Ripon,

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situated five miles from Lincoln, on the Sleaford road, has been burnt to the ground. The fire commenced at eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, and continued without intermission...

IRELAND.

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A correspondent of the Times asserts, that almost all the function- aries employed about the Castle in Dublin, are in the Orange interest, and are constantly plotting against...

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fEI ;cellaincitt The following address, signed by 2'0 Members of

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the House of Commons, was presented to i..ord Althorp on Wednesday. " My Lon: -Contiec , 4 a • .a.. at the p e-e It e. • sho ,he ecree ate p•os0eri:e of :I . e er Ise...

Count Ca - los To.lonia, the emicent !mike! of Rome, has arrived

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at Mivac; s Hotel. Ce-tein financial operations are said to have brought this wepliey pe .SOPP;e to the British met (mous. Arguelles, one of the Sp.c&sh patriot.- lately in...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. From the notices of " Leave of Absence" on the Vote Paper, we see that the Session is becoming an insuportable toil Several of the Scottish Members are already...

A series of lette-s published in the Morning Chronicle tinder

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the sig. nate,e of " Vismic.s," have recently attracted a good deal of public arent:ott. They are addcssed to Mr. STANLEY, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the Duke of C.i.t IVI:RLAN el, and...

BIRTHS, BIM :MACES. AND DEATHS.

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I a S'o. re ree:. Lat'y o!. • F. Si,AW, Est. M.P., o7a coo. In 1 o , e tor ":• - e tile Lady e't , a;a:aiu L st•ttis, Gra sue. Tee Lair o • Co'o lc' or NV 'E 'V . col 1...

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The Duke of Wellington is currently reported to have informed

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the Speaker, on a recent convivial occasion, that " none but d—d fools Would dream of the return of the Tories to power." But this sage doctrine does not consort with the...

LETTERS FROM PARIS, BY 0. P. Q.

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No. XIX. THE GACHIS. TO EDIT= TIIF. SPECTATOR. Paris, 16th Ali/ 1834. Sin—That word ” Gm:Us" which I have just written, may perchance not be well understood by all your...

It is stated that Don CARLOS was furnished with a

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passport from the Russian Embassy in London, and that the French Police was thus overreached. It is stated that Don CARLOS was furnished with a passport from the Russian Embassy...

The King comes to town to-day to hold a Council

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; at which Lord Dune/tenon will take the oath, and receive the eeals of the Home Depart- ment. Lord Howirk having resigned his of Lord Duticannon will, it is understood, offer...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrival—At Gravesend 3ely 15th, Ranlairg Castle, Eillel.ct ; met re anverene e Magma, fr.ou ; Bette...it-IL Dont. from NiantiLios : 7th Pr-get:tor, Ma- tenshaw. front...

MONEY MARKET.

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&curt( BSC:JAN(1R, FRIDAY A FYYRNOtel. The reconstruction of the Cabinet has restored the tone of the Money Market ; and Consols for Account, after being at 93, close this...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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STATE OF PUBLIC BUSINESS ; FALSE EXCUSES FOR THE WHIG MINISTERS. THE second session of the Reformed Parliament draws towards a close, and we shall soon have to sum up its...

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PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONS; LORD BROUGHAM AND PLURALITIES.

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IT is not long since we called attention to the appointment of the Honourable and Reverend Jour; FORTESCUE, a brother of Lord EBRINGTON, to a Prebendal Stall in Worcester...

POLITICAL GRATITUDE—WHIG WHININGS.

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WHEN the Whig Ministers are accused of inattention to their duties, want of preparation, falsification of promises, and departure from principle, their partisans have one reply...

A BAD JOKE.

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" It was the glory of Elizabeth that she selected for her Ministers statesmen responding to the spirit of the age. In a constitutional monarchy, such as that which now happily...

MORE MILITARY TORTURE.

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IT excites both disgust and horror to read the account, given by a correspondent of the Times, of another of those dreadful exhi- bitions of military torture with which the...

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OPENING OF THE LYCEUM.

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Mr. ARNOLD opened his new Theatre, "the Lyceum and English Opera-house," on Monday ; but without the new opera of Nourja- had, the preparations for it not being completed. The...

THE NEW PROVINCE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

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SINCE, in the founding of a colony, every thing is created or originated, except the land of an unoccupied country, such an enterprise partakes largely of that character of...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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TaAvecs, Belgium and Western Germany in 1833; including Visits to Baden-Baden, Wiesba. den, Cassel. Hanover, the Harz Mountains, Scc. By Mrs. Trollope: Author of " Domestic...

MRS. TROLLOPE . S TOUR.

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MR. H—, an artist, young Mr. TROLLOPE, a geologist, and Mrs. TROLLOPS, an author of all work, passed the summer of last year in a Continental tour. They started from London...

FRAUDULENT DEATHBED DEEDS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SPECTATOR. 14th July 1834. Sin — Although fully sensible you can afford very little space to correspondents at the present moment, yet your old ft iend...

The Librallt Committee of the House of Commons has informed

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the House, that a large and valuable accession of books has been received from the French Government, in consequence of that agreement which was some time ago come to, to...