1 MARCH 1834

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE landowners made a scramble on Thursday night to clutch and pocket the 1,200,0001. surplus revenue, with which Lord ALTHORP had promised to relieve the necessities and...

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Disaffection to the Government appears to be spreading in France.

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On Sunday last, there was some serious rioting in and about the Place de la Bourse, in consequence of several persons attempting to sell unlicensed newspapers, which it was the...

In Spain, affairs are in a very unsettled state. The

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Ministry is disunited. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, and GARELLI, the Minister of Justice, have tendered their resignations ; which were not ac- cepted by the Queen. It is said that the...

Since the above was printed, the Memorial Bordelais of the

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21st February has arrived, with the notice of a Public Meeting of the agriculturists and proprietors of vine lands at Bordeaux, for the purpose of petitioning against the...

Communications from influential individuals in some of the corn provinces

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of France, state that if we would open our ports to their corn, the whole country would rise to demand the admission of our manufactures. This affords an opportunity for...

The news from Portugal this week, as given in the

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correspon- dence of the Daily Journals, is multifarious, but not interesting. The Duke of TERCEIRA, it is said, has again been restored to the command of the troops before...

In the latest edition of last week's Spectator it was

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mentioned, that a new treaty had been concluded between Russia and Turkey, upon telly's apparently very favourable to Turkey. Russia was to evacuate part of Wallachia and...

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13cbatr4 anti Practtliingl in 13atliannut.

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1. REPEAL OF THE MALT TAX. Numerous petitions were presented at the morning sitting of the House of Commons on Thursday, praying for relief of agricultural distress, and...

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HONOURS.

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FROM THE 1.0NDON G A Z ETTE. Wittrt inst February 1, 4 34.—The King has been pleascil to direct Letters Patent ;0 he passed ender the retit Seal tiff granting the dignity ol a...

b c Court.

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THE past week has been a busy one at Court. On Monday, the Qireen's birth-day was celebrated by a Drawing-room ; at which the company was very numerous and splendid. All the...

ilittropotid.

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'Sir William !forme has let slip the opportunity of becoming a Judge ; Mr. John Williams having been sworn in yesterday as the new Baron of Each, quer, in the room of Sir John...

In the Court of Chancery, on Saturday, Sir Edward Sugden

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informed Lord Brougham, that the pressure of business was so great in the Registrar's Office, that it was impossible to get any order of the Court drawn up. The Lord Chancellor...

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Mr. John Richardson, steward to Mr. John Perkins of 131etchingley,

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Story, was murdered on Wednesday evening, when going home in his gig from Epsom market, on the road between Epsom and Banstead, in a very lonely spot, at the top of a steep bill...

The company in her Majesty's Drawing-room was on Monday thrown

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into a state of alarm, by a noise similar to the firing of a large cannon, The company in her Majesty's Drawing-room was on Monday thrown into a state of alarm, by a noise...

1F f)c Countro.

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Sir John Campbell has lost his election for Dudley. The Tories and Radicals, the latter of whom were indignant ut his prosecution of the True Sun, coalesced to support Mr....

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ROYAL SOCIETY.

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February 37. IS:34. — Faa sets Raley, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. TI as Watethouse, Esq.. and Sir Edw•aul Cost, were admitted Fellows of the Royal Society. George Watt, M.D., of...

IRELAND.

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Peron Smith delivered to the (;rand Jury at Trim, on Tuesday last, another political charge in which he referred to the proceedings of the House of ( 7 munnons in his ease. From...

Lord Jolts: liessnta. has appointed, or promised to appoint, Mr.

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Glaart, a Tory parson, to the Chaplaincy of Chelsea Hospital, worth five or six hundred a year. Mr. GLEIG first became known as the writer of some clever papers in Blackwood's...

SCOTLAND.

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The contest between the Dissenters and the Established Church pro- ceeds with great vigour in Edinburgh. We lately mentioned that a public meeting had been called in Dr....

Accounts from Lyons to the 24th February, are given in

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the Paris papers of Thursday, received this morning. The greater number of the weavers have returned to their work, without obtaining any in- crease of wages.

The petition to the Commons for the gradual but total

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abolition of the Corn-laws, is likely to have above thirty thousand signatures. It is to be presented on Thursday next, the 6th March. Promptitude on the part of those who...

Sir Jolisi CAMPBELL has been, in Parliament, the most useful,

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liberal- minded, and enlightened lawyer, who has filled the office of Attorney or Solicitor-General since the days of Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY; and therefore we regret that he should...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. A Government messenger arrived this afternoon from Belgium; but we have not learned what lie brings. The agents of King Lsororu are busily engaged in making up...

A large sum has been sold out of our Three

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per Cents. to be remitted to the United States for the purpose of taking advantage of the money panic there. Two large capitalists arc in this speculation. According to a letter...

The Carlist insurgents in the Basque provinces are occupying the

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principal positions, and regularly levy duties on all merchandise passing through the country. It is still undecided whether MaternsEz DE LA Rosa remains in office or retires.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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In reply to a note from the Author of Great Britain for the Last Forty TeRTS, we must observe, that. as a general rule, we decline controversy on mat tersuf critical opinion,...

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MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK ENCHANOK, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The a nticip ttion. which seems to have been very generally entertainer), t hat the Mi - nistry would be defeated in the division on Sir W. I...

ITALIAN OPERA.

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Au, sorts of difficulties have beset the lessee of the King's Theatre, and delayed the commencement of the Opera season till to-night. And such a commencement it was as the...

YATES has got up a miscellaneous entertainment for the Wednes-

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days and Fridays in Lent, tinder the title of Mr. and Mrs. Yates at Home. In addition to his reminiscences of last season, Yams gives his imitations of various actors. The...

LETTERS FROM PARIS, BY 0. P. Q.

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No. VI. NoillING CAN SAVE FRANCE FROM A REVOLUTION. "1 ue inquietude Ramie,. exist., pantie; dem:nide tel non; en somews, oil nous marehons Giratuts N:pere4, 21111 February 1...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived- - At Gravesend, Felt. 25th, Ilebe, Currie, from Singapore; 27th, Arabian, :allow ay, from Maturities; Margaret and Aunt, hock; anti Claudine, Keen, from the Cape. At...

THEATRICAL NOVELTIES.

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THE Revolt if the Worhhouse, at the Fitzroy, is a broad burlesque of the Revolt of the Rarest, written by the editor of Fiyaro, with point and humour; capitally got up by...

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STATE OF PORTUGAL.

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TO THE EDITOR OF TILE srEcraTOtt. Lisbon. silk February 1834. Ste— Some months ago, hieing then at London, you had the g undriees to insert in your valuable paper a letter of...

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TIII; DIVISIONS.

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No, 1. Mr. Elauvry•s Motion, on t'ae Fe!irnary, for a Select Committee to ituptsre into ti,” co:I. : vier , : nal it t'ucb grout On the rension Llat. MajOri.y marked A; Minority...

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AMENDMENT OF THE POOR LAWS. ENGLISH

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t ... AND FRENCH SYSTEMS. VERY man in England above the station of a pauper is galled ore or less by the burden of the poor - rates; which have gone on ' increasing year after...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE THEORY OF THE REFORM ACT. THE Globe, on Thursday, in the course of some remarks on tl Warwick Election Bill, edified its readers by such remarks the following. le _ - «...

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CORN CATECHISM.

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(Continued.) 25. There were two ways of making bread cheap—by making money abundant, and by a reduction of price, neither of which he thought would be effected by a re- peal of...

IMPRESSMENT.

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A PETITION to the House of Commons against the impressment of seamen is now in the course of signature in the Metropolis, by the more enlightened members of the mercantile body....

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GENERAL. DARLING AND CAPTAIN ROBISON.

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WE have more than once called attention to the case of Captain Roinsox; who complains of having received grievous injustice at the hands of the noted Gmeral DARLING, in his...

THE VOCAL CONCERTS.

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THE Directors of these concerts are gradually acquiring greater skill (the consequence of increased experience) in their vocation. The art of arranging even good materials is...