20 DECEMBER 1828

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The price of grain is gradually decreasing in Caen and

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other places in France, in despite of the efforts of speculators to keep it up. The commercial inquiry ordered by the French Government pro- ceeds well ; and it is supposed that...

The conspiracy in Colombia has been attributed "partly to in-

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triguers from Spain ;' but little further is known about it. Be- sides Guerra and Padilla, Horment, who killed three of Bolivar's sentinels, a colonel, two lieutenants, and...

It seems that the Black republic of Hayti cannot fulfil

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the hard conditions which France imposed upon it as the price of freedom. The Blacks were to advance to the French Government, for the benefit of the old planters, six millions...

There is a new Russian bulletin, containing a somewhat meagre

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account of the retreat of the armies from before Shumla and Si- listria. The movement from Shumla began on the 15th October, and continued for three days without any obstruction...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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SomE sensation has been excited in Paris by the trial, on the 10th instant, of Beranger the poet, of whose suppressed songs we gave an account in the 17th Number of the...

The expedition to Greece is calculated to have cost already

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fifty millions of francs, a part of which the Government will have to cover by a loan. To lessen the expense, and pave the way for the recall of the army, Colonel Fabvier is...

The Royalist volunteers in Lisbon, it would appear, have the

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power of imprisonment in their own hands. In their indiscrimi- nating violence, they have arrested the Vice-Consul of Hamburg. This at least has not proved pleasant to Miguel ;...

Some interesting debates lately occurred in the Second Chamber of

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the States General of the Netherlands, on the needless severity of the existing laws for repressing the licentiousness of the press. The object was to have these laws replaced...

The contest for the Presidentship of the United States seems

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to be at an end ; and the accession of General Jackson to that high honour appears certain. The votes are supposed to stand thus— Adams, 88 ; Jackson, 173. The Morning Chronicle...

it appears by private notices from Brazil, that Don Pedro

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was always averse to the appointment of Miguel as Regent of Portu- gal; though he at last acceded to the desire of Britain and Aus- tria,—a step which he now repents. According...

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THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING—The transactions in our market this week, although of no great extent, and conveying nothing of the ex- citement of frequent fluctuations, have...

We have this clay received German Papers to the 14th

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instant ; but their contents are destitute of interest. SATURDAY NIGHT. It is stated in letters from Constantinople, that the movements of the Turkish troops have been...

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CASE OF THOMAS AUSTIN.—No fewer than thirteen true bills were

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on Wed- nesday returned by the Grand J ury against this gentleman, fur embezzling and secreting divers sums of money the property of his Majesty, which sums hail passed lute his...

Wrseree ASSIZES. CHELMSFORD.—John Ardley was convicted of breaking into a

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house at Earle's Collie, on the 9th of October, at night, and stealing a con- siderable sum of motley, the property of Francis Ruffle. Ile was assisted by an- other man, who has...

Minnt.e.sex. Sessioes.—Northhouse and Lowe, formerly convicted of having obtained money

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under a false representation of partnership to aid in establishing the London Free Press, were on Thursday brought up for judg- ment. Mr. Alley moved an arrest, on two g...

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POLICE OF LONDON. ATTEMPT AT MURDER:BCD/al/lin Barret, a master tailor,

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at Greenwich, was on Thursday brought to Mary-le-bone office, charged with an attempt to murder a young woman of the name of Mortlock e the daughter of a green-grocer, residing...

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POLITICAL SQUIBS.

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FRENCH AND ENGLISH SATIRICAL POETS CONTRASTED. [The " Gerontocrucy," translated or rather imitated by the Standard, is one of the ekon.goon Nantes, for which BERANGER was...

ABOLITION OF THE VICEROYALTY OF IRELAND.

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MORNING JOURNAL—If we understand the whispers we have heard, we are inclined to think that Loot An:ewe w;:1 be the last Lord Lieutenant of Ire- land. The Duke of Wellieglen, it...

SETTLEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC QUESTION.

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THE PRESS. TIMES—It is natural that as the session of Parliament approaches, and the feelings of the Catholics become more feverish, their exertions for the successful...

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THE PLEAS FOR THE BRUNSWICK CLUBS. ARGUMENTS FOR PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

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EXAMINER—The Standard, declares, that when a question arises which interests all, they may worthily and wisely associate for the purpose of con- trolling or directing the...

POVERTY IN FRANCE.

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MORNING CRRONIel.E—With the exception of the five provinces of the North—time only provinces which Englishmen in general visit, and from which they are led to form the most...

CURRENCY-THE MONTH OF APRIL COMING!

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. MORNING JOURNAL—There are, we know trimmers on our side of the question—men who considered silence to be security—who admit the impo- liqn the folly, and the injustice of the...

BALANCE OF POWER—DANGER FROM THE TURKS.

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STANDARD—Can it be that Hussein Pacha, and the military force of Tur- key, have, independently of the weather, or but slightly aided by it, driven back the Russians? Should this...

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ROMEO AND JULIET AT DRURY LANE. STUPID AUDIENCES MARE BAD

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ACTORS. A SINGLE pair of arms, however adroit and powerful, cannot pro- pel a boat in the way it should go, if the rest of the crew either make no efforts, or none that are...

RATIONALE OF COURT REWARDS.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. IN our last number we discussed the hardships imposed by law on authors ; and referred them to an utter want of sympathy on the part of the community, which...

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L' INGANNO FELICE.

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THE second representation by the pupils of the Royal Academy, consisting of ROSSINI'S Opera (semi seria) under this title, took place on Thursday evening. This is one of those...

THE GRAVE OF GENIUS.

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IN the last page of the Diary of an Ennuyt'e, it is recorded in a postscript, that the unhappy writer, whose soul seemed to have sighed itself out in the preceding sentence in a...

MODERN LYRIC POETRY.

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MUSICAL criticism does not furnish a more frequent censure than that of defective accentuation. The blame of such a charge does in some sort lie wide the composer ; but the...

THE NEW COMEDY.

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THEY have presented us with a new Comedy at Covent-Garden. A new Comedy now-a-days creates about as much rational expec- tation as a new Lord Mayor. Its title is ominous of...

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LITERARY SPECTATOR.

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PRESENT STATE OF SLAVERY IN THE WEST INDIES. IF it could be proved that the condition of the West Indian slave is a happy one—that he is subject to few privations—that his la-...

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THE CHURCH.

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The Lord Bishop of Landaff has instituted the Rev. Roper Trevor Tylor , v.A. of University College, domestic chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, to the...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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Ox roan, December 11.—This day the followin g de g rees were conferred. Buda- lor and Doctor in Divinity by Accumulation—The Rev. Clement DIadely, Brazen. nose. Masters of...

FUGITIVE PIECES.

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IN our notice of the Juvenile Souvenirs, we omitted to praise a little piece by Mrs. JADIESON, in the Christmas Box : it is called " Much Coin, much Care ;" and, in a very...

MARTYROLOGY.

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THE Protestant*, a novel in three volumes, by Mrs. BRAY, is a story of the persecutions of Queen MARY. It is a chapter from Fox's Book of Martyrs, developed. The sufferings of...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOOKS IN THE PRESS, AND PREPARING FOR POHL/CATION. The Female Character Illustrated, in Tales and Sketches drawn from Real Life. By Piers Shafton, gent. Snatches from Oblivion,...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EVENING.

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We have experienced this week a continuance of strong westerly gales, and yet very few homeward bound vessels have been reported. The East India Company have stationed their...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Brutus.-The Lady of Thomas Duffield, Esq. of Marcham-park, .Berks, of a daughter-At Pockthorpe, on the 12th inst. the Hon. Mrs. Davidson, of a daughter- On the 1 1 th inst. at...

FE.031 (iAZETTES.

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16. Gill, Balld , m. Yorkshire, - E. Barnsley and It. , orers - 1 - 1. W. and P. C. Wood, Wake- Yorkshire, grocers-J. Hce1miffce and T. , Newcastle-upon-Tyne. commis:slim-...

THE ARMY.

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War-Office, December 15. Coldstream Reg. of Foot Guards-Lieut.-Col. Henry Armytage, from the half-pay, to be Capt. and Lieut.-Col. vice George FitzClarence, who exchanges....

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LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19. We have had a good supply of Wheat and Flour this week, particularly of the latter, and the mealing trade on the whole is exceedingly dull,...