20 SEPTEMBER 1834

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Prosecutions of the press form the glorious occupation of the

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French Ministers. The new editor of the National, M. Royals . , was this week found guilty of publishing an article tending to overthrow the existing Government. The tone and...

The supply of gold already received in Lisbon, when the

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last accounts, dated the Sth instant, were despatched, exceeded the amount required; and notices had been sent to Cadiz, Gibialtar, and other places where the Government agents...

The Hungarian Diet is urging upon the Government of Vienna

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the necessity of Church Reform, and of a diminution of taxation. At intervals, we have accounts of grumbling and threats from Hungary and Transylvania ; but no important...

The King of Naples seems rather disposed to play the

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Liberal and give annoyance to his Austrian keepers. A National Guard has been formed, in which the flower of the young Neapolitan nobility, who are known to entertain the same...

A Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday, contains the

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report of the military operations of a division of the Madras troops against the Rajah of Coorg, one of the few Indian prinees who had been suffered to retain their...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE intelligence.from Spain becomes daily more interesting and important. It is not to be doubted that the Liberal party is gain- ing at least a temporary ascendancy; although...

The Dutch papers are filled with accounts of the feasting

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and entertainment of the Schuttery, or Militia, who have recently returned to their homes on leave of absence. Them is an outward show of rejoicing; but the able Brussels...

Revolts, fostered by Russian intrigues, have broken out in the

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Greek provinces of Arcadia and Messina; but great reliance is placed on the vigour of Count ARMANNSPERG, and their speedy suppression is expected.

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int Caul.

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THE King and Queen have been enjoying the fine weather in fre- quent rides in the neighbourhood of Windsor. On Wednesday, his Majesty came to town, and held a Court at St....

John Hutchinson, the soldierwhose name has lately been so often

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before the public, was brought to the Queen Square Office on Tuesday, by a Sergeant and Corporal, charged with desertion from his regiment. He had been endeavouring to escape to...

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The proprietors of the Bank of England Stock held a Meeting on Thursday, at the Bank ; when a dividend of four per cent. for six months was declared ; and the Chairman stated...

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Countre.

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A public dinner was given on Monday to Messrs. Attwood and Scholefield, the Members for Birmingham, by their constituents in Beardsworth's Repository. The tickets sold amounted...

Doncaster Races commenced on Monday. The weather was beau- tifully

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fine, the course in excellent order, and the attendance of com- pany very good. The arrangements for preventing disorder and thiev- ing were superior to those of last year. The...

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A general Court-martial was held at the Barracks in Birmingham

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last week, to inquire into charges against three privates of the Twelfth Lancers,—named William Davis, Michael Brennan, and Peter Doyle. The Court opened on Tuesday, under the...

The Leeds Tories have sent in objections to no fewer

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than fifteen hundred Liberal votes. The Revising Barrister is likely to have hi s hands full, as the Liberals mean to annoy their opponents the same way s A deputation of...

SCOTLAND.

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Earl Grey crossed the Scottish frontier at Coldstream, in his tri- umphant progress to Edinburgh, on Thursday week. He travelled, accompanied by his Countess, in a carriage and...

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accompanied Earl Grey to Oxenford, we leave him there, enjoying

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the repose of the Sabbath ; till we bring up Ldrd Brougham, whom we left last week at Inverness. While Lard Grey was travelling from the South towards Edinburgh, Lord...

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In good time on Monday, Earl Grey left Oxenford, accompanied

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by Lady Grey, Sir John Dalrymple, and other friends, and proceeded on his way to Edinburgh. lie was stopped at Dalkeith, by a numerous procession of the inhabitants, and...

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Most of the newspapers have given some account of the

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meeting of the Association of Savans at Edinburgh last week ; but, with one ex- ception, they have been excessively dry and prosy. The Courier, how- ever, has furnished the...

We learn from the subjoined paragraph of the Glasgow Chronicle,

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that Lord Brougham was recognized in passing through Lanark. flow dues it happen that there was no public reception of him, no dining and oratory tit Glasgow ? Surely he did not...

IRELAND.

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A third letter from Mr. O'Connell to Lord Duncannon, has appeared. It curries forward the account against the Whigs to the eighth charge out of the threatened total of...

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A meeting of the Irish Conservative Society was held in

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Dublin o Tuesday. Mr. Boyton harangued at great length on the persecutio of the Protestant's; but little business was done. Complaints we made of the amount of subscriptions in...

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Parliament was further prom-tied on Wednesday, to the 4th of

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November. It is rumoured that Mr. Charles Grant is to be raised to the Peerage, by the title of Baron Glenelg ; and that his nomination to the, Governor-Generalship of India...

The assembling of a great number of students in Turin

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being con- sidered dangerous, the Minister of Public Instruction of Sardinia has issued a decree, declaring that the lectureson theology, law, and physic, shall be delivered in...

Prince Puckler Muskau left Paris a week ago, to answer

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the chal. lenge of a Prussian officer, who, erroneously, deemed himself insulted in one of the Prince's literary productions. ' The encounter has taken place on the Prussian...

THE ARMY.

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\VAR. 0711C1S, Sept.19.-24th Regt. of Fcut—J. J. Wood, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hunter. deceased. 45th Foot—E. A. 'Penny soon; Gent. to be Fusnia• by purchase,...

A new coinage of half sovereigns has been issued :

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they look much smaller than the late issues, but are thicker, and of course of the same . weight. At first sight they have been taken for seven-shilling pieces. The Newspaper...

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The Evening papers contain the result of yesterday's racing at

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Don- caster, which we subjoin. THE FILLY STAKES of 20 sovereigns each, and 20 added ; Sot. 41b. eac... Leger Course. l Subscribers. Mr. Most) n's Birdlime 1 Mr. W. It...

The Theatrical commanders are mustering their forces preparatori to the

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commencement of the winter campaign. The "dashing white Sergeant," YES - tins, takes the field with her light troops, under the same leaders as last season ; and undraws the...

We refer to our advertising columns for a notice of

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a subscription which has been opened for the relief of a few exiled Spaniards, de- tained in this country by the want of money to discharge a few debts of small amount. Their...

The French Minister of Commerce, M. 'Duchatel, is ,at length

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acting on a more liberal system. In spite of the clamours of the iron- masters and founders, he last week made some very important conces- sions to private individuals for the...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EICRANOE, FRIDAY AFTRRN0ON. The Money Market has been firmer this week than for some time; and the price of Consols for Account has been as high as 90 ; 7 0 Exchequer...

It is stated in the Globe, that the Vice-Chancellor, Sir

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Launcelot Shadvvell, will probably be appointed Master of the Rolls, in the room of Sir John Leach ; and that Sir William Horne will succeed to the Vice-Chancellorship. We shall...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. A telegraphic despatch from Bayonne, dated the 16th instant, was received in Paris on Thursday. It mentionstriefly that the Carlists had been repulsed, in an...

[PROld A PARIS CORRESPONDENT.]

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" Louis Philip was never so unpopular as he is now ; and unless there be a change soon on his part, you may expect a very serious one on the part of the people. You are not,...

Mr. Cobbett made his public entry into Dublin on Thursday,

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about noon. Two o'clock was the hour appointed. Whatever might have been the cause, it is a fact that the procession which accompanied Mr. Cobbett was a very sorry exhibition,...

PARIS.—The correspondent who desires a copy of the Spectator to

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be sent week' y to a certain address in Paris, through the ordlioary post, will please to observe that t/ e new law, under which this may be done, does nut Come situ operciffen...

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LETTERS FROM PARIS, BY 0. P. Q. No XXIV.

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TIIE SPANISH FINANCES AND THE APPROACHING BANKRUPTCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Paris, 16th September 1834. Stn—I am sick, actually sick, of the nauseating nonsense...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arnica —At Gravesend, Sept. 15th, Satus, Criekmay., from the Cape; and 17th, Wa• tech a. Cow, from Bengal. Off Dartmouth, 17th, Robert Quayle. Bkmadale, nom Ceylon. Off...

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FALSEHOOD EXPOSED.

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LORD BROUGHAM would seem anxious that the treatment of the Warwick Bill should not be lost sight of. It shall not. In the report of a speech delivered by him at a dinner in...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE EDINBURGH DINNER TO EARL GREY. Ir is the custom on the Continent, when a Minister retires or is dismissed from office, for I is friends to offer him their sympathy and...

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The Marquis of Douro, eldest BOO of the Duke of

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Wellington, and having title from the locality of one of his father's most celebrated exploits, passed through here on Friday last, having come from London on board the Dundee...

ACCELERATION OF THE MAILS; A HINT TO LORD MULGRAVE.

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THE Times express, on Wednesday - , which brought the account of the proceedings at the Edinburgh Dinner, was only thirty hours on the road, having travelled at the rate of...

Captain Hoare, late of the Sixty-sixth Regiment, has prepared a plan

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for distributing the Army in Ireland, so as to make it more e f f i cient in the collection of tithes due to the clergy. He recommends the formation of 12,000 men in two equal...

Lord Holland is indisposed at Holland House, Kensington.— Courier.

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Poor Lord HOLLAND! he is almost constantly indisposed. It is a marvel how the important concerns of the Dutchy of Lan- caster are managed during the illness of the Chancellor....

An inquest'was held at Dover, on Tuesday, on the body

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of a sailor belonging to the Cameleon cutter, which was run down by the Castor. The verdict of the Jury, after stating the circura• stances attending the accident, concludes...

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On Friday week, informations were received at the Head Police-office,

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that Mr. F— and the I Ion. Li —,, two gentlemen in ihe Tithe Million Office, intended fighting a duel upon the following morning. The parties were Mime- &awlc secured, and...

About 12.000 gallons of illicit spirit have been seized by

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the Excise, in the vicinity of the Metropolis. It is said that the firm have offered 20,0001. to comprZnuise the affair. The property seized has since been allowed by the Etcise...

On Thursday night last week, when the remains of Steinberg.

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the murderer, Irtre buried in the poor-ground of Clerkettwell parish, a peculiarly curious cere- mony was observed, in lieu of the old custom of driving a stake through the...

The French Government has just decided on the appropriation of

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1,500,000f. fur works in the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elysees, which will be proceeded with to the amount of 300,000f. annually till they are completed. There will be...

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.

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[PART 01' A LETTER FROM A WELL-INFORMED CORRESPONDENT.] You say some good —not much, to be sure, but you need have said none at all — of Lord MUNSTER. If he were chosen...

A few days ago, Mr. Smirke, having visited King's College,

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to see the works in progress, found none but the whitewashers at their labour, the bricklayers having struck ; in consequence of which, he dismissed the former, being de-...

A difference has arisen between Mr. Bunn and the Dramatic

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Authors' Society. The Lessee wishes to make a stipulation with any writer whom he employs, that the piece shall be his sole and personal property ; and that if it be acted in...

The accounts of the Westminster Bridge Commissioners have been printed,

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pursuant to Parliamentary order. Among the items of expenditure, appears a charge of U. 16s. for a day constable's hat. The outlay, no doubt, regularly took place, and the bat...

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JACOB FAITHFUL.

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Ix one of his most pleasing passages, MILTON has marked the delight which the freshness of the c mittry affords to a person who has been "long in populous city pent." The critic...

SPECTATOV S LIBRARY.

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sorties. Jacob ninth!. By the Anil or of -Pete: Sample," "The King's Own." Sze. 3 Vohs. Sluarters curd Utley. The Court of SW:41111111d or Poland in the Slut .entli Century....

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THE COURT OF SIGISMUND AUGUSTUS.

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THE author of this work, ALEXANDER BRONIKOWSKI, though' descended from one of the most ancient Polish families, was by birth a Saxon. After passing through the usual course - of...

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The Naval Officer's Guide, by C. MARTELLI, late Mate of

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his Majesty's ship Donegal, is published, as the author states in a very modest preface, with the view of giving the youngsters in the service an opportunity of gaining a...

POLITICAL AND DOMESTIC CONDITION OF

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GREAT BRITAIN. * UNDER this title, the reader is presented with the statistics of the greater part of the civilized world, as well as with their political views, or at least...

PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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THE minor publications on our table are numerous, though not distinguished for much of character or merit. Such as they are, we chronicle them, and in something like...