21 MAY 1831

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE English elections may be said to be over ; the only ones that remain undecided are those for Northamptonshire, where Mr. CARTWRIGHT and Lord MILTON, and Pembrokeshire, Where...

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The Austrian Observer says, that DWERNICIZI had been unsuc- cessful

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in the combat, of the 1 eth as well aS in that of the 27th; and denies that the Russians first violated the neutrality of the Austrian territory. The Observer adds, that the...

The capital of in area seanrr to he insti ed

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to a state 0. pec■cct tranuiihly. Tint!. rand review of the Nittioual Guard took place on Sunday ; tht number of trocps; Was about 100,000. Lours PHILLIP was received bv them...

The Congress of Belgium met on the Htli, to rediscuss

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the question of tIre settlement of the Governmont. Prince LEopoLn sai Ito have asked the Deputies who olfeivil him the crown of Belgium, IN hat Belgium was? It is a query which...

ELECTION OF SCOTCII Ps:rms.—We have authority to state, that it

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is the avowed intention of his Majesty's present advisers not to send down, as heretofore, a signed list of Representative Peers, in that manner dic- tating to the ancient and...

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THE KING AND 1113 COURT.—The only Court event of the

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week has been the arrival of the sister of our amiable and excellent Queen, the Datchess of Saxe Weimar. Her Serene Highness reached the Tower on Tuesday afternoon ; when she...

A copy of the letter of the British Consul, Mr.

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HOPPNER, to Viscount SANTAREM, has reached London. It reads a severe, and what must have been felt as a most humbling lesson, to Don MIGUEL and his Government. The demands...

We noticed, in our latest edition last week, a rumour

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that "mar- tial law" had been proclaimed in Clare and the other disturbed districts of Ireland ; which we attributed, it appears, to its true cause—the proclamation of the...

SOCIETY von Beir.nneo CHERCHES.—On Monday last," the Annual General Court

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of the Society was held at the house of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, in Lincoln's Inn Fields ; the Arch- bishop of Canterbury presided. From the report, it...

Sus Ronewr Peet.—The prudent Baronet seems, as well as his

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less notable associate's, to have at length made up his mind to tolerate what he cannot prevent. Sir Robert's fit of unnatural violence on the last day of the Session was...

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RECORDER'S REPORT.-011 Wednesday, the Recorder of Londmi made his Report

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to the King in Council of the prisoners capitally con. vieted at the Old Bailey Sessions for April. Henry Jones, aged 22, Mary M‘Mahou 17, Joseph Coleman 25, Elizabeth Smith 26,...

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FINES IN KaNr.—An extensive wood, near Boughton, was last -- week,

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by means not yet ascertained, set on fire ; and as the wind blew . strong at the time, between thirty and forty acres of wood were destroyed - in aliont four hours. The property...

ROAD Accumears.—On Friday last week, an aged lady, named John-

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son, was thrown from a gig in Regent's Park, and so severely injured as to expire in a few hours afterwards. A gentleman who was with her, and who was also thrown out, was much...

thfi Kings peerage was exclusively Irish—the recent creation is of

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the United Kingdom.] LORD DALHOUSIE.—The Court 'omit& last week stated that this nobleman had been placed under arrest by the Governor-General. There seems not the slightest...

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EPSOM RACES.

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THE value of these races is derived chiefly from their proximity to town. They are almost the only ones that the cribbed and cabined thousands of the great metropolis can...

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THE MONEY MARKET. THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK ExcaAxon, FRIDAY Evnxis G.—Although we have not had much busi- ness here this week, there have been some material fluctuations. On Monday, Con- sols, which had closed last...

POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS. SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY, Two o'Ceoca.

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The Irish letters and papers which were received this morning con- tain, we are happy to state it, no news ; which, in the present state of Clare and its neighbourhood, may be...

RETURNS TO THE DELESIATION PARLIAMENT.

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(CONTINUED.) The names in Roman are for the Reform Bill; in italics against it. New mein- or doubtful 1-; double Sir H. E. Bunbury C. Tyrell .11. Arbuthnot .17,arles Doe;dos...

COVENT GARDEN TREATRE.—The "new grand historical and mili- tary spectacle"

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called Napoleon Buonaparte," Captain, General, Consul, Emperor, and Exile," was brought out at this theatre on Monday night, with considerable success. It presents some of the...

STATE Or POLLS.

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Northampton (Co.) Althorp 2.133 Pembroke (Co.) —Owen. 1554 Lire vine 1510 . 12 1 573 1'11 5 Cart wright 133 Ilnightley 9 [The Courier, which keeps a sort of running account...

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THE ARMY.

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WAR-OFFICE, May 17.-4:11 Rect. of Light Dragoons : P. B. Nesbitt, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Anstey, who retires-13th Light Dragoons : Ens. J. H. Gray, from the 15111...

THE UNIVERSITIES. OXFORD.

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May 19.-The Classical Class List, for Easter Term, has just appeared, and is as follows:- CLASS I.-T. Acland, Christ Church ; IL Browne, St. John's; 11. Churton, Dal- Rol ; T....

THE CHURCH.

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The Rev. T. Hutton Croft was, on Saturday last, installed of the Prebendary of Stillington, in York Cathedral, vacant by the death of his father, the Rev. Robert Croft. We...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 1111; inst. at Windsor Castle, the Hon. Mrs. Easel NE, of a daughter. At Windsor, the Lady of Col. MILMAN, Coldstream Guards, of a son. On the 9th inst. at...

FROM TH E LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, Nay 17. pmts.:el:as ics DISSOLVED. GENT and PAGE, Nottingham, curriers-APLeon and HILL, Parliament Street, Westminst er, wi ne-merchants-MA N1.0 V.13 and HARRISON,...

EAST INDIA. SHIPPING.

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The Company's Ship Winchelsea, Burt, from London, which put into Cork on the 11th inst. has been surveyed, and found unfit to proceed on her voyage to China. The Company's Ship...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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3 per Cent. Reduced . 8: a 3 per Cent. Consols ....... 824 Ditto for Account ........ 824-dat 54 per Cent. Old 31 per Cent. New . . . 91 903 4 per Cent... .... .. 984 Bank...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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1I-1AT HAS THE KING GAINED BY THE DISSOLUTION? / s ill the Anti-Reform, or rather Ultra-Ratical Reform, journals tif London have vented some sneer at the King and the Whigs for...

"THE BILL, THE WHOLE BILL, AND NOTHING BUT THE BILL."

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TALLEYRAND, it is supposed, invented the phrase "Legitimacy ;" which, for several years, was used all over Europe to express not less than a dozen different meanings. With a...

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WHAT THE LORD ADVOCATE SAID.

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IT would amuse an idle collector of curiosities to string together the thousand and one inventions that the Anti-Reformers have en- deavoured to palm on the public during the...

WILL THE HOUSE OF LORDS PASS THE REFORM BILL?

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THE ablest and most influential of the " Conservative " journals takes, this week, the following notice of the House of Lords. " The Democratic Convention is now nearly...

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- MORI'S CONCERT.

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Morn's Concert, on Monday, was crowded, as it always is, to suffocation. And why ? Our country readers, who know Mom only by fame, may account for it by his high reputation as a...

TO OUR NON-POLITICAL READERS.

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LUCRETIUS tells us, in some famous lines, that it is a pleasant thing to watch the sea in a tempest, from the shore : it is a far more gratifying employment to be throwing out...

PAGANINI.

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A CONTROVERSY of no mean importance—for it concerns the supplies—has sprung up during the week respecting this famous fiddler. He has been in the habit of receiving very large...

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NEW BOOKS.

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TRAVELS .... Sir Arthur de Cape11 Brooke's ° 1 Sketches in Spain and Morocco Vols. Colburn and Bentley. MORALS AND 1 POLITICS .. 1 ;Few Words on Many Subjects . . Longman and...

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Few Words on many Subjects, is a little volume of

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opinions on such subjects as are likely to occur to a thinking man, who attends to the proceedings of the world. Such books ought to be either profound or original in their...

The second volume of the Annual Retrospect of Public Affairs,

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forming a portion of Dr. LAR.DNEWS " Cabinet Library," has just appeared. We have read it with attention ; and are glad to find, that as the author approaches the real business...

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Mr. Monisorr—or, as he prefers to be called, "the Hygeist,"

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as we call ARISTOTLE the Stagyrite—gives a remarkable account of one Admiral HENRY, who cured himself of various dreadful dis- orders by beating his flesh. We think the practice...

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DIR. MACDONALD'S STUDIO.

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Om a recent visit to the studio of this talented sculptor, whose works are now exhibiting in Pall Mall, we had the gratification of seeing busts of the poet Wonnswoani, and of...

A VOICE FROM THE Tomu.—In the Java Courant of the

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28th October last, there is a long article relating to one of the natives, Pa Dhasijah, of the district Seroudal, who had been buried in the usual Mahometan form. After having...

FINE ARTS.

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EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY. (Continued.: Nu. CHALON'S " Milt the Slipper" (18;1 is a clever and Watteau-like idea, worked up into a confused mass of gaudy colours, that,...

BURNS'S JOLLY BEGGARS.

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ANOTHER self-taught Scottish mason, GREENSHIELDS by name, has been emulating the example of Mr. THOM ' who cut the stone figures of Tam O'Sbanter, Souter Johnny, &c. ; and has...