21 NOVEMBER 1835

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The tribute to the "Member for Ireland" will this year,

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it is ex- pected; amount to nearly 23,000/s the sum paid last year being rather more than 13,000/. In Dublin and other large places, the 'contribution on the first Sunday nearly...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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IF loud complaining is a prod of distress, the British agricultu- rist is of all men most miserable: if much talking can bring re- lief to the sufferer, he will soon be...

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Alter all that has been said on the subject, the

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American Chargé d'Affaires, Mr. BARTON, has not left Paris. The rumours of the early part of the week, respecting the difference with the United States, were rather warlike; but...

It is very generally believed in Paris, that the Governments

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of England, France, and Austria, are about to make a formal ap- plication to the Emperor of Russia in regard to his Turkish policy.. The Czar, it is said, will be required to...

be liftetralual.

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The election of an Alderman, in the room of the late Mr. Thorp, for the ward of Aldgate, commenced on Tuesday. The candidates were Mr. Sheriff Salomons, Mr. Humphery, M. P. for...

Robert Balls, Thomas Harris, and Mordecai Moses, were remanded' from

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Bow Street, on Monday, on a charge of being concerned in ea tensive forgeries on the Austrian Bank of Vienna, and the Polish Bank. Forged notes and plates were found cm their...

Cbr Court.

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THE King and Queen remain at Brighton, seeing very little company, and taking frequent walks and rides in the neighbourhood. The King rides on the Rottingdean road, accompanied...

The Hampstead Conservative Association have put forth a state- ment

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of the result of their labours in the Revising Banisters' Court for time County of Middlesex. They claim to have added 128 votes to their list ; while they allow only 26 new...

In the Court of King's Bench, on Monday, the rule

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for a criminal information, obtained by Mr. Winchester against Mr. Retch, was made absolute. Mr. Thessiger, on behalf of Rotch, showed cause against the rule ; but he relied on...

It is confidently asserted, and as confidently denied, that Gene-

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ral EVANS has effected a junction with Coanovn : it is certain that the former left Bilboa with a considerable part of his force. There are reports in London, which the Globe...

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Ebt enuntrg.

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Mr. William Hanbury, of Kelmarsh, in Northamptonshire, and who is also the proprietor of an estate in Herefordshire, is to be the Whig candidate for the Northern division of...

On Saturday, 120 gentlemen and farmers, members of the Yorkshire

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Central Agricultural Association, had their annual dinner at the Mer- chants' Hall in York. The following are mentioned as some of the more distinguished persons present,—the...

In reference to the Municipal elcceons, tha Lirerpool Times say!—

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The Reformers are everywhere acting with vigour and union, and that their prospects are excellent. We shall not publish a list of the candidates, as every thing is yet...

The river Thames for ten days past has had an

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unusually bustling and lively appearance, in consequence of the arrival of a large fleet of vessels from St. Petersburg, Riga, and other ports in the Baltic. A sail of upwards...

Last week we exposed some of the false statements of

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the Times and its correspondents relative to the Bristol dinner, and the reception of Lord John Russell by the wealthy Bristolians. We have now to add, that the statement...

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There was a meeting of the Banbury Agricultural Association on

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Tuesday ; but nothing worth particular notice occurred, except the con- fession of Mr. Cartwright, M.P. for Northamptonshire,—certainly one of the most intelligent of the Tory...

A memorial having been presented to the Duke of Norfolk,

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for a piece of ground on which to build a new church, the following is, we believe, a correct copy of his Grace's reply- - Farnham, 29th October 1935. " Gentlemen—I have...

A meeting of the Shropshire Central Association was held on

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Sa- turday, in Shrewsbury; when the same topics that formed the staple of the Yorkshire harangues were discussed. There were many gentle- . xneti of property and influence...

IRELAND.

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It maybe now considered almost certain that Messrs. O'Connell and Ruthven will retain their seats for Dublin. The case of the petitioners mainly rested on their being able to...

On Saturday night last, some persons broke into Sir Stratford

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Can- ning's residence at St. Leonard's; where they set out supper, and having regaled themselves with all they could find, afterwards departed with the fragments.—Brighton...

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Sir Robert Peel is to be invited to a grand

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dinner at Londonderry. The following noblemen and gentlemen have agreed to act as a corn. mittee on the occasion—the Marquises of Londonderry, Waterford, Downshire, Abercorn,...

On Sunday week, an open-air meeting was held in the

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parish of Caragh, in the county of Kildare, to adopt measures for resisting the claims of the Rector, the Reverend Mr. Grant. This meeting was remarkable, as being attended by...

O'CONNELL AND EX-SHERIFF RAPHAEL.

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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF CARLOW. Darryuane Abbey, 10th November 1S35. a Hie niger cut, hunc to Romane, caveto " Fellow Countrymen-Whilst I was waiting for that...

About seven hundred Orangemen of Cork and the vicinity had

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a grand entertainment in Cork on the 5th of November, the day chosen to present an address to Mr. Deane, whose election to the Mayoralty was not sanctioned by Lord Mulerave on...

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glietrIirmetfuti.

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In the list of persons arrested (on account of the riots in France) is the name of a British subject—Mr. Arthur James Beaumont. He seems to be respectably connected, and to have...

Notices of Births. Marriages, and Deaths, are not inserted on

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anonymous authority. Two or three hate this s eek been tendered to us in that form; which we are obliged to disregard.

TO TIIE ELECTORS OE THE COUNTY Or CARLOW.

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Great Stanhope Street, 13th November 1335. Gentlemen—I have read, a ithout surprise. Mr. O'Connell's very elegant awl gentle- manly address to you, purporting to be a reply to...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. FOOr Old Sir FRANCIS BURDETT is play in g second fiddle to RAPHAEL. Through the coltunns of his paper, the Tory Times, he has addressed a letter to the members...

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The last accounts from the seat of war in Spain,

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mention the june. tion of the greater part of General EVANS'S troops, and the Guerillas under EL PASTOR, with the main body of the Queen's army, at Vitto- ria, on the kith...

The Londonderry Tories are in a ferment. They intended to

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make their projected dinner to Sir ROBERT PEEL subservient to a scheme of ousting Sir ROBERT FERGUSON, who has given offence by presiding at the dinner to Lord Met.crtavE, to...

A correspondent from Peterborough assures us that the Liberals have

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an excellent prospect of electing Mr. HANBURY for Northampton- shire. The Tories are very busy circulating abusive squibs, lampoons, and dull lies. Sir CULLING SMITII is an...

The Gazette of last night announces that Lord GEORGE WILLrast

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RossiaL has been appointed Ambassador to the King of Prussia, and Sir GEORGE SIIEE to the King of Wartemburg.

The Dublin correspondent of the Times says that Lord MULGRAYE

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is believed to have come to the determination not to appoint a single Orangeman to the office of High Sheriff. This, it is added, will cause "extreme discontent among the...

Dup. BETWEEN MR. BLACK AND MR. ROEBUCK.

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In consequence of an article contained in Mr. Roebuck's weekly pamphlet of the 12th November, under the head of " Mr. N. Goldsmid and Mr. Jolua Black, the Editor of the Morning...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived-Off Weymouth. Nov. 20th. Courier, Palmer, from the Cape. At St. Re- Jena, Sept. 20th, John Taylor, Crawford. from Bombay ; 27th, Margaret, Stottesbury, from the Cape;...

MONEY MARKET.

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SToCK EXCHANOE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Our notice of the operations in the English Stock Market will be almost entirely confined to reporting another purchase of upwards of half . a...

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THE THEATRES.

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THE dramatic spectacle of the Jewess. which was produced at Drury Lane on Monday, after the Siege of Rochelle, is the triumph of stage show. The pageantry, in itself superbly...

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ELECTORAL REGISTRATION AMENDMENT.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Lewes, leah November 1835. I SIR—The necessity for sortie ameridnient in the present system of Elector& Registration, has been so fully proved...

Vestals brought out another new burletta, of the farcical kind,

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this week; it is called Comfortable Service ; and is founded o.1 ti e anecdote of a man hiring himself as a lady's maid, and the recent rol- beries of plate. Simon (KeEtey),...

Mr. JONES, the American actor, at the Victoria, has this

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week ap- peared as the hero of a domestic melodrama, of murder and robbery, called The Post-Chaise companion ; which is spoken of as both plea- sant and interesting : if it...

The magnificent novelty at Drury Lane throws all lesser attractions

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into the shade : and we gladly avail ourselves of this excuse for saying nothing about the Mill cf Berezina, a musical melodrama produced at Covent Garden on Saturday....

Woman's Faith 'still attracts at the Lyceum. J. KNIGHT has

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re- appeared there as Crack in the Turnpike Gate. Some novelty is an- nounced for Monday.

CUPAR BURGH ELECTION.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Cupar Fife, 9th November 1833. SIR—As drowning men catch at straws, so do the Tories, in their dearth of hope, point to the late election of...

The new management of the Adelphi commenced this week. The

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addition of the principal actors from the Queen's Theatre to the Adelpbi company should have a most effective result : but as yet this has not been so strikingly evident ; for...

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MALEPRACTICES OF THE LIVERPOOL CORPORATION.

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THE Liverpool Corporators die game. Last week we gave a spe- cimen of their mode of spending the large income levied, by a most iniquitous system of taxation, on their fellow...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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DISFRANCHISING OPERATION OF THE MUNICIPAL BILL. THE Municipal constituencies are preparing for the important elections of next month. From the Country newspapers we learn that...

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SIR LANCELOT SHADWELL'S "OMISSION."

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IN the Court of Chancery, on Saturday, Sir LANCELOT SHAD- WELL gave an explanation of the circumstances attending the omission of the visits to the Fleet prison, enjoined, by...

VOTE-MAKING.

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IF any person wishing to become a county voter purchases an estate of 3 0 0/. a year, and claims to be registered on that quali- fication, it is not pretended by his most...

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PEERAGE REFORM.

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THE thorough Reformers are under sonic obligation to those jour- nals, Whig or Conservative, who continue to debate this question ; which not only the Conservatives as a party,...

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WINDING-UP OF THE RAPHAEL CONCERN.

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A SECOND letter from O'CONNELL to the Electors of Carlow places in a clear light the real nature of the transaction with RAPHAEL. First, as respects the pecuniary part of it. It...

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THE POWER OF RUSSIA.

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IN our newspapers and periodicals there has been of late a great deal of rhodomontade on this subject. From the character of the government and people, Russia is naturally the...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Random Recollections of the House of Commons, from the year 1830 to the close of 1835, including Personal Sketches of the Leadin g Members of all l'arties. By One of No Party...

RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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nuts volume is the result of observations made by the author and of impressions produced upon his mind during an attendance of some years in the House of Commons,—although he...

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DR. WILSON'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.

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DR. WILSON is a Navy surgeon ; apparently possessing much geographical art, a good deal of general knowledge, and the temper and adoptability of manners found in most...

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OLD BACHELORS.

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WE have a faint remembrance of a book about "Old Maids," the getting-up of which was most unexceptionable ; and as one naturally turns to beauties rather than defects, the...

THE SQUIB ANNUAL

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Is a nice little packet of satirical feux d' artifice, capitally made by an expert hand at political squibbery. No sooner is it opened than a spark of wit sets the verse fizzing...

FINE ARTS. CONVERSAZIONI.

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THESE pleasant meetings of artists and amateurs—where works of art supply subjects of discussion, and the free circulation of opinions on the principles and progress of painting...

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HARDING'S SKETCHES—NEW PROCESS OF LITHOGRAPHY.

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WE have just seen two specimen-plates of HARDING'S Sketches at Home and Abroad ; and more perfect fac-similes of the originals it is impossible to conceive. It requires close...

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANNUALS.

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THE Keepsake still maintains its preeminence in the excellence of its pictures, though the engravings this year are not equal to those of for- mer volumes. The designs are among...

The illustrations of the Amulet are not equal to those

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of last year, either in the choice of subjects or in execution. The pictures are generally deficient in interest. The best design is "The Mother's Yarning," by STONE: the look...