22 DECEMBER 1832

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NEWS'. OF THE WEEK.

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THE ElectiOns proceed in the same spirit as they did kit week. In the Counties,- A ‘few Tories have found admission: - Mr: • II ALI Thins has, sncceeded to Mr. Wniassi,Ev:...

The , siege of Antwerp continues to fill the first place

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in thn departMent Of Fereign 'News. • ' • • The Lunette of St. Laurent was 'taken by assault : on. Friday ! morning. The -preliminary measures ate not 'without interest. We...

The Times ot . .riclay Obtains further'earrespondtmee between. Earl; GREY and - ,DEI•IYEVELT ;-

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but iheie :deou meats: have, for then present at least, lost--all- interest. They may `t4niah texts,,foF Parliamentary;:sPeedlesi . ivW bardir:b0,i$Pliliryea for Other ImirPos%...

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At Oporto, it appeal frog the co eiponddEce of 'Me

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`Mmes, the condition of the besiegers and the besieged remains as it has been for some weeks past. Shells and balls.are thrown into the e town with great perseverance, and...

As row tot Williams .. 1 - LaEr(Notiris) Lord - Ossulston- 1

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BEErsruaE ...• Mr:Palmer...4.. .-- I NOTTINDHADISHIRELOTII•Lumley . - 1 .614LEssa Sirli..B..Bulkeley 1 NonTannaza- Vint. Howick.. , 1 AYLESBURY Mr. Ricktird ... • 1-...

Bkra.-.The most violent , opponent of Mr. Roebuck 'at Bath Was

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a Mr: Blake`Foster. It appearithat the eleetion being over; Ma'. buck's friends were anxious that •the:difference between :him and-IVIr. Foster s'hould":be made up. :Mr.-Roebuck...

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man. That g entle m an was accordingly returned on. Tuesday. ' CAITHNESS.--11 - r.

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Home, the Conservative candidate, has ret'i'red fro m C a ithnessshire. He says, " From the existin g combinations,E cannot hold out to my friends an assurance of success ; 'and...

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.QUEEN'S COUNTY.—Sii Henry Parnell has resigned, in consequence

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• of- the opposition 'got up against him by :O'Connell on the Repeal , question. . Sir Henry,is one of the honestest, and by a long way the bist s infOrmed and most useful men...

EN Court. .. THE Bri g /don goZelle informs , us, Mut, in

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addition to her other amuse► srnents, the Queen has during the week been enjoying that of a fox. hunt : enjoying it ; however, - as a -lady- ought to•do—in• her carriage. Poor...

CREATIONS OF HONOURS.

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WHITEHALL, Dec. 16, 1n2.--His Majesty has been pleased to dir e ct Letters Patenr to be issued under the Great Seal of the United Kin g dom of Great Britain and Ireland,....

IJC lattrop The Vestry of the parish of St. Marylebone

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lately . appointed a de-' pntation from their board, consisting of Sir 'William Curtis, Colonel Daniel, Major Naylor, and Messrs. Towers, Green,' Underwood, Met- calf, Nelms,...

The Court of Chancery has been occupied for some days

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in discuss- ing emotion for committing Mr. Farquharson, a reporter, for contempt, ; in having giVen a report of proceedings before the Master in respect o_ the dispute between...

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On Sunday morning, a most horrible murder was discovered on

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the prethises of Messrs. Williams and Son, soap-boilers, Compton Street, Clerkenwell. It appears that when the carters called about eight o'clock that morning to feed the...

ROYAL SOCIETY.

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December 13, 1832. J. W. LUBBOCK, Es - q. V.P. and Treasurer in the Chair. Three papers were read: the -first, byf Sir J. South, on the Extensive Atmosphere of !liars; the...

• IRELAND.

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The Dublin Gazette of Saturday contains a proclamation declaring' the western part of the county of Cork to be in a state of disturbance, aall requiring an extraordinary...

tltEtYttit¢au�i. We are ttSkilked that the object of the late - visit

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of dignitary of the ChUrch to the Premier related to the intended reform in all the Eccle- siastical establi§hrnents ; and that a comnaimication . was -made, in the name...

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- On Friday night last, about twelve o'clock, as the Earl of Chester- field's keepers were going their rounds, they heard several shots fired • iii' one of the covers. They...

THE UNIVERSITIES. Camaitiede.

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PAU! . Soninois.:---The Vice:Chancellor hail issued the following notice in the Uni- versity... •; - • • I. II is Royal Highness the Chancellor pleased to give annuelly.e...

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Accounts from Paris state, that some late movements in the

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Dutch army have created a sensation in the French Cabinet, and that-Marshal SO ULT has ordered several more regiments to the frontiers.

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The King has been pleased to appoint Colonel Sir E.

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J. 'Murray Macgregor, Bart. to be Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the islands of Antigua, Montserrat and Barbuda, St. Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla, and the Virgin Mends, and...

Tho Times was amerced yesterday in for an inn,-our:Icy iia

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r police report. The inaccuracy was very slight, and Of • I iEL crm,e- quence ; bat the Times could not " justify," as-it is calltal, and thore- fore stiffened. The case was...

The poll for North Essex, first day, stood thus—Tyrell *,

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1,865; Baring 1,780; Western, 1,687; Brand, 1,449.

The folldwing mist gratifying intelligence from Dundee reached us this

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morning- " In haste for the post, I can'only inform you that Mr: Guthrie has hauled -down Ins flag. - First day's Poll—Kinloch 7G2 - Guthrie 5(13 Majority 259 "' There is to be...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The intelligence from Antwerp comes down to Thursday afternoon. At. that date, the breaching-batteries had not been completed, but they were confidently expected to...

How TO CURE Baintiff.=: -. The following anecdote, the accurac y of which

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may be Safely relied upon, arose out of the election at St. Albaiv, last Monday and Tuesday. Every effort was made by the agentS of Mr. Titrner, the COnservative candidate for...

EAST :INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesetui, Dec. 20th, Jean Grahame, Dunscornbe, from Singapore. At Deal; nth, Sarah, Whiteside, .from Bombay 18th, Daphne, Todd, from the Cape; Jobn,Iff•Farlant,...

THE REGISTRT. — The - defects of the registry Hein the complication .of

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the qualification, and of the forms necessary in order to get enrolled. In all other reSpects,...it Works admirably. The number of voters polled in one day, -and tote rapidity...

COCNTRY ELECTIO14.—The:following returns have been announced this' MO:fling, as already

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made; Or Certain to'be znade. East- - Wyndham and Kcppel. gertshire—Sebright, Calvert, and GrimSton.'' Gloucestershire, llrest-BerItcley and Moreton. - Sornersefshire, East-...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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8-room'ExcitAxon, r?t?tv rxr.NENt.. The Money Market has evinced much &ruless-1111ring the ; raid though the fluctuations have not been very great, the clodilg 'priee (..:y...

TO CORRESPONDENTS. • .

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We live got sekeral answers , to, Captain Fonittaw,hea , ftecompan t e a. by di agrams, which we hate no time to procure, and if we had, could not procure without expense,...

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PLAYS . A.NEi - .pLAyERs. . , THE only novelty . , of the •

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Week is' Bag iXies appearance as Colonel Feignwe ; foi-Which purpose, Mrs.' Cebrreivan's caricature comedy of A.Bold Strokefor a Wife has been vamped' up into an opera, under...

- TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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LORD ALTHORP'S . PLEDGES. UPON one, subject Lord, ALTHORP goes into the House of Com- inOnS pledged—fettered, bound down, tied neck and heels, an auto- maton; or, according to...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. MATHS:

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` On the 14th inst., at Bri g hton, the Lady of Captain TOWNSUEND, R.N., of Balls Park, Hertford; of a son. , On the 16th inst., in Lower Grosvenor Street, Mrs. CHARLES...

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BRIBERY AT LIVERPOOL AND NORWICH.

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THE triumph of the• Liverpool junta of Ultra Tories, West India slaveholders, and treacherous 'Whigs; .appears likely •to be as short-lived as the means by which , . it was...

THE' SCOTCH PEER$ • Fersiq. THE SCOTCH, 1740.PLIt IN former

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times; when •the Minister •had some unusually profligate job -to carry through -the. liouse of Connnons—sotite 04ditionel 6 . 0:01/ ... per annum to Vie, er sinecure , pension...

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LAWYEES • nr THE NEW Paarlastawr.—The members of the legal profession

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seem to have:been reinarkahly.wilucky during the,late elections. Among these 'are found the names of Wetherell, Wilde, bugden, J. Williams, C. Fo ll etto Wakefield, Pemberton,...

The Law Prizemen of the London .University. have addressed the

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new Lord Chief Justice on - his appointment. Why or where- fore the -Law Prizemen address Sir THOMAS DENMAN, it *Mild be difficult to say, unless 'perhaps the:publication of...

LITERARY PATRONAGE. ., itt2Dr:Rootr'sRePort - to the-Royal Society, it was - stated , as a

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riabject of congratulation, that they had - been able to-select Mr. etizzi for the.purpose of preparinga scientificcatalogue of:their Library. He is undoubtedlyreferredto, not...

We hope it is no contempt of court to say,

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that some of the opi- nions announced by the late Mr. BROUGHAM in the case of Mr. FARQUHARSON, and the publication of the proceedings respecting the efforts of the Duke of...

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4 clerk being asked.to vote for Mr: BA'RBAGEe cleained, on

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the ,"g round that he was the-inventor Of the Calculating-engihe a which. , might hurt the interests of, cler4i, by doing their work l'I ! This 1 getitl ernanewouldhe...

‘...Orie of the candidates at the Bath election, it is

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said, addressed :the electors through a speaking-trumpet. 'We wonder it has not been used before in open-air meetings, and in noisy ones within doors, where the voice of the...

It is - a singular :fact, that the Board of ,Control,

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epresent Constructed,' contains five Scottish - gentlemen—viz. 'VA.. Ch ar l es Grant, the President ; an& Messrs. _Robert Gordon, Stewart Mae.tonnie,.Robert Grant., and Holt...

The immense quantity of handbills circulated during a con- tested

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election, affords some idea of the heavy taxes imposed upon candidates. Mr. BABBAGE, the late 'candidate for Finsbury, dis- tiibated during his canyaSsne less a quantity than...

We aro gravely informed, in one of those no-meaning para-

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graphs that serve to fill blank spaces in the Daily Newspapers, that "Mr. LONG - WELLESLEY is, placed under"—not arrest, but "peCuliar circumstances"—delicate insinuation!—by...

BLADES 'I'PaVELS.

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Anor.attns'Saanz, the antler, of theso volumes, does not tell us much about his history, b'ar his book enables us to make him out by inference tolerably 7; , ell. He is or has...

igettiTO ms LIBRARY Mamma/it. PbLS TV,

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Tatvirt„ . . • ' FICTION, " - .Senti.Serions Obiervations of an ;Italian Exile, during" his' Residence ; e h EnglamL .Corporate -Reform. ' -Observations . on , the . Principles...

Not' abn can equal the patience, the firmness, and the - good

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humour of the Pri - Afela soldiers. in:passiag through the-ranks, you every moment hear lively `:.sallies of mirth, which attest their unalterable - gayety. About three hours...

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THE BOOR OF PUP, RIINDRED-AND!-Olt.E.

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. LITERARY men seem , to be incapable of writing in crowds: they jostle each other's ideas out. When a man composes for himself ' and by himself, the 'responsibility rests...

C 0 UNT PECCH,IOS OBSERV A,TIO NS, ON ENOL AN,Oe

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THE author of this little book is' a pleasant-minded foreigner, who has been Very .well treated in England, and who has returned the favour by giving us a good character . on...

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PALORAVE ON CORPORATIONS.

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THE inefficiency of our present municipal institutions is of so all- surd a description, that nobody at the present day attempts. to .deny it. They are- in fact• useless for...

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The President of the Royal Academy ( Sir MARTIN SHEE),

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in his late address at the distribution of the prizes, laments the apathy of the students in the department of Architectural Design, and expresses hiMself at a loss to divine...

Mr. BELL, the eminent- dentist, has for many years been

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forming a collection of living Turtles and Tortoises; which exceeds that of any museum in Europe, and includes four-fifths of the known species. He is now publishing the result...

The Second Number of illustrations of Modern Sculpture, contains ape-

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elegem of the works of CHANTREY, BAILY, and THoRWALSDEN,—three of the, most .eminent modern sculptorS ; yet we cannot speak very highly of their inventions. They appear to be...

So we are to have no more Dioramas and scenes

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by STANFIELD ! He is become an Associate of the Royal Academy, and it might compro- mise the dignity of that august body if one of its members were to con- descend to paint...

At the City Conversazione on Thursday, a very fine portrait

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of Paganini, by Mr. GEORGE PATTEN, was exhibited: It is not merely the best likeness of the Signor—it is the man himself. The picture is a half-length, of the size of life, and...

PICTVRES AND ARTISTS.

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THE Gallery of the Graces—why the Graces ?—is another alliterative title to a work similar to the Book of Beauty ; witlethis difference, that the "' Graces" are on a larger...

The Ninth Part Illuminated Ornaments; contains two of the most

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curious and beautiful specimens of these brilliant and ingenious de- vices. One is an extremely rich and fanciful arabesque border, con- sisting of a cherub supporting a...

Aueusears PUGIN, the architect, died on Wednesday evening. Mr. Peelle

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was latterly best known by his numerous publications illustra- tive of Gothic Architecture. He was a skilful draughtsman, and a member of the Society of Painters in Water...