22 NOVEMBER 1828

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Some of the Irish Orange papers which arrived this morning

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state that the County Tipperary is nearly in a state of insurrection. SATURDAY Nx GET. Some of the Irish Orange papers which arrived this morning state that the County...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE French Ministry have at last strengthened themselves by some important changes in the details of their government. The Council of State has been; entirely remodelled ; and...

An official bulletin details the proceedings of the Russian forces

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after the fall of Varna. Following up their conquest, the division of the army under the Prince of Wirtemberg pursued Omer Vrione on the road to Constantinople ; and on the 15th...

We understand, that a report from the Committee who have

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been for nearly four years gratuitously discharging the difficult and dis- criminating duty of applying the benevolent subscriptions for the helpless and destitute exiles from...

Nothing more is said of the rebellion against Don Miguel.

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He has allowed one of the gentlemen of his press—for in this case both the press and the writer belong to the Ruler in fee simple— the licence to compare his brother Pedro to...

The Singapore papers mention that the laws of England, in

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criminal cases, are in full operation in our Indian empire. The first court of Oyer and Termmer and gaol delivery was held on the 22nd May. At Calcutta and Bombay cholera morbus...

The Legislative Assembly of Brazil was closed for the Session

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on the 20th September. In his speech, which is lively enough, the Emperor by no means flatters the worthy representatives with hav- ing attended to the most important concerns....

Happily the fever which has so long desolated GiUkaltar has

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at length begun to yield to the influence of the season. Towards the close of October there had been frequent and heavy showers. The fever cases on the 21st of October were 118;...

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THE KING'S HEALTH.—The King came front the Royal Lodge, Windsor

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park, yesterday, at two o'clock, to the Castle, where he remained some time. His Majesty was in a close carriage ; but in the course of this week he has visited the Castle in...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING.—In more than one of OUT late reports, we have alluded to some extensive operations for a rise in the Funds, which have been carried on for some...

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POLICE OF LONDON.—ROBBERIES.—Michael Cashion and John Brien, two IrishMen, were

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ekamined at Lainbeth Police-office, on Monday, on the charge of having robbed and attempted to•mutder Mr: William Greenhill, an aged genileman residing . at East Ham, in Essex:...

FRENCH VIEW Of AN ENGLISH REGENCY.

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THE PRESS. JouttNai. DES DEHA.TS—The alarms which the prolonged indisposition of the King excites in England—the sincere wishes of his subjects for time re- covery of their...

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THE GREEK TREATY.

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EDINBURGH OBSERVER—The parties to the treaty of the 6th July are now placed in a position which requires them to proceed forthwith to make the final arrangements it embraces....

PRICE OF WHEAT.

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TIMES—Domestic wheat, it appeass, has now not only reached, but even passed that price at which the duty upon the imported article is lowest. That which is bonded, therefore,...

OPINION IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.

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MORNING CH !IONIC LE—The "march of intellect" has been exceedingly rapid within these few months. Among other things, we have discovered that the lessons of history are quite...

GOOD THINGS IN THE GIFT OF THE PREMIER. AIORNING Jones:at—The

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Prime Minister has, at this moment, at his dis- posal, two deaneries, a canonry of Windsor, and (as it is asserted) the large living of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate. These are...

BAD PRACTICES OF IRISH LANDLORDS.

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Times—It is ascertained to be a practice throughout the whole south and central parts of Ireland, for the landlords to exact from the wretched pea- sants a price for small...

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MERCANTILE FAILURES—COMPLAINT OF COMMERCE AGAINST THE GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE mercantile failures in Glasgow have, by the aid of the press, been an engrossing topic of domestic interest during the present week. They have served as...

NATIONAL MOURNINGS.

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THE practice of putting a whole nation into black at the decease of an exalted individual, is praiseworthy or objectionable according to the light in which it is viewed. It is...

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NEWSPAPER PARTICULARITY.

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A PORTION of the newspaper-press rejoices in turning every horror or calamity into food for a rabid curiosity which is supposed to exist in the public ; and accordingly, it...

THE USE OF A LARGE FAMILY.

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• THE Utilitarians disapprove of the propagation of children without the means of supporting them, and see nothing but evil in the large family of a poor man ;—omitting to...

ONE REASON AMONG A MILLION FOR PREFERRING A LITTLE THEATRE

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TO A LARGE ONE. THE temporary migration of the Covent Garden Company to the English Opera-House has given the public one more opportunity of estimating the amount of...

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CITY AMATEUR CONCERT.

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THE second Concert of the Amateurs took place on Thursday evening. A Sinfonia in C of MOZART (not the Jupiter), very steadily and correctly played, opened the performance. This...

SPIRIT MANAGERIAL.

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WE hear a vast deal about a quality called spirit in the mana- gers of playhouses. Spirit prompts them to engage this per- former, and spirit impels them to produce that piece....

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SHAKSPEARE'S IMPROVERS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SPECTATOR. SIR,—Partaking in your indignation at the sickly stuff interpolated by Tate in the genuine play of King Lear, I beg to lay before you certain...

ZILLAH*.

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LITERARY SPECTATOR. ZILLAH is a Jewish story ; and the period which it illustrates is that which elapses between the closing of the Old Testament and the opening of the New....

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SPECTABILIA.

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LEARNED INACCURACIES.—The error of one man of name misleads many. Name had remarked on the Oceanct, that" Harrington thought himself so sure rf his general principle, that the...

TOBACCO CULTURE.

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IT has escaped the notice of those who object to monopoly in the growth of corn, that there exists a law prohibiting the growth of tobacco in Great Britain. A doctor, whose name...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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HOOKS IN THE PRESS, OR IN PREPARATION. The second volume of Mr. Sharon Turner's Modern History of England. It will contain the reigns of Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth ; with...

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THE CHURCH.

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The Gazette of Tuesday contained the following list of presentations by the King. The Rev. Charles Webber, B.D. the Deanery of his Majesty's Collegiate Church of Rippon, in the...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EVENING. and we are now in

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possesion of late and important shipping intelligence from all': Our expectations from the change of wind last week have been fully realized, parts of India. The arrivals from...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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Oltrolth, November 20.—In a convocation holden this day, the nomination of the Rev. John Besley, M.A. Fellow of Balliol College, to the office of Sub-Librarian of the Bodleian,...

THE ARMY.

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War - Office, November 20. 3d Drag. Guards—Capt. Geo. Maunsell to be Maj. by purchase, vice Abercrom- bie, promoted ; Capt. Arthur Sullivan, from the 65th Foot, to be Capt. by...

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, Nov. 18. PARTNERSHIPS MSS OLVED. C. Barry and R. Jackson, Jerinyn-street, Westminster, surgeons-W. Shaw, II. Shea, and J. L. Alexander, Limehonse, soap-makers-W....

Burnis, MAR.111.\ (ES, AND DEATHS.

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13raTns.-On the 15th inst. at Hythe. in Kent, the Lady of the Right Hon. Lord Greenock, of a son and heir-On the lit, inst. at Stoney Thorpe, Warwickshire, the Lady of II. T....

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LONDON MARKETS.

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PRICE OF CANDLES. Good Store Candles .... 7s. Od. per doz.-Moulds . . 8s. 6d. per doz. Kent Pockets . Sussex Pockets Essex Pockets Farnham, fine ....... Kent Bags . Sussex...