22 OCTOBER 1842

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE spreading operation of the Tariff, several provisions of which have recently come in force, and the meeting of agricultural so- cieties, keep attention fixed upon the...

Divers other diplomatic "questions " having been settled or in- definitely

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postponed, the Ottoman empire has become a kind of preserve for diplomatic sportsmen. They have had a little nibbling sport in Syria. There was a talk of providing the...

be disarmed, and with the position they have assumed the

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temper of a Ministerial party. Very great credit is accorded to Mr. DRAPER, the leading Er- Minister, for his liberal and patriotic conduct in furthering the ac- cession of a...

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Abe liftttropolis.

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The Bishop of Llandaff has given importance by his notice to a small complaint made by a correspondent of the Times, who signed himself "Presbyter." The statement was this- " A...

be court.

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Tme quiet at Windsor Castle has been unbroken. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen on Wednesday morning, and remained to lunch with her Majesty and Prince Albert. The...

Ink ilirobincts.

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The annual meeting of the Hinckford Conservative and Agricul- tural Clab was held on Friday last, at Castle Hedingham. Sir George Henry Smith was in the chair. Sir John Tyrrell,...

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AfftiztEllantotts.

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There was a grand filte at Ravensworth Castle last week, to cele- brate the twenty-first birthday of Mr. Henry George Liddell, the eldest son of the Honourable Henry Thomas...

SCOTLAND.

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We understand that the heads of a new bill for settling the Church question have been again drawn up with the concurrence of the Non- intrusionists, and which the Government is...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrit e.1-0ff Plymouth, Oct. 18th. Strabane, Park, from Calcutta. At Scilly. 15th. Clifton, Tilly, from Singapore. At Liverpool, 20111, Gettig" Dodd, from Calcutta. At Cork....

TAX UPON TRAVELLERS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sia—Yon may think use treating what is meant as a joke too gravely, but I cannot allow the recommendation of your "Old Subscriber" to pass...

ADMIR<I, Oct. 18. — Corps of Royal Martues — W. E. Faunal., Gent.;

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J. F. Henry.

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By the death of Sir William Rae, Government have the

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office of Lord Advocate of Scotland to dispose of, and the electors of Buteshire a seat in Parliament. It is supposed that Mr. Duncan M'Neill will succeed Sir William in both...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The Fret - ch papers of Thursday seize on a new topic connected with the right of search question, and make good use of it. A letter written by Lord Aberdeen to...

A great meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League, about 2,000 in

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num- ber, was held in Newell's Buildings, Manchester, on Thursday even- ing, to receive the proposals of the Council as to the raising of a fund to carry on the agitation next...

. The Commerce states that the frequent visits of Count

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Mole to St. Cloud, since the King's return to that residence, were beginning to alarm M. Guizot.

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCR EXCHANGE. FRIDAY APTERNOON. The general demand for every description of English Stock, occasioned by the continued purchases for Money, has caused an improvement of...

The Durham Advertiser has some "further particulars" of the Middlesborough

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boiler-explosion ; from which it appears, that, in all, between thirty and forty persons were injured, and three more persons have died since the accident. The scene must have...

The Standard this evening mentions a plan, the invention of

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a gen- tleman who has devoted twenty years to develop it, for restoring the decayed watch-trade of England. It consists of a variety of' machines for making "an incredible...

At the Clonmel Quarter-Sessions, last Saturday, Mr. John Howley, Q,C.,

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the Chairman, announced that tranquillity continued in the South Riding of Tipperary, and had been quite restored in the North Riding- " In the district so recently disturbed,...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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HOW THE WORLD GETS ON. LAST week brought forward some remarkable witnesses to the fact, that in the political world of England the present course of events is towards good....

The Adelphi announces a dramatic version of Mr. AINSWORTH'S novel,

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The .Miser's Daughter, for Monday also.

THE THEATRES.

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THOUGH neither novelty nor revival has marked the week, there have been two or three performances sufficently notable to have attracted better audiences than attended them. But...

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PALMERSTON AND SCOBLE.

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LORD PALMERSTON and Mr. SCOBLE have been exchanging civili- ties on the subject of the Slave-trade. Mr. Semmes address is only remarkable for the assertion that Lord PALMERSTON...

A DUTCH KING'S SPEECH.

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AMID the tame uniformity of the speeches with which constitutional Sovereigns open the annual sessions of their Legislature, it is an agreeable variety to meet with one which...

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ALL WORK AND NO PLAY.

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THE folks on 'Change have revived a custom of earlier hours, and the bankers are going to close earlier. Some people seem to think that the march of commerce and the world will...

MEDICAL REFORM.

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BY A MEMBER OF THE PROFESSION. [Third and concluding paper.] THE VIRTUE INHERENT IN MONOPOLISTS, AND THE PROPRIETY OF LOOKING TO THEM FOR REFORM. THE EFFECT OF A MEASURE OF...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Taivars, Americo Notes for General Circulation. By Charles Dickens. In two Volumes. Hurroar, Chapman and Hall. Polynesia: or, an Historical Account of the Principal Islands in...

MADRIGAL SOCIETY.

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TROUGH the Madrigal Society knows nothing of "seasons," and its venerable and unaltered code ordains a meeting during every month in the year, the migratory habits of the...

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DR. RUSSELL'S POLYNESIA.

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THE object of this volume is to present a succinct view of the geography, natural productions, and social condition of the Poly- nesian Islands, especially in regard to the...

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LIFE AND POETRY OF MARGARET DAVIDSON, BY WASHINGTON IRVING.

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THE name of LUCRETIA DAVIDSON is regarded in America with the feeling mankind bestow upon loveliness of person, affectionate disposition, and high promise of intellectual...

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FINE ARTS.

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PROFESSOR DONALDSON'S INAUGURAL LECTURE. THE recent institution of Professorships of Architecture at King's and University College are welcome signs of the growing disposition...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. son. On 12th October, at Tackley, Oxfordshire, the Wife of the Rev. L. A. SHARPE, o a a. On the 12th, at Myrton Cottage, Wigtonshire, the Lady of Sir Witztem MAXWELL,...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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(Closing Tuesday. Prices.) Wednes. Thurs. Friday. 931 931 931 931 931 93f 931 931 921 93 93} 1001 1001 1001 100/ 1011 101/ 1211 121 12e 121 165 ex d. 165 Ulf 165k 252...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Oct. 18. PARTNERSHIPS DTSSOT.VED. Tregear and Moffatt Vine Street. Waterloo Road, builders-Porton and Co. Liver- pool. merchants - Goadsby and M'Clure. Manchester....