24 JULY 1830

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NEWS 01" THE WEEK.

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PARLIAMENT was released from its labours yesterday. Few that have been convened in England will be longer remembered, or more honourably. It-met in November 1826 ; so that it...

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It appears from this despatch, that General BOURMONT is exer-

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cising all the rights of a conqueror in the captured city—disposing i of its inhabitants at his pleasure, levying taxes, granting protec- tion, and, in a word, acting in every...

SEVEN DAYS or THE LIFE OF WILLIAM THE FOURTH.

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SATunnAy.—We mentioned in the Postscript of our last number, that the King held a Court on Saturday, at which he was pleased to re- ceive in the most gracious manner the...

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ADDRESSES TO THE KING.—A meeting of the merchants, bankers, and

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others, of the city of London, took place yesterday, for the purpose of addressing his Majesty on his accession. It was of the first respect- ability, but very thinly...

POLICE OUTRAGE.—A poor woman, just come out of the Borough

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Hospital, attended at Union Hall on Wednesday to complain of two policemen. She stated that on Wednesday of the previous week, while waiting at the Mint Gate for the purpose of...

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charitable. On Saturday last, two men were charged before the

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Mayor of Windsor, with stealing the black cloth from the platform over which the funeral train passed in their progress to the Chapel. One of the delinquents had cut with a good...

DROWNING—On the day of the late King's funeral, almost all

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the people of London were steaming or rowing, and several fatal accidents were the consequence. A party of four hired a boat at Greenwich to come up the river. The waterman...

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HONOUR TO THE BRAVE.—Sir Robert Wilson has been restored to

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his rank in the Army, of which he was vindictively deprived for an offence against military etiquette. On this act of grace we congratulate very sincerely Sir Robert and his...

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Inuit ELECTIONS: Shiel seems secure of a scat for Lowth.

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Mr. Dawson has relinquished Derry. O'Connell, it appears, will stand for Waterford County The Beresfords, it will be recollected, were ousted at last election chiefly by his...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY Eyelets/Q.—On Wednesday, the books were opened for transfer of Consols, and that was also the settling-day of the July account ; but nothing very...

THE ARMY. •

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Wart OFFICE, July 20.--6th Regiment of Dragoons : Cor. and Adjt. C. Sillery to have the rank of Lieut.-3rd Regiment of Foot Guards : Lieut. and Capt. H. R. Digby to he Capt. and...

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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13IRT On the 13th inst. at Greigston, Fi fe HS. shire, Mrs. H3NrtY CO1VAN, of a daughter. On the 20th inst. at Markshall, Essex, the lady of W. P. Boxy WOOD, Esq. M.P. of a...

THE NAVY.

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ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, JULY 2, 1830.—This day, in pursuance of His Majesty's pleasure, the Right Hon. James Lord Gambier, G.C.B. Admiral of the Red ; and Sir C. M. Pole, Bart....

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CENSORS AND PANEGYRISTS OF GEORGE THE FOURTH.

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OF the censures with which the memory of the late King has been visited, the necessity is somewhat questionable. In the first place, we think they attribute a force and a value...

TOPICS OP THE DAY.

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SIR JOHN SINCLAIR'S PLAN OF A SECOND HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE advocates of Parliamentary Reform may throw up their caps when so staid, sober, and sincere an old Tory as Sir JOHN...

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM ASSOCIATION.

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WE have been accused of misrepresenting the meeting which took place on Friday last week, in supposing it to have been got up by the members for Westminster and their friends....

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KEAN ON MORALS.

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KEAN has given us, together with his farewell benefit, the benefit of a speech, in which he has been so good as to point out to us the vast importance of the drama, and to...

PUBLICITY THE LIGHT OF JUSTICE.

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IT is pleasant to observe how satisfactorily to the disputant an argument may be conducted, by the simple expedient of avoiding any reference to the main consideration involved...

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THE GENERAL ELECTION — PUPPETS AND WIRES.

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" Sir, the system works well." Mr. Canning's Speeches against Reform, passim. WE subjoin an account of the candidates for the various Counties and Boroughs of England.* We...

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THERE is no destroyer so rapid and so resistless as

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floods of water. The ravages of fire are in comparison slow and even harmless. The mountain torrent is an enemy which no rampart can withstand. It beats down the weak and...

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THE ENGLISH AT HOME.*

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THE writer of these three portraitures of the English under different circumstances, is one who better, perhaps, than any other author of the present day, understands the...

GOEDON'S MEMOIRS.*

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Mr. GORDON does not pretend to be a very remarkable man him- self; but in the course if not of an eventful life, an incidental one, he has seen and observed many that are...

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FINE ARTS.

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THE RING'S MESSAGE TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY.. THE King has sent a most gracious message to the President of the Royal Academy, inquiring in what way his Majesty can best promote...

ANCIENT PICTURE OF CLEOPATRA.

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AN exhibition of pictures of a very miscellaneous kind, but possessing a variety of interest, has been recently opened at the Royal Bazaar in Ox- ford Street. The principal...

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"Air A la Tyrolienne," with Variations, sun,_0. by Madame MA-

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LIBRAN GARCIA; and composed for her by J. N. HUMMEL. We may aswell speak the honest truth at once—for all airs with vocal variations, we have an unqualified contempt. They rob...

Melodies of Various. Nations. With Symphonies and Accom- paniments 'by

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HENRY R. BISHOP; the Poetry by T. H. BAYLY. Vol. IV. • Whence these melodiei are derived, is nowhere set forth in this work, though thisis a piece of information which ought...

" My early love;" a Ballad. Written and composed by

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Mrs. C. B. WILSON. This ballad was, we believe, the first effort of the fair author's musi- cal genius ; and we may honestly and unhesitatingly congratulate her Avon its...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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A severe hurricane was experienced at the Island of Bourbon on the 3rd April, About fifty vessels are said to have been driven to sea, of which several havereached the Mauritius...

CLARENCE SONGS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR,-You have a question in your paper, what songs, and whether any of any value, were written upon Prince WILLIAM, our present So. vereign. Can...

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE'S PICTURES.

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THE exhibition of Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE'S portraits of royal, noble, and distinguished personages, at the British Gallery in Pall Mall, was very properly closed at the King's...

MUSIC. • THE Muffled Bell ; a Tribute to the

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Memory of our late beloved Sovereign George IV. Written and composed by W. KIRBY. Mr. KIRBY'S words and music are suitable to the subject. The-in- troduction of HANDEL'S Dead...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Tuesday, July 20.

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PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. WRIGHT and WESTON, Hampton Wick Terrace, plumbersALLDRED and Co. Nortiich, bombasin.dyers—LossAs and WILSON, Liverpool, and TRANMERE, Cheshire, shipwri...

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PRICES

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PUBLIC FUNDS: IaRITtair. Mon. Thurs. Friday. Salm,. Tues. per Cent. Reduced . 934 4 1 934 4 3 934 934 4 1 931 4 934 4 3 per Cent, Consols .. 924 4 921 4 4 924 4 1 921 4...

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AD,VERT . ISEMENTS

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TO THE *vettatore LONDON : SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1830.