24 NOVEMBER 1838

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The accounts from Spain are of the same disgusting character

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as those we have recently had to notice. Massacres of prisoners on both sides continue; and the Queen's General, VAN HALEN, has assured CABRERA, that if he persist in his...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE first favourable wind for homeward-bound vessels in the Atlantic will bring Lord DURHAM back to England. Despatches from his Lordship announce his intention to sail with his...

The Paris papers state that an army of 40,000 men

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has been or- dered to march to the Northern frontier, in consequence of the un- settled state of the Dutch and Belgian question. The Commerce says that there is no necessity for...

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CI, Court.

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THE unpleasant weather prevented the Queen from taking her usual rides on Wednesday and Thursday ; and Lord Melbourne having been compelled to leave the Castle to give Cabinet...

In the Arches Court, on Monday, the case of Mary

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Woolfrey came on before Sir Herbert Jenner- In the Arches Court, on Monday, the case of Mary Woolfrey came on before Sir Herbert Jenner- The suit was brought by letters of...

Cbe flittrapOIte.

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At a meeting of the Court of Common Council, on Thursday, a vote of thanks was passed to Sir John Cowan, the late Lord Mayor. A long discussion took place on a petition...

A Berlin journal, the ffroehenblatt, has P. ra elaborate paper on

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the Austrian treaty of commerce with England ; the scope of Which is to show, that it will be A Berlin journal, the ffroehenblatt, has P. ra elaborate paper on the Austrian...

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A Coroner ' s Jury at an inquest, hell on Tuesday evening

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on the corpse of Robert Watson, who strangled himself in bed at the Blue Anchor Tavern, St. Jlass.:it-bill, returned a verdict of " Temporary derangement. " The deceased was...

Mr. [Losers, the Hatton Garden Magistrate, died suddenly on Tues-

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day nigh. On the mot ring of that day, he went through the business of the oitiee as usual, and returned to Hampstead, where he lived, in the evening. lie rested on the sofa 1...

At the Mansionhouse, on Saturday, John Harris, keeper of a

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public- house in Leadenhall Market, appeared to answer a complaint of the tithe-collector of the Reverend Francis Dawson, Rector of Allhallows, Lombard Street. Harris refused to...

Last Friday night between eight and nine o ' clock, on attempt

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was made to murder a Frenchman, who calls himself Charles Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Normandy, and pretends to be the son of Louis the Sixteenth and Marie Antoinette. He had a...

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Mr. John Edward Taylor, editor of the Manchester Guardian, hav-

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ing been nettled by some remarks in the Mitnehester Chronicle. which he attributed to Mr. James Crossley, a solicitor, retaliated in his own paper, after this fashion- " Tricks,...

On Wednesday, the Chatham division of Marines formed into a

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square, under the direction of Colonel Murton, in the open space of the Royal Marine Barracks ; when a letter from Lord Hill was read, expressing his approbation of the general...

Mr. John Homily has resigned the Recordership of the borough

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of Ludlow. The corporation of Lichfield having reelected the old Mayor to re- fill the civic chair, he paid the fine rather than serve the office. The choice of the Council...

A few days since, at a house in Tottenham Place,

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a boy went to the door to give an answer to a man who offered matches for sale: be refused to buy any; when the man suddenly stabbed him with a knife in the belly, saying " Tuke...

While a comparative freedom from political excitement appears to pervade

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the kingdom, certain unwelcome aspects are presented, in the agricultural districts, especially, which are calculated to produce the most serious alarm, and to give rise to...

Zile Cauntro.

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Mr. Puulett Thomson " lunched" at the Albion Clubhouse in Manchester ; and afterwards had " an interview of sonic lentil with the Committee of the Licensed VOluallers." But no...

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IRELAND.

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The Irish papers are filled with O'Connell's speeches at Fermoy, Waterford, and Limerick. As he generally treated the seine topics in much the same language as at Tralee,...

feoeil ee itthtl.

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Vi cote it Arad le agile I...Ve Cali:::. t 41:11er 1,:is e rdursduy evening, at his re-id, nee in .unlit Streit. ire-cot were—the Lund tionvellor, the :1liquis of...

The example of Queen Victoria, as appears by a letter

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of the ietit tilt. from Odessa, has excited a passion fur borsetoanship ia time ladies of Lesser Russia to an extraordinary degree. The welter alarms that there is not a lady in...

SCOTLAND.

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Sir James Graham has been elected Lord Rector of Glasgow Uni- versity, in place or Sir Robert Peel. The Duke of liussex had *2.07 votes, Sir James 2S2; and the latter bad a...

Mr. Wyse, M. P., is actively engaged in promoting the

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establishment of " Provincial Colleges" in the South of Ireland. An Irish correspondent of the Morning Chronicle ascribes Mr. O'Keeffe's murder to the inhuman manner in which...

At an adjourned meeting of persons interested in the Northern

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Railway, at Lord Charlemont's, on Tuesday, it was stated by Lord Charlemont, that the Committee appointed time previous meeting had had an interview with Lord Norinanby. His...

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The Araks Government Gazette, of the 31st of October, supplies

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some particulars of the movements of the British and Turkish squa- drons ; brought to Malta by the Ilhadarnalitbus. " By divan ieal of her M ijesty's steair.ship of war...

The Queen has conferred the honour of Knighthood upon Captain

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George Tyler, of the Royal Navy, Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of St. Vincent. The lucrative naval appointment of Inspector-General of the service of the Coast Guard has...

The ships fitting out at Portsmouth for foreign stations are

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the Ganges, eighty-four guns; Racer, sixteen ; Daphne, twenty; and Camelion, ten. The Magicienne, twenty-four, will shortly be com- missioned there ; also the Sapphire, twenty ;...

Lord Durham's despetelies, announcing his imnmiliete return to England, were

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brought by the Hunuurahle Captain Dillon. That gnimtienlaii, with Mr. Wakefield, sailed in the Garrick, which left New York on the :25th of October. The Garrick had a fair...

The Duke of Fitzjaines, one of the old Carlist nobility,

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died in Paris on Sunday. His decease was announced to the public in the following letter, addressed by Chateaubriand to the newspapers- ,. Sir—The sons of the Duke of...

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Mr. Sergeant Arabin will be appointed to perform the duties

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of Judge-Advocate till a successor to the lute Right Honourable R. Cutlar Fergusson shall be nominated.—Morning Chronicle.

POSTSC RI PT.

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SATURDAY. The Paris papers are much occupied with speculations on a change of Ministry. TRIERS arrived in Paris on Tuesday night, in high spirits, and anticipating a swarm...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Larkins, Ingram, from Bengal, having struck on a sunken rock off Scilly, and making so much water, was obliged to be run on *here at Falmouth, where her cargo is...

The house of Messrs. Baring, Brothers, have concluded with the

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State of South Carolina a loan of 500,000/, to bear five per cent. , interest ; but the price at which it has been negotiated has not yet transpired. The Mississippi State has...

BIRTHS', MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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On the LIth inst., at Harewood Yorkshire, the Lady Louts t ("Ayr:en:41i, of a SOO. OH the 171I1 rust, , at Harewocel House, Yorkshire, the Lady CAROLINE LASeELf ES, of a...

A document, highly honourable to our envoy, Mr. McNEIL, has

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been extensively circulated in Persia and at Constantinople : it is an address from the American Missionaries, thanking Mr. MCNEIL for the efficient protection tiffisrded them...

Lord John Russell has no present intention to appoint a

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Police .Magistrate in the room of the late Mr. Rogers, as an arrangement has been made with the Magistrates of the Queen Square Police-office to assist in the duties of the...

The Times this morning betrays symptoms of alarm that perhaps

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more than "jinn or fire" Liberals — the number at which it reckoned the DURHAM party on 'Thursday—may be found ready to engage in an at- tempt to reorganize the Reformers,...

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LORD DURHAM.

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IX common with several other journal:: of the Metropolis, we have re- ceived proof Oen is of it portion of the forthcoming Number of the London a d Tesintinekr Review,...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The last news received from Canada haa increased the gloom which previously hung over the Money Market ; and though the sales of Stock have...

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THE FRENCH CANADIANS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. LARBitilL Val November 1833. SIR—In a letter film Mr. Roeucce to yourself, which you published on the 10th instant, it is a...elect', on the...

WELSH LITERATURE.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sin—Permit me to call your attention to an error into which you have fallen in your review of Lady Co.% newt re G 'JEST'S intr.' eating...

LORD DURHAM'S LAST APPOINTMENT TO OFFICE.

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TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. "The Honourable the Chier Justice is to retire from the bench on a pension ; and is t o Is• socamded by James Stuart. Esq., late...

LORD DURHAM'S APPOINTMENTS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Slit—An error occurred in the printing of my last letter, which affects the mooring of the whole. I stated " that it was unfortunate, that...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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RESUSCITATION OF THE LIBERAL PARTY. FOR some weeks past, we have noticed symptoms of an inclination existing in different parts of the country, to greet Lord DUR- HAM, on his...

THE CHURCH AND HER " BOSOM."

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A QUESTION of unusual extent and importance is beginning to occupy public attention. The people of this country have often had occasion to deliberate on particular points of...

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A CORN-LAW SENTIMENTALIST.

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Iv the l'orkvhire Gazette, which has been kindly sent to us this week, we perceive a leatliois article on our piper of the 10th in- stant, which took Mtn consideration some...

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ENFRANCHISEMENT OF CHURCH PROPERTY.

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" VESTED interests " are always respected in this country—when the proprietors are powerful in the Legislature. The Church lessees, therefore, who apprehended injury from the...

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THE THEATRES.

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THE Adelphi again takes the lead in our theatrical chronicle. While Louise de Liynerolles is drawing crowds and tears, and in " the last week of the Bayaderes," YATES brings out...

TIIE PURCELL CLUB.

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THE yearly commemoration of PURCELL was held on Tuesday, at Westminster Abbey ; having been deferred to the present time in con- sequence of the Coronation and the dismantling...

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, as lord of the mariner of

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Lambeth, Las, it is understood, renewed the lease of Astley's Amphitheatre to Ducrow, who intends to rebuild the premises before the commence- ment of next season.—Glebe.

The last new Olympic burletta, The Court of Old Fritz,

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is an inge- nious and interesting petite comedy, evidently of French origin. It is founded on a well-known historical incident, which is cleverly told ; the plot is neatly...

111r. Greenfinch, at the Haymarket, is another warning to old

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bachelors, of the perils of matrimony, and the impossibility of escaping them when a woman "sets her cap" at her victim. Old Greenfinch, after escaping the snare laid for him by...

Chaos is come again, or the Race.ball—a short farce, more

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broad than long, and less novel than laughable—was produced at Covent Garden on Monday. Old characters, old incidents, and old jokes, were re- ceived, as pleasant old...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Oliver Twist; or The Parish Buy's Progress. By "Boz." In 3 vole Bentley. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, 4 Catch ; or Random Sketches, taken daring a Residence in one of the Northern...

DOE'S OLIVER TWIST. THE greater part of this production has

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already appeared in the monthly numbers of Bentley's Miscellany ; and the enterprising publisher has made the " coming out" of his Oliver an sera, from which to turn over a new...

The success of The Tempest at Covent Garden, has set

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on the Drury Lane manager to " raise the wind ;" and a very potent Spirit (I Air he has invoked, in the shape of WIF.LAND ; Wil0 personates the North Wind, and flies even better...

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MRS. POSTANS . CUTC H.

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Tins is an agreeable volume ; livery, fresh, readable, and in- forming; and if not very profound, and in some cases rather cleverly hiding ignorance than imparting knowledge,...

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LITERATURE OF THE ANNUALS—CONTINUED.

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OF the three, and perhaps the last publications of this class before us, the Pie! uresve claims the precedence, for the largeness and unity of its subject, if not for the higher...

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SEDGW1CK'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ECONOMY.

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THOUGH an odd, this is rather an amusing volume. Mr. THEODORE SEDGWICK is an American political economist, of small acquire- ments and not very sound views, who was ordered to...

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MUSICAL EDUC A 'ETON TI1E UNITED STATES.

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Tor mportance of rendering music a branoli of general education, is a subject on which, although we have had many to sympathize. with, we have had few to help us. Music has Lem...