26 JUNE 1830

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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DEATH OF THE KING. 4 . 1 .24 His Majesty's sufferings are at length at an end ; he died this morning, at a quarter past three o'clock. The event, so long looked for, appears...

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At ten o'clock last night, his Majesty exhibited symptoms of

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drowsiness; and in consequence, Sir HENRY HALFORD, Sir MATTHEW TIERNEY, and Mr. BRODIE, left the royal patient ; Sir W. WALLER and two of the pages remaining in attendance. The...

Notwithstanding the excessive pressure of business in Parlia- ment, two,

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or rather three nights of the present week, were wholly or partially lost. On Tuesday and Friday the House of Com- mons failed to muster its working number of forty members, and...

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GREEK LOANS.—In answer to a question by the Marquis of

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London- derry, on Thursday, the Earl of Aberdeen stated, that the new loaa which the Government had stipulated to guarantee to the new Greek Government, was intended to be...

The elections, in twenty of the French departments, have been

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postponed, by an ordonnance dated the 18th instant. The Col- leges of Arrondissements are to meet on the 12th July, those of the Departments on the 29th of the same month. The...

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Loins TEYNH411.—In the Court of King's Bench, yesterday, a criminal

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information against Lord Teynliam, and his Lordship's attorney, Mr. Hine was moved for by Mr. Kelly, on behalf of Robert and Edmund Griffin. The result of an important trial in...

Tax APPROACHING ELECTIONS.—If we may trust the reports of our

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country contemporaries, the changes at the ensuing elections will be very ammerous. In Ireland, it would almost appear as if every town and county were to be contested. Sir...

Palmer, Esq. were put in nomination. A poll was demanded

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on behalf of two other candidates ; who have, however, denied that they autho- rized any one to do so. Mr. Hunt was present, and harangued with great bitterness on the...

MEDICAL REPORT ON TI1E KING'S ILLNESS.—The disease under 'which the

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King labours continues its course, controlled, but not fir- :rested, by the remedies which are employed. The cough which came on at the end of last week seems to have been...

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THE PILFERING NURSE.—Dora Fenn, the female who was charged recently

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with the robbery of Lord Ingestrie, was again brought up for examination yesterday. Several additional acts of _robbery have been discovered ; in fact she seems to have...

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DEATH or Mn. FAVELL.—Mr. Favell had been in better health

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lately than usual, and attended public worship three times on Sunday ; vas at Camden Chapel in the evening, went home, supped, and talked cheerfully with his family ; went to...

THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS.—His Majesty seems willing to regain

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some portion of the popularity which the persecution of Potter had lost him. He has dismissed some of his foreign troops, and for- mally contradicted a report that lie had...

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THE MONEY MARKET,

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENINO.—Since our last report, and until this morning, the business done i4 the Stock Market was very unimportant, and Con- sols, for the opening in...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. SATURDAY 1%rorex-ria..

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After a very dull week in shipping affairs, several vessels have this morning bees- reported from India. None of them, however, are of very recent dates. Nothing further has...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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DEFICIENCIES OF THE MINISTRY. Titit state of the divisions during the week is received by many as a warning that the reign of the Duke of WELLINGTON, like that Of his Royal...

APOLOGY FOR MR. GOULBURN'S SCHEME OF SUGAR-DUTIES.

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WE expressed, last week, our gratitude to Mr. GOULBURN, be- cause of his having adopted our advice in affording relief to the West India islands, by a lowering of the duties on...

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ALGIERS.

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TIT city and state, the third in point of dignity of the three pi- ratical governments of Barbary (Tripoli being the first, and Tunis the second), but by no means the third in...

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A DELICATE DISTRESS.

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"Take care how you step—the cows have been here." Da. OLLAPOD — Poor Gentleman. WHEN the heir of the Wrongheads in the play suffers annoyance from a saucy waggoner, he...

THE JOINT-SOCK ENGAGEMENT.

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IT was announced a few days ago, that Lady WILLIAM LENOX and Mr. Wool) had obtained a joint engagement at the Dublin Theatre, on proportionately much better terms than the...

PRICES IN THE NORTH OF FRANCE.

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WE lately copied, from the Morning Herald, some remarks upon the comparative prices of France and England in articles of daily consumption ; and subsequent information, procured...

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FLOWERS OF COMPOSITION.

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THE flowers of composition flourish only in the country prints. If we would see how a shipwreck; a dreadful accident, or a storm can be described, we should turn to the...

LITERARY SPECTATOR. "

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HAITh MR. MACKENZIE was appointed Consul-General to Haiti in 1826. In addition to his Consular duties, he was required to report on the state of society, and the actual...

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FIRST LOVE.*

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THREE chubby volumes, fat as cherubim upon an altarpiece, form an appropriate emblematic monument of First Love. This novel is the history of the loves of Edmund and Julia,...

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PEEPS AT THE PRINT-SHOPS.

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A VERY excellent portrait of Miss Mirronn, well engraved in mezzo- tint, by BROMLEY, from a painting by Joint Lucas, forms one of the most interesting objects which the...

FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT OF BURNS.

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THE portrait of ROBERT BURNS in his twenty-seventh year, painted by PETER TAYLOR in 1786, and which has recently been brought to light, is now presented to the public in a good...

SUSPENSION RAILWAYS.

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THERE IS now exhibiting at Charing Cross a model of a railway of anew form, to which we feel it our duty to direct the attention of the public, and especially of the scientific...

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BRITISH SCHOOL OF ART.

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LETTER SECOND. "To purchase specimens of the Old Masters, is to benefit the picture-dealer at the expense of the country." SescrAxondunell [Tits Old Dilettante's second epistle...

THE PILLORY.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Stn,—I read in the papers that a man was a short time since exposed in the pillory, and that there was no one at hand to carry the sentence of...

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GLEANINGS.

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A SINGER'S APPRENT EsniP.—Porpora having conceived a friend- ship for a young castrato his pupil, asked him if he had courage to pur- sue indefatigably a course which be would...

THE CHURCH.

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The King. has presented the Hon. and Rev. Charles Bathurst, B.C.L., to the rectory of Southern, in the county of Warwick, and diocese of Lichfield and Co- ventry, void by the...

THE ARMY.

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Wan-Ovszcs, June 22.—Memorandum—The half-pay of the undermentioned officers has been cancelled from the 22nd inst. inclusive, upon theirreceiving a cora- re uted allowance for...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 22nd inst., in Mortimer Street, the lady of Colonel Hu on BAILLIE, of a son. On the 22nd Inst., at the Vicarage House, Wandsworth, the wife of the Rev. W....

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Tuesday, June 22.

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PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. C. and M. Jonnsox, Lisson Grove, Marylebone shoe-manufacturers OLDAKER and MURRELL, Evesham, bankers—M. and H. BAXTER, Tottenham Court Road,...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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Oxr oar), June 23.—Yesterday the degree of Bachelor and Doctor in Divinity, by accumulation, was conferred on the Rev. William Carwithen, of St. Mary Hall, and Rector of...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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PUBLIC FUNDS. BRITISH. 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols .. Ditto for Account . 34 per Cent. Old 35 per Cent. New . . . 4 per Cent... Bank Stock .. India Bonds ....

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ADVERTISEMENTS

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TO THE *prttator. LONDON: SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1830.