28 JANUARY 1837

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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SENATORIAL displays in the provinces are now about over. Never was there such a season for feeding and flummery, talking and treating, as the Parliamentary recess which ends on...

As the period of actual conflict draws near, we think

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we can discern symptoms of irresolution and alarm in the camp of the Tories. The solid fruits of all their exertions are now to be exhi- bited. We have been dinned with their...

The French Government has again been exposed to mortification and

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disgrace in eoneequence of its own intrigues. The accomplices of Louts BONAPARTE in the Strasburg revolt were acquitted, on the 18th instant. Of their guilt nobody had any...

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ne Court.

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THE King is reported to be in excellent health ; but his Majesty thinks it prudent to avoid a journey to London at this inclement sea- son, and will not open the session of...

ebe airtrapoitc approved of what they heard and saw. We

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are happy to confirm the complimentary part of the Post's remark, but positively deny the im- puted indifference. The fact is, that the ladies present showed them- selves to be...

It is stated in the last accounts from Lisbon, that

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another mili- tary insurrection is apprehended, with the view to place Ministers still more democratic than SA DA BANDIERA and PASSOS at the head of the Government. The British...

From Spain there is no certain intelligence of interest. Ac-

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cording to one account, General EVANS is about to return imme- diately to England; while another report is, that large rein- forcements are to be given him, and that he is to...

it His Lordship," says the Chronicle," did not leave this

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country for Russia with a character to establish. From the consideration in which he was held at home, lie mild afford to be kind abroad, without fear for his dignity. In fact,...

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In the Court of King ' s Bench, on Wednesday, Mr. Crompton

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moved that a rule nisi against the validity of a Poor-rate should be made ab- solute. The appellant against the rate complained that he had not been rated. Lord Denman...

Cbc Counttp.

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A meeting of the Liberal electors of Leeds was held on the 20th instant, ft to take into consideration the correspondence between the Chairman of the public meeting of electors,...

The London Freemasons yesterday celebrated the anniversary of the birth-day

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of the Duke of Sussex, their Grand Master, by dining toge- ther. The Duke of Sussex appeared for the first time in public since the restoration of his sight ; and in returning...

From the Kent Herald we learn, that Lord Albert Conyoghatn

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hai a meeting on the 19th blatant with his Canterbury constituents. lie addressed them in a very manly eeh, which proves him to be more Radish than Whig. May we not, after...

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IRELAND.

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The Duke of Leinster, the bead of the Irish Peerage, with great spirit originated and circulated among the Liberal Peers a protest against the proceedings of the Downshire and...

Mr. Kavanagh, the Member for Carlow, died yesterday week. Mr.

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Vigors will be the Liberal candidate to succeed him, and is almosl certain of being elected. On his road from Kilkenny to Dublin, Mr. O'Connell stopped at Carlow, and dined with...

Baron O'Loglilen is the new Master of the Rolls, Mr.

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Richards Baron of the Exchequer, Sergeant Woulfe Attorney-General, .and 31aziere Brady Solicitor- General. These are all excellent ap- pointments, and such as might be expected...

A petition to Parliament to repeal the duty on Cotton-wool,

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was adopted at a public meeting of merchants and manufacturers in Man- chester, on Thursday. The son of the Mr. Dickinson who was formerly M. P. fur Somer- setshite, deities a...

The North and South Warwickshire Tories have been in motion

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this week. The former gave a dinner on Wednesday, at Coleshill, to both their Members ; but Sir Eardly Wilmot would not attend. flowerer, his health was drunk, and be was...

At Winchester, yesterday, the Hampshire Tories dined. From the report

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of the proceedings received "by express," and published in the Peat this morning, we should imagine that it was a miserably dull affair. For some days past a paragraph has been...

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THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

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THIS society seems to be consolidating itself. A very respectable and nu- merous attendance of the profession was given in Exeter Hall, on the 19th, to bear the scheme of laws...

The Courier of this evening says- . " Verily the

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Caledonian Mercury was right, and the Spectator was wrong, m the character each of those journals gave of the Glasgow meeting. It will turn out for the Tories, and particularly...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. Lord MELBOURNE, with Lord LANSDOWNE and several Cabinet Ministers, went this morning to Brighton, where the King was to bold a Council. The Royal Speech for the...

" The Firefly steam-packet arrived on the 2.5th, and proceeded

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with the mails to Alexandria on the 27th. The Mole t carried the wails to the Ionian Islands. The January mail will be law if detained for the return of the Firefly ; and may...

The Duke of Sussex, as President of the Royal Society,

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recom- mences his soirees at Kensington Palace on the 11th of kebruary ; and they will be repeated on the 11th of March, 13th of May, and 10th of June. The cards of invitation...

It is stated in letters from Paris, received this morning,

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that the arbitrary laws introduced by Ministers into the Chamber of Deputies have produced alarm, and painful sensations. That which decrees ten years' banishment as the...

Mr. WENTWORTH BEAUMONT has written to the Morning Chro- nicle,

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that he shall move, and Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH will second, an amendment to the Address, "that Tithes be immediately abolished in Ireland as an impost for the payment of an...

The house of Medley, Scott, and Co. extensive bill-brokers, stopped

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payment yesterday. Besides the business in London, they had a direct interest in two or three country banks ; which have either stopped payment or will be compelled to do so, in...

The Spanish Cortes are employed on bills for the reform

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of the clergy. There is no news from the seat of war.

A member of the Chinese Privy Council has presented a

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memorial to the Emperor of China, representing that the more strictly the use of opium has been prohibited, the more extensively it has been smug- gled, and recommending its...

idteliatteOttd.

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The Earl of Fingall is to move and Lord Suffield to second the Address in the House of Lords ; and Mr. Sanford and Mr. Villiers Stuart will perform the same duty in the...

BRITISH INSTITUTION.

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THE private view, to-day, of this the first exhibition of the season, was but thinly attended, owing to the bad weather and the influenza. The South Room is now the lightest of'...

The Tory Lords are preparing for an extraordinary muster at

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the meeting of Parliament. Peers who have not been in the House of Lords for several sessions, are recalling their proxies, with the inten- tion of giving personal attendance....

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In an old copy of the Nova/and Allilifory Gazette for

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the beginning of 1S35, (to which I am indebted for many of the hiuts that follow, ) I see it stated, that io 17 1 33, just at the close of the foolish but long and most...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, 1111. 25th. Pc-rice:. SUCH; ISallella Coop% Cintie; nod Ratio.. Brock. from Bengal; 61.m:ester, litooks. nom Nliturit ins; and Emma, Deekett, IfeOfe M Off...

MONEY MARKET. Spier( Exert/ow, Famve Arreftsioote.

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Since last Saturday, the fluctuation of Consols has been about 1 per cent. ; the extreme prices bein g 90 and 89. On one or two days, the demand for Money Stock has exceeded the...

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1(>11( oF 'I E-II. DAY.

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THE ONLY REFORNI FOR 1S37. To the ru:c of leeislatinn for 1837 there promises to be one impor- tant exception. The question of Poor-laws for Ireland has at length attained thet...

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PARLIAMENTARY TACTICS.

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THE ensuing session will subject to a more severe trial than they have yet undergone, the character of the House of Commons as now constituted, and the pretensions of those...

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MILITARY JOBBING: THE KING'S BARGAIN WITII LORD MELBOURNE.

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Ix a previous page, we insert the continuation of the letter on the "Abuses in the Government of the Army," and comprising many valuable suggestions of Reform : it is written by...

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THE MELBOURNE WHIGS AND THE MERE WHIGS.

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TORY journals only indulge their habit of misquoting, uhen they put the words " the despised Whigs" between inverted commas, attributing them to the Spectator. The expression of...

PARTIES IN TI1E HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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A TABLE or list of the Members of the Howe of Commons, clas,ed accerdieg to their political sentiments, has been sent to us. The House is divided into Radicals (English and...

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OPERA BUFFA.

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Ricas La Chiara di Rosenberg was produced at the Lyceum on Tues- day night ; when curiosity attracted a rather numerous audience, this being the piece whence BALFE was charged...

VOCAL CONCERTS.

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THE second concert of the present season was on Monday night ; and the selection was as follows. I, Anthem, .0 give thanks" PURCELL. 2. Glee," As it tell upon a day," T. CoORE....

BRITISH CONCERTS.

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Tut Society of British Musicians was formed for the avowed purpose of sustaining the reputation of the English school, but, as it turns out, for the real purpose of enabling...

The Beagle, surveying ship, which has lately returned, in company

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with the Adventure, from the South Seas, after a surveying expedition which lasted five years, is now fitting out at Woolwich for a voyage tO Torres Straits and the...

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CAPTAIN SCOTT'S RAMBLES IN EGYPT AND C AN DI A.

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ALTHOUGH for the most part describing a country which ever since the days of HERODOTUS has attracted no small share of at- tention from authors, and in our time has been written...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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TgAVELS. Rambles in Egypt and Candia; with Details of the Military Power and Resources of those Countries, and Observations on the Government. Policy. and Commercial System of...

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COOPER'S RECOLLECTIONS OF EUROPE.

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OF the three works which Mr. COOPER has lately published touching his European experiences, this is unquestionably the best. The subject malice, dealing chiefly with great...

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FINE ARTS.

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THE "SCHOOL OF DESIGN" JOB. THE Fine Arts, underGovernment auspices, are furnishing very pretty illustrations of the foul arts of jobbing and corruption. The proposed school...

POPULAR POLITICS.

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THE first and obvious pint about this little work, of' the size and appearance of one of Miss MARTINEAU'S volumes, is its cheapness. Here we have for ninepence, not indeed the...