28 JULY 1838

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The subjects which chiefly occupy the attention of Paris are,

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the influeoce which Marshal SOU LT'S reception in England must give Into in Louts PHILIP'S councils on his return to France, and Inc Government prosecutions of the press. It...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Commons have agreed to most of the Lords' amendments in the Irish Poor Bill. Although Mr. Speaker, as in duty bound, pointed out sundry invasions of the Commons' privileges...

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Accounts from Constantinople, in the French papers, mention the concentration

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of large bodies of Russian troops on the frontier of Moldavia and Wallachia. Great preparations are also made by the Russians to carry on the war in Circassia with increased...

The official Gazette of Quebec, received by the last packet

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from New York, contains the following appointments- " General Commission of Inquiry for Crown Lands and Emigration— Chief Commissioner, Mr. Challes Buller ; Assistant Ct ttttt...

The Miguelites in Italy are on the alert; and an

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expedition against Madeira has been planned, with Marshal BOURMONT tit the chief command. All the Portuguese refugees were assem- bling in Naples; but it is very doubtful...

The session of the Spanish Cortes was prorogued on the

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17th instant. Both Queens were present ; the speech being delivered, of course, by the Queen Regent. It contained nothing but corn- Monplaces. The day passed off very well ; the...

In the Senate of the-United States, a majority of eight

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votes has rejected the latest, and it is believed the final attempt to carry a Sub-Treasury Bill. Having broken off all connexion with Mr. BIDDLE, the Government will be...

The Emperor of Morocco is giving ABD-EL KADER every faci-

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lity for recruithig his army ; and the Arab chieftain had obtained, with his aid, a considerable supply of English gunpowder and arms.

illebatett an ProcreltingtdiiVat - Lament.

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LUSH TITHES. The House of Commons, on Monday, went into Committee on the Irish Tithe Bill. The first clause being proposed, Sir ROBERT PEEL moved an amendment, giving the...

There have been some disturbances in the Canton of Berne

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; and " foreign intervention" is talked of as necessary to restore tranquillity.

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Cbr Court.

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THE Queen, with the Dutchess of Kent, the Marchioness Wellesley, and Princess Hobenlohe, took a carriage-airing on Monday ; and on Tuesday, her Majesty rode out on horseback...

Two highway robberies have been committed in the neighbourhood of

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Kensington. Miss Auterac, who lives in the Terrace, High Streets Kensington, was walking, about five o'clock in the afternoon of the 18th instant, in Holland Park Back Lane,...

On Wednesday, the Jury summoned to inquire into the mental

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con. dition of Lady Seymour, agreed to a verdict that she bad been " insane without lucid intervals from the 17th of May to the 10th of July, and from the 12th to the 25th of...

The first stone of a large addition to Bethlehem Hospital

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was laid on Thursday, in the presence of a very numerous and respectable assembly, by Sir Peter Laurie, the President of the institution. The fine band of the Life Guards...

et Sittropoiii.

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A party of gentlemen, interested in the colonization of Westee Australia, gave a public dinner at the Albion, in Aldersgate Street,te Tuesday, to Mr. John Hutt, the...

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Letters from Hull mention the receipt of advices of the

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Greenland fishery by is vessel arrived there, having on board seven fish, 5,500 seals, and about 80 tuns of oil. The fishery appears to have been suc- cessful; several ships...

The Bishop of Salisbury has announced that be will receive

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no candidate for holy orders who is not competently versed in the Hebrew language. A new Rama Catholic College has been nearly finished at Sutton CoWeil. at an wpm* of about...

trbe Country.

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MarhalSoult, with his son the Marquis of Dalmatia, Admiral and Colonel Napier, and a party of French gentlemen, set out from Lon- don, on their Northern tour, about half-past...

Workmen are now actively engaged in carrying on the works

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con- nected with tine Brighton and London Railway; and hitherto, we be- lieve, every thing has proceeded satisfactorily. The opening which has been made in the north side of...

At a late sitting of the Council of the Political

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Union,— Mr. :Thomas Atwood in the chair,—it was resolved to call a general meet- ing of the inhabitants of Birmingham and of the Midland districts of England, in the fields at...

Adverting to a statement of the number of deserted children

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in Manchester, recently made by the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Man- chester Courier says- " It is well known to our Manchester readers, that it has been the practioe for many...

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The Dublin Evening Post, following the London Morning ChronOk having

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declared that 111r. Spring Rice knew nothing of the Irish R u g, way Report till a few days ago, the Northern Whig of Belfast, in replj says- " About two months ago, a...

Colonel MacGregor has arrived in Dublin, and assumed the coo.

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mand of the Irish Constabulary. Miss Agnew, the niece of Sir Andrew, of Sabbath-bill notoriety, has been received into a nunnery. The crusade of the Irish parsons and the...

IRELAND.

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The Dublin Evening Post, having discovered that Lord Lyndhurst's amendments to the Municipal Bill will pet petuate the manufacture of A rotten freemen," calls upon the Liberals...

JRifictnantOtili.

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The Duke of Wellington, it is said, leaves England for the Conti. tient early next week. If so, lie will also leave pour Lord Alelbournt in the lurch, and Lyndhurst dominant in...

At the opening of the Crown Court at York Assizes,

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a circumstance *anspired which afforded considerable amusement. A person sum- moned upon the Jury applied to Mr. Justice Williams to be excused, on account of deafness. His...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The French papers received this morning speak in terms of deserved ridicule nod contempt of the " Russian State Papers' for the partition of" The Moniteur contains a...

From several letters published in the tinily papers, it appears

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that extreme distress again preveils in the Shetland !fiends. Pressing applications arc made to the managing committee in London for relief froin the fund subscribed last year...

Don Cellos, according to the Europe, an Ultra-Legitimist journal, bas

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received accredited agents from Russia and Austria, and has been furnished with five millions of florins in Frankfort and Amsterdam bills. Besides this, according to the same...

In a letter from a gentleman belonging to the Euphrates

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exploring expediti an, published in the Aberdeen Herald, it is said— In a letter from a gentleman belonging to the Euphrates exploring expediti an, published in the Aberdeen...

The Irish Municipal Bill was read a third time in

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the House of Lord; last night, without a divisor'. Lord MELBOURNE'S valour eva- porated in a wordy protest, studded with commonplaces; and he de- clined to move the amendments...

The Emperor and Empress of Austria paid every attention to

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the Dutchess de Berri and her husband, M. Lucchesi Palli, during their stay in Vienna. They were both invited to Schcenbrunn, and M. Lucchesi Palli was admitted to dine at the...

A pamphlet, published by Ridgway, entitled " Copy of a

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Diploma- tic Paper taken at St. Petersburg in MA" has excited a good eleal of conversation this week. The Times transferred the whole of it into its columns, and puffed it...

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We concur in the following remarks of the Globe of

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last night On the opposition in the House of Lords to the Scotch Prisons Bill— an opposition which, we fear, will be fatal to a good and necessary measure. "We refer to the...

The quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of

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the Bank of England, from 1st of May to 24th of July inclusive. The quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, from 1st of May to 24th of...

Mr. SHAW EEFEVRE'S Parochial Assessment Bill has, we under- stand,

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been abandoned, notwithstanding the large majority which sup- ported it in the Commons. The tithe-owners offered to withdraw their opposition to the bill if a deduction of 20...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. For some days past, a considerable quantity of Stock has been thrown upon the market ; and although taken singly, no operation has been...

The Railway Chronicle, goaded by theperemptory contradiction of its previous

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statements by the proprietor of the Northern 11'hig of Belfast, this morning comes out with the admission that "some proof sheets" of the Irish Railway Commissioners' Report...

Lord MELBOURNE really ought to muzzle Lord Morro.The First Lord

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of the Admiralty rarely opens his lips without exposing himself and his colleagues to ridicule and reproach. The Quadruple Treaty debate, and the unceremonious treatment he...

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Tom Coogh . has taken leave of Drury Lane, and

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engaged with Macau:am to be the musical director of Covent Garden. This event betters the prospects of Opera at "the Garden" by at least fifty per cent.

THE THEATRES.

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THE revival of Every Man in his Humour was successful only in MACREADY'S personation of Kite/y, which is excellent. He alone of all the company seemed thoroughly to understand...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, July 26th, Eleonora, At Liverpool, 231 Hay, Glass, from Bambay• ,4„11,.,1—Fr0m Gravesend, July 19th, Scotia. Campbell, for Bengal; and Malabar, p;ii ne...

At the English Opermhouse, PrastcoE's version of G ay Manntt-

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ing, called The Witch ty' Dernclenah, has superseded the SILIKSPEARE hilIDIMZ. It is very well cast. W. BENNET - es Gtossin and APIAN's Dirk Hatteraieh are admirable. COMPTON'S...

THE NEW BARONETS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SPECTATOR. Why is JOHN JOSIAH GUEST Sir JOHN Foto A II GU EST? is a question that has very naturally been asked. Who is Joins JOSIAH GUEST ? what is be,...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. lit ier Its.

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on the 23,1 inst., at Woburn Abbey. the Lady CHARLE s Russ ELL, of a daughter. Lieut.-Cul. Sir NV. M. G. COL/Hamm of a At Antigua, the Latly of his Excellency SOIL At ROX1PV,...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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REPORT OF THE PENSION LIST COMMITTEE. THOUGH the Report of the Committee appointed to investigate the Pensions on the Civil List and the Four-and-a-half per Cent. Duties, is...

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NEW CHURCHES.

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THE financial operations of the Government are a mystery to the public. How few understand what is meant by the entry, in the quarterly account of the revenue, that so many...

CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE WORKING POPULATION.

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4 ‘ MERCILESS, griping ruffians," were the epithets bestowed by Lord ASHLEY on the manufacturers, who take advantage of gluts in the labour-market to obtain much work for small...

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RAILWAY RIGHTS AND CHARGES.

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THE railway proprietors object to Mr. LABOUCHERE'S bill for se- curing the conveyance of mails at reasonable charges, chiefly on two grounds. First, they maintain that it...

STATE OF THE BANK OF IRELAND QUESTION.

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SOME weeks ago we predicted that the Bank of Ireland charter would not be renewed this session, notwithstanding the notorious monopolists. That straightforward personage still...

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THE NEW COINAGE.

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THE new coinage, which is the subject of a recent proclamation, has set us thinking of the many interesting things connected with this branch of the public service. Habit is su...

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MANLIUS PISON LETTERS FROM PALMYRA.

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THIS work originally appeared in a New York Magazine; English attention was first directed to it by Miss MARTINEAU, in her book on America. Upon the American publication of the...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Letters from Palmyra, by burins Manilas Piso, to his Friend Manua Curtius. at Rome. Now first tianslated awl published. In 2 tuts. - Bent'ry. Ferman oov, Man in his Phpideal...

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PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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THE book season appeared to have closed prematurely, for the early part of the week passed over without bringing us a single new work of literary merit or distinctive character....

Ecclesiastical History ; in a Course of Lectures delivered at

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Founder's Hall, Lollibury, by WILLIAM Jonas, M.A. Ikc. The first volume of this work, published about seven years since, narrates the history of the Church and of religion till...

111U DIE'S If •N.

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Tills volume is the first of a series, which when completed is to investigate and expound humanity in its bodily structure and functions, its intellectual and moral capabilities...

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Tales of the Great and Brave, is a little work

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intended for children, though not without some interest for persons of a riper age. It consists of notices of the most striking events in the lives of EDWARD the Black Prince,...

particular size and weight :

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a 8,500 h b 1,600 i c 3,000 j d 4,400 Jr e 12,000 1 f 2,500 m g 1,700 n The Maid of All - Work forms the first part of "The Guide to Service." It is as well done as the...

Historical Tales of the Southern Counties, is a pleasing and

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rather promising trio of stories relating to Saxon and Norman history. The subject of the first, "The Sea Kings," is an its vasion of the Danes in the time of ALFRED, and the...

The Wife-Hunter, and Flora Douglas, are an Irish and a

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Scottish tale. The scene of" The Wife-Hunter" is laid in Ireland, in the times preceding the Union ; and the story consists of the electioneering and wife-hunting adventures of...

The Confessions of Adalbert. This book is a translation by

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Mr. JACKSON from the German of Dr. THEREMIN, a chaplain to the King of Prussia. It narrates, in a series of letters, the conver- sion of the supposed writer from a state of cold...

The third edition of Dr. BILLING'S First Principles of Medi-

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cine, is a very able and valuable work ; the fruit, as all scientific works ought to be, of the thoughts and inquiries of many years steadily directed to one subject. When Dr....

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The Visiter's Companion to the Botanic Garden, Glassnevin, by HINIAN

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Nies:NI, is a catalogue raisonne of the specimens in the Botanical Garden of the Royal Society of Dublin ; a scientific strol- ling-place for the visitants and inhabitants of...

Major SHERER was known in other days as an agreeable

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writer of Travels ; somewhat sentimental, rather superficial, but with a pleasing pen, which painted scenes and objects prettily enough, if not very sternly or exactly true. The...

The Wisdom and Genius of Shalrspeare, by the Reverend THOMAS

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PRICE, contains a large selection of passages arrangel under the beads of moral philosophy, delineations of character, pictures of nature or the passions, and seven hundred...

The Pictorial Bible is now completed ; the Third and

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last Volume being before us. As a popular interpretation of the mean- ing of the Holy Scriptures—illustrating obscure passages by ex- planations of Oriental usages, and throwing...

Poems and Songs. Humorous and Satirical, by ALEXANDER RODGER, is

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a collection of verses, some reprinted, some original. The author has a vein of Scottish humour in him, which, when the subject contains in itself points easily developed, rises...

The Lady of the Lake: Standard Library edition. A result,

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we apprehend, of the breaking-down of Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD'S Copyright scheme. Here we have, for one shilling, the whole poem, with its notes, printed in a form and style...

NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.

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Analytical Consideratims on the Art of Singing. By ANDREA COSTA. The Italian School of Singing. By M. W. BALPE. The art of singing is less assiduously and less systematically...

Guide to Italian Translation, by P. ROSTER!, is a judicious

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at- tempt to familiarize the student with the niceties and refinements of Italian, by means of translating into that language. The plan is to furnish the translator at starting...

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FINE ARTS.

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RICHARDSON'S SKETCHES ON TILE CONTINENT. THIS volume of Sketches in Italy, Switzerland, France, Sze. by T. M. RICHARDSON junior, of Newcastle, does nut, we regret to say,...

THE ORIENTAL PORTFOLIO.

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Tuts is the title of a work on a magnificent scale, to consist of a series of views illustrative of Oriental scenery, antiquities, and habits, with accompanying descriptions....

We have seen a few choice pictures, taken out of

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a collection in Italy and brought to this country for sale, that deserve the inspection of cognoscenti—to whom we leave the discussion of their merits. They are privately shown...

Mr. BALFE'S work is chiefly adapted, as its title imports,

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for those who wish to devote themselves exclusively to the Italian school,—mean- ing thereby, the Italian school of the present day. It aims only at training the voice to...

The second number of FixnEN's Portraits of the Female Aristocracy

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includes two of the lovely group of trainbearers to the Queen at the Coronation,—namely, the Ladies Wilhelmina Stanhope and Frances Cowper. CitAi.os's sketch of Lady Stanhope is...