2 APRIL 1831

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE session has been full of anomalies and irregularities ; the Reform Bill seems to have already produced a revolution among the rules of Parliament, whatever it may ultimately...

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The aspect of affairs on the Continent is more and

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more war- like. France is prepared, or in rapid progress to preparation, for • any external danger by which it may be assailed, or which it may choose to anticipate by...

The inconsiderate zeal of the handful of partisans still remaining

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to the House of ORANGE in Brussels, excited, as it has been, by the unjustifiable attempts of the Allies to foist once more that hated family on the Belgians, has led to results...

OUTLINE OF THE IRISH REFORM BILL.

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[The words printed in italics are proposed to he inserted in the Committee.] PREAMBLE.-Whereas it is expedient to diminish the expenses of elections in Ire- land, and to extend...

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Prussia seems playing a singular and a hazardous game at

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pre- sent. The Times mentions the arrest of several Englishmen for no assignable cause, and gives the names of two gentlemen whose rights had been so violated. Letters to...

Some attempts have been made on the side of Gibraltar

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to ex- cite a rising among the apathetic Spaniards against their tender lord; but in vain. The letters speak of an insurrection that /cue to break out in Cadiz on the 3rd of...

A report was circulated early in the week, that the

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Austrians had entered Bologna on the 20th ult. It has been contradicted by letters of that date. The Bolognese journals of the 17th speak in a very high tone of the extent of...

THE Kixe.—His Majesty abides at Windsor, amusing himself, in his

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ordinary plain way, in riding and driving through the groves and glades of the Great Park. He came to town on Wednesday, for the purpose of holding a Levee. He arrived at St....

LONDON ADDRESS TO 'ruts Kis:rt.—The number of names affixed to

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this document, as taken by a rough calculation of the number of skins of parchment, was at least 8,500; including the signatures of a majority of the bankers of the metropolis,...

God is Great ! The angel of death is flapping

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his heavy wines in the face of the Russian desolator, and Poland may yet be free! The army, say the last accounts, dated the lath, is in a state of compelled inaction,—unless,...

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elety have issued another address, to correct some misunderstandings

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ervuding its intentions. It declares the sole object of the Society to be —to make known the political conduct of public men, and to promo'. seem iuformation respecting the...

REFORM ILLusuNATioNs—Edinburgh, Leith, Glasgow, Dundee, and other towns in Scotland,

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have celebrated the doubtful victory of the Reformers on the late division, by general illuminations. The re- joicings at Edinburgh were mingled, however, with nane-breaking,...

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THE Fitorac.—Among the number who perished in this vessel, were

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the following individuals : General M‘Leod and four servants ; Major Boyd, his wife, and three servants ; two children and seven others ; unknown, all from Tenby; eighteen...

Doyen AND rrs WARDEN.—The petition of the Dover Relbrmers to

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the House of Peers, which was intrusted to the Duke of Wellington, for presentation, was returned to the Mayor at an expense of 17s. fid, his Grace declining to present it. In...

COACH Romieraz.—The Regent stage-coach, running between Edin- burgh and Glasgow.

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was lately robbed to a very large amount. A box, belonging to the 'Commercial Banking Company, containing about 5,700/. in bank-notes and gold, was deposited in the boot at...

FRAUDS IN THE COAL TRADE.—Mr. Devey, a coal-merchant, was fined

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at the Guildhall, on Thursday, foe delivering coals short of measure. firothirty-two sacks there was a deficiency of fifteen bushels and a half. The fine, at 12s. a sack, was...

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THE CHURCH.

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Rev. It. Williams, of Old Radnor, to the Vicarage of Kidwelly; Patron, the Ring. Rev. W. P. Williams, of New Radnor, to the Vicarage of Nantmellan ; Patrol?, the King. Rev. J....

THE UNIVERSITIES. OXFORD.

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On Saturday last the following degrees were conferred:—Master of Arts — Rev. W. P. Powell, Worcester College. Bachelors of Arts — J. A. Gardner, Trinity College; T. N. Williams....

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Company's Ships Berwickshire, Orwell, and General Harris, from • China, have arrived in the Channel. The two first left Canton on the 4th Dec. and tile last on the 13th. The...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY Nome.—The unfavourable aspect of affairs abroad, and a great fall in the French Funds, have caused considerable fluctuations in prices here, and Consols...

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. SIR WALTER SCOTT AND THE REFORM BILL.

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SOME of oar contemporaries appear to have received the declara- tion of Sir WALTER SCOTT against Reform with surprise. To us it has occasioned no such feelings. We were prepared...

LORD ADVOCATE JEFFREY.

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This gentleman has been ejected from the seat which he held by a . trick, put upon him by others, and alien to the honourable habits of his whole life.* He will in a few days be...

In spite of the unexpected fulness of our Parliamentary department

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this week, it will be seen that we have made great exertions to bring up our arrears in Lite- rature, Music, and the Fine Arts ; and we shall proceed further in the same course...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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TRUSTEES OF THE NATION. LIKE Lord KING, we "keep the peace of the Church," and abstain from rousing our countrymen for the coming General Election, in Passion-week. After our...

STATE OF THE FARMERS.

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IN a pamphlet lately published, from the pen of Niamon, that mighty hunter, whose letters'have made almost as much sensation in the sporting world as those of JUNIUS did in the...

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Lord HENLEY'S Life of his maternal grandfather, the Chancellor, Lord

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NORTHINGTON, is a neat and well-drawn-up publication : it is such a work as the descendants of all remarkable men ought to make a point of leaving behind them, to perpetuate the...

Mr. BURNES, a young surgeon in the service of the

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East India Company, has written an interesting Memoir of his Visit to the kingdom of Sinde—the country lying on the Western limits of our Oriental dominions, and which, from...

THE SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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THE Marchmont Papers consist of a diary, and various letters to and from the three Earls of MARCHMONT, the first of whom was Sir PATRICK Hums, the friend of the unfortunate Earl...

Major KEPPEL'S Journey 4cross the Balkan is a very miscel-

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laneous, and not uninstructive narrative of his wanderings in the East, about the time of the invasion of Turkey by the Russians. Captain ALEXANDER'S and Captain TRANT'S works...

NEW BOOKS.

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Murray. BIOGRAEI PY. Henley's Life of the Lord I Murray. i L a jilan g ce e ll i o le r gton TaAvst.s.... Major Keppel's Narrative of a 1, , .1 2 Vols ' Colburn & Bentley....

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MULLER'S Dorians is a wonderful work—wonderful in its re- search,

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its industry, its acuteness. Here are two elaborate and well-filled volumes on an ancient division in an extinct race, of whom history preserves but few traces. Were the man of...

The Temple of Melekartha is a novel of ancient Egypt.

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Its descriptions are learned, its disquisitions ingenious, its story strongly characteristic of the dark p2riod it is placed in. Never- theless, the work wants all the hitt rest...

Lucius Carey is a novel in four volumes : its

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subject is Irish history, manners, and superstitions, contemporary with our Civil Wars, and the reign of the Protector. The author does not want fertility of invention ; but we...

Modern Fanaticism Unveiled is an attack upon too much be-

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lief; which is certainly not the vice of the age, however it may he prevalent among small sects. The doctrines of the Eclectics and Predestinarians, as well as the Roman...

The Pious Minstrel is an elegant and extremely well-selected collection

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of poems of a devotional tendency. It is the best and completest miscellany of the kind we know. A very pleasing col- lection of serious poetry was published in Edinburgh not...

We strongly recommend MARTIN DOYLE'S Address to the Irish landlords.

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It is full of practical hints and eloquent persuasions for the employment of capiial in Ireland, in a way to insure oc- cupation and improvement to the peasantry, and increase...

The second volume of Dr. DIBDIN . S Sunday Library contains a

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pleasing though very miscellaneous collection of Sermons, from PORTEITS, ALISOIST, SYDNEY SMITH, GILPIN, HEI3ER, and others. We are not surprised at the success which the editor...

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A new Magazine, named the Englishman':?, has made its ap.

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pearance this month. The first Number is, we presume, a fair specimen of what we are to expect from it. Its principles are what is called Liberal, and it professes, like all...

• FINE ARTS.

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SOCIETY OF BRITTSII ARTISTS, SLVFOLK STREET GALLERY. WE attended the private view of this Exhibition, which opened to the public on Monday ; and have much pleasure in saying,...

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MUSIC.

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"The Breathings of Song," Nos. I. to VIII. By GEORGE HAIL.. ()REAVES. These eight songs are of Liverpool manufacture : the poetry, the music, the engraving, are all the work...

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

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Ix our notice of the last Norwich Festival, after awarding the just meed. of approbation to the committee and the conductor, who had the good taste, the zeal, and the industry...

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THE FORTHCOMING OPERA AT COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

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WE wish to draw the attention of our readers to the opera which is to be produced at Covent Garden Theatre on Tuesday next, because we re- gard it as a most laudable and...

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

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Wednesday, March 30th. WILLIAM JOHN BRODERIP., Esq., Vice. President, in the Chair. Viscount Norreys, M.P., Sir John Johnstone, Bart., M P., Samuel Duckworth, Esq., William John...

At Drury Lane, Die Zazzbezytiitte will shortly appear, under the

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direction of CHARLES Hoax. As far as an ardent love of his great author, sound musical judgment, and long acquaintance with stage business, are concerned; MOZAR.T'S beautiful...

THE PRINCESS VICTORIA.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR—A controversy has arisen as to the state of health of the Heiress Presumptive, which makes me desirous of stating, from personal know-...