31 OCTOBER 1829

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Last week we gave a statement of the reductions ordered

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to be made in India, as applicable to the rank of Captain : a more detailed account appears in yesterday's Chronicle. " At four stations of the Bengal army, viz. Barrackpore,...

The Opposition in France are divided as to the way

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in which they should proceed in annoying the Government, when the Chambers open, by voting against the Budget. Some are for voting against the supplies altogether, others for...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Sine the war in the East ceased, the interest of the events occurring there has lost much of its force. We notice them rather for the pur- Sine the war in the East ceased, the...

A difficulty that could not be surmounted in time for

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this week's publication, has occasioned the postponement of the Sixth Chapter of Sir H. DAvv's Biography.

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The OLD BAILEY SESSIONS commenced on Thursday. The calendar contains

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the names of nearly three hundred prisoners ; but the cases which have been hi- therto tried are not of an aggravated nature, nor particularly interesting. Martha Geary was...

THE KING visited the Castle yesterday afternoon, and at seven

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entertained his suite at dinner. His Majesty has daily taken his airings during the week. Fresh reports have this day gained circulation, which, if true, will certainly cause...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY MORNING.—There has not been much ex- citement during the week, and the over sanguine speculators for the rise have been rather disappointed; as the...

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Two important seizures of silk took place at Southampton last

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week, amounting, it is supposed, to several thousand pounds. The first on Monday, when three out of ten cases, brought over by the George the Fourth, and supposed to be wine,...

Intern CONSPIRACY.—A Special Commission was held at Cork on Friday

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the 23rd. by Mr. Baron Pennefather and N r. Justice Torrens, to try John Leary, James Roche, James Magrath, and William - Shine, for a conspiracy to murder George Bond Low,...

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The Earl of Sheffield's house at Hastings was discovered to

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be on fire on Thursday week. A great part of the furniture was destroyed. The fire is sup- posed toThave been the work of an incendiary. The Black Lion Inn, at Lampeter ' was...

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THE LAW.

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL. Monday, October 26. MITCHELL V. BARING.—This was an action on a bill of exchange for 5004 accepted by Messrs. Alexander Baring and Co. in...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE CATHOLIC DUKE AND THE PROTESTANT DUKE. —Last sessi on in the heat of the Catholic question, when most of the good people of England were strenuously exercising their...

MUSIC AND "IlIAGISTRATES.—There is a specimen of the wisdom of

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our ancestors,' which says, that if any publican allow music to be played in his house he shall for every such offence forfeit 1001. Tile fiddlers are not specially disposed of,...

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MISS KEMBLE.—The Journals that retail theatrical twaddle give the following

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account of the divine call of Miss FANNY KEMBLE to the fa- mily profession; and to the performance of Juliet after only two reheav- sals—her first wish having been to come out...

TRIALS FOR Ihnae.—The Morning Journal was convicted on Wed- nesday

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for a libel on the house of MORRISON and Company, of Fore Street, and mulcted in 3501. The charge against that most respectable finn was very recklessly made, and as groundless...

THE THEATRES.

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DRURY LANE. THE tragedy of Julius Ccesar was performed here on Monday night ; upon which occasion, Mr. H. WALLACK made his first appearance in London, and played the part of the...

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LETTERS FROM A RECLUSE.

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FANNY KEMBLE !—you will laugh at me, my friend, but I cannot help thinking that an unlucky conjunction of names. Mr. Shandy should have been at the christening, and ordered it...

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LITERARY SPECTATOR. ENTOMOLOGY. HISTORY OF INSECTS, INSECT ARCHITECTURE.t THE great and the powerful in nature at once seize the attention and obtain the admiration of...

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MILITARY TALES.

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STORIES OF WATERLOO. TliE CHELSEA PENSIONERS. * GENERALLY speaking, mankind is divided . into actors and writers. The man who acts, seldom writes ; the man who writes, seldom...

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THE ANNUALS FOR M30.

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FORGET ME NOT. THE WINTER'S WREATH. FIHENDSKIP'S OFFERING. THE IRIS. JUVENILE ANNUALS. THE NEW YEAR'S GIFT, AND JUVENILE SOUVENIR. THE JUVENILE FORGET ME NOT. THE JUVENILE...

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NEW MUSIC.

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THE ;MUSICAL BIJOU. * THIS is precisely the sort of work we should have expected to issue from the musical storehouse of Soho-square. D'ALssAiNE may be characterized as the...

THE PULPIT.*

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THIS is a cheap religious periodical, of which several numbers, and at last a whole volume, have been sent to us—for the purpose, we believe, of challenging our approbation. Its...

COMMERCE.

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MAccueeocis, the eminent economist, has announced a work of great interest, and the want of which has long been felt,—a complete Dictionary of Commerce. There have been several...

THE NEW ENCYCLOR/EDIA BRITANNICA.

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MR. BLACK, the Edinburgh publisher, who succeeded to much of the varied and extensive business of the great house of CONSTABLE, and to whom a portion of the spirit of literary...

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANNUALS.

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WE took occasion two weeks ago, to say a few words on the general effects likely to be produced by these works in the school of engraving, and embraced that occasion for...

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THE CHURCH.

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WitertinALL, Oct. 2G.-The King has been pleased to present the Rev. R. Jamieson to the church and parish of Westrother, in the presbytery of Lauder and county of Berwick vacant...

MERINO SHEEP.

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THE cloth manufacturers of Aix-1 a-Cha pelle and Verviers aresupplied with wcol from Saxony. It is conveyed by land carriage entirely, in narrow four-wheeled waggons, wiilt six...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. SATURDAY IllonNINo.

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Our shipping list this week is totally destitute of interest, not a single arrival having been reported since our last. Sailed.-From Gravesend, Oct. 24th, Peter Proctor, Terry,...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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OXFORD, October 29.s-This day the following gentlemen were admitted to degrees :- Doctor inDivinity.-Rey. G. Proctor, of Worcester College. Masters of Arts.-Ron. L. Barrington,...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOOKS IN THE PRESS OR PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION'. Stories of Travels in Turkey, and of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants of Constantinople; with a Sketch of the...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Rtapits.-In Fitzwilliam-square, Dublin, Lady Douglas, of a daughter-At Anne's. grove, county Cork, the Lady of the Hon. Lieut.-Gen. Annesly, of a daughter-At K nap- ton, the...

TH E ARMY. WAR-OFFICE, Oct. 24.-1st Reg. Dragoons: Capt. C.

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Blois, to be Maj. by purchase, vice Phipps, promoted ; Lieut. H. J. Stracey, to be Capt. by purchase, vice "Ws ; Cur. H. Trafford, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Stracey-7111...

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Friday, Oct. 30. PARTNERSHIPS Dtssokynn.—J. Dew and M. T. Sadler,

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Barnsley, stirgeons—T. Wootton and C. B. Viveash, Tokenhouselard, solicitors—R., C., and W. Bower, Wilmslow, Cheshire, cotton-spinners—E. Coward and J. Smith, Manchester,...

LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, OCT. 30. The arrival of Grain in general this week is very moderate, and we have but little alteration to notice in our Wheat trade since Monday, quite...