3 MARCH 1832

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE week has been more bustling than busy. Much has been • said, and little done. The topics of debate we notice elsewhere; we have only in this place to mention their...

Last week, the Duke of WELLINGTON took occasion of the

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ge- neral Levee, and the King's good-nature, to read to his Majesty a long petition against the Reform Bill. HENRY HUNT had once at- tempted a similar act of intrusion, but the...

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The King of Bavaria has announced the acceptance by his

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son, Prince OTHO, of the throne of Greece. It is the intention of the I rive Powers immediately to take steps to procure for the young, Monarch a military establishment suitable...

Elcbatcl mar pram/rind in 43arTiantrnt.

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I. THE Raronm BILL. On Tuesday, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY having stated his intention of further discussing the case of Dartmouth, it was again postponed. Schedule C was then proceeded...

According to the Messager des Chambres of Wednesday, the expedition

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to Ancona has put back; one vessel has already re- - turned to Toulon, and the rest are expected. No reason is given in explanation of this retrograde movement. The vessel that...

The times teem with new diseases. Another epidemic is an-

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nounced as having broken out in Gallicia. It is characterized by swellings in the armpits, which, on breaking, are found to contain insects !

The mission of Count ORLOFF to the King of Holland,

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is, it seems, not for the purpose of ratifying the treaty, but merely of -.advising with his Majesty on the subject. NICHOLAS is said still to hesitate in regard to the internal...

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ne Court. •

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The mutual visiting of the various portions of the Royal House are most pleasingly frequent. On Saturday, the Princess Sophia visited their Majesties ; the Duchess of Kent, the...

cbc fffetrapaTill.

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Requisitions, signed by the Duke of Norfolk, Marquis of Cleveland, Earls Rosslyn and Clanricarde, Lords Durham and Reay, Sir Francis Burdett, Sir G. Duckett, Messrs. Denison, M....

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EU Cowan).

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A correspondent of time Leamington Spa Courier gives the following analysis of the Warwickshire .Anti-Reform address—" Out of about 800 names appended to the address, the...

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IRELAND.

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The threatened imposition, by the Irish authorities, of a fine of 50/., under the Alien Act, on a Polish gentleman named Chzapski, for a mere technical error—taken advantage...

From the Country, the intelligence is good. With the exception

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of Hetton ' where there are still .5, and North Shields and its neighbour- hood, where there are 29, there are but 3 cases in all England out of London. In Scotland, the...

PROGRESS OF CHOLERA.

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The cases that have occurred during the week are scattered over so large a surface, and are, comparatively, so few in number, that after preparing a table exhibiting them as set...

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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• Tuesday, 28th February. ' PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and T.ANnEnsoN.Ven'eastle-upon-Tyne, upholsterers-Ioims, Great Si. Andrew Street. Seven Dials, and ALEXANDER, York...

THE A T AMy, WAR-orricE, March 1. 8 4 -94 Reen - ient of Life Gum*: Lieut.

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M. Ricardo to be Capt. by purchase, InCe tuthbert,, who retires Cornet and Sub-Lieut. J. 0. Fairlie to be Lieut. by purchase, 'vice Ricardo-Royal Regt. of Horse Guards : G. IL...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 16th ult. at North Runeton, Lady Manner GURNEY, of a danebter. On the 2801 ult. at his house in Eaten Place, the Lady of the Rev. Toon .,s PUT.T.ER, of a son....

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• MAniv.mE Tonnuos.—The subscription which the Times has had the

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:generosity to advocate and manage for this lady, amounts to about 300/. This may provide forher present wants, but offers . a very inadequate supply for her future maintenance....

- Sir William Garrow will receive, of course, the full

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retiring allow. . sane of 3,500/. per annum as a superannuated Judge, after fifteen years' service. Sir George Grahain, Sir John Richardson, and Sir James • • Burrough, are...

POSTSCRIPT.

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• We have received the Messager des Chambres dated yesterday. The late resolution of the Chamber of Deputies, touching the an- niversary day of Louis the Sixteenth, having...

DIVISION ON LORD CHANDOS'S MOTION.

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MAJORITY. Williams, NV. A. Williamson, Sir 11.11t. Wilmington, Sir T.Bt. Wood, C. Wood, J. Wood, Alderman Wrightson. W. B. Wrottesley, Si , - ;. Bt. SCOTLAND. ' Adam, Adm....

A duel took place last week at Paris between a

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M. Hesse and a M.• Leon, said to be the natural son of NapoMon, in which M. Hesse was desperately wounded. One account says that he died on the 25th; another that he was still...

To CoRazspotenexers,--The length of the Debates has precluded us fsom

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inserting various Communications. INDEX TO LAST YEAR'S SPECTATOR.7-III answer to several inquiries, WO have to state, that the Index, in consequence of the number and variety...

LO*DON CHOLERA REPORT, Saturday 3rd March.—The report of i

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New Cases and Deaths to-day s as follows. New Cases Deaths. Cripplegate Without . . 1 1 Afloat in River 1 1 Stepney 1 1 Limehouse 1 • 0 Bermondsey 3 2 Rotherhithe • 1 o...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. .

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Arrived. Off Portland, Feb. 27th. Kersewell, Haswell, from the Cape. Off Dart- mouth. March 1st, Elizabeth Jane, Richmond, from Bombay. At Liverpool. Feb. 24th. Cape Breton,...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE. FRIDAY EVENING. COUSOIS closed on Saturday at 822., to 11; Exchequer Bills at Ss. to 9s. prem. The settlement on Tuesday passed off quietly, as was naturally to...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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. LOGIC OF THE DEBATES. THE discussion of the Metropolitan representation, which took place on Tuesday, offers some points- for criticism. The argument otthe -Marquis of...

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To these arguments the Archbishop of ARMAGH added his mite.

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The Catholics object to the whole Bible being read in school; therefore the Protestants should insist on the whole Bible being read. The Bible ought to be in every little boy's...

TUESDAY'S DIVISION-LIST.

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SOME of the names in the division of Tues

PROPOSAL FOR OPENING A FOREIGN TRADE WITH CHINA.

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A PAMPHLET* has just been published, containing a proposal to open the Chinese trade, by establishing commercial stations on some-of the numerous unclaimed islands adjacent to...

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MADAME VESTRIS AND THE GERMAN PRINCE.

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THE German Prince, who has illuminated the English public on numerous points relative to themselves, has also favoured us with - some theatrical critiques. He speaks of his...

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THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.

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WE hoped, that in noticing the first Concert of the season, we should have been able to state that the Concert-room had been restored to something like its former comfort and...

The French papers say, it is now positively ascertained that

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the de- ficit of M. Kesner amounts to 6,265,000 francs. The property pointed out by the President of the Council to cover the Treasury, for the sum of about 2,000,000 francs,...

THE ITALIAN OPERA.

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WE certainly do not "progress" here. The start was good. The opera was DONIZETTI'S, to be sure; but it was new; and we re- .garded it as a sort of peace-offering to the...

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DR. .11.A.I.MERS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.

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DR. CHALMERS is a writer distinguished for the benevolence of his views, the vigour of his understanding, and the eloquence of his language. His opinions on the most important...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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POLITICAL SCIENCE, On Political .Econopay, in connexion, with the Moral State and Moral Prospects Of SOciety. By Thomas Chalmers, D.D. Collins, Glasgow. „ A Practical View...

SOUTHEY'S ESSAYS.

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DR. SOUTHEY has collected his papers, published in the Quarterly .Review and elsewhere, on subjects of political interest, into two stout little volumes duodecimo. They turn...

BRYA.N'S IRELAND.

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IT would be very difficult, and by no means a short task, to give an analysis of Mr. BRYAN'S valuable book on Ireland. He enti- tles it a "Practical View :" it is, in other...

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CHANTILLY.

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CHANTILLY is not, as it would seem, one tale, but three tales; the only bond of union being, that the incidents of each lie in and about the forest of that name. They are all...

In our notice last week of the Fauna Boreali-Americana, we

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endeavoured to give in brief space an idea of the Circular Theory of Nature, as taught by Mr. MAC LE AY, Mr. SWAINsoN, and others; in the course of which we alluded to the...

FREDERICK WILDING

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Is by no means a common novel. It proposes to depict the "ways of the world ;" and we are much mistaken if the author is not one who is pretty well experienced in them. The work...

3. The Phenomena of Nature familiarly Expltrined, is trans- lated

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from the German of Vox Tram This in tJm hest and most 3. The Phenomena of Nature familiarly Expltrined, is trans- lated from the German of Vox Tram This in tJm hest and most...

2. M. DE PORQUET continues his School-books. He has sent

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us two, which promise to be useful. His Dictionary, French and English and English and French, in a very portable form, se6nas as good as any other. And his Hi stoire de...

BOOKS ON THE TABLE.

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1. Caractacus, a Metrical Sketch, in twelve cantos. We can- not flatter the author of Caractacus that he is likely to redeem modern poetry from the sort of disesteem into which...

MISS MARTINEAU'S HILL AND VALLEY.

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WE have just received Miss MARTINEAU'S Second Illustration of Po- litical Economy. It is called The Hill and the Valley. Our readers will recollect how highly we esteemed the...

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORNITHOLOGY.

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TIIE completion of Mr. GOULD'S splendid work of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, and Mr. LEAR'S Illustrations of the Family of Psittacicke, or Parrots, simultaneously with the...

12. A new Magazine, called the British, has commenced this

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month. It is Theological, and takes up exclusively-the interests of the Church. The editor, in a very well-written address, explains the views with which it is commenced. We...

PICTURES AND ARTISTS.

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HayrioN has completed his great picture Xenophon and the Ten Thousand, which will shortly be exhibited at the Egyptian Hall. The exhibition will also include several smaller...

4. The Classical Library presents us with the fifth volume

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of the translation of Pix.raucH. It takes us from POMPEY to Pito- CION. We recommend the editor to look to the printing, which is getting a look of carelessness. The outline...

6. The Botanical Miscellany, conducted by Dr. HOOKER, has arrived

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at its Sixth Part. It contains, among other things, the continuation of the life and journals of the Reverend DucALn C.ARMICHAEL : they relate to the coast of South Africa, and...

9. The same lady is also the author of another

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excellent little book, called Cameos from the Antique, or the Cabinet of Mytho- Mythology. is taught by poetical selections from various authors. We wish that cameos had been...

7. Family Library, No. XXVII. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM has brought his

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Lives of British Painters and Sculptors to the eintj of the Fifth Volume. It contains the lives of JAMESON, RAMSAY, ROMNEY, RUNCIMAN, COPLEY, MORTIMER, RAEDURN, HOPP- DrEn,...

10. The Animal's Friend; a collection of observations and facts

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tending to restrain cruelty and to inculcate kindness towards ani- mals,—in prose and verse, original and selected, with engravings, by SIISAN:YA WATTS. We dearly love all...

13. The Monthly Repository is also in part a Theological

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Maga- zine, in a very different interest. The editor of it is the Reverend W. J. Fox, the Unitarian minister, a preacher of very high powers. The Number for this month contains...

11. The Cabinet Annual Register, for 1831, appears at first

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sight to be at least as good as the old works of the same class, though only one third of the size : we will examine into its claims, and make our report.

We have not got half though the publications which are

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demand- ing our attention, and intercepting our vision as they lie piled be- fore us; but we will return to the judgment-seat next week, and set at rest as many suits as a new...

. 8. Pictures Scriptural and Historical; or the Cabinet of

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His- tory, with Poetical Selections, Religious and Moral, for the use of Children ; intended as a sequel to the Poetical Primer, by Mrs. LAWRENCE. We like both the plan and the...

5. The Cabinet Lawyer has arrived at its seventh edition

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: it now carries down all changes in the law to Hilary Term, 2nd Wil- liam IV. ' The merits of this useful compendium of the laws are now well known, and must become more so.

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The School Song - book; containing Duettinos and Trios from the German,

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adapted to English words by EDWARD TAYLOR; the Symphonies and Accompaniments by A. PETTET. This little work will be found a very useful introduction to part- singing. The...

Ode to Spring; a Glee for Four Voices. By JosEpn

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3.1Acmult- DIE, Mus. Bac. Oxon. Mr. MACMURDIE is known as the writer of several very clever and effective Glees ; and the present composition is calculated to sustain his...

Number One; a Ballad. The Words by THOMAS HOOD; the

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Music by J. BLEwrrr ; with another Arrangement by C. SOLA. Mr. SAILA would have done wisely not to encounter BLEWITT as a comic song writer. The Irishman has beaten the Italian...

Select Organ Pieces, from the Sacred Works of MozAaT, HAYDN',

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BEETHOVEN, and the Masters of the early Italian School. By V. NOVELL°. This is a most valuable and admirable work. The materials are gold and silver, and the workmanship of...

MUSIC.

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"Zara, art thou sleeping?" a Serenade. By JOHN THOMSON, Esq. Mr. THOMSON'S publications are not so much known in our musical hemisphere as they deserve to be. Now and then, a...

"Soft and bright the Gems of Night ;" a Ballad.

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By H. SMART. It gives us sincere pleasure to be able to speak in decided commen- dation of the first essay that has fallen under our notice of the son of HENRY SMART, a man who...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) &dun Monday. Tuesday. Wednes. Thurs. Friday. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cent. Reduced 34 per Cents. of 1818. Reduced 34 per...