4 APRIL 1829

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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AT the hour when these pages must he sent to press for our read- ers in the country, the House of Lords sits for the third day, and at an extraordinary time, deliberating on the...

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SATURDAY, Two O'CLOCK, The Germanpapers reueived this morning contain an

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account front Vienna, dated March 22, which in some measure confirms the re- port that France and England intend to send a separate negotia- tor to Constantinople. Trade in many...

THE MONEY MAWKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING.—There has been rather more business in our Stock Market this week than last week ; but when we speak of it in comparison with former times, under...

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THE YORK MINSTER INCENDIARY.--JOnathatl. Martin was arraigned OD Monday, at

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the York Assizes, for the burning of the Cathedral. When Mr. Baron Hullock called upon him to plead to the indictment, Martin answered, " Not me, my Lord, but my God is guilty....

THE COURT.-Lord Eldon had an interview with the King on

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Saturday, which lasted about four hours. The Duke of Wellington went to Windsor on Monday afternoon, and the Duke of Cumberland on Tuesday morning. Lords O'Neil and Lorton had...

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POLICE OF LONDON. DEATH OF MR. NEALE.—John Butler w a

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s brou before Mr: Rawlinson on Saturday to hear the evidence, which had not before been given in his presence. He came up to the bar with an air of indiffer- ence ill-suited to...

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PARLIAMENTARY DIARY.

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HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY', March 30.—The Marquis of Londonderry moved for, and obtained some returns connected with the Coal Trade. A petition was presented from Macclesfield for...

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A PARTING WORD TO "THE QUESTION."

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"I snotrLD wish to conclude the debate," said the gallant and good-humoured Sir JOSEPH YORKE On Monday night, "in the words of the old toast—" May the sister kingdoms be firmly...

"THE HOUSE" AT FOUR O'CLOCK.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE House of Commons ffesented an interesting picture at fonr o'clock on Tuesday morning. The Members' benches were still crowded, although not quite so much...

MAJORITY AND MINORITY On the third reading of the Roman

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Catholic Relief Bill, Monday, March 30. MAJORITY. Althorn, Viscount Anon, lion. G. Clive, Hon. R. Hulse, Sir C. Courtenay, T.1'. Iertnyn, kart Cradock, Sheldon Julillb,...

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WEST INDIA SLAVERY.

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WE are not aware that at some period or another slavery has not existed in every kingdom of the earth. Every schoolboy must re- collect the anecdote of the English slaves, whose...

VULGAR ERRORS.

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"THAT the Pope is looked upon by Catholics as infallible."—Ca- tholics look on the Church as infallible ; and therefore they attach a degree of infallibility, if the expression...

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LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE.

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WERE we to attempt to give a stranger to the French Theatre an idea of PERLET'S Proteus-like faculty, we should desire him to ima- gine the personations of MarnEws ill his At...

ITALIAN OPERA—THE NEW BALLET.

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ANOTHER of ROSSINI'S weaker operas was produced on Tuesday- . Ricciardo e .goraide: it has, hoWever, the great merit of being short; and possesses one trio of distinguished...

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CONCERT AT GUILDHALL.

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CONCERTS for charitable purposes are often but slovenly per- formances. On the principle that " the end will sanctify the means," they are usually made to depend for success...

A SECOND VISIT TO THE SUFFOLK - STREET GALLERY.

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Mr. ROBERTS'S picture is one of the lions of this exhibition ; and deservedly so, for whatever may be its faults, it is indisputably the production of a man of gfenius. It was,...

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LITERARY SPECTATOR.

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THE JOURNAL OF A NATURALIST*. " Plants, trees, and stones, we note ; Birds, insects, beasts, and many rural things." THE art of seeing is an art which most people die without...

ENGRAVINGS OF THE SEASON.

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THE season is prolific in spirited and clever engravings : we can notice only two or three at present—and that without any princi- ple of selection, but just as they come to our...

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MEMOIRS OF M. DE BOURIENNE.

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Wm are likely at length to learn the exact truth respecting NAPO- LEON. So much falsehood never was written about any man who ever existed; and in a few years surely the truth...

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GLEANINGS.

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SYMPTOMS OF a REFORM IN MUSICAL TASTE,—Shall we go on, .requiring stronger and stronger stimuli, or shall we return to a taste for simplicity ? The latter will probably be the...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Piereav EVENING.

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The wind has veered round to the west this week, and many of the homeward bound ships loive reached the Channel. By the Roxburgh Castle we have advices from Bengal to the lath,...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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OXFORD, April 2.—In a convocation holden this day at one o'clock, the election, of a Professor of Anglo-Saxon took place in the room of the Rev. Arthur Johnson,. M.A. Fellow of...

THE CHURCH.

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On Friday last, the Rev. James Henry Monk, D.D. was instituted by commission from the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, to the Rectory of Peakirk with Glinton, in the county of...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOORS IN THE PRESS, OR PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. John Huss, or the Council of Constance, a Poem, with Historical and Deserip. tive Notes. A Life Of Archbishop Cranmer. By the...

THE ARMY.

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War - Office, March 30. 2d Reg. of Dragoons—Cor. Robert Miller, from the 13th Light Dragoons, Cor. without purchase ; Lieut. William Crawford, to be Paymaster, vice Dawson,...

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FROM 'PH E LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, March 31. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Duggan and Stroud, Denmark-street, St. Giles's, goldsmiths-Raworth and Co. London-W. Bennett, jun. and J. NVarren, Little...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Bovrns.-On the 27th inst. at the house of her father, the Rev. Dr. Middy, in Argyll-street, the Lady of Charles Dennis, Esq. M.D. of a-daughter-On the 28th Inst. in...

LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, APRIL :3. The supply of Grain in general this week has been very limited ; the trade, never- theless, is on the whole dull, ffnd Wheat in particular...