4 DECEMBER 1830

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The new Edition of the "AN.sTonv of the House of

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COMMONS," will be Pub. fished in consecutive numbers of the SPECTATOS for the last two weeks of the present month (the 18th and 23). Every effort will be made to render this...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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PARLIAMENT, during the week, „has been still but half employed, far the same cause whictr;kept it half employed last week, Ott . .. - itiss = Thursday only,--and then chiefly...

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A long debate took place in the National Congress of

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Belgium on the 23rd and 24th of November, on the motion of M. C. Ro DENBACH, for the permanent exclusion from the throne, of every branch of the House. of Nassau. The motion was...

The intelligence from France dating the week has been warlike.

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The efforts of the new Minister, 7',Iarshal South, are indefatigable to place the kingdom in the best possible state for offence • or de- fence as may be required. The...

FUTURE BUSINESS OF THE Ho USE OF COMMONS.

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ELECTIVE FRANCO/ sx.-Return by the Town Clerk of every city and borough in England and Ireland returning members to Parliament, wherein the right of elec. tion is solely or in...

Hours of Adjournment - The House of Commons met on Tuesday; adjourned

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at a quarter before seven to Thursday ; and sat again on that day till a quarter past nine o'clock, when it adjourned to Monday. The House of Lords sat on Monday till half-past...

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BUCKS.—HIGH WYCOMBE, Monday. Threats had been held out last week

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of destruction to the mill of Messrs. Lane, which were unfortu- nately not attended to. On Saturday and Sunday, measures had been concerted for the paper-makers to meet as early...

BEDFORDSHIRE.—A Tpost destructive fire broke out on Saturday, in- n

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farm-yard situated at Wootton Pillinge, about six miles from Bedford. The whole of the valpable stock of hay and corn, in ricks and barns, - was destroyed ; the live-stock and...

Ataasoeoico, Friday Evening-, Nov. 2titte " nay,

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a party of rioters passed through the town, brandishing their - bludgeons, and demanding money and beer ; they were on their way to a farm i:i the vicinity, on which it was...

STATE OF THE COUNTRY. .

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WE have again felt ourselves-called on, from the importance of the subject, to devote a large portion of our Paper to an account of the riots and disturbances that have taken...

WILTS.—A desperate rencontre, between the country gentlemen, aided by the

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Hindon troop of cavalry, and the peasantry, took , place at Pyt House, the seat . of Mr. Benett, the member of Parliament. Mr. Benett having learned that a mob of above five...

Hasyrs.—The number of prisoners in Winchester gaol exceeds two hundred

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; it has been reported that there were foreigners among them, but this the Duke of Wellington, in the House of Lords, has denied. At Petersfield, on Monday last week, a person...

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H UNTINGDO N, Sunday Evening, Nov. 28.—On Wednesday evening a party of

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from forty to fifty men assembled in the village of Sawtry, in this county, and demolished two thrashing-machines. On the following evening, a more formidable party destroyed a...

EssEx.—About five o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday last (the

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24th), a fire broke out in a : earn upon Theateds whieh consumed the barn with its contents. The satisfactory manner in which the labourers in that division of the county have...

MIDDLESEX.—Harrow-on-the-Hill, Tuesday. On Monday evening, about six o'clock, a fire

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broke out in the farm-yard of Preston Farm, which destroyed the produce of twenty acres of land. Mr. Higgs, the tenant, left his farm early in the evening, to spend a few hours...

LINCOLN—SPIL:.13tiRIC, Nov. 29.—At Irby, near this place, a hay-stack was

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fired on Tuesday evening ; at Swaby, a considerable quantity of pro. perty has been destroyed ; and at Reston, three miles south of Louth, nine stacks. of corn, value about...

CUMBERI„iND—CARL ISLE, Monday, Nov. 29. On Saturday last, there was

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a meeting of the county magistrates to consider the propriety of interfering should the processions be continued. A person.offered to swear that in the last procession were...

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KENT.—On Thursday, the 26th, a stack of hay belonging to

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Mr. Bucking, banker, of Tunbridge, was burnt. Dyke, alias Field, the person suspected of having been concerned in the fires at Bearsted, underwent an examination at Maidstone...

BATTLE.—There was another fire at Battle on the 26th, at

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Course- barn Farm. The flames first burst from the barn, which was saved when the fire occurred on the 4th instant, upon the same premises. When the flames burst forth on that...

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THE KING.—His Majesty, it is said, will certainly leave town

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on the 11th, for Brighton. On Monday, the King and Queen entertained Earl Grey and a number of the Ministers at dinner. On Tuesday, their Majesties honoured the Duke of...

*SOUTHWARK ELECTION.—It was resolved, at a meeting of the friends

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of Mr. Calvert, that instead of wasting the money in the pagean. try of chairing the new member, it should be distributed amongst the poor and distressed residents in Southwark....

NORFOLK.—A meeting of magistrates and occupiers of land was held

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at Hackford, on Friday (the 26th), at which a resolution, signed by the High Sheriff, Lord Orford, Sir Jacob Astley, and almost every one pre- sent, was adopted, in which they...

THE ROYAL. SOCIETY—ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT.-...AE ,eleven o'clock on Tuesday, the

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President took the chair, and delivered the annual ad- dress ; which was received with great marks of satisfaction. At its close, the President read the order for the election...

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HunttscasE.—A dreadful storm took place at Galway, on Saturday sennight.

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The fine pier beilt by Mr. Nimmo was breached by the waves and wholly destroyed. The fishing-village of Cloddagh was wholly swept away by the rising of the river ; one vessel...

RECORDER'S REPORT.—The Recorder made his report to the King on

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Wednesday. All the criminals were respited during pleasure. Among the number was Mends, for forgery. ROBBERY.— On Tuesday, a Captain Salter, of the Navy, charged two men...

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DIGESTED REPORT" OF LAW PROCEEDINGS. „ .

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COURT OF . ,COANCERY: • - Hoteme PIPE.., -An application was.made to the Lord Chanc ellr in hisprivUSeFetiln at the House-of . Lords, on Monday, for the discharg9 Of the...

POLICE Apron:len:yrs.—Mr. Swabey, the Queen Square Magistrate,

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has resigned, and his office has been filled by an meSecretary of the ex- Chancellor,' So says the Globe. It strikes eft; that one of the most useful reforms in the Police would...

Pees toxs.—From a Parliamentary :paper,, published this . session, it appears

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that the amount of pengions and salaries exceeding 10001. is somewhat above two millions per annum ! The following is the dis- ' Loaers.--The Bank of Engleatlidieee offered to...

THEATRICAL REGISTER.

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DRURY LANE. Sat urday-The Hypocrite—Midas—Turning the Tables.' Monday—King John—Masaniello. • - 'Tue,c/ag—Tbe,School for Soandal—John.of Paris. Wednesday—The...

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ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTION PETITIONS.

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{CONCLUDED.] Colchester.—Mr. MaYnEw, an unsuccessful candidate, has presented a petition full of strong allegations. He charges the returning officer with direct partiality...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived. At Holyhead, Nov. 27th, Georges, Scotland, from the Cape. At Mar- seilles, Nov. 13, Hebden, Lawes ; and 17th, William, Cressel, from Mauritius. Sailed. From Gravesend,...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 18th ult. at 7, South Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Mrs. ROBERT Gonna, of twin daughters. At 15, Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, on the 21st ult. the Lady of JAMES...

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An assault upon some officers of the police took place

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in the course of the week, in Calmel Buildings, Oxford Street. It ap- pears they were severely maltreated by the Irish residing in this stronghold. Cahnel Buildings, Lawrence...

TOPICS •Ok THE DAY.

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There is reason to fear that much ignorance of the legal conse- quences of their deeds prevails among those who have participated in the late disturbances. Let us instruct them....

THE ROYAL SOCIETY.

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[COMMUNICATED BY A P.R. AND L.S.] To our great satisfaction, the event which we rather hoped for than expected has actually taken place, and the Duke of SUSSEX is now President...

AVAn-OFFICE, Nov. 30.—Royal Regt. of Horse Guards: Cornet V. Corbel

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to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Shelley, appointed to the 20th Foot; R. H. R. H. Vyse, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Corbet-5th Regt. of Dragoon Guards : Major J. Y....

THE CHURCH.

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. The Rev. J. Ford, B.D. Fellow of Trinity College, to the endowed Vicarage of Navestock, Essex. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor and Wolverhampton has nomi- • nated...

iTHE UNIVERSITIES.

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OXFORD, Dec. 1.—Thfs-darthe following Gentlemen were admitted to Degrees :- Masters of Arts — Rev. A. J. Ram, Oriel, Grand Compounder; J. W. Downes, Jesus ; C. R. Butler,...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAYJEVENING. — The transactions of this week have not possessed any very interesting character, and those of a speculative nature have not been extensive....

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THE UNPAID MAGISTRACY.

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THE Great Unpaid have grievously disappointed their friends Those who take the trouble of thinking before they form their opinions, knew that these gentry would prove...

RULE OF SELECTION IN APPOINTING JUSTICES.

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SUPPOSE the objections to the efficiency of the Unpaid Magis- tracy, as an instrument of justice, obviated, we may next at- tend to the original taint of the manner of...

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" THE BEST POSSIBLE INSTRUCTORS."

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IN the Morning Herald of Wednesday, are two suicides recorded— the one of a boy, the other of a man ; the first had injured his uncle's horse, and the second his master's gig....

SYSTEMATIC COLONIZATION.

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SOME months ago, as our readers may remember, we had the pleasure of submitting to the public, a plan of Systematic Colo- nization, which a Society, styling itself National,...

DR. PHILLPOTTS.

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MR. CUTHBERT RIPPON, of the parish of Stanhope, has published a counter-statement to that which was read in the House of Com- mons by the Bishop of Exeter's brother. The...

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PRICE OF EDUCATION.

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t rr is asked in the newspapers (Morning Herald, Thursday), in reference to the loviness'of prices, why education should continue so dear—why; for instance,. the expense of...

LEI IER OF AN IRISH PRIEST TO AN IRISH GENTLEMAN.

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"Sir — I have been considering the propriety of treating you as a gentleman ought to be treated, and have come to the determination of affording you an opportunity of proving...

THE CHANCERY SUIT.

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A NEW comedy, not borrowed from the French, all homespun, and composed of the materials used and approved in genuine Bri- tish plays, since wit, and the relish for it, departed...

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NEW BOOKS.

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THE WORKS OF TEE WEE K, On THE REVIEWER'S TABLE. . [NO,* to Publishers-411 Books sent on or before Saturday, will be noticed in the ensuing Spectator. The following have been...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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doing.. • The work' of Captain TRANT is not a complete book on Greece by - any means ; but it contains some valuable information respect- ingthe condition of that unhappy...

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Among STATISTICAL and FINANCIAL works, we have a little volume

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on Savings Banks, by Mr. TIDD PRATT. It may be useful in matters of reference. It contains the general balance-sheet of every savings bank in the country, with the number of...

We have some very important additions to our Sonoor, and

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COLLEGE LIBRARY: this class will be admirably furnished in no long time. We envy our little ones. Here are Professor Lolen's Herodotus, in its pure and naked text; BLOOMFIELD'S...

The virtue of the popular collections, or " libraries," as

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they are called, is, that they must necessarily produce numerous respectable compilations and abridgments of voluminous original works. This is a branch of literature which has...

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Mr. TAYLOR, of Norwich, has completed his Survey of German

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Poetry. The first volume appeared during an early stage of our labours ; when we had occasion to spea k ' . highly of the literary character of our author. He is not a writer of...

If we were to instal all our NOVELS in the

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Spectator's Library, it would excel the most brilliant circulating ones of the neighbour- hood: We are in some arrear in examining their claims. Fres- call's, or Scenes in...

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FINE ARTS.

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The English School of Painting and Sculpture ; a Series of Mi- niature Outlines, from the most approved productions of British Artists, with descriptive Notices. By T....

To the last work of HAZLITT, his Conversations of Northeote,

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we willingly give a place, partly on the ground of its own merit, t artly out of a feeling of regret and respect for its late author. oor HAZLITT I he was a strange mixture of...

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[A very long, and, we have no doubt, an able

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and interesting commu- nication, from " An Old Dilettante," which was received last Saturday, has been unluckily mislaid. If we cannot recover it-next week, we shall beg our...

NEW PORTRAITS.

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Among the portraits lately published, are two good mezzotints; by C. TURS$n, of the Duke of Gordon, painted by J. M'KENzte ; and Wil. liaht Morgan, Esq., F.R.S., by Sir THoMAs...

EMPLOYMENT OF THE LABOURING POOR.

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TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sin—I feel deeply indebted to you for the able manner in which you have seconded my views. At this period of universal reform, it seems to- me...

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TO THE•EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. .

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• 30th November, 1830. Stn—Being.a. great admirer of the leading articles in your Paper, and the style in which it is generally conducted, I must own that I Was sur- prised...

PAUPERISM, AND THE LABOURING POOR.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.- • Birmingham, 3rd December 1830. ' Stu—Your practical remarks, in November, on " Nostrums," and on the " Relief and Einployment of the...