5 JANUARY 1839

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INDEX-1839),

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NEWS. FOREIGN COUNTRIES. America-Slavery, 26. Disputed ts.rri- tory, 266, 290. Trial of }Slacken-Ate, 670. Seizure of British merclutudise, 868. United States Bank bills, 885,...

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE occurrences in the manufacturing districts of the North of England exhibit a state of feeling in the working population . ,-cal:. culated to create much anxiety, if not...

Preparations for foreign war arc in progress. A circular from

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the . Recruiting Department of the Horse Guards directs command- ing-officers to recruit their respective regiments, if stationed at Inane, to "their full establishment of 739...

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The Courrier Beige states positively, that General SEIIASTIANI has signed

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the treaty which transfers Limburg and Luxemburg to the King of Holland ; and adds, " All is finished in this Milan" Perhaps there is more to come.

The latest accounts from Constantinople mention a series of successes

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by the Circassians against the Russian troops : but no particulars are given, except that the insurgents had captured the fortress of Derbend.

'Cbe aletropoliss.

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At a meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, on Saturday, a committee was appointed to consider and report upon the expediency oF applying to the Privy Council for a charter of...

In the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, John Hannen was

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found guilty of forgeries on the Toronto Bank. At the Mansionhouse, on Saturday, Edward Stockham, Overseer of the parish of Allhallows-on-the-Wall, appeared to answer a charge...

There is no intelligence of importance from Spain. The mas-

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sacre of prisoners on both sides is perpetrated without remorse. Hundreds are shot almost daily.

The Pennsylvanian quarrel had not been settled when the last

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accounts left Harrisburg. The VAN I3UREN party retained posses- sion of the Hall of Assembly, and pretended to transact some busi- ness. Several rioters had been arrested, and...

A correspondent of the Times says, that the authorities of

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the Lon- don University College having intimated that they will no longer tole- rate the absurd and indecent mummeries of " animal magnetism," Dr. Elliotson has tendered his...

New York papers, dated the 13th of December, have this

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week been received by the Virginian, arrived at Liverpool. There are rumours in the American papers of another incursion into Canada by the Sympathizers. Front the New York...

Parties in France remain in statu quo. The Chamber of

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Peers has, of course, adopted an address in the English fashion—a mere echo of the King's speech ; and the Deputies' address has not yet come from the hands of the Committee...

The King of Sweden has published an ordinance, by which,

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with a view to encourage shipbuilding in his dominions, the duties on anchors, chain-cables, ropes, sails, and other articles, are materially reduced.

Ebe Court, Viscount Melbourne dined with the Queen on Sunday.

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On Monday, Viscount Melbourne rode out with her Majesty ; who saw no dinner company on that day. Viscount Melbourne accompanied the Queen in her morning ride on Tuesday. On...

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ebc 3)rotifituf3.

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The examination and committal of the Reverend Joseph Ill: . ■Ter • Stephens, and. the proceedings connected therewith, form the chief pro vincial occurrences which we have to...

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, means of satisfying public curiosity on the point. The

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Morning Ckro- . sir—we ilave rec,h,•11 your letter, aumatheing the arrest of Mr. swellens; ono 1■ 3 brown, grows thin and high upon his head, so as to kave the forehead and...

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Sir William Follett has lieu visitin g his coustititents in Exeter

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; and on Wednesday he wa,; hououred with a piddle entertainment at which 450 of the leadin g Conservatives of that city and nei g hbourhood were present. Sir \Valiant delivered...

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Perhaps never since the battle of Leipsic has there been

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a larger busi- ness done in gray-cloth on anyone day than in Manchester on Wednesday, and at a further advance of 2d. to 3d. per piece. The public, however, must not be led...

At the Sandwich Borough Sessions, on Thursday week, a true

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bill was found against Mr. George Hawkins, for an assault on Sir Charles Shaw, committed on Ramsga te Pier. The plaintiff's solicitor imme- diately handed in a writ of...

A troop of the Seventh Hussars and First Dragoon Guards

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reached Huddersfield on Sunday week, from Leeds Barracks, to he ready in case of an outbreak on Monday at the meeting of Guardians, the day ap- pointed for choosing...

The Cirencester Ballot Union have sent an address to Lord

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Durham, congratulating his Lordship on his return to England " at this important period ;" and expressing the "greatest satisfaction" in learning, from replies to the numerous...

• Sr Charles Style addressed a numerous body of his

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constituents, on the 21st Deeember, in the Town-hall of Scarborough. Sin Charles re- viewed the proceeding; of the last session of Parliament, and spoke briefly on political...

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Two large snicks of straw and one of hay, on

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the premises of Mr.. Fambleton, at Hillend, Pentland, were destroyed by fire on the night of the 20th December. There is no doubt that the fire was not accidental! Very great...

An attempt was made on Tuesday evening, about five o'clock,

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to murder the Earl of Norbury. His Lordship was walking with his steward, in the shrubbery near his own house at Kilbegg,an, in the county of Meath ; when he was shot, the ball...

SCOTLAND.

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Mr. Murray, of Broughton, was elected Member for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, on Monday last, without opposition. Ile was escorted into Kirkcudbright by about three hundred...

The anniversary of the exile of the late Mr. Kinloch

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and of his sub- sequent election as first Member of Parliament for Dundee, was cele- brated at Dundee, on the 24th ultimo, by a dinner-party at the Caledo- nian Hotel. Mr....

IRELAND.

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Dr. Lawrence, Archbishop of Cashel, died on Saturday morning ; i and there is much speculation n Dublin as to his successor. Dr. Knox, Bishop of Killaloe, is mentioned among the...

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iniateilantousi.

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The Marchioness of Breadalbane succeeds the Countess of Durham as Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen. Baron BoBand is still "very seriously indisposed." Justice Little. dale,...

The Upper Canada prisoners, who arrived at Liverpool lately, will

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be brought before the Court of Queen's Bench, on a writ of habeas empus obtained from Justice Littledale on the joint affidavit of' Mr. Hume and Mr. Roebuck, that they had...

Private letters from Bayonne are given in some of the

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Paris papers, which state that Mr. Iforthwick and Mr. rector, beth described as English Members of Parliament, had arrived at that place, on their way to the Carlist...

Accounts have been received of the death of Mrs. Maclean,

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wife of the Governor of the African settlement, Cape Coast Castle, formerly • Miss Landon, and better known as L. E. L. It appears that her death was occasioned by a large dose...

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A preliminary meeting has been held at Glasgow for the

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establish- ment of ail Anti-Corn-Law Association. It was attended by gentlemen convened by circular front the different districts of the city, and 1504 was subscribed in a few...

From Lima, accounts of the operations of the Chilian lovading

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force have been received. After gaining possession of Lima, and defeating a small body of the Peruvians, the Chilians reembarked, to avoid an encounter with SANTA CRUZ, who was...

MONEY MARKET.

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Snuar Excitawor, FRIDAY Arrgnxoox. The Stuck Market eentinue: i'mn, with very little doing. All the English Seenrities have improved 1% putt I:) 1 week's price:. The foreign...

A correspondent, in consequence of our remarks last week on

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the new agitation of the Dissdnters, warns us against placing reliance upon the statements quoted front the Edertie Reciter. Ile says that the new movement is under the guidance...

A large party of Buckinghamshire Tories dined together last evening.

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in the Town-hall of Buckingham. The principal speakers were Sir Thomas Fremantle and the Marquis of Chandos. Both descanted upon the alarming state of the country, the weakness...

A correspondent of the Mittning Post says, that Sir CHARLES

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DALBIAC yesterday received the appointment of Colonel of the Third Regiment of Dragoon Guards. It is stated in the same paper, that orders were unexpectedly received at Woolwich...

The newest wonder at the Adelphi, and the greatest, (the

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elephant excepted,) is the Giant—no pasteboard structure of mask and raised shoe, but a bona Ale flesh and blond giant, his own two feet taller than ordinary mortals. The Giant...

THE THEATRES. •

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THE little Olympic is itself again. The mistress of the revels returned on Wednesday, and found her house filled to overflowing with friends, who hailed her reappearance with...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The political news from the Continent this morning is unimportant ; but intelligence had been received in Paris that the Dutchess ALEXANDER of Wurtemburg was so much...

EAST 1N1)IA. SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, Jan. 1st, Thunias Myth, Ibiwe, fritn the Mauritius; 211, Blake, Dadden ; and Gionolg, front China ; and 3t1, Margitii Hastings, Simpson, from Singapore....

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CORN, WAGES, AND CURRENCY.

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IN a succeeding column, a correspondent suggests a peculiar view of the effects of repealing the Corn-laws, on the "relative value of money and property." He supposes that the...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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REFORM IN PARLIAMENT. THAT the government of this country is as much in the hands of the Opposition as of the Administration, and that, if in the old days of Tory domination...

"LORD DURHAM AND THE REFORMERS."

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THE New Year's number of Tait's Magazine contains, under this title, an article which demands notice, partly on its own account, and partly by reason of the reflections which...

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PROFUSION AND POVERTY IN THE CITY.

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LONDON City is filmed for its feasts. Turtle, and all that should accompany turtle, are the frequent litre, sot only of Mayors and Aldermen, but of the humblest members of the...

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MR. MATTHEW'S EMIGRATION FIELDS. •

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THE tendency of the public mind . towards emigration is not only indicated by the number of books which are continually appearing upon the subject, but by 8 little story told by...

EFFECTS OF COEN-LAW REPEAL ON THE VALUE OF MONEY. .

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• TO THE rDrf Olt or THE SPECTATOR. • Temple, 27th December 1838. Srn—Much disquisition has °flute taken place on the subject of theCorn- laws : but as the view which I take of...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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E MIGRATION. "ii turigratimi Fields. North America, the Cape. Australia, and New Zealand; Oct. ATI oug these Countries, and giving a Comparative iew of the Advantage they •...

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FIRST REGARD HEALTH., Some may think that the circumstance of

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salubrity of climate has met with more attention in these pages than it merits ; but it' v think so, it is from igeorance, or inattention to facts. In vast majority of cases,...

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PATHOLOGY is that branch of medicine which investigates the nature

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of diseases. The term, as applied by Dr. MAYO to the hu- man mind, is limited to that state in which the patient has no power over his actions ; as opposed to a mere vicious...

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MRS. TROLLOPE'S WIDOW BARNABY.

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THE dreaded satirist of the Americans has made an advance upon the present occasion, much beyond her previous fictions. "Widow Barna)] is indeed remote enough from the...

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MUSIC.

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THALBERG'S Grand Fantasia upon airs from ROSSINI'S Gaillaume Tell, is more within the reach of amateurs than most of the published pieces of this composer, whose very peculiar...

Husni BERTINI enjoys a high reputation in Paris as a

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composer for the pianoforte and a performer on that instrument. His Grand Etudes Artistiques bring together all the difficulties of execution which belong to the ultra-modern...

. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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THE commencement of a new month,, and a new year, has pro- duced an influx of printed papei, enough t6 furnish forth, as far as : quantity is concerned, half-a-dozen libraries...

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FINE ARTS.

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NEW PRINTS. TUE Second Part of FINDEN'S Gallery qf BritiA Art is far inferior in interest to the first : though the engravings are equally good, the pic- tures are of a lower...

"Under the shade of the evergreen yew, " is another song

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composed by Mr. SEVERN: but here he has not had die genius of HERRICK to in- spire him. The words are the merest commonplace, and so is the music ; which, after all, is just as...

The Musical World, which we lately noticed as having passed

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into new hands and improved management, begins the year with great spirit, and seemingly under very favourable prospects. The number for this week contains an address to the...

77e Stanybrd Waltzes, by PHILIP H. BARTON, are the productions,

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we understand, of a young and self-educated musician, who, by the help of musical talent, with energy and perseverance, has surmounted many difficulties, and gained a...

Mr. SEVERN, in his Canzonet, " Gee, happy rose," has

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clothed HER- Wm's fine old verses in a becoming and graceful dress. The melody is perfectly simple, yet not common ; and its beauty is enhanced by the light and elegant...

ANCIENT scorrISH MUSIC—M R. DAUNEY'S "VULGAR ERROR."

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TO TUC EDITOR or Tile sescrA•rou. web, :Mb December IS3S. Sin—In a very liberal critique on my recently published work on " Ancient Scottish Music ? ' you observe—" We wonder,...

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A vignette view of Verona, heading the play - of "Romeo

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and Juliet" in Mr. KNIGHT'S Pictorial Edition qf Shalapere, is a remarkable example of the union of good drawing and fine cutting, shown in a beautiful, because simple and...

The Third Number of LANE'S Dramatic Shelches is the hest

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of the set hitherto. Three out of the four are whole-lengths ; which is de- sirable in all eases, for the effect of costume and attitude is as power- ful in the picture as on...

Turning over the Third and Fourth Parts of the Portraits

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of the Fe- male Aristocracy, we could not help fancying what strange notions the next generation, or foreigners not used to the peculiar style of our fashionable limners, world...