5 OCTOBER 1833

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The Congress at Munchen-Gratz has broken up, after a sitting

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of seven days. The Emperor of RUSSIA. took his departure on the 1Sth September, for St. Petersbuig, by way of Breslaw and War- saw. This is the account of his route given by the...

The report of an insurrection having broken out in Constanti-

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nople, which: we mentioned last week merely as a report, proves to be incotr.,et.. Accounts vary also in a very extraordinary man- ner as to the e xtent of the fire. A...

NEWS OF TIIE WEEK.

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THE fates seem propitious to Donna MARIA; whose prospects since our last week's - bulletin of Portuguese news have assumed a very cheering appearance. Marshal Botiamoyr hazarded...

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Qiyc fEletropuTi51.

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Aldermen Harmer and Wilson were sworn in Sheriffs of London on Saturday last, at the Guildhall. They afterwards went in procession to church ; and on their return to the...

The Marquis of ANGLESEA took his leave of Dublin on

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Friday week. In spite of all the opposition and abuse which his Govern- ment has received at the hands of O'CONNELL and other leaders of the Irish mob,—in spite even of the...

Eby Court.

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TILE King and Queen dined with the Duke and Dutchess of Glouces- ter on Saturday, at Bagshot Park. On Monday, their Majesties paid a morning visit to the Duke and Dutchess of...

On Monday, the new Lord Mayor of Dublin, Sir GEORGE

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WHITEFORD, was sworn in at the Castle, in the presence of the Lord-Lieutenant. It appears, singularly enough, that this gentleman was the foreman of the Grand Jury which in Lord...

There is certainly a great stir making among the Carlists

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in the South of France. We find the following account of some of their proceedings in the correspondence of the Times. " The motions of the Carlists in the Southern and Western...

A conspiracy to overthrow the Colombian Government has been detected

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at Bogota. The night of the 23d July last, was fixed upon for making the attempt. The plot was discovered, and out of seventy conspirators, sixty-five were arrested. A Colonel...

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The Revising Barristers for the county of Aliddlesex have decided,

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that trustees in receipt of rents and profits of trust prep: rtyare entitled to vote in right of such property ; but they were not prepared to say that trustees of chapels, the...

A meeting of a large number of householders in St.

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Pancras parish was held on Monday last, at the Duke of York Tavern, Regent's Park ; at which a resolution was adopted to form an association to effect by all legal means the...

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The Middlesex Intermediate Ses s ions commenced on Alma's, Net- withstanding only

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three weeks had elapsed since the termin,,,.„• of the last sessions; there were no fewer than 215 prisoners f. • till ; of whom 75 were charged with felonies. A meeting of the...

3ffes William Shelley, a gentleman residing near Russell Square, was

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mrarasned by Secretary Stanley, at Queen Square Office, on Tuesday, :4r: writing threatening letters to him. appeared, that some time ago the defendant had addressed several...

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br Country.

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The agricultural dinner at Liverpool, was held last Monday week; Lord Stanley in the chair. There were 750 present, and the whole uf}itir wvent off very pleasantly. Time Duke of...

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Some months ago, a manufacturer in Wigan and his son

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were tried At the Borough Sessions, on a charge of having received embezzled ma- terials ; and so clear was the case against them, that, calculating upon nothing short of...

The electors of Glasgow gave a public dinner, on Tuesday

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week, to their Representative, Mr. Oswald, as an expression of their appro- bation of his firm, independent, and consistent conduct in Parliament. About '260 gentlemen attended...

Lord Alelbounie, upon a memorial from tli • relatives of

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those who istirished on board the Earl of Weinyss smrk, has (fir-acted a must rigid inquiry into the circumstances under which that lamentable affair oc- curred. A surgeon of...

IRELAND.

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The Commission for Inquiring into the Condition of the Poor in Ireland—or rather it should be styled, according to the Nyords of the address of the Douse of' Commons, the...

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A 1 i-tssels paper rd . Friday Nveck. 1. the (

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'ortrice 1.■■ Ifir) gives that follalvi lig pal s of a murderous at tack made about two ieciock 011. the morning of that day upon Colonel 1...yster, an Irish officer, on a visit...

It is said that the distinguished office of Lord Steward

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of his Ma. jesty's Household was conferred on the Duke of Argyll, to indemnity his Grace for the loss of the salary of his sinecure appointment of Keeper of the Great Seal of...

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POS.ESCRIPT; SATURDAY.

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A until from Lisbon has arrived by the ship Savage ; but its news is only to the 17th September.

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Lord Ilowann IITAr.ors:, who is now on his return from

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Stock- holm, will, it is said, take the place of Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, as our Ambassador at the Court of Lisbon. The Hanoverians are in expectation of receiving, a new...

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

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Paris. October '2, 1533. Tame r is a geed deal of stir in the departments of the Police here about the real or pretended news febin the South, of in important conspiracy in...

INDIAN FAILURES.

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The Times of Wednesday contains an elaborate article upon the late extensive Indian failures, the distress which they Lave ereasioned, and the causes which led to them. After...

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EAST INDIA SIIII'PING.

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Arrived—011 net. 20. Edward I.ombe, Freeman, from New South Wale,:. Offrlymuntli. Lt, Dninvc:zan I'..astle, Di a, from B.•m....11; aunt Thomm. Laurie, Langton. from Van...

TOPICS OF TEE[ Di V.

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EARL G REY'S FAIVILLY A!, tt.o:N(ilalENTS —EXCLU- SIVE STATESMEN. THE mime of Earl GREY is imperishably c.minected with Parlia- mentary Iteihrm. For the services which he...

MONEY MARKET.

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The English Funds havo been very slightly affected during the week : the tentleney to derline which we noticed in our last Number has, however. disap- peared, and the little...

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MR. STANLEY IN DANGER.

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AT a public dinner in Liverpeol last week, where Mr. Secretary STANLEY was a guest, a person attempted to force an entrance, for the purpose, as he said, of presenting a...

AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.

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THERE appear to have been few Prosperity-men on the Agricul- tural Committee; at any rate the majority must have been of the Adversity-party ; for a more comfortless and...

RESISTANCE TO THE ASSESSED TAXES—WITH- DRAWAL OF SURCHARGES.

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CONSIDERABLE bodies of men in the Metropolis—principally com- posed of shopkeepers, brokers, and mechanics—are forming them- selves into associations for procuring by legal...

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OPENING OF THE LITTLE THEATRES.

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THE Little Theatres are the places for fun, with their light, lively burlettas, half an hour long, and their broad comic extravaganzas, quizzing the gravities of opera and...

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SHERIDAN KNOWLEs, We see, is actually engaged at tlw Vic-

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toria, and makes his first appearance there on Tuesday. SHERIDAN KNOWLEs, We see, is actually engaged at tlw Vic- toria, and makes his first appearance there on Tuesday. Drury...

LIVERPOOL FESTIVAL.

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IT may seem strane - e, at the first view, that Liverpool should fall so Mr short of Norwich or Worcester in the magnitude as well as in the excellence of its arrangements for a...

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ARCH.EOLOG SCOTICA.

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HAD the Society of Antiquaries of London imitated the courtesy of their brethren of' Edinburgh, by sending their recent publications to the critical ,journals, means would be...

Calcutta papers bring accounts of a dreadful hurricane on the

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Hoogbley, on the 21st of May. Letters from Diamond Harbour Calcutta papers bring accounts of a dreadful hurricane on the Hoogbley, on the 21st of May. Letters from Diamond...

POST-OFFICE TREATMENT OF NEWSPAPERS.

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TO THE EDITOR, OF TIIE SPECTATOR. No.(1, Prospect Cottage:. Barn:Wry Park, Islington, 30th September 1933. Snt—I am sorry to say that pus Northampton correspondent is nut the...

Dundee Advertiser (Om, 1st October 1933. Sot — I have been

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directed by the Editor to call your attention to the irre- gular arrival of the copy of the Spectator addressed to this office. The Number of the 14th ultimo did not arrive at...

SPECTATORS LIBRARY

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• A NTIQUITIFS, Arelneologia Seotica ; or Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. IV. Part I. 1831. Part II. 1333 Tait, Edinburgh, and Lotuman and Co....

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THE DUTCHESS OF BERRI IN LA VENDEE. SOME doubt has

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been thrown upon the authenticity of this work ; and the Times states it as a fact well known in Paris, that the manufacturer is ALEXANDRE DUMAS. This may be the case ; but we...

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THE HAMLETS.

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THE object of this second Illustration of Poor Laws and Paupers, is to show the evils that. have been produced by permitting relief to be granted unless the applicant consented...

TRANSLATIONS OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE LATIN potze ts s.

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THE Second Series of the Translations rf the Orford and Cam- bridge Latin Prize Poems, commences with the late Speaker Anises:l.s poem on Peter the Great, recited at Oxford in...

WE believe there is no such thing as absolute cheapness

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in the world—no spot upon the face of the habitable globe where a gentle- man with limited means can live and lay by. Travellers and penny-a-liners very often, indeed, publish...