11 DECEMBER 1829

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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BY the latest accounts from Paris, we find it confidently stated that the Cabinet is falling to pieces—nay, that it is actually dissolved ; a con- summation on which, of course,...

From Ireland we have had nothing of importance for several

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weeks past; and therefore we may say, on the faith of the old proverb, that From Ireland we have had nothing of importance for several weeks past; and therefore we may say, on...

THE MARQUIS or CriavEs.—A correspondent of the Times mentions that

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this Ultra Royalist hero has, after committing numerous extrava,gancies which indi- cated sufficiently the state of his mind,/becn at length subjected to:personal restraint as a...

SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY, Two o'CLocx.—There are no ar- rivals to-day

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of much interest. The only Foreign papers which have been received are from Frankfort, dated the 6th inst. They state, upon the authority of an account from Nuremburg, that the...

The Emperor of Russia has been killed on the Stock

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Exchange seve- ral times in the course of the week ; but we are happy to state that the divinities of the place have at length allowed him to recover. The Russian troops...

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Tus Ktsio's Comsr.—His Majesty held a Court on Monday, at

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Windsor Castle ; which was attended by the Duke of Clarence, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, most of the Cabinet Ministers, and the • Great Officers of State. Mr....

THE MONEY MARKET. •

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STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY, HALF-PAST TEN.—There has been consider- able business in our Market this week. Some very unfavourable rumours having been circulated respecting the...

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Sir Richard Birnie declined on Tuesday to sanction the binding

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of two boys as, apprentices to a chimney-sweeper. Sir Richard stated that it was the wish of Mr. Peel to Introduce sweeping-machines as much as possible. Samuel Larcomb was...

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THE MOST INNOCENT CRIME. —A poor man who was a candidate

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for admission into St. Giles's workhouse, finding all other means of attracting the attention of THE MOST INNOCENT CRIME. —A poor man who was a candidate for admission into St....

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DIGESTED REPORT OF LAW PROCEEDINGS. COURT OF CHANCERY.

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JERVIS V. CLAIIGES,EART.—Thi; was a petition by the infant plaintiffs, praying that their grandfather, Lord St. Vincent, and one Mrs. Getty, may be ordered to deliver up their...

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CHEAP NECESSARIES.

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WE are happy to find that the principles which we have advocated for the last six weeks are beginning to make way. V In Lambeth, a club has been formed, not organized on...

NEWSPAPER LARCENY.

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WE have not perceived in the late returns on the state of crime, any enumeration of the average amount of thoughts stolen in a year ; nor are we aware that the new police has...

JURISDICTION OF CHANCERY.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. KEAN and the Covent Garden people quarrelled the other day—what (lid Chancery . ? Forbade the actor to work for n his bread, until they were convinced of the...

LITERARY HOAX.

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WE introduced our readers a fortnight ago to the substance of a no- tice of DUMONT'S life and principles, prepared for the Foreign Quar- terly Review by Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH;...

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THE HARMONISTS.

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THE first meeting for the season, of this highly respectable musical Society, was held at the Albion Tavern on Thursday last; Mr. JOHN CAPEL, M.P. in the Chair. Sir GEORGE SMART...

LETTERS FROM A RECLUSE.

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NO. vi. A COMEDY by a lord is surely a curiosity ; but greater yet, to my mind, and at my distance, is the curiosity of the critiques on it. The Chronicle, in its first notice...

MISS KEMBLE'S BELVIDERA.

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MISS FANNY KEMBLE appeared as Belvidera on Wednesday, and played it quite as successfully as Juliet. We have watched this young lady's progress closely. We saw in her from the...

CONCERT AT THE ARGYLL ROOMS.

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THE concert for the benefit of poor GLEDHILL'S orphan children, was attended on Thursday by a crowded audience. The principal English vocalists now in town gave their...

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CHEAP PUBLICATIONS—THE CABINET CYCLOPXDIA.

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LITERARY SPECTATOR. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. * SOME WO thousand years ago and upwards, a sage (a critic, no doubt) declared a great book to be a great evil ;...

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TALES OF A BRIEFLESS BARRISTER.o .

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THE professions are getting on with their tales : when the feeless doctor has written his book, then the bibliopolical Bashaw of ten 'thousand tales, Mr. COLBURN, must descend...

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THE REVIEWER'S TABLE.

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THE publishing season of the great emporium of literature is but in its infancy, or rather not begun, and yet our table is covered with can- didates for our notice of all sizes...

DR. ARNOTT'S ELEMENTS OF PHYSICS—HEAT AND LIGHT.* THIS is the

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first part of the second volume of Dr. ARNOTT'S valuable work ; and it will sustain the reputation he deservedly enjoys as a man of science from the publication of the first and...

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NEW MUSIC.

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APOLLO'S GIFT, OR THE MUSICAL SOUVENIR, FOR 1830. EDITED By MUZIO CLEMENTI AND .1. B. CRAMER. THE same spirit of enterprise which has led the booksellers to vie with.each other...

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THE CHURCH.

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The Rev. C. F. Broughton, B.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, has been inducted Into the vicarage of Tittoxeter, Staffordshire, on the nomination of the Hors. and Rev. Dr....

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. SATURDAY MORNING.

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By the Lady Feversham, letters have been received from Bombay to the 1st Aug. The Company's ship Duke of Sussex left that port for China on the 15th July. The Janet,...

THE UNIVERSITY.

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CAMBI9DGE, December 11.-At a congregation on Wednesday last the following de- grees were conferred. Bachelors in Divinity-Rev.R. Lowe, St. John's College (Comp.) ; Rev. J....

THE ARMY.

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WAR OFFICE, Dec. 10.-The half-pay of the undermentioned officers has been can- celled from the 11th inst. inelusive, upon their receiving a commuted allowance for their...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOOKS IN THE ?BESS OR PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION Mr. Samuel Drew, editor of the Imperial Magazine, announces a reprintof his Original Essay on the Immateriality and Immortality...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Tuesday, Dec. 8.

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Pa rorstot snirs DISSOLVED.-Penny, Yeovil, and Highmore, Preston Bermondsey, Somersetshire, woolstaplers-Williams and Davies Gelly-groes Colliery, Monmouth- shire,...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Brorns.-At ItIoulsey-hurst-house, the Lady of Lieut.-Col. Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill, of a daughter-In Wilton-crescent, on the 7th inst. Lady Frances Hioinson, of a daugh- ter-...

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LONDON MARKETS, CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, DEC. 11.

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We have but little alteration to notice in our trade generally. since Monday. • Wheat, however, scarcely sells on so good terms. Barley is a trifle dearer fur fine Malting...

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

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The East Sussex Fox Hounds will meet on Monday, Dec. 14, at Hellingly ; Thursday, 17, at Plumpton ; Saturday, 19, at Exceat Bridge ; and Monday, 21, at Pevensey Castle. The East...