12 SEPTEMBER 1840

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• In l'ortargal there has also been a revoluti '7

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TV a In our on the c:: t :: 1•1 ' of discontt e, iy • The parties, too. v . e•s -rho Minister' , changes. iiuod by lb, 6, known ,1! • im•iir , 2;ents. llet%veen coneurriez...

The disturbances in Paris have for a time diverted the

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atten- tion of the journals from their warlike designs agairst England, though the affitirs of the East, which gave rise to their animosity, have assumed a more decidedly...

When we turn from this tranquil state of affairs at

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how., to look abroad, another and very different prospect is seen. Civil com- motions, wars, and preparations for war, present themselves in all directions. In Paris, the...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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EVERT thing breathes peace at home. No sound is heard to disturb the placid air, but the crack of the sportsman's rifle ; yet that brings with it thoughts of enjoyment, though...

The Peninsula is again in a state of' violent civil

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commotion, if not ()factual civil war. In Spain, the determination of the Queen- Regent to adhere to the Curporation-lew passed by the Cortes, threatens entirely to destroy her...

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The tenth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the London

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and Croydon Railway Company was held on Tuesday, at the London Tavern, W. A. 'Wilkinson, Esq., in the chair. It appeared from the report, that the result of raising the fares,...

A man named Henry Segrave, who said he is a

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watchmaker at Green. wich, was charged at Union Hall, on Wednesday, with attempting to stab one of the Greenwich Railway Policemen. The defendant went to the railway on Tuesday...

The Tourt.

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THE Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Dutchess of Kent and the Princess Millenlohe, paid u visit, on Monday morning, to the Queen Dowager, at Bushy Park. The Royal...

Tin atittropolis.

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Arrangements have been completed for the purpose of immediately carrying out the provisions of the new Police Courts Act, and several new courts will be speedily established. In...

The quantity of large pieces of ordnance recently transmitted to

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various se. ts of Iii .r .11,:rvy 's dominions, both at home and abroad, from the I; s . , s A r - esel, Wrmiwieb, hati been consiuereble, and there are at ; T• -• : :. , •Iir;...

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b c robinces.

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We have now authority to state that Mr. Ponsonby has no intention to relinquish the representation of this borough, nor ever had.—Derba Reporter. A meeting of the Chelmsford...

'lime final examination of ?.1.ister. , , murder of Mr.

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• Wednesday. IVIaelsreth, took pe,: in bel t's as it was feared tire CX1:11V1111.111 1.• extuttina;ion m•,.s talsen .■ t,!7 , . assemblage might be injaeious to Mr, ' tit...

The :11 -, 1,t..f.1. , io• (;tvirdian of Wedliesday gives the following state-

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ment respect iv the recent failures ill that town, which produced SO notch ala-nt in the 1u1.1oti Stock-itiarket. Their effect on the Manchester 1,,ark■ , ts ou Tne,lay was not...

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IRELAND.

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The Dublin correspondent of the Morning Post says the Duke of Cambridge and the Marquis of Nonnanby are both expected at the Viceregal Lodge on or about the 15th instant. Mr....

An urgent address fcom Mr. O'Connell to the electors of

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:Ireland is published in the And %Vedstesday, exit° , ting those who Were regis- tered in I 8:t2, more particularly, to be ready to reregister in the present month. The...

On Saturday evening, the Duke of Newcastle, accompanied by his

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two sons, Lords William and Robert Clinton, met with an accident on their return from Aberystwith. His Grace was driving his favourite fast ponies ; the night was excessively...

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We have had two or three days of fine weather,

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with every appear- ance of its continuing; and, in consequence, reaping is very general to day (Monday) immediately around u, whilst every rood of grain throughout the country...

An explanation is attempted by the Morning Chronicle and the

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Dub- lin Evening Post of the extraordinary circumstance mentioned by Mr. Blake, the Irish Police inspector, of the mode of making out the police- returns in that country. It...

A correspondent of :be 1.• shire have off various thei:i

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eie electors on the le !I -ie!. le: cause upou let eas ,• burghs. A meeting, ea 111c IS lielearell (1117 ,.• 7 of ThuriAlay, whet: a Ir... ;nor', .1 to t'ic • tho :aut. i•i It'...

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The chief arrangements for the meeting of the British Association

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at Glasgow are as follow. The whole College of Glasgow is to be appro- priated to the meeting of the various sections, in the following order-- Section A.—Mathenitoics and...

The Gazette des Trihunaux states that the trials of the

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combined operatives who were arrested on the let and 2a of this month, com- menced on Tuesday - , at the Police Correctionnel. The first who were placed :It the bar were three...

The crisis approaches in the East. The Paris Menileur of

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Sunday contains a telegraphic communication of news which was brought to Toulon on Friday by a packet which left Beyrout on the 24th of July, Alexandria on the 27th, and Malta...

• Miscellaneous.

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The Reverend Dr. Shut:he:we: tic, of New College, Oxford, is gazetted as the successor of Dr. Ozter in the see of Chichester. The appoint- ment is a testitiomy of tite ihterest...

. .1:se:wetted in the county of Fife, on the Mr.

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Wright of Edinburgh, which, for • ii•iy yet found in Scotland. It consists of h -rye- of the very finest quality ; together !. en the bottom of the seam, which, for -..1....

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The news front :Nladrid to the 1st instant represents that

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capital to be in a state of open rebellion against the authorify of the Queen-Regent. The appointment of the new :Ministers heist •l'll taken hi y the mentbers of the...

Lisbon has . ,

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of the •2S111 A , 1 the t.: Li sbon , , .) c ., stationed at C . Lietttenant-C ,, ' c ' ,ffl. cavalry and did not interfere. Tlie tle;,, , .1 1 proceeded to •\ lir:tries. in...

The trial of Madame Laffarge for the murder of her

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husband com- menced on the 3d instant, at Tulle. It excites great interest, from the peculiar circumstances of the present charge, and from the recent curious trial of the...

The Duke of Orleans has made a present to the

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Paris Jockey Club of the maguilicent silver shield which was the prize NV011 by his Royal Highness's horse Beggarman at the Goodwood Races. It is thirty•two inches in diameter,...

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We have received papers from Australasia to the beginning of

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May, the latest being the Sydney Australian of the 2d. The most startling intelligence they bring is the news of a hurricane which has devastated Port Essington. A...

- The overland mail from India has arrived, bringing intelligence

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from Bombay to the 23d of July, from Calcutta to the loth of July, from Singapore to the 11th of June, and from Macao to the 15th of May ; but a date four days later from "...

1 - r West Indian seers 'which we have received this

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week , nnee• • 1,• ta metes • Seer. se s; , co% • o see 1. V.I.Atrusid it to is • e 1 .en•my nor so mmerastine in its contents as usual. The Len e. r, :•• mite,tig , ,ther...

Letters from Port Nicholson, dated the 21st April, reached London

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yesterday. The Company's emigrant-ship Bolton, containing among other passengers the Magistrate Mr. Butler, and the clergyman Mr. Churton, arrived on the previous day. The...

The Morning Chronicle of' Thursday says, that although no official

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intelligence on Mr. Simpson's suicide has been received at the Hudson's Bey liouse in London, no doubt is entertained of the main facts; only the statement that Mr. Simpson and...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The Paris papers of Thursday are again foreboding war. The Cuis. stitutionnel contains a copy of the circular sent by Boghos Bey to the Consuls of England, Russia,...

It is etated in a letter from Alex:mild:I of the

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2611110 1 s. eblished by the Queti,lisene, that the French brig MarC•e, bound ferea Cyprus to Syria, was visited while cm her voyage by a catter eomt by Commodore Na- pier, and...

We learn that considerable orders have been received within the

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last few days from France for the purchase of lead, the execution of which has already had the effect of causing a rise in that article of nearly 2/. per ton, and some large...

Now Yorls !vipers have been reefived by the rnr7.: Nsw

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York, and the Adioronlack. to the Odd: tilt., otte day Istes time by Os: tlreat "%Vest ern. 'deports Of election presefslings and r,s'.17::S or' s•eting Ott' the engroesing...

'rite Angs'orrg Gazette announces. in letters frem Sf. P 74 , 11-Z.

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that ,• the expedition to Khiva is gut off for this 'ear. ae 1 a.s. tbe L'er'S destined for it has been ordered to O .‘ors:i 1. l'll :. ea"....; , ..a ..:1... St the...

Letters and papers from 31 a I heve been rs:

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and entleisissoese:y e,. • Pereelons at „s e :, • NVe have i• •ee news c, a',est . spsesd in various tooss - • so ;11101 11W SS: , Isid otiose plaee. asd the Muni.: .1. P....

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TI1E EA T RES.

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; Mee or fi,itr month., al o. 'I he only lucid( fifs that flii• fin/wished the el unite! Mete front :,e) ether, were the Ind griping's to Ineottrite por ft,: int ; tho apph...

The harvest has made extraordinary progress in the North of

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Eng- land during the present week. In Yorkshire, the weather has been splendid ; in Lancashire, there has been stormy weather in the night, but the bright sunshine during the...

3:1101 ING IIA FES'FIVAL.

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ON!! of Mt.:.er.f.ssolte's Hymns, ss Lich is to 1,e performed at the 11;1.- 11 OILI11 l'estival, was rehearsed nit Fiieay at the Halms-et; Square 10 ,,, ms. opplied fbr...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On titc 2.1 inst., in Grosvenor Crescent, the Countess of Cr.:Am:semi. of n daughter. Oa the 5th lust., in Ilalr Moon Street, the Lady ANNA MARIA TorrEmActta, of it...

RONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, The market has been in a very agitated state since our last, and its tendency bats been don nwards ; there have been, however, sl.veral...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, Sept. 5th, Samuel Winter. Robertson, from New S ia n Wales; and Ann, M.Alpine, from Van Biemen's Land ; 9th Nairn:huh Kirkus; uk Mauston; stilt ltaiuibuw,...

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DOUGLAS .1 RIZOLD's highly-effective melodrama, The Hest dap, ha; been

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revived at the _Haymarket, with great sneeess. WALLACE, as Marlin I cywood , i iii his proper element ; and he depicted the despair and distraction of the hi. that and...

' ['hi' Report of the t ' ommissioners appoilited for inquiring into

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Bank - """c'd. ut':.,. ruracy and Insydveney, which was presented to Isali MUM'S Or P:1111:1- 0 . 1■VV.O10 . 11 , ! ment, hasjust been printed. The lleport and I , :a 'donee...

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SIR POWELL BUXTON'S NIGER EXPEDITION: ITS REAL CHARACTER AND PARENTAGE.

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.AT the time of Mr. Buvrox s great " fancy held in Exeter Hall under the auspices of Prince Amuntr. we noticed, that not- withstanding the long harangoes with which the vote...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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RECRIMINATION. Fon the last week the organs of the Whigs and Tories have been busily engaged in attempts to prove respectively that the opposite party is disunited. We can...

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RAILWAY DANGERS.

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THE resent calamitous accidents en railways have directed at- tention to the means best adapted for security by railway con- veyance. Discussions are now going on, and numerous...

LON DON ii()USES, A NCi EN T AND )1(11)F.IIN.

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IN our InA imtIimmhiii litil 0111. wi glaneeit at tilt' 0111 ‘1arli Itipearance of London houses, with a \ it'W lilt lm,mm ititi OreS , 1110 tin." Pursuit"' the subject, it may...

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DR. PALFREY'S LECTURES ON TIIE JEWISII SCRIPTURE S.

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Tins (second) volume has reached us from America. Its author, a Doctor of Laws and of Divinity, appears to be a teacher in some American University, anti the work befbre us to...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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TnEOL00Y, Academical Lectures en the Jewish Scriptures and Antiquities. By John Gorham 'Wavy, D.D., LL .D. Vol. II. Genesis and the Prophets. TOrooRA y. alunrOr had CO.....

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THE JOURNEY-BOOK OF ENGLAND—BERKSHIRE.

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This volume is the first of a series intended to describe in succes- sion the counties of England. It is constructed upon the plan of the road-books and the topographical...

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coorEn's INVALID'S GUIDE TO M APEIRA. MR. COOFER is a

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surgeon, who was recommended a sojourn at Madeira for the restoration of his health ; and having . visited Teneritfe and Lisbon on his return, he has puhlish,:.1 the result of...

MISS STRICKLAND'S QUEENS OF ENGLAND.

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THIS volume completes the Lives of the Anglo-Norman and Plantagenet Queens. It contains IsAmn.r.A, the second wife of RICHARD the Second ; JoAsstA of Navarre, the second wife of...

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FINE ARTS.

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DIORAMA. Trus unique exhibition of scenic illusion reopened yesterday, with a new view of the Shrine of the Ailtivity, at Bethlehem, which surpasses in splendour of effect all...