13 SEPTEMBER 1828

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Russians in Bulgaria press' on their reinforcements and sieges ; but all their fighting hitherto has been insignificant, in the comparison with what must be dared before the...

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MONEY-MARKET.

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There has been some excitement in the Money -market this week, owing to tin. official announcement of the Directors of the East India Company that they intend to reduce the...

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POLICE OF LONDON.

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Mrs. Cooke, alias Sutton, was brought to Bow-street for re-examination, on Saturday. It was merely stated by Mr. Rathmacher, that he had not yet obtained possession of his...

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OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.—These Sessions commenced on Thursday. The calendar contains

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the names of no fewer than four hundred and seventy-two prisoners. Mary Ray was indicted for having robbed her master of a silver snuff-box and a W. note. She made no defence ;...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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IT is the decided opinion of some eminent star-gazers, that if Mr. CANNING had lived, the comet would not dare to threaten the destruction of the world in the year 1832....

IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.

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The Morning Paper, observes the Globe, from which we have already given two or three articles which were pompously put forth by our con- temporary under the head of "...

PRIVATE MAD HOUSES.

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A MOST extraordinary narrative has been published by The Timcg, i entitled " A Visit to a Madhouse." It is written in the form of a letter from a French gentleman at present in...

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AUTUMNAL GLEANINGS.

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THE Autumn, which ripens the fruits of the earth, has also a very fine effect on the stories of the daily press. Pole-cats now strike a terror into men and dogs ; cabbages and...

MISS BARTOLOZZI AND MRS. HUMBY.

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THE theatrical event of the week is the birth of liveliness in Miss JOSEPHINE BARTOLOZZI, hitherto the automaton of the critics. Let it be recorded, that on Wednesday evening,...

ELEGANT EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS OF SWINDLING.

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NOTHING can be more laudable than the anxiety of the Press to furnish the public with exact knowledge, more especially in mat- ters the importance of which renders accuracy of...

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FRENCH PLAYS FOR SEPTEMBER EVENINGS.

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IT rejoiced us, at this sad season, to see the announcement of another series of Soirees Francaises, at the little theatre in Totten- ham-street. There is an airy gaiety, a...

EARS AND NO EARS;

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A DISSERTATION ON TRE PERFORMANCES OF WATCHMEN AND STREET MUSICIANS. THE sounds daily and nightly going forward in streets (as well cries of itinerant merchants as musical...

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LITERARY SPECTATOR.

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DR. GRANVILLE'S work, entitled St. Petersburgh *, belongs to a genus of books of travels at the present day of rare occurrence. Modern travellers sketch external appearances of...

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SPE C TAB I LT 1.

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INTERNAL COMMUNICATION OF ENGLAND.—The improvements of Great Britain, in her internal communications, is, perhaps, the most extraordinary circumstance in the records of...

THE ARMY,

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War-Office, September 8. 3d Regiment of Delman Guards—Lieut. Alfred Shewell to be Capt. by purchase, vice Greene, who retires; Cornet James Montgomery to be Lieut. by...

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. Botrirs.—On the 10th inst. in Bryanston-square,

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the Lady of John Bulkeley, Esq. of a daughter—On the 9th, at Brighton, the Lady of William Loftus Lowndes, Esq. of a sun—On the 7th, in Tilney-street, Lady Harriet Clive, of...

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

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J.T. Judge and J.B. O'Meara, Broad court, Long-acre, importers of foreign ar- ticles—It. Ilussey and J. Evans, Shrewsbury, tailors—W. Allured and R. 111'Neil, Liverpool,...

LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 12. We are very moderately supplied with all descriptions of Grain this week, and the Trade on the whole remains much as on Monday. Fine old Wheats...

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NEW WORKS

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On the point of Publication. :£. s. d. QUARTO. Britton's Picturesque Antiquities of English Cities, No. I., medium . . . 1 4 0 Imperial . . . .2 0 0 OCTAVO. Watkins'...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The wind, which has long blown from the north and east, has this week changed to the west, and a consi- derable number of vessels has already arrived: but in consequence of the...