14 MAY 1831

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE majority for the Bill has now swelled to 121. Of the coun- ties whence this important accession of strength has been gained, Shropshire alone has returned two members who...

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We mentioned last week the report of a severe check

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sus- tained by the Poles. Subsequent arrivals have confirmed the in- telligence. General SIERAWSKI had lingered .too long on the second advance of DIERITSCH, and got engaged...

Two circumstances only, worthy of record or comment, have occurred

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in Paris since our last publication. A somewhat silly exhibition of popular sentiment, in the hanging of garlands round the column of NAPOLEON in the Place VendOme, was put down...

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The Belgians seem yet unresolved whether they will have Prince

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LEOPOLD or not. His cause is said to be very popular. The Prince, according to all accounts, has as little made up his mind on the subject as his wonld-be people.

Letters received in the City yesterday speak of a formidable

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insurrection of twenty-five individuals which had been discovered and put down by a sergeant's guard in the town of Frankfort. The army of twenty-fivewas not embodied, but its...

It is rumoured that Austria means, under the stipulations of

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an old treaty, to take possession of the Navarrais, one of the most fertile districts of the Sardinian territories. Austria has per- formed enow of experiments on the public...

SIERRA Izeoxrf.—In December last, his Majesty's brig Plumper sent her

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boats up the river Pongas, in senrc7 , of sir ci.rs wit iii infest that river. They returned with a schooner and thirty.five slaves; but dearly did the brave fellows slifror for...

Tim. Km: AND Ins Coun.T.—Their Majesties arrived in town on

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Monday about half-past one o'clock. In the evening of the same day the Queen gave her second state ball, the arrangements of which were, in every respect, the same as those of...

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" South Street, 13th May 1831.

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"My Lord—In my letter of the 4th inst. I had the honour of conveying to your Lordship the expression of lliB Majesty's wish that the preparatictaS to receive him should be...

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MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The London Missionary Society held its anniversary on Wednesday,

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at Exeter hail; William Hankey, Esq. in the chair. The gross receipts of the society, it appeared from the report, amount to 40,8001.; the balance in the treasurer's hands, 52/....

COUNTY OF CLARE.—In addition to the election rows at present

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going on there, this miserable district still continues subject to all the horrors of civil warfare. The example of such men as the Messrs. Mahon seems to be most faithfully...

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DUKE OF BEIVFOUT V. TIIE SPECTATOR..-011 Saturday last, Sir •

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Jaunts Scarlett moved the Court of King's Bench for a criminal infor- mation against the printer and proprietors of this newspaper. As we had no previous notice or suspicion of...

Orp Battax.—The May Sessions commenced on Thursday, with a calendar

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of 2W prisoners, of whom 122 are charged with petty larcenies, 39;stealing from the person, 3 murder, 5 burglary, 4 uttering counterfeit coin, 11 house-breaking, 4 highway...

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tain Young, and a seaman named Chandler, were returning from

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Spit- head in a small yacht named the Catherine, of about fourteen tons bur- den, belonging to one of the party, when the .melancholy accident oc- curred which we noticed last...

CUTTING AND Maratrwo.—On Wednesday, William Geene. an in- former, was

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charged before Mr. Alderman Thorpe, under Lord Ellenbo- rough's act, with cutting and wounding Robert Smith, a porter, at the Talbot Inn, Southwark. It appeared that a quarrel...

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COLONEL FIT3C1a ,, Ncg. — A peerage, with the rank of ass Earl,

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is to be conferred on Colonel Fitzelarence. The relationship ol' ibis gentle- man to the fountain of honour, united to his high attainments, moral worth, and professional...

Despatches have been received by our Government off dolly announc-

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ing the retreat of the Russian army. The cause assigned was want of provisions ; but the truth appears to be that the army was rapidly -wasting by the cholera merlins, and the...

RETURNS TO THE DELEGATION PARLIAMENT.

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(coNn E D.) The names in Roman are for the Reform MB; in italics against it. New mem- bers are marked* ; those whose sentiments are not known or doubtful ; double returns...

POSTSCRIVI"r0 THE WEEK'S NEWS.

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SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY, Two O'CLocmc. Despatches haws this morning been received at the . t iForeign Office, announcing that Den Mletntl. has complied with all Vie demands...

Returns made from 850 places in Eogland and *Wales, sending

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i50 1i; inliers to Par- liament ; the whole number of places being 268, and of Representotivea, 513. I ;17'. . - Igainst. 32 English Counties, returning 66 members 63 ... 3 11...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Company's Ship Winclielsea, from London to China, put into Cork on the 11th inst., leaky, and must dischar g e part of her car g o. Arrived.-At Gravesend; May Sth; Malcolm,...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 8th inst. at Coolhurst, Horsham, the Ri g ht Hon. Lady ELIZALIET/I DICKINS, of a son. On the 8th inst. at Bromley Houee, the Lady SARAII MURRAY, of a son. On the...

THE UNIVERSITIES.

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CAMBRIDGE, May 13.-On Friday lash Lord C. Wellesley, son of the Duke of Wellin g ton, was admitted to the de g ree of Honorary Master of Arts. C. W. U. Evered, of Corpus Christi...

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF RETURNS. (Continued.)

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In this statement, those places where no chan g e which affects the Bill has taken place are not included. All Members whose sentiments are unaseertained, are computed here as...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCRANGE, ratline E WE XING.-The Consul Market, which on Saturday last closed at 81a, opened at the same price on Monday ; and by .00n on Tuesday, after many fluctuations,...

THE CHURCH.

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The Rev. J. Cottin g ham, B.A. of Clare Hall, has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of Chester to the perpetual Curacy of Shotwick, Cheshire. The Rev. '1'. Brayshaw, B.A....

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, May 10. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. WHEA.TLEY and ADTARD, Piccadilly, auctioneers - SEPIITO:a and BUT.LOCE. Liverpool, coal-merchants-Wm:Leo mid Co. Lower Thames Street,...

THE ARMY.

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WAR OFFICE, May 10.-4th Re g t. of Li g ht Dra g oons: Cornet G. C. Diablo° to be Lieut. without purchase, vice M'Cuttery, deceased; Cornet MO/enou g h, from the Cavalry DepOt...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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PUBLIC FUNDS. Satyr. Mon. Tues. Wednes.7 . 1turs. Friday. 3 per Cent. Reduced . 791 3 3 8031 8 1 3 821 11 813 2 SI 8014 811 Si 3 per Cent. Consols 803 3 81 2 fr l 82131231 823...

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THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SPECTATOR.

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EVERY one connected with the press is aware, that in cases of pro- secution for libel, defendants are always advised to abstain from noticing in their own journal the legal...

TOPICS OP THE DAY.

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WHAT HAS 1HE KING GAINED BY THE DISSOLUTION? IN our list, published last week, of the advantages Which the King has gained by dissolving—that is, reforming—the Parliament, we...

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"WHO WILL BE THE BOROUGHMONGERS UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION ?

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" Tisis question is asked by Blackwood, in his number for the present month. He answers it as follows. "The popular journals and leading orators on the popular side in Par-...

REPRESENTATIVES OF " THE LEARNING AND INTELLIGENCE OF ENGLAND."

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THE Standard, speaking of the election of Sergeant LEFROY by the University "boys" of Dublin, says- " This is the second instance in which the so-called Reform measure and its...

THE UTILITY OF THE PRESS—AND UNTIMELY CONVERSIONS.

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"SOME apprehension has been felt during this week that Ministers had projected two most absurd steps as to the great question of Reform,—first, the adjournment of the new...

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THE LATE SIR JOSEPH YORKE:

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.SIR JOSEPH YORKE was a hale, hearty, good-humoured old man, who will be lone- remembered with kindliness by many, both in public and private life. In the House of Commons,...

SIX T H PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.

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IT is impossible to witt,. hold from the Directors the praise of having displayed good taste in tt;e scheme of the concert of last Monday. pervading it S two gmeat features The...

HONOUR THE KING.

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e A indecorum of a very offensive kind appears to have been committed, or at least countenanced, by the son of the Earl of SHAFTESBURli, on the asion of the late election for...

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THE ITALIAN OPERA.

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PASTA has returned to the scene of her former triumphs, with t powers undiminished and a reputation unfaded. She is all that she was when she left us—the mistress of the highest...

MR. T. PHILIPPS'S LECTURE.

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MR. T. PHILIPPS (whose late excellent Musical Lectures at the Royal Academy of Music, the overwhelming claims of public afthirs prevented its front recording) delivered a...

AUGUSTUS LAPONTAINE.—This IllOst fruitful of modern romance writers died at

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Halle, in Saxony, on the 20th ult, in the seventy-first year of his age. He was born at Brunswick, studied divinity in the first instance, and then undertook the education of...

ROYAL SOCIETY.

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May 12, 1831. His Royal Highness the Dvxv. of Sosszx, President, in the Chair. Captain George William Manhy, of Yarmouth, was elected, a Fellow of the Royal Society. John Edward...

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

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Wednesday, May 11th, 1831. RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, Esq. President, in the Chair. William Richardson, Esq. M.A. of Bedford Road, was elected a Fellow of this Society. The...

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NEW BOOKS.

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FICTION Gait's Bogle Corbet ., LITERARY Nichols's Illustrations of t he Li- HisT"Y• terary Ilistory of the Eighteenth }Vol. VI. —{ Century ( BlvTreozoh Reightlev's Mythology...

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We have another volume of Nicnom's Illustrations of Lite- rary

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History. To read one of these bulky volumes, is like sitting among a solemn convocation of the clergy of the last century: it is a complete resurrection of literary...

We are indeed living in an age of reform !

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The rapid steps which we are making towards the abolition of ancient absurdities . and the establishment of rational views, is so great, that we should not be surprised at a...

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Mr. ROSCOE has commenced a series of Popular Novels ;

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which we wish may be as successfully chosen and as gladly accepted as Mrs. BARD AULD . S very excellent series. He could not have corn- menced better than with Robinson...

Mr. GORTON has completed one-third of his Topographical Dictionary. We

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have already spoken very favourably of the work, on the appearance of the first livraison : it has been continued with the same industry, care, and completeness. It is enough to...

Mr. Jovs's work on Rent forms the first of four

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(intended) vo- lumes of, An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth, and on the Sources of Taxation. As exhibiting a connected view of the con- dition of the cultivators in...

We have been looking pretty closely into the United Service

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Journal, and have been very much gratified at discovering the quantity of activity and ability at work under its livid backs. We perceive that this vent for the military and...

FINE ARTS.

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EXHIBITION AT THE Royal, ACADEMY, SOMERSET HOUSE. Ii r our second visit to thus exhibition, we looked more attentively at the historical pictures and poetical designs, with a...

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NEW PRINTS.

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TIER Exhibitions of Pictures, which open like flowers in the spring, and almost as numerous, have made us in arrear with New Prints ; and after our eyes have been dazzled with...

PORTRAITS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES.

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MESSRS. HARDING. and LEPARD reopen to the public on Monday, at their house in Pall Mall, this most interesting exhibition, upon the same liberal plan as heretofore ; the...

EMBELLISHED PERIODICALS.

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TnE Fourth Number of Captain BATTY'S Views of the Cities of Europe, containing Edinburgh, presents us with glimpses of this singu- larly grand and picturesque city from the...

PORTRAITS.

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THE most beautiful of the group before us is an exquisitely finished mezzotint by COUSINS, after LAWRENCE, of the "Countess Grey and two of her Children :" it is a perfect gem...

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P. ROLLINS'S SCULPTURE.

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AN. Pwiat Hor.t.ms opens to public view on Monday, at 17, Old Bond Street, an exhibition of sculpture that is deserving of a visit from every admirer of art. It consists of...