19 SEPTEMBER 1829

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The accounts of the defeat of the Portuguese at Terceira,

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it seems, reached Portugal through England. They had been received at Ma- deira, according to the last despatches ; but no political effect had been rola^a ',in consequence. • -

The resolutions passed by the Irish gentlemen at Thurles, notwith-

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standing the display . of numbers, are to be received cum gran, as are all statements of Irish gentlemen respecting their dear land. It is not supposed that Government will act...

The news from the seat of war during the week

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has been meagre. The Austrian Observer of the 3d inst. gave a letter from a Russian The news from the seat of war during the week has been meagre. The Austrian Observer of the...

Letters and papers were received yesterday fr-In -,17. Cruz, but

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they bring no.news respecting the fate of the expeditiorrfrom Havan- nah. There are several rumours respecting it : One is, that it-had effected a landing on the east coast of...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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MATTERS in France are " progressing ;" whether for good or for evil, a few months will tell. The people of Bretagne have passed certain resolutions to resist illegal taxation....

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THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY MORNING, ELEVEN O'CLOCK.—The business of this week in our Stock Market has been still less than that of last week, and nothing whatever has occurred...

CLOSE OF THE COURT-MARTIAL AT POLITSMOUTEL—We have already noticed the

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written defence of Captain Dickinson. The examination of witnesses was gone into on Saturday and Tuesday—on Monday Captain Dickinson was indisposed, and the Court immediately...

A radical reform meeting took place at Oldham on Monday.

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Some of the speeches were extremely violent ; so much so, that we believe even the boldest of the London journals scrupled to give them publicity. The speakers were all of the...

THE KING.—We stated yesterday that a severe calamity had occurred

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to a very Illustrious Personage, in the loss of the sight of an eye, under circumstances similar to those which attended the partial loss of sight to the Princess Sophia. We are...

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OLD BAILEY SESSIONS,..-The only trials since our last publication that

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have attracted or that require notice, are those of the Carters, for the robbery of the late Mrs. O'Keefe, the Customhouse forgery, and Miss Perlet's watch case. These, with a...

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DONCASTER RACES --Notwithstanding the miserable weather, these races have been

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even more splendidly attended than usual. The crowds of fashionables, too, have attracted a more than ordinary number of those worthy persons who, Irons their sedulous habits,...

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THE PRESS.

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THE DUKE OP WELLINGTON'S INDICTMENT AGAINST THE MORNING JOURNAL. MORNING CHRONICLE — We confess that we are not a little surprised that the Duke of Wellington should have...

POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.

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SATURDAY, Two deLOCK. There is no further news at the Foreign Office from the East, nor is there a foreign arrival of interest of any kind. The German mail which arrived this...

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PROSECUTIONS FOR LIBEL.—We learn from the Morning Journal, and from

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the Globe, which states that it had investigated the rumour, that true bills were found this week at the London Sessions against the proprietors - of the Standard, for a libel...

THE COURT-MARTIAL.—The acquittal of Captain DICKINSON was to be anticipated.

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We indeed stated last week, that the whole of the 'charges except the Oh and ninth were of such a nature that it made but little either for or against the prisoner whether they...

DECORUM OF THE THE ATRES. —The present state of Covent Garden Theatre

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has given rise incidentally to some discussions concerning the grievous indecencies which are exhibited in the Saloon of that house during the season ; and we are told that some...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE KING'S HEALTH.—We believe we may affirm that our pages are as frequently honoured with the notice of the Highest Personage in the State as those of our most boastful...

A HIGH AUTHORITY.—Of all our contemporaries, the Herald is doubtless

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the most ingenious ; and of all the writers in the Herald, we most admire the enditer of the City article. The. Standard of Wednes- day quotes a splendid specimen of his...

SAD NEWS FROM DoNcAsTEL—Everything looks gloomy in the unhappy kingdom

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of England. The Catholics, horse and foot, as was well said when the bill passed, will never be satisfied with equality; they must be foremost ! The great St. Leger has been won...

POOR LAWS; CONVERSION OF THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.—The last number of

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this celebrated periodical contains a recommendation for the establishment of poor-laws in Ireland, in the very teeth of the doctrines of the Malthusian economists. -Their...

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON A COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE.—A story ran

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the round of the journals this week, which presented an in- teresting exemplification of the great things that spring from little causes. The refusal of Mr. PITT, it was said,...

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ENGLISH- OPERA-HOUSE.--We last night witnessed for the fifth time (being

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the thirteenth of its performance) Der Vampyr, which con- tinues to be represented at this house with the brilliant success that has attended it from the beginning. We do not...

WHO IS THE DUPE ? —Mr. THOMPSON the actor appeared

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before Sir RICHARD BIRNIE this week, with a heavy complaint against Mr. Baal - mom, of Drury Lane Theatre. Mr. THOMPSON stated, that he had been asked to write two pieces,—one...

SINGULAR CAUSE OF ALARM.—We have seldom witnessed a more curious

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scene than was on Thursday displayed in Hyde Park. At half-past five in the afternoon, a loud shouting was heard in the direc- tion of the Knightsbridge Barracks ; which was...

A DOUBTFUL Coeiremmer.- 7 -The reports of Captain Di ex INSON'S trial

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were forwarded to the Evening Papers by one of those la- borious authors called penny-a-line men. In his report of AN - ethic-- day, this gentleman, commenting on his own...

THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. — The placid spirit of the celebrated monogamist

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still presides in his old abode. The Yorkshire popers tell us of a Horticultural Society that met on the 2nd at WaliclIeld, when the Vicar produced—a strawberry ! that bears...

HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The power of drawing houses by LISTON i n his

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old characters lasted so long, that the manager very naturally abstained from novelties till the latter part of the season ; and of the few new pieces that have been produced,...

" NONE BUT PERSONS OF RESPECTAP.ILITY ADMITTED."* —A second examination

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into the moral and religious charaeter of the new police-men took place this week ; it having been hinted, that notwith- standing the first examination, some doubtful subjects...

A PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED.—Mr, HENRY HUNT appeared at Bow Street the

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other day, attended by two whitewashers (rather curious attendants on a man who lives by blacking), to make certain statements against Mr. THOMAS HUNT, his son, for setting up...

BASHFULNESS OF THE PRESS.—The other day, a compliment paid to

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the Standard was announced in rather a roundabout way, by a letter to the Morning Journal. The Standard declared its extreme reluctance to quote from the Journal a eulogy on...

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SCHOOL RECOLLECTIONS, BY A SUFFERER-

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" Non ignara 'Tian, miseris succurrere disco." MR. BEST, in his " Personal Memorials," has given an account of Lincoln School, which, though amusing, suggests thoughts far from...

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BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.

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LITERARY SPECTATOR. SEPTEMBER. IF we remember ariglut, B LACK WO OD always commences the shooting- season with a double-baiTelled number. Why at this particular peril !d of...

THE SHIPPING INTEREST.

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"The Committee forbear commenting on the present distressed state of the Shippin g interest, and the causes which have occasioned it, because they are too obvious to need...

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BURCKHARDT'S TRAVELS IN ARABIA.* THE posthumous work of BURCKHARDT is

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republished in an octavo form. We should be glad to learn that the second edition had not been caused by a desire to complete a work uniform with other produc- tions of the...

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GLEANINGS.

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AMERICAN FROLICS; Sasnau Rimem—As I was going past Mr. Josh Carter's tavern the other day, I heard a terrible noise in the bar-room, and thinks I'll just put my head in and see...

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THE ARMY.

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WAR-weer C E, Sept.14.-1st Drag. Gds.: G.D. Scott, Gent. to be Cor. by purchase, vice Locke, who retires-11th Lt. Drag.: Cor. L. H. French, to be Lieut. by pur.viceJohnson,...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EVENING.

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At a Court of Directors held at the India House, on Wednesday, the following ships were thus stationed viz.; Thomas, Coutts, Capt. A. Chrystie ; Duchess of Atholl, Capt. E.M....

THE CHURCH.

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Preferments.-The Rev. R. Heptinstall, B.A. of Exeter College, has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Chester to the perpetual Coracies of Capestborne and siddington, vacant by...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOOKS THE PltESS AND PREPARING FOR num./cal./0:v. Selections from Pliny's Natural History, with English notes, for the use of Schools, by the Rev. W:Turner.-The Mother and her...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, September 15. PAL.TSEBSHIPS DISSOLVED.-NichuLson and Walker, Wandsworth, builders-.W11. liams and Dalton, Cardiff, attornles-Green and Lambley, Hanley, grocers-C. and...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Br nAms.-On the 12th inst. in Belgrave-street, the Hon. Mrs. Smith, of a daughter- On the 11th inst. at Sandgate, the wife of the Rev. J. D. Gleunie, of a daughter-On the 15th...

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LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, SEPT. IS. We are moderately supplied with most articles of Grain this week, and fine old Wheat may be (incited full Is. per quarter dearer, although the...