23 MARCH 1833

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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WHEN the Irish Suppression Bill shall at length have struggled through the House of Commons, and be again deposited in the paternal arms of Lord GREY, we shall be curious to...

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The accounts from Madrid confirm the report that the Cortes

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were to be assembled in order to abolish the Salic law, and ac- knowledge the title of the Queen's daughter to the throne. ZEA. BERMUDEZ was said to be still on bad terms with...

The trial of BENOIST and BERGERON, for shooting at the

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King of the French, has terminated in their acquittal, as was expected. The evidence against them appears to have been very vague and there is something about the whole affair...

13cbatrg anti VrurrettittO fn Varliatnent.

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1. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. When the order of the day was read, on Thursday, for the House going into a Committee on the Irish Disturbances Bill, Mr. THOMAS ATWOOD opposed the...

The agents of Don PEDRO in London have published what

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they call an official bulletin, containing an account of an attack upon the Miguelite positions on the north of Oporto, which were car- ried with a loss of 600 men to the...

The obliging and disinterested offer of Russia to assist the

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Sultan against his rebellious vassal the Pacha of Egypt, has been decidedly declined. The French Admiral and Ambassador to the Porte, ROUSSIN, promptly interfered to send back...

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Eby court.

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The King and Queen arrived at St. James's Palace on Wednesday last, from Windsor. At two o'clock his Majesty held a Levee ; which was attended, as usual, by the Foreign...

ebe liftetrop0I111.

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The members for the Metropolitan districts, and deputations from several of the Metropolitan parishes, had an audience of Lord Althorp on Tuesday last, to impress upon him the...

MARYLEBONE ELECTION.—The polling commenced at nine o'clock on Monday. Mr.

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Hope took the lead, and kept it till about two o'clock ; when great numbers of Sir S. Whalley's friends arrived, and put h,jm at the head. It soon became evident that Mr. Murray...

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The arguments in the cause of Leith versus Irvine Were

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brought to a close in the Court of Chancery on. Saturday last. They had lasted twenty-one days. The suit itself, in one shape or another, has been before the Court for more than...

SCOTLAND.

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The Edinburgh papers contain accounts of a lamentable accident which occurred on Saturday last, at the residence of the late Lord. Eldin, in Picardy Place. Saturday was the...

IRELAND.

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The Marquis of Ormond, the Lord-Lieutenant of Kilkenny, con- vened a meeting of the Magistrates on Tuesday last, to consider the state of that county. They passed resolutions in...

At the last Lincoln Assizes, Mr. Henry Dymoke, the Champion

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of England, brought an action of trespass on his manor of Scrivelsby against a farmer named Goe. the defendant had shot a pheasant in the adjoining manor, which fell inside Mr....

no Country.

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The election for Oxford terminated on Saturday. On Monday, the Mayor declared the numbers to be—for Mr. Hughes Hughes, 802; for Mr. Towneley, 700; for Mr. Maclean, 461. Mr....

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COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

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THE new farce, A Nabob for an Hour, performed on Thursday, met with corn- " plete success. It is in Poote's happiest style, and excited abundance of laughter. BARTLEY, as the...

The Chamber of Deputies is employed in discussing the bill

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for the alteration of the sugar-duties. Our sugar-duties bill was passed last night, in the House of Commons, without any alteration ; although perhaps it needed it nearly as...

The new Dutch Minister, M. DEDEL, had his first official

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audience with Prince TALLMAN)) and Lord PA LMERSTON this day, at the Foreign Office. The conference lasted a long time, but, we believe, without any real progress being made.

SPORTING DirEzticEszcE. — Immerliately after the arrival of a Russian cou- rier

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on Saturday last, a Russian Count add a German Baron left town in great haste for Melton Mowbray, where MAETUCHE WIVE is residing.

The Times of this morning states that intelligence has been

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received from Paris of the banishment of Don CA RLOS from Spain. No information to that effect has reached the French Embassy ; and the news is doubted.

PRIVATE VIEW OF PICTURES.

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The Exhibition of the Works of Living British Artists, at the Gallery in Suf- folk Street, Pall Mall, opens to the public on Monday. We attended the pri- vate view to - day. The...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The Conservatives were playing their own game when they united so zea- lously with Ministers in order to carry the Irish Suppression Bill. They knew that the...

There is a letter in town from Captain GLasscocx, of

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the Orestes, now stationed off Oporto, which mentions that the Miguelites made an attack upon the city on the 4th instant, but were repulsed by the garrison with a loss of 600...

TORY ELECTIONEERING.—In the late contest in Marylebone, a respectable tradesman

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was written to by a certain Lady, who not only solicited his vote for Hope, but told him plainly that if he did not so vote she would cease to employ him. The prudent and...

MEETING FOIL THE POLES. — It is very difficult to conceive

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any set of men combining for a nobler purpose than that of rescuing the Polish Patriots, now pining in this country, from bitter want—from the last stage of destitution, brought...

THE RUSSIAN Dartomarisrs.—The mysterious movements of MA STUCHE.. WITZ in

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the pursuit of spoil", and the gormandizing campaign of Pozzo or Bone°, are gradually unfolding themselves, and important changes are likely to take place in the corps...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 18th inst., in Stanhope Street, Lady LILFORD, of a son and heir. On the 16th inst.. in Eaton Place, Lady AUGUSTA BARING, of a son. On the 15th inst., at...

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THE HERTFORD ELECTION.

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THE Committee on the Hertford Election petition have been employed for the last fortnight in examining witnesses, adduced to prove, that intimidation and bribery were...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. The English Stock Market has slioWn a tendency to decline during the whole week, but scarcely any thing has occurred to require particular...

THE DIVISIONS.

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IN publishing our lists of Divisions in the House of Commons, on several ques- tions of great public interest, we have again to state our regret at their being so imperfect....

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE MARYLEBONE ELECTION. THE result of the Marylebone election is an indication of the state Of public feeling in the Metropolis, which deserves attention from men of all...

MR. ATTWOODS PANACEA.

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AT length, with the aid of a little jockeyship and much perse- verance, the affairs of England have obtained some attention from the House of Commons. Mr. Arrwooe's motion, on...

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THE SUGAR MONOPOLY.

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THE merchants and shipowners of Liverpool have forwarded two petitions to the House of Commons, complaining of the restrictions on foreign commerce, and the unreasonable and...

MORE COLONELLING.

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THERE is another Colonel down upon poor Mr. Hums this week. The unhappy Guardian of the Public Purse is regularly dragooned : the very sight of him is enough to throw Full-pay,...

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A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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I BAD heard that the House of Commons was once St. Stephen's Chapel ; and thought that its ample area, where ascending ranges of seats at the sides displaced the pews and...

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Lord Dudley is said to have left Lady Lyndhurst an

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annuity of 2,000/. per annum. He has also left one of his mistresses 800/. per annum, and a reputed son 25,0001. The jewel-caskets of the late Lady Dudley were found stripped of...

THE VOCAL CONCERTS.

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THE first series of these concerts has closed ; and the good taste and energy which marked their commencement has continued unabated to the last. In our notice of the prospectus...

At the Court of Admiralty, on Wednesday, Sir C. Robinson

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gave judgment in the case of his Majesty's ship Thetis, wrecked on Cape Frio in December 1830, with 800.000 dollars on board ; of which 750,000 had been recovered, through the...

The expense of the Earl of Durham's mission to Russia,

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which has been represented as being so very enormous, turns out to be only 5,4401. 13s. 6d.; or about half as much as the Duke of Devonshire ex- pended on a mere mission of...

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MEMOIRS OF SIR WILLIAM HOSTE.

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Tuna Memoirs of Captain Sir WILLIAM HOSTE must be placed in the library next to the Life of Admiral Lord COLLINGWOOD-- the dashing frigate by the side of the stately...

SPECTATORS LIBRARY.

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BIOGRAPHY, Memoirs and Letters of Captain Sir William Hoste, Bart.. R.N., &e. 9 vols Bentley.. PERIODICAL LITERATURE. Selections from the Edinburgh Review ; comprising the...

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SELECTIONS FROM THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.

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1.7 you cannot buy the fifty volumes of the Edinburgh Review, then procure these four volumes composed of the Best Articles. Of an indispensable but unprocurable whole, it is at...

DR. CHALMERS'S VIEWS OF EDUCATION.

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Tins answer to the Edinburgh Review, which took pains in re- futing some of Dr. CHALMERS'S notions on Political Economy, leaves the question very much where it was. That...