23 MAY 1829

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NEWS Or THE WEEK.

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THE House of Commons on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, was engaged in discussing points arising out of Mr. O'Connell's refusal to take the Oath of Supremacy. Mr. PEEL had-...

We shall write privately to such Correspondents, requiring answers, who

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have favoured us with their address. "The Avenger" is inadmissible under any circumstances; the faults in versification being the least of its demerits. Reviews of New Books...

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The Duke of Orleans and the Duke de Chartres were

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introduced to the King at St. James ' s Palace, on Saturday afternoon, and remained a considerable time with his Majesty. In the evening their Highnesses dined with Prince...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY MORN1NO.—The transactions of the week have been more numerous and extensive than last week's, and have been on the whole in favour of the holders of...

LATEST NEWS.

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SATURDAY, Two O'CLOCK. In the political circles at the west end of the town, there is much talk of a Court fracas on the subject of Mr. O'Connell. According to rumour, the King...

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THE MEMBER FOR CLARE.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE g eneral feeling in Mr. O'CONNELL'S case seems to be, that he has s tooped to conquer—that he has risen to higher estimation by being relegated to the...

COBBETT TO THE DUKE OF 'WELLINGTON.

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POLITIC:t L REGISTE n—It is little, or.rather nothing, to gain ° victories" when a man has a hundred and fifty millions of pounds sterling to expend in the gain- ing of them....

THE CHAIRS IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.

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DISCUSSIONS about seats are the order of the day. Somefifty or sixty chairs, neither very elegant nor very easy, have, by some means not known to John Bull, been introduced into...

ENGLISH POLICY IN THE EAST OF EUROPE.

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THE PRESS. GLOBE—Rumours, though not very distinct ones, of the progress of negotiations anteing the great Powers of Europe, concerning the war in the East, are now cir-...

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" Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And,

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while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Sends up a steamy column, and the cups That Meer fact not inebriate wait on each,— So let us welcome peaceful evening in." Cow . PER's...

GRANDEURS OF WINDSOR CASTLE.

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THE ?Mining Chronicle has had an article on Windsor Castle, "the writer of which is undoubtedly a person of very exalted rank." We say this without having been paid for 7he...

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OF HATS.

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A COMMON theatrical annoyance may be abated by a general promul- gation or the fact, that all vulgar men delight in wearing their hats. A gentleman takes the first opportunity...

MISS SMITHSON'S JULIET.

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A FRENCHMAN having exhausted his vernacular epithets of praise, magitifique, superb°, &c., concluded by adding " 'tis what you call in English, pretty good ! ' " Such is, we...

MADAME 31ALIBRAN.

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WE are gratified to find our opinion of certain parts of Madame MALI- BRAN'S acting comborated by the Morning Journal. " Upon a close attention to her performance, we are...

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NEW ENGRAVINGS.

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WE have just been looking at an engraved portrait of the Duke of Clarence, after \VIVELL, published 1w SAMS : it is a very pleasing likeness of the Heir Presumptive ; and Mr....

PAINTINGS IN WATER COLOURS.

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THE present exhibition of water colours is rather tasteful than powerful. Mr. COPLEY FIELDING, Mr. BARRET, and a few others, who are among the leaders of the profession, paint a...

MR. C. POTTER'S CONCERT.

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WE went to this concert principally to hear as much as was performed of a Sinfonia by POTTER. It is clever—very eleven This is one good effect of the Philharmonic. It has...

INGENIOUS DEVICE—THE PUFF COLLUSIVE.

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EVERY one has heard of the charlatan who, from modesty, eschewing the utterance of his own praises, made his son precede him, exclaim- ing in a loud voice, " My father cures all...

M.R. LINDLEY'S CONCERT.

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FEW performers have attained and held for an equal space the repute- bon which LINDLEY enjoys. For twenty-five years he can hardly be said to have bad a competitor either in...

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THE UNIVERSITIES.

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OXFORD, May 20.-The Enewnia, or celebration of Founders and Benefactors in the Theatre, has been fixed by the Board of Heads of Houses and Proctors, for Wednesday, the 1st day...

THE CHURCH.

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The Rev. William Arundell Bouverie, 13.1). Fellow of Merton College, has been pre- sented to the Rectory of West Tytherley, in the county of Hants and diocese of Win- chester,...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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HOOKS tit THE PRESS, OR PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. The Three Chapters, to he published monthly under the superintendence of Mr. Sharpe, will commence tdn the 1st. of July, with...

GLEANINGS.

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In the reign of Frauds the First, King of France, Jews and Arabs were the most renowned professors of medicine, and the vulgar notions had so confounded their knowledge with...

THE ARMY.

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WAR-oFFICE, Play 19.-14th Reg. Light Dragoons ; Maj. John Townsend, to be Lieut.-Col. by purchase, vice Baker, tvlio retires-2d Reg. Foot ; Capt. Henry 1Yaring, to be Maj. by...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FR WAY EVENING.

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By way of the Mauritius, a few numbers of Van Diemen's Lend newspapers to the 23t1 November, have been received in London, front which we have obtained several straggling...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Burns.-The Lady of Thomas Mills Goadlake, Esq. of a son and heir, on the loth inst.-Ott the 11th inst. at the Paragon, Biackheath, the lady of Charles Augustin Smith, Este of...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, May 19. P.eaTNE R SHt PS DI SS 0 Lv BD. -J. Brown and Co., Manchester, cottmt-dealers- . Hackett, German, and Cu. Derby, twi stetet manufacturers-G. S. Petty and Co....

LONDON MARKETS. ---

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CORN EXCHANGE, FttroAs, MAY 22. We are very moderately supplied with English Wheat this week, and the trade on the whole remains ranch as on Monday. Barley, Beans, and Peas...