24 SEPTEMBER 1836

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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SPAIN has another chance of escape from Anarchy on the one side and Absolutism on the other. A thoroughly Liberal Administra- tion has been definitively formed, of few members,...

There have been no arrivals from Lisbon during the week

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; con- sequently we are without additional intelligence respecting the revolutionary movements there.

The recent events in Spain and Portugal have been used

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by the Tories as an excuse for railing and sneering at the PALMERSTON policy. In the first place, it is assumed that the changes alluded to must be injurious to British...

Louis PHILIP has made his favourite and Aide-de-Camp,General BERNARD, Minister

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of War. The General is known as the author of the plan for surrounding Paris with detached forts. He is on that account very unpopular, and nearly all the Paris papers con- cur...

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A poor Irishwoman, named Dugnell, living in Titchfield Street, Soho,

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came to the Marlborough Street Police - office, on Tuesday, with a girl who told a rather singular story. She said that she was seventeen ; and up to the age of fourteen had...

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Five hundred Reformers of West Somerset dined together at Taun- ton on Wednesday. They are described by the Morning Chronicle as being "the bond fide owners of the soil of the...

The coronation of the Emperor of AUSTRIA, at Prague, took

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place on the 7th instant. The ceremony, as described by the correspondent of the Morning Post, was very grand and impressive; but a heavy rain, which came on at night and...

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THE King of the Belgians dined with the King and Queen at Wind- sor Castle, on Sunday afternoon. After dinner, King Leopold returned to Claremont. On Monday, King William...

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A Court of Common Council was summoned for Thursday; but as Alderman Winchester was the only Alderman whose attendance could be procured, the Lord Mayor, after waiting an hour...

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At a meeting held at Newcastle, Staffordshire, on the 15th

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instant, to levy a Church-rate, an amendment was proposed to j.ut off the con- sideration of the rate for five months. The original motion for the rate was carried by a majori7...

The Liverpool Reformers intend to invite Lord Melbourne and Lord

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John Russell to a public dinner, in the Amphitheatre, imme- diately after the close of the Musical Festival, which is to commence on the 4th of next month. Mr. Wallace Currie,...

It is intended to bring forward Lord Fitzallan, son of

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the Earl of Surry, and grandson of the Duke of Norfolk, as a candidate for the representation of the borough of Sheffield at the next election, in op- position to Mr....

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DONCASTER RACES commenced on Monday. The company was very numerous,

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and the betting men in great force, the stables being full of excellent horses. Scroggins and Wedge, two of the favourites for the St. Leger, were very highly spoken of. The...

Besides his salary of 20001. a year as ex .Town-Clerk

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of Liverpool; the late Mr. Foster is said to have had life-interests in Corporation leases to the value of 10,0001. a year. The same writer who mentions this fact (a Liverpool...

A large public meeting was held at Bradford on Tuesday

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evening, for the purpose of forwarding the claims of the American Negroes to A large public meeting was held at Bradford on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of forwarding the...

IRELAND.

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At a meeting of the National Association on the 13th, it was an- nounced that the "Justice Rent" for the week amounted to 3781. Even the poorest parishes in Ireland are sending...

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In the Ulster Times, we find recorded the proceedings at

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a meeting of a General Synod of that province, held on the previous Thursday. The gratifying result of the discussion that took place was the affirma- tion of a resolution moved...

Mr. O'Connell has written a letter to the Waterford Chronicle,

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to express his regret at being unable to attend a public dinner to be given in Waterford to Mr. Villiers Stuart, on account of the alarming Illness of Mrs. O'Connell. The letter...

"TO TILE EDITOR OF' TIM PILOT.

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" Darrynane Abbey, 15th September 1836. " Sir-I request you will print the enclosed letter to the working editors of the London Times newspaper in the next number of the Pilot,...

Mr. William Smith O'Brien, Member for Limerick, has addressed a

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very important letter to his constituents, in which he takes a review of the business of the past session, and indulges in no very sanguine anticipations for the future. Ile...

Upon Sunday last, no fewer than five-and-twenty Irish counties were

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the scene of organized and systematic agitation. Thus, through- out six-sevenths of Ireland's superficial extent, at every chapel to which the people congregated to discharge...

The Leinster Independent, a Radical journal, announces that " the

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campaign has already commenced in the Queen's County, and that the ensuing winter promises neat doings at the hands of 'rebellion ruf- fians.'" The same journal thus records the...

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The Messager des Chambres mentions a report, which was circulated

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on the Paris Bourse, that a revolution had broken out in Naples ; but it is said that letters have been received from Naples which prove this rumour to be false.

The Standard to-night boasts of the formation of an Operative

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Con- servative Society at Worcester. The Tories find that, notwithstanding they have the majority of the men of 500/. a year and upwards on their side, there is little hope for...

It appears from the latest intelligence received from the seat

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of war in Spain, that the Christino forces have at length been put in motion, from Vittoria, under the command of General ORAA. Their num- hers are stated at 6000 infantry, with...

Oliacellaneatta.

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The week opened with a thundering leader of the Times on the sub- ject of the Princess Victoria's marriage. The visit of King Leopold to England has excited the jealousy of the...

Mr. SPRING RICE left town yesterday, for his seat near

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Limerick. The advance of interest on Exchequer Bills has for the present relieved the Chancellor from embarrassment—but at the public expense. Does he recollect the advice given...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. Count Pozzo ni BORG 0 has arrived at Paris, in great haste, from the baths of Savoy. The notorious intrigante, Princess LIEVEN, has reached the same focus of...

The camp of the French Auxiliary Legion at Pau has

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been broken up. The troops are to be sent to Africa; and the officers who are willing to accompany them will retain the rank they now hold. About 100 men, who set out to join...

Buckingham Palace remains in state quo. The preparations for completing

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the building as a royal residence have been long in a for- ward state : it is still, it is understood, uncertain whether the Royal Family will occupy the Palace by February...

Mr. NP Ghee has addressed a long letter, published in

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the Times, to Mr. O'Connell, on the subject of certain " bulls" read by him at the Exeter Hall meeting, and which he asserts to be genuine productions of sundry Popes. But who...

SCOTLAND.

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The gain of the Tory party in Haddingtonshire on the registration of 188,5 was 48; in the last registration 34—together 82. What are the Reformers about? The whole country will...

SIIEFFIELD A FTATR..-A Letter from one or Mr. 1117CKTNIMAM'S admirers,

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and another who thinks him a quack and alma ers PLEBS, hare been received from Sheffield; but are necessarily postponed.

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Mr. BEAUMONT, the Member for Northumberland, has sent Mr. O'CONNELL

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1001. as a subscription to the "Justice Rent" for Ireland. Mr. BEAUMONT is at some pains to persuade Mr. O'CONNELL that he is mistaken in supposing the result of the Newcastle...

EAST INDIA SWIPING.

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Arrived—At Liverpool, Sept. 22d. Comala, M'Neill. from Bengal. Sailed—From Gravesend, Sept. 1501, Mulson, Pasley, for the Cape; 16th, Duke of Argyle, Bristow, fur Madras; and...

TILE THEATRES.

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THE three little 'Winter Theatres, which, though " min,r " in size and name, are major in attraction, continence their season next week._ The Olympic opens on Monday ; the St....

A k si Apropos to the introduction of the following littla piece

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of malice, ceded " Lord Brougham," (why not Lord Nugent?) the Post this morning "rejoices to hear that the health of this distinguished man is reestablished—a restoration which...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON'. The pressure upon the Money Market has considerably increased ; and Ciaing the last few days 5 per cent. has been the rate charged for...

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THE CHURCH QUESTION.

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THE alliance between Church and State was founded on the principle of mutual advantage. The Church received, to the ex- clusion of sectarians, the favour and protection of the...

WHO ARE THE BUNGLING LEGISLATORS ?

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UNDER the former law, a medical man was not only liable to be called upon to attend a case of accident or suicide, and to be sum- moned before the Coroner's inquest to give his...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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WEAKNESS OF THE WHIGS AS AN EXCLUSIVE PARTY. AT every public meeting or dinner of the Reformers, the differ- ences between the Whigs and Radicals are made more or less...

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THE NORWICH FESTIVAL.

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THE managers of the Norwich Festival seem determined to maintain the same proud rank which their former exertions have secured for it, and to render it in most essentials...

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AN ACCOUNT OF MR. WARD'S COLONIAL LAND INQUIRY.

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HAVING more spam than usual at our disposal this week, we devote a considerable portion of it to a subject very interesting to many of the oldest readers of the Spectator, in...

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BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES OF GEORGE PILKINGTON.

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THESE biographical reminiscences of Mr. PILKINGTON are a very singular work, and in many ways. His life has been full of ad- ventures, chances, and varied fortunes. He has...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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The Doctrine or Particular Providence; cr. the Divine Guardiansli'p over the most minute concerns of Man. Illustrated and Defended, in Bio g raphical derniniseences. By George...

The Order in Council for augmenting the stipends of the

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clergy of the island of Guernsey, arrived at the Government-house on Thursday. By the terms of the order, the salaries, which were from 601. to 701. a year, have been increased...

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DR. REIDS RUDIMENTS OF CHEMISTRY.

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THE present number of CHAMBERS'S " Educational Course" is a very valuable contribution to Elementary Chemistry ; and if not the most skilfully put together, is the most original...

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The Training System adopted in the Model Schools of the

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Glas- gow Educational Society, combines the distinguishing features of many systems; including those of Bent., LANCASTER, PESTA.. LOZZI, WILDERSPIN, OBERLIN, and even OWEN. The...

Lessons for the Heart, by the authors of " The

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Odd Volume," is a pleasant and interesting selection of striking anecdotes, traits of heroism, and short true stories of virtuous action or patient endurance, occasionally...

Dr. HARRISON'S Letter to Sir Benjamin Brodie on Spinal De-

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formities, so far as the controversial part of it is concerned, would not admit of notice in our columns ; but the prevalence and distressing character of this class of...

PROGRESS OF PUBLICATION.

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MR.COLBURN has just sent to us, but about a month or two after publication, his Violet, or the Dansease ; whose freshness is now faded. However, we have looked at it, and will...

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NEW PRINTS.

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WILKIE'S picture of " The Spanish Mother," exhibited at Somerset House two or three years since, has been engraved in the line manlier by BAIMBACH; who appears to have bestowed...

A Selection of Games at Chess, played in London by

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the late Alexander 11I'Donnell, has been published by Mr. WILLIAM GREENWOOD WALKER, Secretary to the Westminster Chess Club, where the games were played. The volume includes the...

FINE ARTS.

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PLAN FOR GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGEMENT OF ART. IT is superfluous at the present time to use any arguments to prove the necessity of national patronage of fine art, and the...

The third part of Mr. BELL'S History of British Quadrupeds,

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not only sustains the reputation of the former specimens, but adds to them. There is the same scientific knowledge, the same mas- tery of the subject displayed ; and the...

The First Book of Arithmetic, for the Use of Schools,

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is pub- lished under the direction of the Commissioners of National Edu- cation for Ireland. It proceeds to the extraction of the cube root and duodecimal multiplication; to...

The design of Mr. PARKER ' S Progressive Exercises in Histori- cal

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Reading, is chiefly to exercise the young reader upon pauses, and to introduce them to the practice of modulation and inflection of voice. The arrangement is good ; the examples...

The Meadow Queen is a familiar introduction to the study

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of Field Botany, for the use of children ; who are interested, by means of a well-devised story, interspersed with some simple and very pretty verses, in acquiring a knowledge...

Besides these publications, several others have dropped in to- wards

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the close of the week, which must stand over for further examination. Amongst them is the Reverend Dr. BUCKLAND ' S Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural...

WILKIE'S popular picture of " The Penny Wedding" has given

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an extensive celebrity to a national custom now become obsolete. The Penny Wedding derived its name from the, circumstance of each of. the guests contributing his "penny fee" to...

The half-length portrait of Lord John Russell, by Gsoaos HAY..

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TER, engraved in mezzotint by BROMLEY, is a very characteristic and life-like resemblance of the hero of Reform. Notwithstanding the serene expression of the face, however, Lord...