25 AUGUST 1832

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The editors of the Journal de Commerce and Massager des

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Cham- . bras were tried last week, for seditious libels published in these jour- nals in the beginning of June last. They were both acquitted.' The - editor of the Tribune has...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE louder the storm, the deeper the calm. To a Parliamentary session of more than usual length, and much more than usual in- terest, has succeeded a stillness of repose which...

From Portugal; we have very-little that is -new. PEDRO'S troops

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still remain in Oporto'. which has been fortified against an attack that will hardly be attempted in the face of a force of ten or twelve thousand men... The chief want of the...

The Court of Vienna has been sorely alarmed, by an

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attempt te. assassinate the King of Hungary,- 7 -by which royal title of cour- tesy is, meant the heir to the Imperial crown of Austria. The at- tempted assassination took place...

LEOPOLD and his blooming bride entered Brussels on the 19th,

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amidst the universal acclamations of the people. The private letters describe the ceremony of their reception as extremely gay- - 6 , The Whole of the streets, at short...

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The Swiss regiments in the POPE'S service, to the number

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of 16,000, are now complete ; but his Holiness is said to have no money in his exchequer with which • to maintain them. He will soon find it to be "no pay, no Swiss," if that be...

' The Sultan and the Servians are again at loggerheads;

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and in the skirmishes that last took place, the forces of the former are said to have got more blows than honour.

• The Government of Napoli has dissolved itself, and a

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National Assembly is forming in the name of Prince OTHO. The Morea is in a state of great disorder, and will furnish ample occupation both for OTHO and his tutor.

MR. OWEN. —This amiable mystifier had a meeting, at the

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Institu- tion in Gray's Inn Road, on Wednesday, for the purpose, as the ad- vertisement stated, of considering the best means of establishing Equi- table Labour Exchanges. We...

:A strong representation has been presented to the King of

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Ba- varia, by the inhabitants of Rhenish Bavaria, against the resolu- tions of Frankfort. WIRTH and SIELENPFEIFFER are still in prison, and likely to continue there.

ne Court.

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The King and Queen came to town yesterday, for the purpose of bottling a Levee ; which was very thinly attended. There were only one Duke ( Wellington), three foreign Barons and...

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THE. KING'S HEALTII.- The* Political Union on Wednesday entered on a formal defence of their conduct respecting the toast of the King's health. Mr. Churchill moved " that the...

• A Russian decree has been framed; though -not promulgated,

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by which the estates of all Poles who are out of the kingdom are sequestrated, and all sales of any such estates made since the revo- lution, by persons out of the country, and...

The Helvetian Diet has given orders, says the Nouvelliste, fora

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levy of 150,000 men. Of twenty-two states, eighteen voted for the order.

The resolutions of the Frankfort Diet have been officially pro-

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mulgated in Brunswick and in Hesse Darmstadt.

Lord Melbourne, though warmly besieged by a host of candidates

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and their friends, has, it is said, peremptorily refused to fill up the vacancy in the Marlborough Street .Police Office. —Herald. We regret to hear that the ensuing Old Bailey...

WITCHCRAii.: — mii following case was heard at Union Hall Police Office

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this week. A young woman charged an old one with putting a spell upon her. Mr. Chambers inquired what she meant by a "spell upon her ?" Complainant — " She is nothing more nor...

The students of Friburg University attempted a few days ago,

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- to get up a meeting after the manner of Hambach. About 400 of them assembled at a village in the neighbourhood of Friburg ; but were immediately dispersed by the military, who...

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Rim SAILING.—On Monday, six persons were drowned in the Thames,

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by an accident of no unfrequent occurrence with the ignorant and incautious. It seems that a person who had charge of Lord Chol- mondeley's sailing vessel, the Brilliant, had...

Rain an Su4tite.

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TRIAL OF DENNIS COLLINS. • • The trial of 'Dennis Collins took place on Wednesday, at Reading. A trial for high treason is. happily' rare enough in this land of peaceful rule,...

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TECHNICALrTIES or THE LAW.—A man named Woolley, who was found

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guilty of violating a little girl named Caroline Green, at the late Staffbrdshire Assizes, has been reprieved ; and on what argument, can the reader imagine, was the reprieve...

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S.MUGGLING. — On Tuesday evening last week, Lieutenant Shaw and Mr. Smithers,

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accompanied by the officers of the coast guard, proceeded on board a brig, from New Brunswick, which was lying at the Coal Company's Quay, Limerick, and commenced an active...

SCOTLAND.

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THREATENING LETTERS.—The Caledonian Mercury gives, in its number for last Saturday, the following copy of a letter sent to a shop- keeper of Edinburgh, who is, it seems,...

dtt Country, REVIVAL or Tnauf. - =Thre'reidi Mercury says, " The demand for

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the fall trade is beginning to increase the sales both in our cloth-halls and warehouses, and to revive the drooping spirits of our merchants. For two or three weeks past, the...

A private soldier belonging to the detachment of the 77th

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Regiment quartered in Stonchouse Barracks, deliberately fired at a Sergeant of the same corps, last week, with intent to murder him. The man had been for repeated misconduct...

While Viscount Chetwynd, on Monday evening last, was driving a

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pony chaise through Brackley, the animals ran away with the carriage, and Lord Chetwynd was thrown out with considerable force upon the. ground. The bone at the top of the...

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IRELAND.

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Sir Pulteney Malcolm's fleet returned to Cork Harbour on Thurs- day, after a cruise of five days off the Western coast. We understand that it will sail forthwith for Plymouth,...

ELECTION TALK.

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BLACKBURN, and Born:ea—As instances how little the provision respecting the payment of taxes interferes to exclude from the lists Tersons otherwise qualified to become electors,...

A capital distinction has been introduced into our political termino-

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logy, by a freeholder of Edinburgh county. When waited upon by Sir George Clerk some days ago to solicit his vote, he asked what were his principles in reference to our new...

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A BERDEEN.—There has been no lukewarmness in registering claims in

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this stirring town. It was expected that on Monday evening, when the books closed, the number of claims would amount to about 2,000. Out of this number, the friends of 31r....

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DUBLIN.—Neither Lord Brabazon nor George Evans will take the test

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of the Repeal ; but Mr. C. Fitzsimon, if, as some people suppose, he is put into nomination by his father.in-law, Mr. O'Connell, will., Hemust infallibly be beaten, however, and...

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Bildttilfaittuttd.

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.A purse table and book-tray, of Irish bog yew, and of exquisite workmanship, has been presented to the Queen, by tlw Marchioness of Ely. The yew was the produce of the...

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THE ROYAL YACHT CLum—A grand match took place on Tuesday,

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for a silver cup 136 ounces in weight, between the Giaour (28 tons), 3Ir. B. Moore ; the Yda (23 tons), Mr. F. Korff; the Tiger (12 tons), 3l'Ir. H. Hyams ; and the Vestris (8...

PURITY OF ELECTION.

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TO TUE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Norwich, 21st August 1832. SIR—The time is now conic when we may hope, with seine success, to at- tack political profligacy when connected with...

THE CURRENCy QUESTION.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. St am obliged to you for inserting my second letter, and have no desire to intrude further on your pages. There are, however, two points in your...

CnoLEna.—The number of cholera cases reported during the week is

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6,032 ; of deaths, 1,979; being an increase of 1,234 cases, and of 333 deaths. The number of cases now remaining amounts to . 2,736. The entire cases since the commencement of...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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The Herald of this morning contains a characteristic letter from Ad- miral SARTORIUS, dated the 14th, off Oporto; where lie was writing for the City of Edinburgh steamer. He...

Joseph Bonaparte, previous to leaving America, addressed a note, through

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the American Government, to the British Ministry, stating la desire to visit Europe, for reasons connected with the situation of his family, and his private affairs generally....

Last week we told the zealots of the National Union,

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who seek from violence the distinction which they despair of attaining to by other means, that the Reformers did not and would not go along with them ill the studied insult...

On and from Friday the 31st, the regular mails for

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Hamburg and for Holland will be despatched by steam-vessels from the Thames, instead of from Harwich. The mails for Hamburg, Hanover, Fcc., will be made up every Friday night;...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 16th inst., Viscountess ENCOMBE, of a still-born son. On the 19th inst., at No. 7, Portland Place, the Lady of Sir HENRY WILLOCK, of a sou. On the 15th inst.,...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, August 19th, Auriga, Chalmers, from Van Diemen's Land ; and 21st, Caroline, Parker, from New South Wales. At Liverpool, 25, Herculean. Battersby, from...

DENNIS C0LLIN3.—This poor wretch has been respited during the King's

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pleasure. The respite was the spontaneous net of the King. We never expected less.

A KEY TO POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE.

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The First Supplement (subject. TI1E WORKING OF T FIE HOUSE OF COM- MONS) will be published in London on the 29th &Velar). ; and willbe despatched ' to every town in the kingdom,...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK ENCRANGE. FRIDAY EVENING. The closing price of Consols on Saturday was 8342; ; of Exchequer Bills, the closing premium was 13s. to 15s. Bank Stock was quoted at 190; but...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE EIGHTIETH CLAUSE. A PASSAGE occurred in one of our Political Summaries last week, which seems to have puzzled some of our readers : we allude to that in which we observed,...

DR. BOIVRING.

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WHO would have a name ? Who would venture to put himself forward as a public man, a philanthropist, or even a man of state- business ?—unless, indeed, his connexions and...

• THE GENERAL FALL.

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THE Standard has undertaken to prove that the shot fired by an insane gamester at the King of Hungary's shoulder, was a result -of the general endeavour which for the last two...

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THE TIN TRADE.

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THE diminished price of tin, is the grand reliance of' the Currency- doctors, to prove the enormous depreciation of commodities as com- pared with gold. Mr. MUNDELL-one of the...

AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR.

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WmAT exceeding asses we are! We could laugh for ever at the follies of men, did we not grieve over the fact of belonging to them. A couple of foreigners of rank, a Prince and a...

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OLD WOMEN—THE PLAGUES OF THE POLICE.

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THERE is no more formidable person than a spiteful old woman at a police office, if she chooses • and it is probably an inward feeling of their power and invulnerability, that...

BURYING ALIVE.

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THE Globe the other day had a story of a mother who was very nearly, and of a little boy who was actually buried alive. In va- rious parts of the country, since the Cholera...

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THE VOCAL SOCIETY.

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THE printed prospectus of this society is now before us, and we are able to speak with certainty on a subject so interesting to the mu- sical world. Looking to its professed...

EVERY MANAGER HIS OWN PUNCH.

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WE are anxious for the autobiography of the Manager of the Little Haymarket. We hope to see him out yet—in order to read of his high doings with the Press. Oh the hero! what...

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HOW TO LOOK AT PICTURES—A VISIT TO THE WORKS OF

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THE OLD MASTERS.. le is astonishing how much we lose in the enjoyment of intellec- tual pleasures, for want not merely of knowledge, but of reflection; and that, too, in the...

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NEW PRINTS.

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TIIE First Number of a set of Engravings from the pictures of the Into HENRY LIVERSEEGE — an artist of great talent both in his observation and delineation of character, in...

The hardiest of the Annuals are now beginning to appear

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above gronnd, and invite our speculations as to the beauty of their pictorial blOssoms. TURNER enters the field, in addition to STANFIELD, PROUT, .1-laarerm ; hitherto he bad...

GRATTAN'S LEGENDS OF THE RHINE.

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THERE are few writers who have been oftener before our critical tribunal than Mr. T. C. GRATTAN, the author of Highways and Byways: as tale-constructor, tragedy-deviser,...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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FICTION, Legends of the Rhine and of the Low Goontries. By the . Author of" Highways and Byways," 8ze. 3 vols. Coihern and Bentley. The Private Correspondence of a Woman of...

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PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF A WOM.A.N FASHI ON.

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Tins was probably intended from the first for the public : it is, ne- vertheless, the composition of a woman of rank, or at least of what is called good society ; and will be...

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MUNDELL'S COMPARATIVE VIEW OP GREAT BRITAIN.

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Ma. IlluNDELL's object is to investigate the causes of our "distress." The only ones he has been able to discover are, "legislative an& municipal restraints upon industry,...

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The Golden Girl; a Song. The Words by BARRY CORNWALL;

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the Music by H. PHILLIPS. The music of this song is pretty, but the words are sad stuff; e. g. "Lucy is a golden girl, But a man should woo her; They who seek her, shrink...

PRIZE ESSAYS OF THE EDINBURGH _ACADEMY.

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WE have perused with a most sensible satisfaction the published Prize Essays of the Edinburgh - Academy: The account of the plan, the report of the Master, the known abilities...

The Smile ; a Ballad. By T. K.

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The anonymous author of this pretty ballad has stumbled upon the fast three bars of a popular chorus of laws for its commencement ; the rest is his own ; and it possesses more...

MU SI C.

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May-Day ; a Characteristic Fantasia for the Pianoforte. By M. MARIELL I. A very pleasing and successful attempt to express the joy with which man and nature hail the season "...

CliEnunirri's "0 salutaris hostia," arranged from the full score by

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V. NOVELL°. Oh, the never-to-be-forgotten delight of hearing MALIBRAN in this exquisite song !—the rich and ringing tone of her fine contralto, resting firmly on the lower F,...

CHATEL AR to MARY Queen of Scots—" When nightly my

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wild harp I bring;" a Song. By THOMAS ATTWOOD WALMISLEy. This, we believe, the first printed song of young Mr. WALMISLEY, promises well for the future. It bears honourable and...

War Song of Erin; inscribed to the Irish Nation. By

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Jowl NOBLETT. " Flat rebellion, by the mass." We marvel that Mr. COLLARD, who is a loyal and withal a prudent man, had not the fear of his Ma- jesty's Attorney-General before...