25 JULY 1829

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Some of the particulars of the riots in the North

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of Ireland we have g iven elsewhere. Were we to trust to the exaggerated representations . of the parties, nothing could exceed the insolence of the Orange faction on the one...

The projected marriage of the Emperor Pedro to the daughter

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of the late Viceroy of Italy 'has excited.a great sensation in Paris. The old admirers of Bonaparte feel highly gratified at the new honour of the granddaughter of his favourite...

The French Chamber of Deputies have finished their sittings ;

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and in about a month the Peers will follow their example. The session has disappointed the good folks of Paris. Two of the Opposition members (Chauvelin and d'Argenson) have...

Austria seems willing to try what she can effect on

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an element lo vlich She was introduced for the first time in 1815. She has cora- rnencedhostililies by sea against Morocco;' and reserves the right of. blockading one or more...

THE mission of M. Fonton to Shumla is said by

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some of the foreign jour- nals to have been merely with a view to a truce for the burying of the dead NEWS OF THE WEEK. THE mission of M. Fonton to Shumla is said by some of...

The report of an expedition from Cuba against Mexico gains

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ound ; and had Ferdinand sufficient means, we do not doubt that he as sifricient - folly to make the attempt. The expedition, it is said, will be placed under the command of Don...

It is particularly requested that Advertisements may be transmitted on

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Friday evening at the latest : several which came this morning, were too late for insertion. All our Advertisements are inserted in the early edition for • the country, as well...

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DONNA MARIA'S CnowN.—We have seen one of the new coins

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struck at Terceira. It is the size of a crown-piece, and rudely stamped, as if cast in sand ; on the one side is inscribed " Donna Maria the Second ; " on the reverse, " For the...

THE KING enjoys his good health, his Windsor retirement, his

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water parties, and his pleasant drives, sometitnes after dinner as well as before it. The Duke of Cumberland has again been assiduous in attendance. On one suhject, the...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY MORNING, HALY•EAST Ti. — The July ac count was made up on the 23d, and turned out most favourably for the Bulls, or speculators fora rise, the Market...

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RESULT OF TIIE OLD BAILEY SESsIONs.—The Sessions closed on Monday,

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when the Recorder pronounced the following sentences. Death—John Anderson, for sheep-stealing ; John Sullivan, Thomas Sanders, Edward Smith, Wm. Branger, Edward Spencer, Thomas...

Pastrumeants: PARTIEs.—On Monday, Dlr. Secretary Peel gave a grand dinner

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to the Alargrave of Baden. On Tuesday, the Duke of Grafton, and Lady Mary Petre, had dinner parties. On Wednesday, time Earl of Aberdeen and the Duke of Grafton gave dinners....

. NEW Krea's Cotassah.-.-Messrs. Pemberton, Knight, and Tinney, of-the Chan-

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cery Bar, and Messrs. Laws-and Alderson, of- the-Common Law, have received silk. gowns, and been introduced in the several Courts as _King's Counsel. The Chronicle this morning...

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IRELAND.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. WHEN an Irish peasant was asked by a traveller, gazing with wonder on the flocks of children that everywhere met his view, how it. hap- pened that the...

CANDIDATES FOR THE CARINET—HATRED OF MR. PEEL

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THE PRESS. STANDARD—If the Duke of Wellington is to remain at the head of the government, be must ally himself to one of two parties—to the old Popish party, or to the faithful...

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MR. PEEL.

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IT would be amusing to trace the origin of popular error, and to show on how slender a basis a large superstructure of commonly-received fictions may be raised. For a long time...

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VEXATIOUS REGULATIONS AT THE INNER TEMPLE.

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nowt the statement of a project which has been going the circuit of the press, we should infer that the Benchers of the Inner Temple had suddenly suffered the misfortune of...

COBBET T AND THE CHRONICLE.

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M. COBBETT is in the habit of apostrophizing the presiding genius of the Moming Chronicle as a certain " DOCTOR BLAcK." To the uninitiated it might seem that the great Reformer...

LEGAL INCONSISTENCIES.

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A MR. DANCE has been held to bail for an assault upon Mr. WEST- MACOTT, the reputed conductor of the Age. The assailant, in his defence, pleaded the provocation of a publication...

PIOUS FRAUD OF THE "ANTI-SLAVERY REPORTER." THE Anti-Slavery .Reporter, a

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monthly pamphlet of acknowledged talent and well-deserved celebrity, has condescended to allude to "am obscure periodical work called the SPECTATOR." It is possible that this...

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THE COCKNEY FLEET.

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SOME little decked boats, with very large sails, taunt masts, and dis- proportioned spars, sail about the wide waters of Putney and Bat- tersea, and are absurdly styled by their...

SONTAG'S " ZERLINA," AND BLASIS' " DONNA ANNA."

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THE Morning Journal has the subjoined just critique on the per- formance of Don Giovanni on Thursday night. We intended to offer sonic observations on the same subject ; but our...

NEW ENGRAVINGS.

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Mr. Mims has just published a plate of Miss M. TREE as Viola, both painted and engraved by himself. The countenance of the charmer, who by her retirement has left so many of...

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THE LATE MUSICAL SEASON. .

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WHEN the period of excitement is over, the dictates of reason may stand a chance of being heard. During the period of the " Musical Scramble," it was in vain to plead the cause...

MR. BULWER'S NEW NOVEL.*

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LITERARY SPECTATOR. THERE are many instances of individuals who, in opposition to the ex- pectations and calculations respecting them, have turned out to be possessed of...

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THE DOOM OF DERENZIE.*

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OUR opinion has been rather formally asked, by parties interested in the posthumous reputation of the author of this poem, respecting its merits. There is reason to believe...

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BIOGRAPHY OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, CONTINUED.

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CHAPTER FOURTH. THE author of the present memoir well remembers, in a conversation with Sir Humeinix DAVY, that the latter observed, a philosopher might always discover how...

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MADRIGALS—WILBYE'S "SWEET HONEY-SUCKING BEES."

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sia,—As an old member of the Madrigal Society, I was gratified by your notice of our last meeting, and your opinion of the music which it is the...

AUX MOUCHES A MIEL.

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Ott allez-vous, Mies du eiel. Grand miracle de is nature t Oh allez-vous, mooches a miel ? • Chercher aux champs vostre pasture ? Si vous voulez cueillir lea fleurs D'odenr...

GLEANINGS.

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Tits ars EMPEROR OF Russis.—Alexander delighted in the society of learned men : he was not himself a man of letters, but he was desirous of instruction, and also that they...

FROM THE WRITER OF "TILE ROBBER'S BRIDE."

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sta,—I should prove myself undeserving of the kind consideration you have shown me in your review of The Robbir's Bride, did I not...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EVENING.

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Notwithstanding the recent prevalence of Westerly winds only two arrivals from India have been reported this week. Of these the Dunvegan Castle brings advice s from Columbo to...

THE CHURCH.

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CAM MUDGE, July 24.—The Rev, It. NVatkinson, B.D. formerly Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, has been instittnted, by the Lord Bishop of London, to the Vicarage of Earl's...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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7'uesday, July 21. PA rzTNErtsni es Dissoix els—Myth and Gallic, Edinburgh, metal-merchants—Nay- don mid Co. Greenhorn-mill, Somersetshire, flax-spinners; zns far as regards...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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l3tivrns.—On the 20th inst. in North Audley-street, the Lady of E. J. Sohirleyd,aEugsgh.toerf n a son—At Westport, Ireland, o the 14th inst. the Maschioness of Sligo, f a —July...

- THE ARMY.

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WAR...OFFICE, July 20. - 1 Eh Light Dragoons ; Cor. T. B. Begot, to be Cor. — Ist Foot Guards ; Lieut.-Col. R. Beamlnamp, to be Capt. and Lieut.-Col. ; Ens. and Lieut. J. B....

LITE RA RN' ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOOKS IN T/1 E reess, PILEPARINO FOIL coui.icAnox. Mr. Haus, the publisher of the" Golden Lyre," Cr Specimens of the Poets of England, France, Germany, find Italy, is preparing...

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LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, J, .y 24. Though the supply of Wheat this week, both Foreign and English, is by no means large, the cot thumuce of fine weather occasions a great...