28 JANUARY 1832

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Reform Bill has progressed a ladle. We have now arrived at the sixteenth clause, amidst interruptions, direct and indirect, of no insignificant kind. The other business of...

The following singular paragraph 'was given in the Constitu- nel

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of Sunday last, as a quotation from the Moscow Gazette of the 27th December. The Times doubts its authenticity ; and, in- deed, on internal evidence alone, we should be inclined...

• Recent letters from Spain bring some additional particulars of

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the fhll of the patriots TORRIJOS, CALDERON, and their compa- nions, at Malaga. The noble prisoners were kept for fifty-four hours before their execution without food ! TORRIJOS...

Don PEDRO has taken formal leave of the French King,

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in order to proceed to Belleisle preparatory to his intendel descent on Portugal.

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Ehbatryi mat prorrebingl itt VarTiaturnt.

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1. THE REFORM BILL. A long conversation took place in the Com- mittee, on Monday, on the second clause. Mr. GOULBURN objected to the word " thirty" standing in the clause. It...

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Elie Court.

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TILE King aid not come to town on Monday as was expects d. The wily event of the week at the Pavilion, has been a so nievilit melan- choly one. On Wednesday, Mr. Greenwood, of...

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An affair of honour took place on Wednesday evening, in

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Greenwich' Park, between Captain Mass and Lieutenant Burton; when three shots were exchanged. As it began to grow dark, the rest were deferred until early the next morning ;...

Inc Sittropag.

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treme mildness of the seasen, the budding of flowers, the swelling of fruits, and various other symptoms of Spring, more becoming the soft and tearful April than her sullen and...

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BURNS'S BIRTH-DAY.

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TILE 25th of January has just been celebrated, in a manner that calls for inure notice than an anniversary which has now returned for the thirty-fifth time would under ordinary...

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SCOTLAND.

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Our paper last week contained notifications of Professor Bell being appointed one of the Clerks of Session, and Mr. Charles Ross Clerk to the Admission of Notaries. Now, we do...

etc (Country.

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COURT MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN WARRINGTON. Tuts Court Martial commenced on Wednesday ; it was crowded, and among the crowd were a great many well-dressed females. Captain Thompson of...

IRELAND.

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Dr. Knox, Bishop of Killaloe, will join heart and voice with his dis- tinguished brethren of Norwich and Chichester in support of the Peo- ple's Bill, whenever it conies before...

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MR. MABERLY.—The following remarks are from the Aberdeen Chronicle. "

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Many years ago, Mr. Maberly purchased the manufac- turing houses of Scott, Brown, and Co. in Aberdeen, and they formed the nucleus from which his extensive linen-works have...

In England, the Cholera has now extended to Sunderland, Newcastle,

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Gateshead, North Shields, South Shields, Newham, Houghton-le-! Spring, Lemington, and various collieries and hamlets in the vicinity of Newcastle. In Scotland, it has extended...

THE ARMY.

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WAR-OFFICE, January 27.—Ist Regt. of Dragoons : Cornet F. Moore to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Trafford, who retires ; T. J. Bark°, Gent, to be Cornet by purehasexico `Moore ;...

HoWISoN THE 3Itnnanant.—This man was hanged on Saturday at Edinburgh.

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Since his conviction, he has shown few symptoms of con- sciousness of his awful situation; but he indulged in none of the vaga- ries of imagination common to murderers. On...

Paarsrax Gossir.—At a ball given, a few days ago, by

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Baron Rothschild, where the Duke of Orkams, the foreign ambassadors and their ladies, and a vast number of other distinguished persons, were pre- sent, a young gentleman having...

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Tuesdcy, 24th January.

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PARTNEASHIPS DISSOLVED. 'BINGHAM end K FITR, Piecadillv, elenliStS-STANDEN and BUSS, Tellterilell, Kent, carpenters - C. anal J. KENYON, 'Bury, Lancashire,...

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MILITARY RESPONSIBILITY.

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TO THE EDITOR, OF THE SPECTATOR. 19th January 1832. SIR—Colonel BRERETON is gone—peace to his manes ! Whatever is said now, affects not him; but it may be useful to the living...

Several Communications and other articles are unavoidably postponed.

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TILE COURT-MARTIAL.

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To Livia: Camel Brewton, or the officer commanding his Al ajesty's troops. Po: Mr. Samuel tiolney and Mr. Wintoun Harris jam It was sent from the house of Mr. Daniel Fripp,...

POSTSCRIPT.

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The French Journals of Thursday contain no news. The Budget is still under discussion ; but there seems no doubt that the Minister will get through it without difficulty. His...

The Marquis of Londonderry left town for Brighton yesterday morn-

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ing soon after seven o'clock, with a petition to the King, numerously signed, against the Reform Post. Mr. Blackstone has abandoned his petition against the return of Mr....

EXECUTION OF THE BRISTOL RIOTERS.

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Four out of the five men convicted at the late Special Commission, were executed yesterday ; Richard Vines was respited. The men had behaved, since their conviction and on the...

Several desperate affrays with poachers have taken place lately in

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various parts of the country. On Monday last, at Arbury Hall, Warwickshire, one man was severely wounded in a contest of the keepers against a band of eleven poachers. The...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived. At Liverpool, Jan. 21st, Bahamian, Maxwell, from Mauritius: Off the Cape of Good Hope, Nov. I9th, Alfred, Flint, from London. Sailed. From Gravesend, Jan. 22d, Ceylon,...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE LORDS' DIVISION OF THURSDAY. THE peculiar position of the House of Lords at present, causes this division to be viewed with a more curious eye than usual. Of the Majority...

SCHEDULE B.

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AMONG the boroughs which have been snatched from the grasp of Schedule A, as brands from the burning, is Eye, the nomination borough of Sir EDWARD KERRISON. Touching this place,...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EECRANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. Consols for the Account left off flat on Saturday—the closing prices were 811 to 82; for Money, 811 to ; Exchequer Bills closed at Its. to 12s....

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CORONER'S JURIES.

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THERE is a marvellous variety in the wits of the human species; so that for every occupation and station there are found correspond- ing geniuses. Coroner's Juries, if we may...

GENERAL FASTING.

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MR. PERCEVAL has moved an address to the King praying his Majesty to appoint a General Fast. On this occasion, though the motion was met by the "previous question," as it is...

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AGE TABLEAUX—THE RENT DAY AND ROBERT THE DEVIL.

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THE stage, in "holding the mirror up to nature," has too often shown us extravagant or distorted images; it is more successful in reflecting the productions of art, which it...

HERNE BAY.

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AN attempt is now making to add to the number of our watering- places, which, as every extension of the healthilil pleasures of an overgrown metropolis is important, seems to...

A THEATRE WITHOUT A GALLERY.

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BURFORD'S Panorama in the Strand has been metamorphosed into a snug little theatre, under the management of Mr. RAYNER. It is small, but compact, commodious, and elegant. There...

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THE MUSSULMAUNS OF INDIA.

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MRS. MEER HASSAN ALI'S work on the Mussulmauns of Hindoos- taun, is a very pleasing account of the manners, habits, prejudices, and ordinary mode of life, of a people not...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, Observations on the Mussulmauns in Hindoostaun; descriptive of their Manners, Customs, Habits, and Religious Opinions. By Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali. 2 vols....

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THE MEMBER

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Is a satire upon the corruption of Parliament: it is the history of a small trade in votes, and the profits arising from the adroit ma- nagement of a little capital when laid...

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THE INVASION.

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FOUR goodly volumes, from the pen of the author of the popular romance.of the Collegians, fallen still-born from the press Alas, it is melancholy to see talents like the...

The Thirty-third Volume of the Waverley Novels, being the first

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of: St. Ronan's Well, is illustrated by a clever vignette, by LESLIE, repre- senting Mr. Winterblossom exhibiting his graphic treasures to a listless group of loungers, whose...

The Second Volume of the Life and Works is before

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us ; which brings the Memoirs down to the end of1813. Its embellishments are a view, by PURSER, of Tepaleen, All Pacha's palace —a grand, Moorish- looking edifice ; and a pretty...

PICTURES AND ARTISTS.

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LANDSCAPES and portraits are found to be the most interesting and satisfactory species of illustrations, not only of travels and histories, but of novels and poetry. The...

THE ABERDEEN MAGAZINE. • WE have looked over the first

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volume of the Aberdeen Maga • tine; the result of which is a very agreeable surprise. The work is, generally, a sensible and instructive miscellany : many of its papers contain...

PROBATION Is the third work by a lady, this week,

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selected for approbation, and such distinction as our praise may confer. Miss MARTINEAU leads the way, in the difficult and valuable art of popularizing science;* the lady of...

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The first few Numbers of HU LEMAN DEL'S Lithogrageic Drawing

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Book, for the new year, have just appeared. This volume is announced to be entirely from the pencil of J. D. HARDING. The sketches in the Numbers before us are slight, but...

UNNATURAL. CHARACTERS IN FICTION.-No character can enter a human imagination

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which is not within the compass of Nature's possi- bility, but there is much in Nature which has never entered the imagi- nation. What imagination ever conceived any thing so...

The pair of whole-length portraits of the KingandQueen, in mezzo-

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tint, are on the eve of publication, and we have seen proof impressions of each. That of the King is engraved by HODGETTS, from the like- ness of him when Duke of Clarence,...

" The Butterfly" is one of JOHN HATTER'S tasteful little

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sketches of children, very prettily lithographed in miniature by SHARP. It is just such a subject as we should choose to fill one of VIZETELLY and BRANSTON'S Frame Tablets, for...

ROYAL SOCIETY.

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19th January 1332. Dr. BOSTOCK, V.P. in the Chair. The following papers were read; viz.-Experimental Researches in Voltaic Electricity; by the Rev. W. Ritchie, M. F.R.S....

Prire4 Current.

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PUBLIC FUNDS. Naur. Monday. Tuesday. Wednes. Thurs. Friday. nit + 8214 4 82 1 4 • 834 24 4 24 11 i 82 1 4 4 SII 2 4 . 1 82 11141I 3 31E I 2 4 iii* 8241;112 893 4 z 524...