30 MARCH 1833

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE real business of the Parliamentary session appears at length to have commenced. Sir JAMES GRAHAM on Monday brought forward the Navy Es- timates; which are less than those...

General SEBASTIAN: has joined the French Ministry; but does not

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take any particular department, on account of his infirm state of health. He was strongly urged to this step by the Duke DD BROGLIE. The latest papers from Paris are full of...

The last accounts from Oporto are rather fatotartable f'cr !thes

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=SO of Don PSDRO, said that the Miguglites lost at least -1 1,500 men in their last attack upon the city, son the 4th instant. The weather had become tuild, and vessels were...

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The Queen of Spairvbas succeeded in procuring the banishment of

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Don CARLOS, with the Princess of Beira, sister of Don MIGUEL, from Madrid. They took their departure early on the morning of the 16th instant. This is considered a great triumph...

The retirement of Lord DURHAM was only the prelude to

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other important changes in the Ministry. It was at first said that Lord CARLISLE, already a member of the Cabinet, would step into the 'vacant office of Lord Privy Seal. But the...

323rbatr an Pram/finalinParrianirnt.

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1. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ; NAVY ESTIMATES. When the question was put, on Monday, that the House should resolve itself into a Com- mittee of Supply, Mr. HUME rose to oppose the...

The news from the East is contradictory. It is affirmed,

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on the one hand, that IBRAHAM PACHA is satisfied with the terms pro- posed by the Sultan ; on the other, that he has rejected them scornfully, and only waits instructions from...

Mr. HUME, in his speech on the Army Estimates last

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Wednes- day, alluded to the satisfactory state of public feeling in Canada: be said, that in consequence of the wise policy which had lately been adopted for the government of...

The newspapers of Kingston, Jamaica, contain a proclamation by the

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King, accompanied by a circular from the Governor's Secre- tary, Mr. YORKE, against certain associations which the planters and other White inhabitants of Jamaica have entered...

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Cbt Court.

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TETE King came t6 town on Wednesday, for the purpose of holding his weekly Levee. Shortly after his arrival, a Chapter of the Order of St. Patrick was held, and tee Marquis of...

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Mr. Lyall's return for London was celebrated on Saturday last,

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by a dinner at the City of London Tavern. In the course of the evening, " his Majesty's Ministers" was one of the toasts given ; but the com- pany refused to drink it. Mr....

HONOURS.

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FROM TILE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCUT 29. Sr. JAMES'S PALACE, 26th March 1533.—The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Colonel GEOMIE TEESDAT.E, of the...

StietraptilitL A meeting of the electors of Westminster, Mr. De

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Vear in the chair, was held on Friday, at Richardson's Hotel, Covent Garden. Sir John Hobhouse's address to the electors, stating his acceptance of the office of Secretary for...

A Special General Court of the Proprietors of East India

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Stock, was held on Monday last, to take into consideration the communica- tions between Government and the Directors relative to the renewal of the Company's Charter. These...

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The Garde .1Vational of Marseilles states, that on the 16th

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inst the lightning struck a farm-house at l'Estaque, where three young g i r l s were asleep in one bed, and killed her who was in the middle, without injuring either of the...

IRELAND.

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Mr. Lundy Foote, a magistrate of Kilkenny county, and a nephew, we believe, of the famous snuff-manufacturer of the same name, Was fired at, within about a quarter of a mile...

THE ARMY.

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WAR•OFFICE, March 29.-7th Regt. of Light Dragoons—Lieut.-Col. Sir J. J. Fraser, Bart. from the half pay Unattached, to be Lieut.-Col. vice E. Keane. who exchanges. 1st Regt. of...

Etc Count:v.

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The Flertford Election Committee, during the past week, has been occupied principally with the evidence of Mr. Philip Longmore, one of the agents for the sitting members. He...

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POSTSCRIPT

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The Revenue returns have gone on improving for the last two or three weeks, but not to the extent that was expected. It was stated at the Treasury this...

Accounts have been received front New York to the 24th

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February. The Coercion Bill for Carolina had passed the Senate ; but the new Tariff Bill was still under discussion in the House of Representatives. It was supposed that neither...

Dislorn OF MR. KINLocir, M.P.—It is with deep regret that

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we announce the death of this true patriot and excellent man ; which took place on Thurs- day night, at his lodgings in Parliament Street. Mr. Kinloch has fallen a martyr to the...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. The prices of all descriptions of Stock are lower than at the close of last week. This decline is partly attributable to the increased...

It is understood that Lord Howics is to quit the

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Colonial Office,— probably to be one of the Lords of the Treasury, and to be replaced by Mr. FRANCIS BARING.

The King of Wurtemburg has quarrelled with the Assembly of

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the States, and dissolved them in a hurry. The protocols of the German Diet are the cause of the disputes. The King wished them to be sanctioned by the Assembly ; but this body...

The latest accounts from Oporto confirm the reports of the

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favour- able turn which Don PEDRO'S affair seem to have taken. The Aligu- elites have been disheartened by their defeat on the 4th ; and the spirits of the garrison, of course,...

Colonel Evalls has issued a handbill stating that he will

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not become a candidate for the representation of Westminster, unless with the un- derstanding of his being brought in free of expense. There is a meet- ing of his supporters...

TEA TRADE.—Deputations have arrived in town from Liverpool, Glaagow, Hull,

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and Greenock; and they are to have an interview with the President of the India Board on Monday. The subject is the Tea trade. The out-ports have taken alarm at the restraints...

The failure of the great house of Alexander and Co.

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of Calcutta, took place on the 11th of December. The assets of the house, in hinds, coal-mines, houses, shipping, &c., are estimated at five millions sterling, and the demands...

Captain BERKELEY, the member for Gloucester (who signalized him- self'

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some weeks ago by attacking Mr. HUME when the Sinecures were in danger) is appointed one of the Lords of the Admiralty. A new writ for Gloucester was ordered in the House of...

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MILITARY GOVERNORS—GENERAL DARLING versus CAPTAIN ROBISON.

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THERE is no description of authority more likely to be abused than that which is intrusted to the military Governors of distant Colonies. They generally receive their...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE TAXES. Ma. Ronixsox's mot:on for" a Select Committee to consider and revise our existing Taxation, with a view to the repeal of those burdens which press most heavily on...

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WHO ARE THE TALKERS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS?

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FREQUENT and well-founded complaints have been made of the time consumed by the new Parliament in unprofitable talking. These complaints have not proceeded exelusively from the...

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KEAN'S LAST APPEARANCE.

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KEAN has often turned his retirement from the stage into a farce; he must now make a serious business of it. If he ever appears on the boards again, it should be only for the...

• PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.

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THE Directors of these concerts are the most somniferous persons in existence. They have a perpetual tendency to nap, and require a continued application of the goad to urge...

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LADY STEPNEY'S NEW ROAD TO RUIN.

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" ON the verge of an immense forest, which sheltered that part of the pile of buildings styled the cloisters, stood Darmaya Castle." This, the reader must know, is the first...

OF THE SPECTATOR. TO THE EDITOR

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Temple, March 28th. makes me absent front three out of the the fact is, that I have voted in every di. session. SIR—Your table of votes last week five divisions therein...

The following gentlemen, it appears from the letters sent to

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us or published by the Daily Papers, voted in the Majority on Mr. Arrwoon's motion last week fora Committee to inquire into the state of the Country. Sir E. D. Scott, Sir R....

MINORITY ON MR. ROBINSON'S MOTION

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FOR A REVISAL OF THE SYSTEM OF TAXATION. Adams, E. H. Aglionby, H. Att wood, 'I'. Baillie, J. E. Baldwin,Dr. Barnard, E. G. Barry. G. S. llayntun, S. Benett..J. Bentinelt, Lord...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Frerrosr, The New Road to Ruin. A Novel By Lady Stepney. 3 Vols. Bentley. MEDICINE, A Practical Appeal to the Public. through a series of Letters in Defence of' the New...

MINORITY OF LAST NIG IIT, Brotherton, J., Salford FlIts. VIV.,,JSoraich

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M'Masnara, W., Clare