3 MAY 1834

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE defeat of the Irish Repealers was as signal and decisive as their leader had himself anticipated and foretold. All the English and Scotch Members present, and even a...

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The affairs of Don Mrcute grow desperate. The Spanish and

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Pedroite troops are closing fast upon him on all sides. Nertea's ma- ritime expeditions have also generally been successful. A decree has been issued by the Pedroite Government,...

M. Buttress has at length actually retired from the Spanish

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Ministry of the interior, and is succeeded by Don JOSE DE ALTAMIRA. Gene- ral Room has entered Portugal with a considerable body of troops. .Don Ceiteos very narrowly escaped...

The French Chamber of Deputies has been occupied during the•

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week in discussing the question relative to the occupation of Algiers. There is a strong repugnance to give up this expensive but worthless acquisition. The same feeling...

The British flag has been 'hoisted at the residence of

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Mr. FARREN, Consul at Damascus. This is the first time that the holy city has been profaned by the dress and habits of Europeans ; but the inhabi- tants seemed quite delighted...

Eebatcri anti 13rarraittud iii pgIumunt.

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I. REPEAL. OF 'ME UNION. The adjourned debate on this question was resumed on Monday. 31r. 1). CALLAGHAN, Mr. FINN, O'CONNOR DON, Mr. D. RONAYNE, and Dr. BALDwIN, supported Mr....

The King of Prussia- has refused to receive General Gentee

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as Belgian Ambassztder, on the ground that lie has not obtained his dis- charge from the army of the King of Holland, and must therefore be deemed a deserter !

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erbr feetropoTid. The Committee of the Protestant Society for the

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protection of Re- ligious Liberty met on Monday, and agreed to a string of resolutions expressive of their disappointment at the Ministerial measure for the abolition of...

HONOURS.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. IN ' HITEHALL,Ist May 1834.—The King has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, for granting the dignity of a Baronet...

Cbr Coml.

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To King and QIn'en returned to Windsor on Saturday night ; and on (not having the fear of the two Scotch Andrews in view) gave a geoid dinner- party, at which Lord Palmerston,...

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OtigteThturaul.

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The Calcutta house of Cruttenden and Co. leis failed for 1,100,01iOL ; but it is said, that the assets exceed the liabilities. There is little doubt that the Thais, a...

ord ALTHORP wishes to get the session over by the

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end of June ; and a great effort will be made to that effect, as many of the leading ques- tions are postponed. There have been two or three strong musters of the Tory Lords-...

New York papers to the 2d April have been received.

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The Senate of the United States have at length determined, by the votes of 28 to 114, that the reasons assigned by the Government for the removal of the d: posits from the Bank...

the eouutrp. •

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31r. Montgomery Martin, who had offered himself as a candidate for the representation of Wells, vacant by the death of Mr. Lamont, has retired, to make way for Mr. Ridley...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. Ott the 26th ult., the Lady of Sir CODRINOTON EDMUND CARRINGTON, of Chalfont St. Giles. Bucks. of a daughter. On the 27th ult., in Yorkshire, the Lady of the Hon. and...

Colonel Nicuotts, the Governor of Fernando Po, has announced to

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the Government, th it if they will give him the disposal of two or three steamers, he will extirpate the slavers on the coast. He has already effected much with his limited...

THE ARMY.

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WAROPFICE, May 2.-3d Regt. of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. W. C. J. Campbell to Ile• Copt. by purchase, vice Edwards, promoted; Cornet J. G. W. Brydges to be Lieut. by purchase. sire...

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POSTSCRIPT SATURDAY NIGHT. Accounts from Spain this afternoon state, that the Liberal party is bee g stronger and stronger, and the condition of the country gene- rally is...

Ministers intend to resist Mr. HARVEY'S motion for a Revision

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of th Pension-list, which is fixed for Monday, with all the forces they m ty be able to muster. The Independent party is also alert ; so that a replar pitched battle may be...

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FOREIGN POLICY OF GREAT 13121TAI N.

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LETTER ADDRESSED TI) THE LORI) VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, lIY O. P. Q. Paris, 30th April 1834. My Lonn—It is no! renege' even fez. a Secretary of Foreign...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, May 1st. II. C. Ships Marquis Huntley, Hine; and 'Warren Hastings. Sandys, from China. Duke of Bedford, Bowen, from Bengal ; Manchester, Brown; Glenalvon,...

TO THR SUITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

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Lc toe, 3d May 1934. SLR—In the Morning Post of this day, it is stated, that at the grand fete given by the Dutchess of St. ALBANS on Thursday evening last, the performers in...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY ArrtrixooN. The intention of the Government to reduce the 4 per Cents. has become known in the course of the last few days ; and though the notice has not...

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OBJECTIONS TO THE NEV POOR-LAWS BILL.

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THE Government.meastire for the amendment of the Poor-laws, when brought forward by Lord A T.THORP, appeared to receive al- most universal approbation ; especially from those...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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LORD BROUGHAM'S FALL ON O'CONNELL. Ills Lordship threw hims e lf on Mr. O'Connell, with an evideut determiuntion to crush him if possible by one great effort."—Morniny...

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THEATRES AND MANAGERS.

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TIIE advocates for the Repeal of the Union of Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres, will not be sorry to learn that the sys- tem of charlatanism practised to maintain the...

THE REVOLT OF THE TAILORS.

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A CIVIL war is raging among the fashioners of male apparel, which threatens to subvert, for a time at least, the reign of BRUMMEL'S successors upon earth. The whole body of...

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137. One of the charges against the Corn-laws most insisted

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upon at the present moment, is their tendency to cause great fluctuations in prices. In his after-dinner speech to his Manchester con- stituents, Mr.Poulett Thom- son gravely...

For the edification of the Managers of the Victoria, we

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will repeat a good old Turkish maxim which Mahommedan sages are careful to impress on the minds of their Bashaws and other great men, who are apt, like theatrical potentates, to...

BENEFIT CONCERTS.

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THESE concerts, which foreigners might regard as evidences of our musical taste, are, in truth, merely proofs of the extent of indi- vidual connexion. The public feels little...

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THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

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HAVE belonged to the crown of England since the Conquest ; and the unsophisticated islanders still speak the pure Norman dialect as it was spoken at the court of Rom). The...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, The Channel Islands; Jersey, Guernsey. Alderney. &e. (The Result of a Two Years' Residence.] By Henry D. Inglis, Author of "Spain in 1830," " Thu Tyrol,"...

There was an earthquake at Cadiz on the evening of

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the 13th ult. about half - past eight. It made the houses reel, and was felt in all the towns and villages within eighty miles. Hundreds of people ran to the squares and open...

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• GLITZLAFF'S VOYAGES ALONG THE COAST OF CHINA.

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'Tuts volume affords a striking contrast to Mr. INGsrs's Channel Islands. Instead of lounging in a pleasure-place, the author has travelled and sojourned in faramtf and...

TWO OLD MEN'S TALES.

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THOUGH the titlepage and the form of the stories represent these tales as the offsprin g. of separate parents, one hand can be recog- nized throughout. "The Deformed " is indeed...