3 OCTOBER 1829

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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No intelligence which can be relied on has reached town from the theatre of the war, or of negotiation, since our last number. The French Opposition journals persist, with most...

A petition has been presented to the King of France,

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signed by one „htuldred and fi fty-four of the inhabitants of Grenoble, calling on his ataJestY to dismiss his Ministers, as enemies to the Charter and to the political...

The health of King FERDINAND has been seriously affected. He

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has for a considerable time back been subject to lethargic fits ; and these, it was thought, were about to terminate in apoplexy. The Carlists were on the qui vive, and had...

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If we may credit the assertions of the best-informed of

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the London journals, the Times, the country is slowly but progressively recover- ing from its commercial depression. The trade of London is certainly better, and cotton in the...

The Duke and Duchess of Clarence embarked oil Saturday in

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the Talbot steam. boat for Dieppe, on a visit to the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, who is taking the baths there. We cannot vouch for the following report : "Some surprise harm; been...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY MORNING, HALF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK.—The business in our Market this week has been on a much smaller scale than it was last week, and prices have declined...

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BURGLARIES.—J. Sandford, aged twenty-one, has been examined at Marlbo- rough-street,

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on a charge of attempting to break into Mr. Stultz's, the fashionable tailor in Clifford-street, on Friday morning. On an alarm being given, the fellow ran away ; and on being...

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oil which was remarkabl y heavy.

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The Town Plate of 501. for three-year olds, d. i., was won by Mr. Batson's Seraph Sir M. Wood's Rosary, Sst. 2lbs., beat Mr. Payne's Pauline, 8st. 8/11.bs., 20, t. y. c. the...

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BELLA HORRIDA BELLA !—If we may credit certain letter-writers in

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Paris and certain political speculations written in London, we are on the verge of a general war. Russia it seems will demand from Turkey more important cessions than Austria...

SPANISH REFUGEES.—A paragraph has gone the round of the jour-

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nals, stating that three hundred more victims of the policy of FERDI- NAND and his worthy nephew have arrived in London in the utmost destitution. These unfortunate men are the...

THE NEW PomcE.—From all that we can learn, the new

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police force promises to work welL Already has its establishment told not imperceptibly on the most abominable nuisance of the London press. We have no showing up of unfortunate...

EXCLUSIVE INTELLIGENCE. TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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" Great news, great news t—Too-too-too!"—NEwsmEN, passim. PEACE between Russia and Turkey was concluded and signed last week, ha the Atlas ; but the news was so entirely...

POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S NEWS.

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SPECTATOR OFFICE, SATURDAY, Two O'CLOCK Despatches have been received at the Foreign Office from Constan- tinople, dated September 10. They state, chat at that time negotia-...

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A NEWSPAPER FACT.—The Cheltenham Chronicle lately narrated a story, as

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matter of fact, which has travelled the circuit of the press, under the title of " Love, Poison, and Despair." The substance of it is, that a youth disappointed in love, and...

A PIJ Wh i _NTED,2, SHORT OF STATURE AND LEARNING, AND HIGH

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IN MORALS.-41four big brother the Atlas we prophesied, that the horror of education would at no distant day lead a certain class of persons to advertise for footmen who cannot...

OPENING OF THE WINTER THEATRES. ADELPHI.

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THE winter dramatical " campaign" was opened on Tuesday last by MATHEWS and YATES; who on making their several appearances were very cordially greeted by the snug p arty who...

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THE PRINT-ROOM AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

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IT is astonishing how little the rich gems that this place contains are known. Thinly as the reading-rooms of the Museum are attended, they may be looked upon as absolutely...

SCHOOL RECOLLECTIONS, BY A SUFFERER.

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(coiccixi,gn.) * * * * * * * To teach nonsense would seem a work of supererogation, and yet at most schools nonsense is cultivated with very considerable success by the...

THE LATE CHARLES INCLEDON.

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" Young Meadows Sy Mr. Ineledon." • DRURY LANE PLAY-BILL, Oct. 3, 1829. How many delightful associations crowd on our mind at the sight of this well-known combination ! It has...

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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. XCVIII.—THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW, No. XXII.

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LITERARY SPECTATOR. THE Edinburgh Review having attained nearly unto a century of quarters, has lately cast its skin, and probably hopes to reassume its ancient vigour under...

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THE PICTURE OF AUSTRALIA.*

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EMIGRATION engrosses so much of public attention at present, that any publication treating of one of the points towards which the tide seems to be flowing, is sought after, and...

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LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOOKS IN THE PRESS OR PREPARING NOR PURLICATIOST. In a few days will be published, Dr. Calamy's Historical Account of his ntsil Life, with some Reflections upon the Times in...

DECLINE OF THE DRAMA.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sin,--A great deal has of late been written about the declining state of the stage. One speculator refers it to a change of hours, and in some...

THE CHURCH.

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CastuarncE, OCT. 2.—Yesterday, the Rev. W. Carus, B.A. ; T. W. Peile, B.A.; C.. Perry, B.A.: and J. P. Lee, B.A. of Trinity College, were elected Fellows of that Society.. —The...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EVENING. By the Coromandel we have

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ads-ices from Madras to the 1st May. The Mary Anne,. Spottiswoode, arrived at that Presidency on the 21st April—the first vessel of the season.. The Morning Star, which left...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Br RTII s.—On the 22d ult. at Cheltenham, la Comtesse Guiloboni Visconti, of a son: —On the 23d ult. at Campsall Park, the Lady Radcliffe, of a son—On the 26th ult. the- Lady of...

THE ARMY.

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Wan-Omni:, Sept. 23.-4th Reg. Light Dragoons F. R. Pearson, Gent. ts.be Cors by purchase, vice Cumberlege, promoted—Ilth Light Dragoons : to be Cornetssby pur- . chase—Ens. C....

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, September 29. PARTNERSHIPS Dtssot.vKns—Hudsun and Lees, Manchester, fustiammanufacturers —Holroyd and Crossley, Leeds, cloth-dressers—Williams and Co. Brecon and Celli...

LONDON MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, OCT. 2. There has been a fair supply of Wheat this week, and the trade Is dull, particularly for the middling and ordinary sorts, although we do not...