3 OCTOBER 1840

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The affairs of the East continue nearly as much in

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doubt as they were last week. Ne g otiations have recommenced; the Pasha havin g in some de g ree relaxed his fiery bearin g . The last accounts represent Admiral STOPFORD ta...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Tau opposition to the rotation-principle in the choice of an occu- pant of the civic chair in London, has proceeded vi g orously. The protesting Liverymen have bestirred...

Three Cabinet Councils have been held this week ; one

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of which lasted upwards of three hours. The occasion of this lon g deliberation, En g lish Ministerial journals, without any appearance of intendin g a joke, ascribed to the...

The Repeal a g itation has experienced 0 lull %vhilst (Yew:Nem. is

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at Dorrynane Abbey with his bea g les. The Irislt Government has taken the opportunity of his absence to show its teeth. The first hostilities commenced by sendin g an arneel...

The trial of Lids NAPOLEON has for the time diverted

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the atten- tion of' the Parisimis from war and fortifications. The Prince's address to the Court of Peers was rather an appeal to their passion for netional g lory than a...

The Parliamentary Re g istrations proceed noiselessly in their course. The people

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g enerally continue to take no interest in the proceedin g s, exceptin g here and there, where the parties in a borou g h are nicely balanced, and a vote or two more or fewer...

The news front Spain is not sett issestery. •-.ent of Eseanreno

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to the head of oinks hes been matte too Lit a I a (111111i ze the successful insur gs mts. They refits: , to lay d arms until they have obtained o Movie-so from the Quese g...

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Ztte ktirtropolis.

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A Cabinet f'onn ell was bell n ri :Vforalay afternoon at half-past Hire!e ; at the Foreign I Mice. It was intended by Viscount 311-Ilionnes tIme Lord Chancellor, Earl of Clan...

The remains of the Princess Augusta were removed from Clarence

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House, St. James's, at half past seven o'clock on Thursday evening, escorted by a detachment of the Ninth Lancers, in the following order. The carriages of the Datchess of Kent,...

Zbe Court.

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Tne Queen has taken occasional drives and walks during the week, when the weather permitted. The Castle dinner-parties have been limited to the Court circle. On Thursday...

The insurrection in Portugal has been for the present suppressed.

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It was confined to the troops, and they seemed to be disunited. When the soldiers suspected that their leaders were about to desert them and take refuge in Spain, they shot...

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The election of Lord Mayor of London for the ensuing

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year com- menced on iMonday. The numbers collected at the Guildhall showed the interest taken in the question. Alderman Harmer's friends coos:: tered strongly, and received him...

On Monday, Alderman Gibbs and Mr. Farneomb were sworn in

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as Sheriffs, and Mr. James and Mr. Stone as tinder-Sheriffs, of London and Middlesex. On Wednesday, the Sheriffs of London for the ensuing year attended i n the Court of...

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The foundation-stone of the Nelson Memorial was laid on Wednes.

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day, on the site in Trafalgar Square, presented to the Committee by het Majesty's Government. The proceedings were conducted in a private manner, owing to the absence from town...

On Tuesday, an inquest was lucia at the London Hospital,

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on th e body of John Hill, a carpenter, who (lied on Saturday from injuries re- ceived by the breaking of the rope on the Blackwell Railway on the 8th of last month.- Deceased...

Lord Cardigan was finally eaaalin•••1 1--fore the Magistrates at

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NS andswart a a . . 1 ::.'lay, , ,i.'... , •!'..- - ,*l . , ,ting at Captain Tilekett ; :ma Captain liVaii..... right, Captain T a i',1 in Court as pi buy The Af!:::.. ' • i to...

An inquest on the body of James Perrey, who died

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last week in the London Hospital, from injuries received by the recent collision on the Eastern Counties Runway, was brought to a close on Wednesday, after having been...

The Parliamentary revieion of voters for the City of London

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was completed on Wednesday. On that day, Mr. 3Iylne gave his decision in the case of solicitors claiming to be registered for their offices. In consequence of Mr. Craig having...

t.tbr iprutiincts.

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A meeting of the district et»:111111tet.'S Of the 'Manchester Reform As- eociation %vas hehl ie that town on Friday eveuing, to give Mr. Alilner ( aeon tilt opportul• ity of...

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IP, ill The of Ili. , o'vie took place on IVe.1•:,

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••• . It W.:- ' portance, owir ti: ; ; - nt I.' - still more free: , expressing corder, tin ouverted releeme 011 the .„ in ..1 the year 1 im- • and enly Re- in history ,,f...

A splendid piece of plate, valued at 1,000/., was presented

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to Sir Thomas Phillips, at a public meeting in Newport on Thursday week, in a cknowledgment of his conduct during the Chartist riots in Novem- ber last. The Radicals of...

A destructive fire broke out in Devonport dockyard on Sunday

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morning. At about twenty minutes past four o'clock, the Talavera, 72, which was in dock for repairing, was observed by a Policeman to be on fire. He raised the alarm....

The war- steamer Polyphemus and the ship.of-the-line London were launched

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at Chatham on Monday, with the usual ceremonies. The burden of the steamer is 800 tons ; it is intended partly for fighting and partly to be used as a transport. The London is...

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SCOTLAND.

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A public dinner was given on Friday last, in the Trades Hall, Gl ee . gow, to the Marquis of Breadalbane, by a number of the friends of th e Church of Scotland in Glasgow, for...

is the area Ira fri,711. r,t thi , t S:r1: , ..ttoltlia01.0..e. It is

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said that LIS inany 1*5 werfty•thrcr; Lb'. 'sr, 1 t sof: tip: pisid g .i in one day.

The National Repeal Astia-detion held their weekly meeting in Dub-

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lin on :Monday, as usual. Mr. John O'Connell was unable to attend, owing to the illness of his lady. The announcement of upwards of 26/. front this Repealer, of Liverpool was...

TUE CARDIGAN COURT-MARTIAL.

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The Court-martial at Brighton, on Captain Richard Anthony Rey- nolds, reasembled on Tuesday, for the purpose of hearing Captain Rey- nolds's defence. He, however, requested...

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TRIAL OF PRINCE 1.01'1,4 NAPoI.EoN AN! I ITIr; FOR

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Tint INVA<;■■■'. The trial of Prince Louis Napoleon and di , ilata before the Court of Peers on Monday. At t wt. and counsel took their seats in front af the bar : the...

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More accurate-seeming accounts from the Levant are scarcely more definite

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and satisfactory than the contradictory reports to which svo adverted last week. It seems that the Consuls had not quitted Alex- andria, as had been reported ; nor hits...

etliscellaneous.

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The following funny letter appeared in the Stanch:7.cl last night ad- dressed to the editor- 2d Ootaber 1840. " Sir—With your habit of identifying me with Pontius Pilate, I...

The Monitcur of Saturday contains a royal ordinance for the

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moth& cation of the French Custom-duties. The ordinance is preceded by a report of the Ministers, in which they regret that the Chambers had not had time to consider the...

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The It/mil/cur of Sunday has a telegraphic deep:deli from Algiers

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to the following effect—'' The camp or the Kalifa I let t .•;..1.nn, on the river Buedomtou, was attacked by General Changurnier ; the enemy dice el, and 129 native dead bodies...

The Emperor of Brazil, Don Pedro the Second, has been

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proclaimed of age ; a year before the usual period, since lie is only seventeen. The sulject has been for some time under discussion both in the Seame and the Chamber of...

The insuerection among the troaps in Portugal, according to aeconnts

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from Lishen dated the 21st of' September, lied been suppreseed. The revolted soldiers, it is supposed, disheartened at not being jeitled by a three wIdelt they expected to find...

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The French papers publish a transcript, taken from the Belgian

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journals. (.t . a note addressed on the 31st of August last to Mr. H. L. Bulwer, Britannic Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris in the absence of Lord G seas ilk. The object of...

By the arrivel off Peterhead from Davis's Straits, we kern

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the total hi f the fishery this season ; only six sr hales in all having been taken wiwn she left the ice on the Salt September, The Hecht, of Kirkaltly, was lost on the a:al...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. An express received this morning from Brussels announces the unexpected abdication of the King of Holland. A correspondent of the Vero/tick writes—" I hasten to...

EAsT INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived -Al Grave,..011,1, Sep!, I,ord William 11mitinvli, tense, iu,,mnm N'e,v S■Ml; 1/102.11./und, 11111rhin • Itl , II. ()VI. 1 1 d1.1... , 1.1. :1,1:i 111, • jr,,jr,11;...

The Imperial Parliament stands prorogued to the 16th of next

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month.

A distinanished naval officer states to us, that the sailors

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have no doubt that tile Talavera was burnt by the painters cleaning their brushes in oakum, tow, and obi canvass, 'c hid', having been lett in the ship, spontaasonsly mulled;...

From the Belfast Northern la'My of Thursday•--" The continuance of

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wet, unfav , trable 'heather, has had a prejudicial effect on the harvest ; which, for the present, tangs in a very precarious state, notwithstandin g the great exertions our...

The resiskn of the lists of Parliamentary elestors of the

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boroneli of Leeds wit , . ea:whole(' on Monday last. The revision has been highly favousaiac to the Conservatives ; bat we have not yet been a: Ac to prepare a saairiently...

The West India mail brings us papers of which the

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latest date is from Jamaica, to the 13th of August. There is nothing in their contents of very marked importance. The 1st of August appears to have passed off quietly throughout...

31.0NEY MARKET. sTor. Excrotway. FainAv Arrvicvmm, sTor. Excrotway. FainAv Arrvicvmm,

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The English Stock-nutrket*was tolerably steady till Wednesday ; when the purchase of 150,000/. Consols on account of the estate of the late Mr. Ilasi- ausushry, and an...

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COLONEL NICOLLS'S DEFENCE OF THE NICER EXPEDITION.

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[A letter which we have received from Colonel Nrcor,t,s; commenting on our strictures on the notable " Niger Expedition," that is to put an end to the Slave-trade and convert...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS,

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BIRTHS. On the 23,1 ult., at Moore Ahhey, Kildare, the Lady IImenv Mount:, if a daughter, On the 25th Litt., at the Vicarage, Battersea, the I km Mrs. EDEN, Ot ii Son : On the...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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GOTHAM IN UPROAR : MORALITIES FOR MICHAELMAS. THE rout at present making in London about the election of Mayor is as contemptible and empty , a piece of noise as well can be...

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'I'll correct) amenable to blame, are, first, when they pander

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to vicious IT Will it ti1110 ellOngll to conwnent en the respective merits or de- and depraved tastes ; second, lo ii tlwy violate that sincerity, that DlOritS cii 1,C1ril CAn...

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BACKING OUT OF AN UNTENABLE ARGUMENT. PEOPLE floundering in the

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mud proverbially get deeper into it with every struggle. A writer in the Morning. Chronicle of Monday last curiously exemplifies this fitct. After lauding the Scotstnou for...

SHOWING HOW THE SHAPE OF A HOUSE MAY BE A

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MATTER OF SOME CONSEQUENCE. Cu:al-Aix curious inquirers have traced the moral obliquities of dist ingiiished malethetors—such as IIICILARD the Third and others-- to the...

THE REEL OF TuLLoamortum.

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DR. CHALMERS not long ago surprised the grave decency of his clerical brethren by an allusion to "the reel of Bogie:" a part of the proceedings at a dinner given to the Marquis...

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RECORD REFORM.

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SECTION REFORM AND ITS AUTHORS. Is our previous papers, we indicated the great importance of the national records to the historian, the antiquary. and the student of the...

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The following are the Regulations and scale of Fees alluded

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to in the text, and Avbiett we reprint to complete the subject. Besides the new Record-office, they are in fbree at " the Record-office of the Tower, Rolls Chapel, and...

TIIE TII EAT p.Es. uNDEtt the title of Master Clarke,

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the name assumed by Richard Cromwell to cover his retreat into the obscurity that suited alike his capacity and inclination, Mr. SE111.1.: 11:IS dramatized the events of that...

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The Olympic, under Mr. Beeetees netnegement, opens to-night, with new

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pieces amid SOMC new Performers ztul ti o Adelphi, though the stucco of its stately new front is searev■y dv, in 3Ionday. Mrs. lieges, after a long and painful illness, returns...

A nteasant anti attractive musical afterpiece, called The Greek nyl,

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has been this week produced at Covent Cardcn, in a it of splendour calculated to insure, by the hrillimiey of the spelt he alone, the success Of it less clever and amusing...

Mr. MAYWOOD, an experienced actor last from America, but who

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twenty years ago played layo to Keee's Othello at Drury Lane, made a successful d(ibilt at this theatre on Tuesday, as Sir Perlin= Maesyco- phant, in Meeitigx's caustic comedy...

BIRMINGHAM FESTIVAL-011 S.ItUrday 1ASL the day after the conefu- sion

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tit' die Festival, the Coninduee held a meeting.. at which thanks Were voted to the verious perties whose services eseurilened to its sue- eessful resole From a report of the...

The Princess's Theatre opened its too narrow portal in Oxford

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Street on Wednesday, after some delay, occasioned by the incompleteness of the preparations within ' which was the less excusable since there was no occasion for haste. Any...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Ple-riort, The Budget of the Bubble Enmity. By Lady Lytton Bitlwer, Author of " Chew- ley." In 3 veils Bull. Tam'Ei,s, Texas in IS-10, or the Emigrant's to the New Republic;...

TEXAS IN 184 0 This volutue appears to he a species

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of prospectus of' the advan- tages that Will follow an emigration to Texas ; addressed primarily Ii, the people of' the United States, and seeniiiigly compiled from varioos...

LADY DULWER'S HUDDLE FAMILY.

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THE first production of this lady uever reached us; and The Bubble Family is very probably a less effective work than Chereley, from the personal feelings of the writer being...

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RAGG'S POEMS.

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THOMAS RAGG was a mechanic of Nottingham, who "left his calling for this idle trade ;" and appears from the enumeration on his titlepage to have poured forth a considerable...

ANOTHER NOTE ON "01,1 VER CROAIIVELL, EDITED BY II Ott

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ACE SMITH." WE have received a personal explanation from Mr. COLIIURN, ac- companied by a variety of documents, which show that he really purchased the copyright of' Olive)....

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FINE ARTS.

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A PEEP AT PICTURE-MAKING, WIT!! AN EYE TO NATURE, To follow out the purpose of our " glance at Nature" we will now re- verse the view, and take a peep at the process of...