4 FEBRUARY 1832

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There is a great deal of chaffing, as the sporting

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men call it, in the expedition, so long threatened and so long delayed, of Don PEDRO against his brother. Last week we left the ex-Emperor shaking hands with Louis PHILIP on...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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MONDAY was a Parliamentary dies non, in order to commemorate the death, some two hundred years ago, of a man of doubtful MONDAY was a Parliamentary dies non, in order to...

The news from Brussels is satisfactory. LEOPOLD'S budget has been

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accepted; and he himself is exceedingly popular with all i parties n the state, from the great zeal and energy whic,lqia-7 1 - -, plays in every attempt to restore the country...

The good people of Paris, and of France generally, have

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not afforded us, either for good or for evil, a single item of news worth recording during the course of the week ; for we hardly suppose, seeing we have so much of that at...

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Elebatr# antf Vrarraing1 in Vadiamtnt.

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1. GLOVE TRADE. Colonel DAVIES brought forward on Tuesday motion on the Glove Trade, notwithstanding the earnest request of Lord Althorn that he would postpone it, in order that...

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FORI'Alt COUNTY ELECTION.—On Monday, the Committee struck off the list

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of voters the name of Robert Rolland, on the ground that he did not possess at the time of giving his vote the requisite qualifi- cation. Mr. Charles Gray was objected to by the...

Clic Court.

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find from the Court Circular, that the King and the Queen have enjoyed their daily drives during the week; we therefore conclude that his Majesty continues well, and that his...

Ebe airtrriptai#.

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THE NATIONAL POLITICAL UNION.—A meeting of the Council was held, at the room in Leicester Square, on 'Wednesday night ; when, after a long debate and various verbal amendments,...

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A fellow named Allen, suspected of being a cat and

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dog slaughterer, was brought up to the Mansiouhouse on Thursday. The immediate offence was emptying a bag full of dead cats and dogs in Angel Alley, Bishop:satte. The charge...

be entuttrp.

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MEETING OF THE HUNTITES AT MANCHESTER. We noticed last week the meeting of these self-styled Reformers oxx Sunday last week. The meeting was also alluded to in Parliament, by...

Two - gentlemen, Mr. E. Fordham, from Cambridgeshire, and Mr. E. Tatham

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junior, of Tatham and Son, 37, Charing Cross, were charged at Queen Square Police-office, on Wednesday, with defrauding Mrs.. Tompkins, a fruiterer, 11, Charing Cross, of...

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THE NOTTINGHAM RIOTERS.

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A reprieve was sent down on Monday for Berkins and Shelton, two of the five men convicted at the late Special Commission. The re- prieve was communicated to them on Tuesday...

THE COURT - MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN WARRINGTON.

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We said, when noticing the evidence on this trial last week, and re- marking on its unsatisfactoriness, that Major Mackworth's testimony would probably inform us of something of...

AN ANTI-REFORM PARSON IN CORNWALL.—A short time since, the Rector

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of a parish within a few miles of the too celebrated rotten boroughs which Mr. O'Connell so correctly described in the House of Commons in the last session, by stating that "if...

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A , mall

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A tale of slander appeared in some of the journals of last week, about the elopement of the Duchess of Richmond with a Captain of the Guards. The Duke's intention to apply for a...

SCOTLAND.

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• The Anti-Reformers at Hawick are all "down i' the mouth," by the Duke of Buccleuell having given a farm in the neighbouthood to one of the stanchest Reformers • in...

PROGRESS OF CHOLERA.

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Cases. ENGLAND. • Died. Recovered. Cases. SCOTLAND. Died. Recovered. Jan. 25-26 236 7 49 115 7 2 26-27 33 4 24 99 13 11 27-1-1 55 13 67 31 11 14 24-99 35 6 30 54 27 26...

SINGULAR DEAT11 OF A FOIE-MINTING CI.ERCVMAN.—The Reverend Mr. Price, Rector

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of Lower Weedon, Northamptonshire, while hunt- ing on Tuesday with Mr. Osbaldiston's hounds, fell, on leaping a brook, his horse falling with him. He was not hurt ; but, enraged...

IRELAND.

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An injunction has been issued from the Court of Chancery, restrain- ing all stock brokers from negotiating the new debentures issued by the :Dublin Pipe Water Committee, under a...

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THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S PREMIERSHIP. -WC have very recently been let

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into some of the secrets of the Duke of WELLINGTON'S over- weening ambition. Our proofs we shall give as we may see occasion. At pre- Bent we only tell an anecdote which ought...

BOROUGH OF EYE.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Palgrave, 1st February 1832. SIR-I thank you for having exposed the attempt to continue to the present patron of Eye the right of sending two...

FREDERIC THE SECOND, OR CHARLES THE TWELFTH?

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 22d January 1832. SIR-Among the extracts given in your Paper of the week before last, front Lord DOVER'S Life of Frederic the Second of Prussia,...

FEB/CHART 1.-Yesterday, Mr. R. 11. Stephens was admitted Actual Fellow

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of New College. being of kin to the founder. This day the following degrees were conferred. Masters of Arts-Rev. 0. Ormerod, Brasenuose; Rev. C. Wells, Fellow of New College....

THE ARMY.

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Was..Orracx, February a - 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons: Lieut. T. Richardsoa to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jebb, who retires; Ccrnet W. S. Conway to be Lieut. by purchase,...

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Tuesday, 31st January.

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PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. SHELDON and SetrotrrELD, Plymouth, blacking-manufaeturers-CEAL and HErnER- recerom, Whitechapel Road, cheesemongers-NALLxxs and TAYLOR, Kirkdale, wheel-...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 26th ult. in Eaton Place, the Countess of DEXSTGA, of a son. On the 23rd tilt, at the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsham's, Kirkby Overblow, the Lady of Major 3PLEarr,...

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• COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

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TIIE revival of STORACE'S opera Tine Haunted Tower, attracted a large audience last night; and the performance was very successful on the whole. It combined the vocal abilities...

Scorrn-al Eaacarox.—A Fife correspondent, after some specula- tions on the

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Peerage, which,_ for the present, we sla ,1 1 not venture in our rolunms, says — " Should the Bill he lost again, wo be to our Orioaa Constitution : there are den - nears, even...

POSTSCRIPT.

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'Private accounts by express from Paris state that a conspiracy had been discovered at a ball given by the King, which had occasioned a timber of arrests and other serious...

STAN DAM> INTF.LLTGENCE.—The following announcement. was made in the Stilndard

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some days ago; it seems to have fallen still-born, not- withstanding the dearth of news. "Ma aheil is to be the Irish Solicitor.:Geaeral, though all the Morning Papers suppress...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived. At Liverpool, Feb. 1st, Ripley, Hesse, from Bengal. At Bengal previous to 7th Sept., Circassian, Douthwaite, from London. Sailed. From Gravesend, Jan. 27th, H. C. S....

THE MONEY MARKET.

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Svocx ExcgagnE, FRIDAY EVENING.-CODSOIS closed on Saturc:ay at 52:1,1 ; Ex- chequer Bills at I Is. to 12s. prem. There was a slight depression on Wednesday, which continued...

Mr. Marriott, of Queen Square Office, has seen fit to

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back out of the position in which he had placed himself by holding Mr. Fordham to bail. Yesterday, a host of witnesses of the highest respectability_ Lord Dacre, Mr. N. Calvert,...

The field of opposition to Irish tithe now extends over

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seventy-sii parishes in the county of Tipperary, nine in the county of Waterford, seven in the county of Cork, one in Kerry, and two in Limerick— altogether, nearly a hundred...

It will be seen, from the Table, that Cholera has

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been mal::;:a. fear- ful strides, during the week, in Scotland. Not only are the deatlis iii a Ittliell 'higher proportion to the cases than in Eagland, latt the Cases are munch...

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STANDING ORDERS.

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IT has somewhere been said that members learn nothing after they go into the House of Commons : we would be inclined to complete the description, by saying that they learn...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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HOW STANDS THE GAME? THERE has been, during the week, not a little anxiety displayed among the friends - of Ministers and the Bill, and not a little crowing among the enemies...

WHO'LL BID MORE?

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THE Standard has made an offer, which it is but just the Nation should be acquainted with. If the Anti-Reformers are allowed to conic into power, they will immediately issue...

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TORRIJOS.

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WE quoted last week the simple and pathetic letter of the noble widow of the late General TORRIJOS. A correspondent, on whose information we can perfectly rely, has furnished us...

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APPEARANCE OF THE KING'S THEATRE.

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THE commencement of the reign of a new dictator over the realms of Opera and Ballet is at any time an event of some interest; in the instance of Mr. 1VIONCK MASON, it has become...

THE REHEARSAL.

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WE attended the rehearsal of DONIZETTI'S opera, L'Esule di Ro- ma, yesterday; and we may fairly congratulate Mr. MASON OR his debit as a manager. His band is complete...

THE ORATORIOS.

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ON the 30th January, the conductor of the Oratorios had an op- portunity of passing his troops in review before the public previous to their Lent campaign. They consist, this...

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LIFE IN THE WILDS.

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A WRITER of Miss MARTINEAU'S class has long been wanted : the appearance of this little volume will be considered an epoch in the history of science; and if shecontinue her...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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POLITICAL ECONOMY, Life in the Wilds. Illustrations of Political Economy, No. I. By Harriet Martineau C. Fur.

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PICTURES AND ARTISTS.

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THE costume of the last century is a field whence GEORGE CRUM- SHANK gleans a rich harvest of the grotesque. His characters, how- ever, are not mere ordinary persons in...

BOOKS ON THE TABLE..

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1. Dr. PEITHMAN'S French Grammar is a. useful, well-arranged, and above all practical grammar : we do not know a better in a smaller compass. This grammar thoroughly mastered,...

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The fable of "The Lame leading the Blind" is pointedly

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illustrated by H. B. in a sketch of that veteran diplomatist the imperturbable and . wily Talleyrand, leading Lord Palmerston, who, with head erect, gazes on vacancy with a...

The Ladies Museum, in addition to its plates of fashions

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and a highly fmished line engraving by H. ROBINSON, from a pretty design by STEPHANOFF, of a painter making love to a beautiful girl who is sitting for her picture, has a good...

ROYAL SOCIETY.

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2d February 1832. Dr. ?AUTON, Y.P. in the Chair. The following Candidates were elected Fellows of the Royal Society. viz.-Charles Octavius Morgan, Esq. MA. F.S.A. of Tredegan...

, The leading Magazines are not pictorial this month, excepting

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Fraser, who has a pen and ink sketch of H000-the Lion of the town. The Shepherd is made a stalwart chiel, some six feet high in his Hoby- shaped Wellington boots ; and he wears...

We cannot bestow any praise on Mr. KIDD'S Illustrations of

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Burns. The style of the artist is not congenial with the spirit of the poet, either as regards humour or pathos. The expression (if it can be so called) of. the characters is...

)rice t Current.

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PUBLIC FUNDS, BRITISIL Satur. Tuesday. Trednes. Thurs. Friday. Monday. 3 per Cent. Reduced 821 3 2# 821 3 82# 1 82* I 82* f 3 per Cent. Consols 9 4 1 1 821# # I 82*...