8 JUNE 1833

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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'THE Ministers have this week enjoyed the great good luck of being defeated in the House of Lords, in a pitched battle, led by the Duke of WELLINGTON. The Conservatives had...

The result of the Belgian elections gives the Ministry a

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majority of about thirty. They have gained fifteen from the Opposition by the dissolution of the Chambers. The probability of a peaceable arrangement with Holland is greatly...

The French Ministry, though triumphant upon great questions, have experienced

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defeats in the Chamber of Deputies on matters of less importance. A proposition to grant a pension to the widow of General DAUMESNIL, who commanded the garrison of the castle of...

The latest accounts received at Paris from Constantinople state, that

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Count ORL OFF has formally protested against the terms of the treaty concluded between MEHEMET ALI and the Porte. The Sultan has put forth a "memorandum," from which it would...

The despotic Governments of Germany appear to be again alarmed

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at the spread of Liberal opinions among their subjects. The Prussian students at the colleges of Eslangen, Wurtzburg, and Heidelberg, have been recalled ; and in future the...

General SANTANDER has been elected President of the Repub lic

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of New Granada, by 1,012 votes out of 1,273. In his opening message to the Senate and House of Representatives, he stron recommends them to take measures for the liquidation of...

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;Debated nal VorteIfingd In parliament.

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1. PORTUGAL. In the House of Lords, on Monday, theDuke of WELLINGTON moved, " That an humble addreerbeipresented talii&Majesty; most respectfully en-, treating that his Majesty...

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erbe court.

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THE King and Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Brunswick and -other distinguished visitors at the Castle attended the annual Regatta of the Etonians on Monday. On Tuesday and...

HONOURS, &e.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, 3d June 18l33.—The King lias been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting . _the dignity of a Baron of...

Slietroptail.

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A meeting of the proprietors of Bank of England Stock, was held on Wednesday itt the Bank ; when the terms offered by Government and accepted by the Directors, were, after some...

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The Court of King's Bench, on Thursday, confirmed the rule

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for a view trial in the case of the King versus Donlan and Lord Teynham, one* ground of the defendant's having been taken by surprise, in consequence of Langford, the...

Mr. William John Bankes, the Member for Dorsetshire, was held

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to bail at the Queen Square Office yesterday, himself in the sum of 6,0001., and two sureties of 3,000/. each, to take his trial at the next Westminster Sessions, on a charge...

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An inquest was held on Tuesday, at the Bridge House,

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Borough Road, on the body of Mt. W. Knight, aged fifty-two, formerly an extensive brewer in the Borough. He was compelled to relinquish his brewery about a month ago from a...

ASCOT RACES.

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These races commenced on Tuesday last. The attendance of the nobility and gentry was very numerous; but the number of pedestrians, the real holyday-makers, was not great. The...

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rbt eountrg.

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Tlie South Staffordshire election commenced on Saturday last, at Lichfield. Considerable uncertainty had prevailed for some time pre.. viously to the day of nomination, as to...

IRELAND.

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Since the introduction of a regular system of constabulary into Ireland by Mr. Peel, besides the ostensible organized force, which has been gradually accumulating to a serious...

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SCOTLA N D.

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At present the public impulse seems entirely turned to emigration. Two splendid vessels have just left Leith harbour for Van Diemen's Land, and a vessel is about to sail with...

We understand that the Bazaar about to be held in

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aid of the funds of the " Society for the relief of Foreigners in Distress," will derive a large supply, of fancy articles from the ladies of the Continent. This valuable...

THE ARMY.

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Waa - Oyerer. - 8th Rent. of Light Dragoons—M. E. Rogers, Gent, to be COI. net, by purchase, vice Vivian, promoted; dated June 7, 1833. 9th Foot—MajorGen. Sir J. Cameron. K.C.B....

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 29th ult., at Connamore, county of Cork, Viscountess ENNismoax, of a son and heir. On the 4th inst.. the Lady ELITARETH DRUMMOND, of a son. On the 3d inst., at...

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Authentic accounts from St. Petersburg state, that the Emperor of

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Russia has positively refused to accede to the proposal for a Congress at Vienna, to take into consideration the affairs of the East ; and that he has, on the contrary, proposed...

The Government have resolved upon recognizing DONNA MARIA as Queen

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of Portugal de facto, as soon as her army shall have made good its footing in the open field ; and orders to this effect have been sent to the Commander of the British Squadron...

Letters have been received from Oporto to the 29th ult.

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; up to which time things remained in nearly the same state, although reinforcements to a considerable amount had arrived. Marshal SOLIGNAC was waiting for the Manlius...

Letters from Paris, received this day by express, state that

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the unpopularity of Louis PHILIP is gaining ground rapidly. His love of money and the reported misappropriations of the Civil List had become disgustingly notorious. As if to...

The reported recall of the Dutch Minister, M. Dodd, is

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entirely without foundation : that Minister has only returned for a few days, for the acquirement, with more precision, of instructions in consequence of the approach of an...

Ministers have ascertained that the majority in the House of

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Lords .against the Irish Church Reform Bill will exceed 30. It remains to be . seen, whether they will create Peers at once, or wait until a vote of the House on the question...

There seems to be a very general impression that the

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Bank Directors have driven too good a bargain with Lord ALTHORP for the renewal of their Charter. Many persons, however, are reconciled to the terms of it, by their anxiety to...

The Times this morning gives his Majesty a very intelligible

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hint on the propriety of selecting his daily associates, and the members of the Court circle, from among the friends and supporters, instead of the most virulent opponents, of...

Let the Tories disclaim as they will any settled plot

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for defeating the Ministers last Monday, we know that the most indefatigable ex ertions were used to get up the majority. No less than 39 proxies were entered before two...

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM HAVRE, DATED MAY 27.

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"Dr. Bowring's visit to this Liverpool of France, has created a great sensation amongst us. The accounts which preceded him, from the different towns along the coast, which he...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. The upward tendency of time Money Market has continued during the week, with but a slight interruption, caused by the short-lived triumph of the...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING. FRIDAY EVENING.

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Arrived—At Deal, June 6th, Seppings, Freeman, from Ceylon. Off Dover, 5th, Troughton, Thompson, from Singapore. Off Falmouth, 3d, Colombia, Booth, from Batavia. Off Penzance,...

TOPICS OF rrn R DAY.

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TORY TACTICS—THE MIGUELITE OPPOSITION /N THE LORDS. THE Tories axe skilful in court intrigue, and have frequently discovered a considerable degree of tact in blinding...

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BLIGHTED HOPES.

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THE following announcement appeared in the Standard of Wednesday last. " The Duke of Wellington was yesterday honoured with a message from his Majesty. A numerous and highly...

POLITICAL ACQUIREMENTS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

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WHEN the health of the Duke of WELLINGTON was proposed at the Pitt dinner on Friday week, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, the Chairman, and Member for Northamptonshire, insisted most...

THE FACTORY COMMISSION.

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As the Athenians grew tired of hearing ARISTIDES called the Just, in like manner, it would seem, the Members of the House of Commons are sickened with the perpetual eulogiums on...

THE ITALIAN BALLET.

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WE looked forward with some curiosity to the representation of a genuine Italian ballet by performers of the true Italian school,— not, as is often the case, French dancers...

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LA SOCIETA .ARMONICA.

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THIS is an association of instrumental amateurs, who meet for the agreeable purpose of amusing themselves and their friends by the performance of Sinfonias and Overtures ; and...

SACRED MUSIC AT THE PHILANTHROPIC CHAPEL.

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THE opportunities of hearing sacred music—in other words, music of the highest class—are so rare in London, that we were induced to hear a performance announced to take place at...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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FICTION, The Parson's Daughter. By the Author of" goyings and Doings." 3 vole.Bentley. The Abbess; a Romance. By the Author of" Domestic Manners of the Americans: n'hittaksraid...