8 NOVEMBER 1828

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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ALL the fortresses of the Morea, occupied by the Turks, have been yielded to the French troops without the loss of a life or the shot of a gun. 'Ibrahim Pacha having sailed on...

We are without any military details from Bulgaria subsequent to

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the fall of Varna. The Turkish commander Omer Vrione, who was advancing to relieve it, retreated when lie learned its fate; and the Grand Vizier is understood to have retreated...

The plague continues its desolating course at Gibraltar ; and

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it appears that the remedies, which have hitherto been considered as specifics, have, in the present case, lost their efficacy. The deaths on the 15th October, were 45; making,...

The 4th of November, a day dear to the Irish

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Protestants, was fixed for the first grand meeting of the Brunswick Club of Ireland. If numbers, wealth, and title, give a claim to respect and a guarantee for wisdom, then...

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SATURDAY NIGHT.

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The Marquis Palmella has received favourable accounts from Portugal. The Constitutional Guerillas increase in numbers, and they are headed by some of the"first men in the...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING.—Although there have been two holidays this week, on one of which the house was closed, considerable business has been done in Stock, both for...

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A youth named Barrett, in the service of Mr. Savage,

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pawnbroker, in Lambeth, was engaged on Monday evening with his companion, John Tem p le, in making sqttibs in the back yard of the premises. Temple went to the shop for a loaded...

An inquest was held on Saturday, at Mr. 'Lang's shooting

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gallery, Haymarket, on the body of Frederick Daubrawa, a gentleman of foreign extrac tion, holding a commission in his Majesty's army, who shot himself with a duelling pistol....

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Messrs. Rundell and Bridge, of Ludgate-hill, are said to be

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constructing a most magnificent silver wine-cooler for his Majesty, the dimensions of which are so extensive, that it will contain two full-sized individuals, who may seat...

By accounts from Vienna, it appears that the famous General

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Mack died on the 22d of October. Since the surrender of Ulm to the French army, commanded by Napoleon, lie lived in the greatest privacy, on a pension from the Emperor of...

OLD BAILEY.—The Court met on Tuesday, agreeably to the order

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of the Judges, for the special purpose of trying Joseph Hunton on a second charge of forgery. The court-room was crowded long before the trial commenced. The Recorder, several...

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COMMISSIONERS OF BaNicaurrs.—The Commissioners sat on Tuesday, for the final

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examination of Charles Conolly, jeweller. A number of his creditors attended and exhibited very long faces. Among them was the tradesman, who, in advising his son to induce the...

MIDDLESEX SESSTONS.-Mr. Henry Haley Holmes, James Wood, and Charles Charsley,

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were indicted for a misdemeanor, in having, on the 13th of September last, "unlawfully and wilfully broken . open a vault in the church of Hendon, in which certain dead bodies...

FRAUDS IN THE COAL TRADE.—An adjourned meeting of the Magistrates

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of Surrey was held at Horsemonger-lane, on Monday, to consider a charge brought, by petition, from Messrs. Horne, coal-merchants, Falcon Wharf, against Charles Smith and George...

POLICE OF LorinoN.—Mary Walters was on Saturday brought before the

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Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed Miss Eatoa, the daughter of the owner of the Elephant public-house, in Fenchurch-street. In the course of the investigation, incontestible...

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THE PRESS.

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MR. PEEL'S APOSTACY. MORNING JOURNAL—The Leeds betelligeneer, says that while Mr. Peel was in Lancashire lie persuaded his Protestant friends to refrain front any public...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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PORTRAIT OF SIR. WALTER SCOTT. THE Literary Souvenir for 1829 contains a gem, which, independently of the other merits of that elegant volume, ought to sell the entire work....

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METAPHYSICS OF THE POLICE.

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HARD CASE OF AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN AT BOW-STREET. WE were much struck with the consistency of discretion which was lately displayed in a Bow-street Police affair, in itself of...

THE STRANGER—YOUNG AND MISS PHILIPS.

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THE Stranger is so very a German, that it would be difficult to account for his popularity in England, but for the recollection of SIDDONS and the sight of YOUNG. The characters...

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MISS BYFIELD IN ROSINA.

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How delightful it is to get back to an honest old opera! With the venerable patriarchs of English composition, a simple story begat simple melodies ; Colin sat with Daphne upon...

THE LATEST MUSICAL GOSSIP OF THE OPERA-HOUSE.

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LABLACHE, the celebrated primo basso cantante of the Italian Opera in Vienna, 'will, we are informed, be among the fir3t-fruits of the new and spirited direction of our...

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A PROPOSAL TO REMEDYPI iE LOVE OF CADENCES IN SINGERS.

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THE Harmonicon, in allusion to Cadences, in the last number, exclaims justly, "How wonderful it is; that English singers will persevere in these abominations, and that the...

SPOHR.

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Jr is rumoured in the musical circles, that SPOIIR, the great violin player and composer, is dead. This intelligence, which reached us by the way of Paris, is not confirmed by...

LITERARY SPECTATOR,

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CONCLUSION OF THE DUKE OF ROVIGO'S MEMOIRS. THE 7th and 8th parts, which conclude these Memoirs, embrace the first abdication of NAPOLEON, the restoration of the Bourbons, the...

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THE MEMOIRS OF M. YIDOCCe.

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THE autobiography of a thief-taker, himself a transported convict, does not at first sight present the highest claims to the attention of the literary world : nevertheless, M....

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NEW MUSIC.

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1. HAYDN'S MOTETT in D Minor, " Insane et vance cures," for four voices, as performed at the York Musical Festival, Etc.; with an Accompaniment for the Organ or Pianoforte,...

SPECTABILIA.

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The Midland Medical and Surgical Reporter, published at Worcester, gives in English and Latin.an account of an extraordinary boy, " John Jones four years and six weeks old, and...

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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BOOKS IN Tim PREss, OR IN PREPARATION. The English in Portugal. A Narrative of Facts connected with the Imprison ment and Trial of William Young. Esq. II. P. British Service,...

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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RTHS.-At Westhury-house, the Hon. Mrs. ,Wm. Gage, of a son and heir-At his house, Fitzwilliam-stmare, Dublin, the Lady of Henry George Heard, Esq. of a son and heir-On the 4th...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesrlay, Nor. 4. rA1STN%N. , 01IPti 11L - 4,;o2.1 - ED. J. Nicholson and Jaelcson„I tidiest rest, Brunse.ick-iquare-A. sen. and W. Williams, Liverpool, wholesale French and...

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PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW, NOVEMBER 6.

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SNIT n I ELD.-Hay, 81/8.to 85s. Od.-Inferior and new, 55s. to 75s.-Clover, 95s. 08. to 1058.-Inferior and new, 70s. to 85s.-Straw, 28s. to 34s. Peo..-Cluver, bUs. to 110s,-Hay,...

NOTORIOUSLY SHAMEFUL ABUSES.

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T HE calamitous circumstances consequent upon the unprovoked, unmerited, and glaring conspiracy and unprincipled persecution so maliciously concocted and infamously prosecuted...

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Just Published, by Viz ETELLY. BRANSTON, and Co. 135, Fleet-street,

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Price Sc. bound in Blue Cloth, and comprising as much matter as a thick Octavo Volume, The B OOK OF HEALTH. A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, deduced from the experience of the...

TO MORROW,

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T HE BRITISH ALMANAC, Of the Society for the Diffusiou of Useful Kuowledge, for 1829. Tut/ SOCIETY for the DIFFUSION of USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, on the 1st of January last, submitted...

In 3 vols. post Bvo. Price 11. us. 6d.

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HE ENGLISH IN FRANCE. By the Author of "The English in Italy." "We do not hesitate to say, that these volumes give a clearer insight into Manners, Customs, and the existing...

B RITISH AND FOREIGN PUBLIC LIBRARY, Conduit-street, Hanover-square. Subscribers to this

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Library have the right of ehoosiug, from a most extensive and valuable collection of the best Books in tbe various languages, whatever Works they may desire, which are regularly...

This Day is Published, in 12mo., is. nd. T HE COOK'S

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ORACLE, a new edition, by NVilliam Kitchener, M.D. Printed for Castel and Co. Edinburgh, and Simpkin and Marshall, London. "We venture to prophesy that the ' Cook's Oracle'...

A REGULAR TRA DER.

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poll HOBART TOWN AND LAUN_a; CESTON, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, with leave to forward Goods to the latter Place at Ship's expense and Shipper's Risk, the beautiful, first-class...

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