9 AUGUST 1828

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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IT appears extremely probable that Lord Stranzford will go as Ambassador from this country to the Brazils. The object of his mission is said to be to induce the Emperor Don...

The accounts from the theatre of war are interesting only

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inasmuch as they show that it cannot be long before some event of importance takes place. The last Russian bulletin (dated July 14th) reports that a skirmish had occurred with a...

, It is 'stated in a German paper, received this

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morning, but is not credited in London, that a courier had passed through Vienna with instructions for the recall of Lord Heytesbury from the Russian headquarters.

There appears some movement on the part of the Austrians

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connected with the kingdom of Sardinia. There is a rumour of a design entertained by Austria of putting aside the Prince of Cartnano on the death of the reigning King, on...

The expedition from Toulon has not yet sailed, but its

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departure is fixed for the 15th and 25th of this month. In the mean time, Ibrahim Pacha professes his willingness to quitthe Morea—which he could not keep—only he must be...

The price of corn is stated to have risen considerably

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in the North of France. It does not appear, however, that there has been a general failure in the harvest.

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THE MONEY MARKET.

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The operations in the Money,market during the week have not been extensive; but the fluctuations have been more frequent than the jobbers anticipated, considering how little in...

The Marquis of Anglesea appears to have become unpopular with the high Ascendency party.

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The Ballinamore rebels have been tried. One has been'acquitted ; the rest have been found guilty, not of high treason, but of unlawfully assembling, under the notion that a...

An improvement in the appearance of the Duke of Gloucester

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is announced, and inscribed to the virtue of the Cheltenham waters. The Duke of Cumberland reviewed his regiment, the 15th Hussars, on Wednesday, at Hounslow Heath. Prince...

Three youths, sons of a very respectable tradesman in Pimlico,

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and of the ages of thirteen, fifteen, and sixteen, went . out in a boat near Battersea, about five o'clock on Wednesday morning, for the purpose of bathing. ' T he oldest being...

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Mr. John Sale, formerly a surveyor, and lately in the

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employ of Mr. Phipps the builder, committed suicide on the night of Sunday last. The circumstances that transpired at the inquest on the body are , ball of tragic interest. The...

SPECULATING IN THE FUNDS MORE nazaanous THAN COMMON GAMBLING. —The

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excess of hazard lies in what is seldom taken into account at all, the brokerage, which bears a higher proportion to the risk than the balance of chances which the keeper of a...

The gourmands have discovered, that the fishing for white bait

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in the Thames is not by many degrees so destructive of the fry of other species of the °any tribes j as the legitimate fishiug. by the common nets. THE FRENCH Cumn.—There was a...

METHODIST CONFERENCE.—The design of appointing Bishops, of which we lately

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heard something in the newspapers, has been abandoned, if it ever was seriously entertained. The Rev. Jabez Bunting is appointed President, and the Rev. Robert Newton,...

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THE ASSIZES.

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At the Stafford Assizes, last week, Ann Jones was sentenced to be imprisoned for two years in the house of correction, for attempting to poison her master, William Jackson, by...

The trial of William Corder, of Polstead, for the murder

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of Maria Marten, on the 18th of May, 1827, commenced on the morning of Thursday. Bury St. Edmund's, where the prisoner :was confined and the trial was to take place, appears to...

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THE POLICE OF LONDON.

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On Thursday night, the St. George's Marrow-bone and Cleaver Club, consisting of four stout butchers, were brought before the Magistrate at Marlborough-street, having been given...

THE PRESS.

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THE HOUSE OF BRAGANZA AND THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR. TIMES—It will be remembered, that towards the end of 1807, the late King of Portugal (then Prince Regent), on the entrance of...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE rumoured appointment of Lord Strangford to the embassy at Brazils has given occasion to the Times to circulate a charge against his Lordship, which had lately been...

They do things in a strange way of their own

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in Ireland. There was a man hanged for murder the other day ; and as nothing is done without soldiers, a detachment of one hundred men was asked for, to he present, (as the...

In the amusing Recollections of a Service in Colombia, there

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is rather an extreme instance of credulity. The writer gives this account of the famous South American poison: " This poison, which is most deadly, is thus extracted from a...

The Times has had a sensible article on Opera affairs.

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"The absence of competition (it remarks) has encouraged the extravagant demands of its proprietors, and to lower their pretensions is not an easy achievement; a promise having...

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HONESTY NOT THE BEST POLICY. .

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THE lesson constantly taught to the poor is, that patience is the worst policy. While misery respects the laws, it remains un known, unpitied, and unaided ; but if it flies to...

ATROCIOUS MURDER BY THE PENNY-A-LINE MEN. EVERY day, say the

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newspapers, adds something to the fewful interest of Corder's case. A WM has been identified on the neck of the corpus deli& ! The officer Lea has produced a dirk, which has...

HAYMARKET THEATRE.--FARREN'S LORD OGLEBY.

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IT is late in the day to remark on so well-known a performance as Farren's Lord Ogleby ; but the twentieth reading of a good work is better worth the time bestowed on it than...

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A CHAPTER CONCERNING BASS-SINGING.

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IN the days of Purcell, as his anthems bear witness, there lived men who were so far from having "lost their G," that they were in full possession of their double D. Now that...

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THE LITERARY SPECTATOR.

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INDUCED at length to read Pelham,* chiefly, we will confess, by the assiduous eulogists in the advertisement quarter of the daily press, we were surprised that the world had...

A fasciculus of" scribbling" and scribbled paper, which a student

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of Cambridge has published under the title of Letters from that University,* is scarcely worthy of that celebrated place of education. We confess that its frivolous details...

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EXTRACTS.

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TELHANI ON DRESS. " IAM wearied of speaking of tailors ; let us reflect a little upon their works. In the lirst place, I deem it the supreme excellence of coats, not to be too...

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SPECT.A.B ' •

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An Italian singer, who for several years gave as many lessons, at a guinea an hour, as he could find time for, confessed to us, that he had learnt what he knew °idle art by...

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NEW WORKS

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On the point of Publication. 4'. s. d. e. a. d. us:Aar°. Munro on the Brain, Vol. I. lids. 0 12 0 Annesley's Diseases of India, Vol. DUODECIMO. II. imperial . . . 7 7 0...

TIIE ARMY. Irar-Ojice, August 4.

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2d Dragoon Guards—R.J.0. Vandeleur, gent. to be Cornet, without purchase. 4th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Edward Cooper Hodge, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Marsham, who retires ;...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BritTfis. — At the Palace, Lichfield, the lady of William Oakeley, Esq. of Glattwilliam, Merionethshire, of a SOT1 and heir—On the 28th, at Portsmouth, the lady of the Hon....

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, August 5. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. D. Keen and W. Mulford, North Audley-street. Grosvenor-square, coach-makers —J. and S. S. Hall, Circus, alinories, ship-brokers—B....

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In one vol. 8vo. with Plates, 12s.

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J OURNAL of a VOYAGE to PERU, a PASSAGE across the CORDILLERA of the ANDES in the WINTER of 1827, performed on foot in the snow, and a JOURNEY across the PAMPAS. By Lieut. C....

T HE DUKE of ROVIGO'S MEMOIRS.-Each volume of the French Edition

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of this work, published by Mr. Colburn, at only 14s., comprises two volumes of the Paris Edition, which is advertised for sale in London at 20s. ; the Public are therefore...

In three vol. post Svo. 31s. Gd. I SMAEL, or the KUZZILBASH. A

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Tale of KIIORASAN. " One of the best and ablest works of fiction which for a long time past has issued from the press."-Bluckwood's Magazine. "A fine moral tale of great power...

INSANITY.

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This day was published, in One thick Volume, Svo., price 18s. C OMMENTARIES on the Causes, Forms, Symptoms, and Treatment, Moral and Medical, of INSANITY. By GEORGE MAN...

F OREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW.

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No, IV. price l's• CoNTEvzs.-Art. I. Life and Works of Wieland.II. Cailliaud's Travels to Wro'd, and the White River, &c.-Ill. Spanish Novelists.IV. Niebuhr's Roman History.-V....

This day ispublished, No.6I, price Is. of the

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F AMILY ORACLE of HEALTH, POPULAR MEDICINE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, and JOURNAL of LITERATURE and SCIENCE; containing Symptoms and Cure of St. Vitus's Dance. On \Vanning and...

H ISTORY OF SCOTLAND. By P. F. TYTLER, Esq. ' F.R.S.E ' P.

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F. TYTLER, Esq. ' F.R.S.E ' . F.A.S., &. c. Vol. I. Svo. lb. Including the period from the Accession of Alexander III. to the Death of Robert Bruce. BROWN'S PHILOSOPHY of the...

FINE ARTS.

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This day is pub li shed, Part II. of V IEWS OF VIRGINIA WATER, celebrated as the favourite and frequent retreat of His Most Gracious Majesty : containing Views of His Majesty's...

'WORKS

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Just Published by HUNT and CLARKE, York-street, Covent-garden. In 2 vols. Svo. price 16s. boards, ECOLLECTIONS of a SERVICE of THREE YEARS during the WAR-OF-EXTE BMINATION in...

A CONSTANT TRADER.

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UOR BATAVIA and SINGAPORE, the fine eoppered Ship ARETHUSA, A. 1. ROBERT JOHNSON, Commander. Burthen 200 Tons. Lying in the West India Export Dock. Has good Accommodation for...