9 MARCH 1839

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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CLAssirieD arrangement of the subjects which have occupied the attention of Parliament this week is impracticable—they are so various, dissimilar, and unconnected with each...

The Coalition have triumphed in the French elections. All the

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returns had not been received in Paris on Wednesday afternoon, but it was ascertained that the Anti-Ministerial majority would Is; decisive. The Journal des Mats gives as the...

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Accounts frotn New York, dated the 7th of January, have

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been received. The only intelligence from Canada is, that Sir JOHN COLBOBNE had confirmed the sentence of a court-martial on eleven prisoners taken on the Beauharnois property,...

Don CAuLos revoked his proclamation, denouncing MAROTO as a traitor,

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and announced in another proclamation, his entire approval of the slaughter of his Generals at Estella. MAROTO, it seems, only executed a decree of CAnt.os himself, which, he...

ncbatts an ZI:ocrafinas in 19arliament.

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THE LORD-LIEUTENANT .k ND TUE CHURCH OP Inns.AND. Viseount EIMINGTON was introduced to the Lords on Monday, by the Duke of Argyll and the Marquis of Conyngham; and took the...

The Portuguese Government have refused to ratify the treaty negotiated

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by Lord Howean Jul.: WALDEN for the suppression of the Slave-trade. Ilux.rox's book of the Nveek teaches us to regartl all such treaties as good for nothing ; and we observe...

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In the ;bins 0:' on Monthly', Lord Brougham gaye judgment

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in ci Scotch appcJ) ; a 1 to P.:run:nee to the remarks of Mr. I3anner- loan alal Mr. 1,,,Ovard Eilice on Lord Glenlee's incapacity, took the opportsniry or Fonoihtting a high...

'Tbe Vrobintes.

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Both parties in North Devonshire are striving vigorously to effect the election of their respective candidate. The nominaeion will take place at Southmolton, on Tuesday next,...

Mr. Finch, the Member for Walsall, having refused to pay

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his church-rate, the ease was last week brought before Lord Dartmouth and Mr. Grove, at Barr, and after a hearing, a warrant of distress was granted.—Birminglorm Advertiser. At...

trig Court.

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held a Levee at St. James's Pa'atee on Wednesday. It AV:IS 4,1 14', the principal Odieers and of the Household and th,: •adors. The gm ,e, 1:1 company comprised the Dukes or...

Zijr itirtropo1i5.

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A faa-ei ,1 easeing of the Court of Comin...n Council was held on Tbm: t•• con..1 1 .er the or the new Police Bill. A report from ti.s Co.amit.re 1h II. 11 tO Wateli...

At the Bow Street Office, on Tuesday, Mr 'Charles Mathews

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at- tended to in6wm Sir Frederick Roe of an attempt to maim or kill his wife, Madame Vestais, Front Mr. Matheas's statement it appeared, that on the previeta- evening, a Mr....

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P S T.

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datt.j.1 Ili of .Iatitt tvae raceivtal this morning feetat Boellety. We tttlse from the .. the Col ing items of news-- III ofe very stedsfeteor:.. description. " 'file letters...

IRELAND.

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In a letter to Mr. Ray, Secretary to the Preen . ..see _Issue:at:en, Mr. • O'Connell announces his intention to be present at a meseing of the Society on Monday next, in Dublin...

Itli$ccilantons.

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Scandal has been busy about the Palace precincts. It has been rumoured that the Queen inflicted personal chastisement on one of her Ladies of the Bedchamber, for :mum trifling...

House at Peril:once: la , t ::::: . :e. .1....1.....,. tat, a ,:ereat

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tl: al . ' tall,ing, len St•Noril V.) It's', perpo e . • en a e-i : b : ,.. e .... - ,1-,. - .:1 - „ , - 1.1,d, c re ... u ! L -- a atrl'011t to the British. lime il. lld:.'...

'II: , STAI117,1/ Sverld,uf: sr, \slily!' :;.;;• ;' ' Youti,or—a c,.a■tributiou

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towards Ilw os:abid,*." . -•,••••.--i, d.•lirt,red ;:rittis. It' ;LIIV 0110 1 . :Lii l.o 1,55..•iN.. ,i, ...-• ••■ 551!, N,•••••••••.mait :•.•• o:uplovs; l'or ia Ca••...

SCOTLAND.

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At a meeting in the Trades Hall. conveded hy the G:es sow Anti- Corn-law Association, and held on Monday, the report of ti:: proceed- ings of the Delegates in Loudon MIS read...

'rhe result of all the l'renali • 'C.11.111 - 11 in 011

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TillirSday is ishut. WIC, p.s vs 01 10 t11.• odi

At Newcastle Assizes, on Monday, Mr. Dundas„ who was engaged

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as counsel for Balam, charged with the Murder of Millie, in the Sa- yings Bank, moved to postpone the trial till the next Aesizes. Ile did this on the affidavit of the...

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. The Duke of SUSSEX and Lady CECILIA UNDERWOOD were

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expected to arrive at Kensington Palace this afternoon, after a sojourn of eleven weeks with the accommodating Lord DINORBEN, at Kinmel.Park.

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Lord CLEMENTS was elected Member for Leitrim County on Wed-

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nesday, without opposition. At Wigan, yesterday, the show of hands was in Mr. EWART'S favour ; but a poll was demanded for Mr. KEARSLEY. A Chartist was proposed, seconded, made...

Sir Jolts Ross has been appointed British Consul at Stockholm.

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So, Mr. GIBSON'S motion, and the discussion thereon, have not been with- out their effect upon the Foreign Office, although Lord PALMERSTON and Mr. Seem° RICE affected to treat...

Lord MEI:nouns E, we presume, is "himself again." He gives

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a grand Parliamentary dinner this evening, at his residence in South Street.

We have received a protest, signed by five Polish officers,

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against the imputation on Mr. Ostrowski's character, contained in letters the con- tents of which we stated in this journal Of the 16th of February. Th e . reader will recollect...

The Anti-Corn-law Delegates assembled yesterday afternoon at Man- chester, in

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the great room of the Corn Exchange ; which was filled by a body . of the most influential and respectable inhabitants. Mr. R. H m . Greg, the absence of Mr. Smith, (who is...

MONEY MARKET.

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SATURDAY, TWRTNE o' CLOCK. The usual monthly statement of the liabilities and assets of the Bank of England exhibits a decrease in the amount of the deposits of 319,000/., and...

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The lessee of the St. James's having announced in addition

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to his " forest of wild animals," a " wilderness of monkies," dogs, and goats, YATES, determined at any rate to anticipate the monkeyana, caught hold of the first wandering...

THE THEATRES.

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COVENT Garden, on Thursday, was crammed to repletion with a good- natured public, willing to be pleased with any thing from the pen of the popular author of the Lady if Lyons,...

• EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, March 5th, Lady Rattles, Ryles, from Bengal. Off Portland, 2d, lierefordShire, Jackson, from ditto. Off the Wight, 5th Sunda, —, front ditto ; -sk J. R....

The Drury Lane Manager thought to avail himself of the

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vote of the House of Commons in favour of Mr. DUNCOMBE'S motion, aud an- nounced Concerts a-la-3Itisard on the Lent nights, with the roar of the Lions and Tigers to aid the...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE SPECTATOR'S SUPPLEMENT—PARLIAMENTARY REPORT ON POSTAGE. APART from its curious facts, and its valuable exposition of an ex- tensive department of public business, the...

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TIIE CORN QUESTION \Vim, be brought beffire the Refbrmed House

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of Commons, in all its magnitude on Tuesday next. The motion, by Ali.. Thaoalts, " That the noose resolve itself into a Committee of' the whole Rouse, to take into consideration...

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COURT SCANDAL.

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THE political barometer this week was still pointing to "Very dry," when there came a refreshing shower of Court scandal to the relief of the dully papers. We could not, if we...

THE STATE OF THE COLONIAL OFFICE, AND OF THE CANADA

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QUESTION. THE Bumbureaueracy of " Tliis Office " are beginning to take heart. Lord NORMANDY has been Colonial Minister for a fort- night, and is still subject to King STEPHEN....

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RAILWAYS IN IRELAND.

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Ai length the Irish Railway question, which " out of doors" has caused such an overflow of' speech and ink in so many forms—in pamphlets, reviews, newspaper articles, harangues...

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i subscribing

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I intrigue, and made subservient to paltry and private ends. Directors' patronage has been employed to push a pupil or a relation into au en . comprises. We o pre- Should the...

THE motion regarding the management r anageent of our commercial

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interests in the Baltic, which was brought forward by Mr. GIBSON 011 Tuesday Bu pu last, gave rise to a debate somewhat more lively than usual ; and in which, it must be...

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MR. BUXTON'S AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE.

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IN reviewing the life and character of 1,V1t,n1avosten,* we observed, that, " allowing for the growing humanity of the age, it may be questioned whether the Negro race has...

I.AING'■; TOUR IN SWEDEN..

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Toit essential difference between LAING'S lies; (leave in Nor. way and his Tour in Swaden may be thus indicated—he wrote at book on Norwav because he had lived there ; he treat...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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*rod, Emomit, The African Slave.Trade. By Thomns Powell Buxton, Esq. Murray. TsAvia , s , A Tour hi Sweden, in 1838: comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and...

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CAPTAIN MIGNAN'S WINTER JOURNEY' TO KOORDISTAU N.

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Tau titlepage of these volumes is not explicit. The work consists of an overland journey front England to India, made nearly ten years ago (in 1829) ; with the narrative of...

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MEMOIRS OT A FIELD••OFFICER IN THE INDIAN ARMY%

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THESE Memoirs are the autobiography of the late Major DAVID PRICE, a man of some standing as an Oriental scholar, and known to Indian students for his " Chronological Retrospect...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BouND BOOKS. The African Shiee - Trade. By TDOMAS EOWELI, BUXTON, Esq. Labour's Wrmigs and Labour's Remedy ; or, the Age of Might and the Age of Right. By 3. F. BmAr. Manual of...

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FINE ARTS.

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THE PICTURES AT HAMPTON COURT. As the spring approaches—and our second winter has already set in—the sight-seeing folks will be flocking to Hampton Court ; and the picture-...