11 APRIL 1846

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE House of Lords sat on Monday . and Tuesday, then adjourned till the 21st; the Commons sat on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed- nesday, then adjourned till the 17th. There was...

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Debaus anir lproutbings In Varliament

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RAILWAY LEGISLATION. At the second reading of the Sheffield, _Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe Railway Bill, in the House of Commons, on Monday, Mr. Wasp mentioned that he...

It must be confessed that the aspect of the Revenue-tables

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is rather alarming. The preponderancy is greatly on the side of decrease. On the quarter there is a decrease in the Customs of more than 440,000/. in the Excise 290,0001.,...

Foreign affairs present some interesting features. Narvaez, the Spanish Dictator,

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is again in hot water. The Ministry has once more been broken up, but from what cause does not distinctly appear. He seems to be more and more inclining to the Absolute party,...

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gbe _Metropolis.

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A special Court of Common Council was held on Monday, to vote the thanks and congratulations of the Court, with the substantial addition of the freedom of the City in gold boxes...

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THE Queen, Prince Albert, and the children, left Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, for Windsor Castle, for the Easter holydays. Her Majesty and Prince Albert dined with the Queen...

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Sin 413robinte3. The Reverend and Worshipful Chancellor Law, the Vice-Principal

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of Queen's College, Birmingham, has taken up his residence within the walls of the College, in order personally to superintend the extended system of colle- giate medical and...

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SCOTLAND.

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The experiment made at Glasgow of the practicability of establishing a public nursery for the care of children whose parents are prevented by their avocations from taking care...

goreign RIO 42Dolonial, Mum) STATEL-By the packet-ship Independence which arrived

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at Liverpool on Thursday, New York papers to the 9th March have been re- ceived: intelligence reaching to the 18th March has also been received via Havre: but the accounts are...

IRELAND.

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At the weekly Repeal meeting, on Monday, Mr. Thomas Steele, "Head Pacificator of Ireland," called upon the Repeal Members of Parliament who are loitering about, to attend in the...

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iflistellantous.

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The Gazette of Tuesday contains some interesting announcements, secular and religious. Sir Henry Hardinge ' Governor-General of India, is created "Viscount King'sHardinge, of...

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ON THE RETURN OF SPRING.

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1845. Meek daughter of a rude and stormy sire, Lovely in smiles, but lovelier in thy tears! Thy beauty but re.cals the vain desire, The baffid hope of long-forgotten years. The...

Yesterday's intelligence respecting the reconstruction of the Spanish Mi- nistry

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is given with more particulars in the Journal des Dibats of Wednesday. It appears that Narvaez did not resign till he had been fairly defeated in his effort to supply the place...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The contents of the journals today are mostly of that staid and decorous kind which becomes this particular period in the Church calendar. The elements of party...

On did—That Lord Palmerston's trip to Paris has a higher

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aim than Easter holyday-making contemplating the speedy return of the Whigs to Whitehall and Downing Street, including his own to the Foreign Office, he is anxious to smooth...

The mail-steamer Avon arrived at Southampton on Thursday evening, bringing

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the West Indian and Mexican mails. Accounts from Jamaica, to the 11th March, represent the crops as flourishing. Two slight earth- quakes had occurred on the 2d and 3d of that...

The worst anticipations as to the extent and consequences of

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the scarcity in Ireland are too likely to be realized. The Dublin correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, writing on Thursday, says- " The accounts received today are still more...

The Liverpool Mercury states that a new proposal for the

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settlement of the Oregon question was despatched by the Cambrian, from Liverpool, on Saturday last.

A correspondent of the Times who dates from Mitre Court

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Buildings, Inner Temple, and uses the initials "D. L," has contributed two letters in the Leading Journal towards the discussion of the Condition-of-Ireland ques- tion. The...

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SIR R. SALE'S DEFENCE OF 317.1r kr.ABAD.

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This heroic exploit, which signalized Sir Robert Sale as one of the bravest and ablest commanders, has been commemorated by a graphic representa- tion of Jellalabad itself;...

A correspondence has just been printed, by order of the

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House of Lords, respecting the Convict System administered in Norfolk Island under the superintendence of Captain Maconochie, R.N. It is as interesting as a romance; but,...

NEW EXHIBITIONS.

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THE number of exhibitions recently opened, and the pressure of more important matters on our limited space, compel us to be content with a brief notice of their leading...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, THURSDAY APTERNOON. The English Funds evinced a tendency to advance at the commencement of the week; the investments consequent upon the payment of the...

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TOPICS OF THE

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RAILWAYS : THE WIN t• - THE apirit of gambling is deeply rooted in ' Lafterty, it chiefly-from the provincial Share Exchanges that the urgent Aries to have railway schemes...

THE SMITH O'BRIEN CORRESPONDENCE..

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Mn. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN has resumed the correspondence with the Committee of Selection, on their again attempting to press him into the Railway Committee service. From his...

THE REVENUE.

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Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended 5th April 1845 and 1846, showing the Increase or Decrease thereof YEARS ENDED 5th...

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ONE UNJUST BURDEN ON LAND.

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THE Committee of the Lords appointed to inquire into the Bur- dens which bear peculiarly upon Land have, we believe, es- tablished the existence of one such burden. It is...

THE CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL: COURTING DEFEAT.

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San ROBERT PEEL'S colleagues in the Upper House appear to amuse themselves by adding to his difficulties. While he is fighting the cross-grained Protectionists to carry his Corn...

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La Prase of Thursday, in alluding to Lord Aberdeen's reply

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to Lord Beau- mont's question in the House of Lords on the Polish insurrection, remarks—" The English have abstained from all manifestation calculated to encourage a move- ment...

POLISH INSURRECTION AND EUROPEAN REVOLUTION.

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POLISH insurrection is the portentous comet which has arisen to perp lex the despots of Europe with coming change. The imme- ate results must be sought anywhere rather than in...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRART.

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BIOGRAPHY. The Life of the Right Honourable George Canning. By Robert Bell, Author of "The History of Russia," " Lives of English Poets," &c. &c. • Chapman and Hail....

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MICHELET'S PEOPLE.

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IT is not very easy to see the drift of M. klichelet in The People. The first part, indeed, is clear enough, in spite of enthusiasm or mysti- cism. Its object is to show that...

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• DR. WHITLEY'S LIFE EVERLASTING.

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WERE it not for the authority of a Doctor of Divinity and Chancellor of Killaloe, the topics of this volume and their handling might appear to trench too closely upon forbidden...

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BRODIE'S SURGICAL LECTURES.

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IN 1831 Sir Benjamin Brodie ceased to give "a complete and systematic course" of lectures on surgery and pathology, but he occasionally ad- dressed the students of St. George's...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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From April 3d to April 90. Boons. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 174.5. By Mrs. Thomson, Author of "Memoirs of the Court of Henry the Eighth," Sec. Volume The Education...

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BIRTHS.

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On the 29th March, at Shortflatt Tower, Northumberland, Mrs. Medley Dent, of $ : daughter. On the 30th, the Lady of William Philips, Esq., of Montacute, Somereet, of S BM nag...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, April 7. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Cope and Wright, Nottingham, lace-manufacturers--Cooper, and Co. Minwerth, Warwickshire, lime-masters--Strongitharm and Cooper,...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OPPICE, April 3.-Unattached-Capt. H. W. Paget, from 56th Regt. to be Major, by purchase, vice A. Forbes, who retires. Brevet.-To be Majors in the Army-Capt. G. Rawlison, of...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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ArrowEn-At Gravesend, 2d April, Corsair, Sproule, from Sydney ; and Royal Shep- herdess, Scott, from Ceylon 4th, Rosebud, Winn ; Eclipse, Austin ; and S. Collings, Stoyle, from...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BUITI SR PUN]) 8. (Closing Prices.) SaLurd. Monday. Tuesday. Waimea. Thur,. Friday, S per Cent Consols 961 961 961 961 961 Ditto for Account 961 961 961 961 961 3 per...