11 NOVEMBER 1843

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Mexico is troublesome. Commemorating a victory over the Spaniards in

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its dark ages, that is some twenty years ago, the Mexicans gave a ball, and displayed some captured flags. English- men were invited to the ball, and an English flag was placed...

From India we have tidings of more revolutions among native

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governments, and more contemplated assumption of territory by the British. The Punjab, which has witnessed a succession of incompetent rulers since RUNJEET SINGH'S death, has...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Dublin Grand Jury have found a true bill against DANIEL O'CoNrizu. and the other Repeal leaders; but there appears some likelihood that the counsel for the accused will...

The second election superintended by the Anti-Corn-law League has resulted

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in the return of the candidate whom they patronized, and Mr. WARBURTON is Member for Kendal. The little borough —one of the creations of the Reform Act of 1832—was...

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giftetropolts.

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Thursday was Lord Mayor's Day ; and the sun shone brightly upon the show. Alderman Magnay was sworn into office at the Guildhall on the day before ; and on Thursday he was...

Iraz court.

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Tnn Queen and Prince Albert have received a number of visiters at Windsor Castle this week. The Dutchess of Gloucester arrived on Saturday, the Duke of Cambridge on Monday ; and...

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gbe Vrobintes.

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The nomination of candidates for the representation of Kendal, in the room of the late Mr. George William Wood, took place at that bo- rough on Tuesday ; when Mr. G. Bentinck,...

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IRELAND.

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Another Liberal, Mr. William Tighe, of Woodstock, has declined to act on the Land Tenures Commission. It is said that Sir Patrick Bel- lew, of Barmeath, was invited to act, but...

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jfortign anti eolonial. INDLL—The over-land Indian mail brings intelligence from

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Bombay to the 2d October. All the interest is now concentrated in a new quarter ; for while there is no later news from China, and India is in general comparatively tranquil,...

SCOTLAND.

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Tuesday witnessed the usual bustle of municipal elections in the Scotch boroughs. On the whole, in those places from which we have reports, the Liberals seem to have advanced....

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IflistrIlantous.

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Tuesday's Gazette contained several official announcements- " The Queen has been pleased to order a cone d'elire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the...

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REOPENING OF THE CHINESE COLLECTION.

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This magnificent assemblage of Chinese curiosities, having been closed for a short time, during which it has undergone a thorough cleansing and furbishing, was exhibited...

Last night's Gazette officially notifies the further prorogation of Par-

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liament, from the 14th instant to the 19th December ; and states that the Queen has nominated Mr. Arthur Aston, the late Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in...

The French telegraph informs us that the Spanish Cortes finally

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" constituted" itself on the 4th instant ; when S. Olozaga was elected President ; S. Alcoa, S. Mazarredo, S. Pidal, and S. Gonzalez Bravo, Vice-Presidents. Monday's Lisbon...

The Queen has forwarded 100/. towards a fund for the

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purpose of building new churches at Woolwich in connexion with the Established Church.

General Duff Green has another letter in the Times this

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morning, which that journal declares to be as enigmatical as Murphy's Alma- neck. The letter is a reply to the Reverend Sydney Smith's ; and its points are three. First, if we...

Liverpool has been astonished by the sudden announcement, that a

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capacious tidal harbour, and a vast floating dock, are to be formed at Birkenhead, on the Cheshire shore of the Mersey. It sv,:s first made known at Birkenhead on Tuesday, the...

Thursday's Paris papers announce the departure of the Duke and

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Dutchess de Nemours for London on that day. The Standard explains the coincidence of the Duke of Nemours' visit to England with that of the Duke of Bordeaux- " We are...

A correspondent has sent us a startling account of "

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the progress of dishonesty among commercial men. Other causes than relaxation of the law might be pointed out for the laxity of morals ; and large ex- ceptions must no doubt be...

The Hertford Reformer reports the almost entire destruction of Luton

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Hoo, the Marquis of Bute's seat, by fire, early yesterday morning. The flames were first perceived by the porter at two o'clock, in the roof over the grand hall. The Luton...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The endeavours to retard the Irish State prosecutions are kept up. The defendants' counsel obtained the sanction of the Court, on Thursday, for comparing one of...

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THE THEATRES.

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THE only new piece produced this week is taken from the French, as usual. The Bohemians, at the Adelphi, is a sort of Parisian "Tom and Jerry"; the materials being derived from...

MUSICAL VARIETIES FROM ABROAD.

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THE school for pianoforte-playing established in Paris by J. B. Cnaanta and ROSENHAIN, is serving the higher objects of the art, by opposing the prevailing rage for mechanism as...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCIIAN0E, FRIDAY AFTEINOON. Some of the large speculators for the fall have purchased extensively to close their accounts, and so largely that one broker alone bought...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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It blew a very heavy gale from South-east at Algoa Bay. 26t1, Aug. during which the following vessels were driven on shore and wrecked viz. the Delhi. Byron; Elizabeth Rowell,...

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of harmony—to the choruses, the modulation, or orchestral effects. The

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Sin—I perceive that the opinion expressed by me in the letter published in road to these is so beaten, so sure, so mechanical, and is so much the Your number of the 14th...

London, 31st Oe ploye tober 1843. explained this by saying,

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that if the consumer had less money to Sin—A few more words on Mr. COBDEN'S theory of the revival of trade, be- spend upon commodities, or the labour of the country, when corn...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE COMING MAN! IT is an old belief that the ripening of a nation for great events is sure to call up a man to work them out ; yet, although this faith is doubtless a true one,...

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HOW TO HELP THE POOR.

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As winter approaches, with its harder living, cost of coals, and other troubles for the indigent, the "crime" which arises from misery begins to multiply, Police Magistrates...

WHAT IF MR. O'CONNELL HAD PURSUED A DIF- FERENT COURSE

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SINCE 1840? Wass Sir ROBERT PEEL took office, two courses were open to Mr. O'Cosittzw, and his party : they might, seeing that the Minis- ter's English majority rendered any...

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GUY FAWKES'S STATE VISIT TO CHURCH.

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THE Gunpowder Plot ritual was duly read last Sunday in all the churches of the Establishment. To do the clergymen justice, how- ever, many of them seemed heartily ashamed of it....

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TESTS IN THE SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES.

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Facau the Glasgow papers of Thursday we learn, that the meeting of the Senatus Academicus of Glasgow University, which we had occasion to mention a fortnight ago, was held on...

GLEANINGS.

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In Ainsworth's Magazine there is an account of "A Night with Burns," by Dr. Shelton Mackenzie; which, although too much concocted after a fashion that is the vice of magazines,...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Ilieroar. History of Rome. By Thomas Arnold, D.D., late Re g ius Professor of Modern His- tory in the University of Oxford. &c. Sm. Vol. III. From the end of the First to the...

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LORD DACES OF GILSLAND.

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THE scene of this historical romance is laid in England, during the reign of Elizabeth : its general subject is the series of conspiracies to which the persecution of the Roman...

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MR. MURRAY ' S SUMMER AT PORT PHILLIP.

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THE Honourable ROBERT DUNDAS MURRAY, an invalid in search of robuster health, and possibly of an opening for enterprise, found himself at Port Phillip in September 1841. In that...

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OBSERVATIONS OF MAGNETIC PH/ENOMENA.

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FOB this volume, and for others which we hope are to follow it, we are indebted to Baron HUMBOLDT and the late Duke of SUSSEX. Previous to 1838, a letter from the great...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

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From November 3d to November 9th. Boom. History of Rome. By Thomas ARNOLD, D.D., late Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, Head Master of Rugby...

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MU S IC.

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Wessel and Stapleton's series of Modern Pianoforte Trios, No. 49. Second Grand Trio Concertante for Pianoforte, Violas, and Violoncello, composed by Louis Suomi, Op. 123. THE...

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MILITARY GAZETTE.

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OFFICE or ORDNANCE. Nov. 6.—Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieut. W. H. Ford, to be Sec. Capt. vice Fenwick. dec.; Sec. Lieut. D. Gallon. to be Fast Lieut. viceFord....

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Nov. 7. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Bevington and Reynolds, Liverpool, brokers—Blake and Co. Bishopwearmoulh, ironmettgers—Aston and Cranage, Tipton, Staffordshire,...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 224 October. at Grose House, Staplegrove, near Taunton, the Lady of the Rev. C. liasxex Hasa, of a son. On the 238, at the Vicarage, Milton Abbott, the Lady of...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. Saturday Monday (Closiug Tuesday. Prices.) Wednes. Thurs. F`riday. 3 per Cent. Consols 96 96 961 964 961 961 Ditto for Account 961 96 964 96} 961 961 3 per...