12 SEPTEMBER 1846

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Queen Victoria has just completed a second pleasure-voyage in her

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yacht, which bore also her husband and children. Jersey, Devonshire, and Cornwall, have rejoiced in the Royal presence, and have been moved to delight in proportion to the...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Even supposing that the occasion were sufficient to justify in- tervention, it is not clear on what point the interference could be made to turn, or in what way it could be...

Government interference is invoked by certain British residents in Madeira,

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who have been placed in jeopardy by the indiscreet zeal of a countryman. Some time ago, Dr. 'Kelley, a medical man who joins to his worldly calling the vocation of missionary,...

When substantial news is failing, the Indian "news-writers,' eager to

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do suit and service in their places, make up for the de- ficiency by reports, easily manufactured in that distant land. Poli- tically there is no event : the cholera in Seinde...

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Had the misgivings as to the necessity of Government inter-

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ference to aid the Irish in meeting the calamity of the potato crop not already been routed, they would be so by the multiply- ing reports of suffering which continue to come in...

The mutual advances of the Whigs and Repealers in Ireland

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pro- ceed most favourably for a "compact alliance." The correspond- ence of the Lord Chancellor with the Repeal Magistrates, once dismissed now reinstated, is a series of...

Zbe iftetropolis.

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The Lord Mayor held Courts of Thames Conservancy at Stratford and Greenwich, yesterday. Several cases connected with obstructions, en- croachments, and nuisances on the Thames,...

Zbe eourt.

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Orin narrative of the Queen's sea-voyage broke off with her arrival at Jersey. The Royal squadron reached St. Helier's on the Wednesday after- noon; but neither the Queen nor...

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Zbe Vrobinres.

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The British Association for the Advancement of Science holds its six- teenth annual meeting at Southampton. The town is full of visiters ; yet the endeavours to secure lodgings...

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IRELAND.

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Both from the North and South of Ireland the most gloomy accounts continue to be received as to the failure of the home-grown supply of food; and unless either food or work be...

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Nortign anti egionial.

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Sesne.—The preliminary arrangements for the double marriage of Queen Isabella the Second with Don Francisco de Assis, and of the Infanta Luisa with the Duo de Montpensier,...

SCOTLAND.

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The fifty-third annual general meeting and show of the Highland and Agri- cultural Society of Scotland was held at Inverness, on the 1st, 2d, and 3d. instant. The exhibition of...

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ArtifitelantOUS.

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A rumour prevailed on the Paris Bourse on Monday that the Emperor Nicholas would visit the French capital in the course of next month. He was said to have expressed much...

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THE THEATRES.

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Never was a drama more truly Trench in its character than a piece pro- duced at the Princess's under the title of Love's Telegraph. In the first place, there is the love of...

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The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland made his first public appearance, after

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the customary fashion, at the Dublin Theatre, on Wednesday evening. It is Observed, however ' that there was a " long and rapturous" cheer for 4 Smith O'Brien and Young...

CHARLES METCALFE.

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From Burampooter's banks to cold Quebec, Thy name is known: and where St. Lawrence rolls Its mighty tide of waters to the sea, Bearing the iceberg on its swollen bosom, Thy...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. There is little news of any kind, political or otherwise, but some gossip not without interest. Still first in importance is the Spanish marriage affair;...

The Standard contains a letter to the Earl of Ripon,

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from Mr. Newton, ia reference to the published correspondence between the Earl and Mr. Crow- ther: Lord Ripon having reflected upon Mr. Newton, and " calumniated " Mrs. Newton,...

The Paris papers of Thursday contain several items of foreign

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gossip. The municipal elections in France are reported to have run strongly against Ministers—most disastrously so; but the returns are by no means complete. - A letter has...

Mr. Charles Pearson, so.licitor, has addressed a letter to the

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Mae*, professedly because "so many errors are going the round of the papers" relative to Mr. Crowther, Mr. Newton, and Lord Ripon; and the writer has been instructed by the Earl...

The sugar-refining works and warehouses belonging to Messrs. DiTie and

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Sens, in Bachelor Street, Liverpool, were burnt dovrn on Thursday evening. Fortunately, no other buildings were destroyed; but the poor people who inhabits.' the neighbouring...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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POPULAR ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. PRINCE ALBERT'S visit to the British Association, now in full session at Southampton, is likely to prove of some advantage to science. It is...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY APTERNOON. The English Funds have this week been depressed to the extent of per cent, and they present rather a heavy appearance. The prospect of famine...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The John Cree, Goodslr, from Calcutta to Liverpool, was totally wrecked at St. Jago, 16th June ; crew saved. The Guiana, Talbert, from Adelaide, was wrecked at Mauritius, 24th...

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QUEEN ISABELLA'S MARRIAGE.

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Tan acount of Queen Isabella's marriage reads like an old fairy tale—that is, like the unhappy parts ; but, unlike the fairy tale, it is to be feared that it will not end...

REGULATION OF RAILWAYS.

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Two railways stand charmed with betraying the public interests —the Eastern Counties an d the South-eastern. The accusation against the Eastern Counties is, that the management...

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IT CAN BE DONE.

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THE Times having quoted our paraphrase of the popular helpless- ness in the matter of Metropolitan improvements, a correspondent of that journal has taken the pains to...

POOR-LAW REFORM: How ENGLAND HAS HITHERTO DEALT BY HER POOR.

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"TEE poor always ye have with you " : every country has its poor, and must perforce deal with that class as a constituent ele- ment of the community. Lawmakers, whether from...

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THE CRIMINAL CODE.

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LETTER IX. (AND LAST.) I have now gone through the whole of that portion of the Code which is at lire- sent before the public, article by article almost: it will be convenient...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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HISTORICAL FICTION, The Favat of &florins. In two volumes Longman and Co. BIOGRAPHY, The Dispatches and Letters of VIcc-AdmIral Lord Viscount Nelson ; with Notes by Sir...

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DR. NICHOL ON THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD.

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Tans volume is a sort of sequel, or in the language of the author of the Vestiges of Creation an " explanation," of Dr. Nichol's former work on the Architecture of the Heavens....

THE NELSON DESPATCHES.

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THE present volume concludes this national undertaking. It opens in August 1805, when Nelson was returning from his celebrated pursuit of the French fleet to the West Indies ;...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Boons. The Dispatches and Letters of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson; with Notes by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, G.C.M.G. The seventh volume. August to October 1805....

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MUSIC.

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A n English Adaptation of Mozart's Requiem, with an Accompaniment for the Organ or Pianoforte. By Vincent Novella. The new forms in which the works of the great masters are...

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Handers Sacred Oratorio "The Messiah," in Vocal Score, with a

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separate Accompaniment for the Organ or Pianoforte. Arranged by Ilincent Novelk. An uncommonly clear and beautiful specimen of musical typography: we may safely say that...

The Hundred-andfifteenth Psalm "Not unto us, 0 Lord." Composed by

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Felix MeWdelssohn Bartholdy. This work, which forms the fortieth number of Novello's Musical Classics is a good specimen of Mendelssohn's sacred style; the most favour- able c...

Anthems and Service.s for Church Choirs. Nos. 1 to 4.

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Numerous arrangements of the compositions of Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso, with fine specimens of our own Cathedral writers, Tallis, Gibbons, Farrant, &e., give this...

The Spirit of the Shell; a Serenata. Composed by Thomas

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Henry Severn. This composition, in the German style, belongs to a class familiar to us in translations and arrangements, of which Schiller's song of "The Bell," with music by...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICE, Sept. 8.-5th Drag. Guards—Major W. II. Archer, from the 14th Light Drags. to be Major, vice King, who exchanges. 3d Light Drags.—A. A. M. Campbell, Gent, to be...

BIRTHS.

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On the 2d September, at Castle Bernard, county of Cork, the Viscountess Bernard, of a daughter. On the 3d, the Lady of William Longman, Esq., of 36, Hyde Park Square, of a son....

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH 17 N D S. (Closing Prices.) &Surd. Monday. Tuesday. Wanes. — :81 961 951 96 961 96i 965 es 963 961 961 9 981 951 981 101 10 101 101 — 2o9 210 211 260 2604 — 15 pm. 17...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE. Tuesday, Sept. 8.

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PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVE). Denham And Co. Pudding Lane, ship-agents-Davis and Prebble, Hertford Terrace, Haggerston, grocers-Gredwell and Co. Liverpool, corn-merchants-Milli:a and...