16 AUGUST 1845

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The Orangemen of Ireland have been trying hard to take

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a leaf out of the book of the Repealers : but they cannot coin that " fibre d'oro " into serviceable cash, or make any great show of their scrap of sedition. The occasion was...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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QUEEN VICTORIA. has been away a whole week, and is now immersed in German hospitalities; yet the country manages tolerably to keep up its spirits in the absence of the maternal...

Several Parliamentary elections have been in agitation this week. Some

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possess but little interest, and indicate nothing re- markable; such as the unopposed reelection of Lord Arthur Lennox, Sir Charles Douglas, and Mr. Cripps for Chichester,...

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Debates an Vroceebings in Vadiameut.

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CLOSE OF THE SESSION. [In a great part of our impression last Saturday, we reported the Pro - . rogation and gave the Queen's Speech; but some of our readers had nothing except...

ebr Gurete0 Eftstit to German.

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The blustering weather of Saturday did not deter Queen Victoria from vetting out on her voyage. At twenty minutes past four in the aftern000, the Queen and Prince Albert left...

. - There must be a Feat many Palmerstons in

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France, for there is a prevalent disposition in that country to excite national hatreds. Some respectable French journals have been insinuating that the English caused the fire...

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Irbe ifletropolis.

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The long-expected death of Mr. Benjamin Wood, M.P., which happened at Eltham Lodge on Wednesday, left a vacancy in the representation of Southwark. A committee had already been...

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At Chichester, on Tuesday, Lord Arthur Lennox, newly appointed Clerk to the Board of Ordnance, was reelected Member for the borough, without opposition. In vindicating his...

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IRELAND.

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The post of Chief Clerk in the office of the Irish Secretary, vacant by the promotion of Mr. Pennefather to be Secretary, has been bestowed on Mr. MKenna, a Roman Catholic...

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SCOTLAND.

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The nomination of candidates for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright was fixed to take place yesterday, the 15th instant; and the poll will probably be taken on Monday and Tuesday....

gortign an 421olonial.

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Patissie.—All Europe, at least by its musical representatives, has flocked to Bonn, the native town of Beethoven, to assist at the inaugura- tion of a statue of the master, to...

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An untoward accident happened to the crown after the ceremony

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of the prorogation on Saturday. It was carried on the velvet cushion by the Duke of Argyll, an elderly man: receding from the Queen's presence without turning, he forgot that he...

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Last night's Gazette formally announces the Queen's arrival in Germany,

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aid her hospitable reception by their Majesties of Belgium and Prussia. The tenders for the purchase of the Sycee silver were opened yesterday, according to the terms of the...

The Britannia, which left Boston on the 1st instant and

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Halifax on the 4th, arrived at Liverpool yesterday evening. The intelligence is interesting and important. The Texan Convention finally agreed to the annexation on the 4th...

There are some signs of a contest in Southwark; Sir

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William Molea- worth suffering, not from the competition in political weight of Ex-Sheriff Filcher, but from vulgar dislike to the favour with which he regards the Maynooth...

THE ITALIAN OPERA.

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The nights of the Italian Opera are numbered. The subscription season terminates on Tuesday; and Moriani's benefit, next Thursday, say the bills, is to be the closing...

P 0 STSCRIP T.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The accounts of Queen Victoria's tour in Germany come down to Wed- nesday. Thus far her entertainment by the King of Prussia has been as pleasant as it was...

The accounts from the Moors represent the morning of the

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12th as opening aus- piciously with respect to weather. The coveys are numerous, but packed- and the old birds are small, and not plump. But though arduous, the sport has...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY APTEENGON. The English Funds close rather more firmly than at the commencement of the week; the last quotation of today being as high as any recently...

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TRAINING FOR THE BAR.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. London, llth August 1845. SIR — Yon have hit, and might have pressed much further, what I have always used as an argument against all proposals...

ENGLISH DECORATORS AND THE ROYAL COMMISSION.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. London, 18th August, 1845. Sur—The proceedings of the Royal Commission have hitherto been charac- terized by so much judgment and fairnear...

RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Brighton, 1511 August 1845. Sin—The notice taken in your City article in the Spectator of the 9th instant, to the effect that the Directors of...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE LAST ATTEMPT TO SETTLE THE NEW ZEALAND DISPUTES. IT became known, by what passed in the House of Commons on Friday last, that some arrangement between the Colonial Office...

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CONSOLATION FOR ALL TRUE PROTESTANTS. THE True-Blue Protestants need not

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despair. Their cause is not yet quite desperate. A city of refuge has been found for it. The Stewartry (or County) of Kirkcudbright has evinced a zeal worthy to be represented...

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MAGNITUDE OF RAILWAY SPECULATIONS.

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ON a moderate estimate, the railways already in existence and to be executed may be taken to cost £150,000,000 The gross profit on that capital, at S per cent, would be...

USE OF THE LEAGUE.

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WHATEVER may be thought of some of the measures and move- ments of "the L e ague," it is at least likely to be the beginning of a Mercantile party advocating more comprehensive...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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The Tiara and the Turban ; or Impressions and Observations on Character within the Dominions of the Pope and the Sultan. By S. S. Hill, Esq. In two volumes. Madden mid ifaltoim....

THE BATHS OF KISSINGEN.

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Kissingen, Bavaria, 2c1 August 1845. The celebrity which this spa has obtained may render some account of it acceptable to English readers, especially to such as labour under...

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MR. BAKER'S SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE.

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MR. BAKER is a barrister, who embarked for Australia in 1841, with objects that are not very distinctly stated, unless he sketches an outline of his own case at pages 173-178....

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THE BALLAD POETRY OF IRELAND.

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MR. DUFFY'S little volume of selected ballads by native writers, who. have a claim to nationality apart from any poetical merit they possess, forms one of a speculation which...

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MY MARINE MEMORANDUM-BOOK

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! a series of nautical tales and sketches ; which sometimes rise into a story, involving pictures of foreign scenery and manners, with a long sea- incident, after the fashion of...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Front August 8t4 to August 14111. BOOKS. The Ballad Poetry of Ireland. Edited by Charles Gavan Duffy. (Daffy's Library of Ireland.) Four Lectures on the Organization of...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Aug. 5. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Lucas and Son—Shaw and Bradnack, Bath, schoolmasters — M., J. and L. Cruse, Little Britain, newsreaders; as far as regards L....

EAST LNDIA SHIPPING.

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The Rajasthan, from Cochin to Ceylon, was lost near Tab:omen, 16th May. Azzaven—At Gravesend, 10th August, Alice Brown, Palmer, from the Cape ; 13th, Briton, Jeffreys, from...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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ADImIALTT, Aug. 9.—Corps of Royal Marines—Sec. Liout. C. arArthar to be Ells(.Lieut. vice II. C. H. Hakey, absent without leave.

BIRTHS.

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On the 21st April, at Secrole. Bengal, the wife of the Rev. Principal Wallis, of the Hon. Company's Sanscrit and English Colleges, Bemires, of a son. On the 3d August, the wife...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Satuni. Monday. Tuesday Walrus -- 3 per Cent Consols 991 Ditto for Account . 99 3 per Cents Reduced ..... 991 n per Cents 1021 Long Annuities...