16 JULY 1842

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Tan proceedings in Parliament have been not uninteresting, and have been diversified by some novelties. The first of those is Sir ROBERT PEEL ' S bill for the better protection...

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Sad news from France ! Loms PHILIPPE has sustained a

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se- verer shock than mere political reverses, or even the weapon of the assassin levelled at himself, could give—an accident has killed his eldest son. The Duke of ORLEANS was...

Dtbates anti lprottebings in Varliaintnt.

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SECURITY OF THE QUEEN'S PERSON. Sir ROBERT PEEL moved, on Tuesday, for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the further security and protection of the Queen. Within two...

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Vie lirtetropolis.

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A Court of Aldermen was held on Saturday, for the purpose of elect- ing two active and two passive Commissioners for carrying into effect the provisions of the Income-tax for...

Sbe eoutt.

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THE Court has retreated to the quiet of Claremont ; which is hence- forth, saith the Globe, to be called the Palace at Esher. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the...

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their stead in cases of illness, accident, or unavoidable absence;

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but no such privilege is possessed by county Coroners, however requisite and useful it might be both to those functionaries and the inhabitants.— Times. The widow of Charles...

EAST INDIA. SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, July Sth, Cypress, Fanny, from Bengal; lath, Nautilus, Alluway, trim ditto; and 15th. Andromeda, Coltish, from ditto. At Liverpool, 9- h. Pantaloon,...

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The fatal accident to the Duke of Orleans occupied every

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attention in Paris on Thursday. The gloom of politicians had by no means di- minished. Extensive preparations had been made for preserving the public peace. Hitherto, however,...

The Honourable W. E. Fit zmaurice was elected for Buckinghamshire

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yesterday, at Aylesbury, without opposition. Mr. William Lowndes Stone was proposed, merely to declare that he had "no confidence in Peel," and to withdraw again, with a...

The Potteries were considerably pacified yesterday ; but this morning

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intelligence has reached town of rioting among the colliers at New- castle-under-Lyne. The Newcastle Cavalry were called out, and two companies of the Twelfth Foot were summoned...

It is said that the Southampton Committee agreed to a

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report yesterday, that the evidence is not sufficient to disfranchise the bo- rough; but conditionally recommending the suspension of the writ until the passing of a measure to...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. Sir Robert Peel having gone to Drayton Manor yesterday, to snatch a couple of days' rest, the business in the House of Commons last night assumed a merely...

The total number of elections announced in Paris, up to

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Wednesday evening, was 451; whereof 262 were gained by the Conservatives, and 189 by the Opposition ; Ministerial majority thus far, 73.

To Courtuarownsrers.

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A COMMA= ItrADIS, whose letter bears the postmark of 'Tiverton,' writes like a person who, having paid for something he does not want, must be angry with some body. He should,...

Both Houses of Parliament met today, at half past twelve

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o'clock ; and in the House of Lords, the Royal assent was given by Commission to the Protection of the Queen's Person Bill, the British Possessions Abroad Bill, the Stock in...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOC1C EXCHANOV, FRMAY AFTIRNOON. The English Stock Market continued in a depressed state from the re- peated operation of sales of Stock for Money ; but the price had not till...

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THE THEATRES.

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THE comparison between French and English acting, which the per- formance at the Haymarket of Peter and Paul, a vulgar version of L'Oncle Baptiste, made inevitable to all who...

At the Lyceum, a new farce was produced ofi Thursday,

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that we missed seeing ; in which HARLEY frisks about as Cousin Lambkin, a black sheep of the law. A burlesque of the popular ballet Giselle is announced for Monday, which we...

A VISIT TO THE MAGICIAN HERR DOBLER..

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THE couplet {" Surely the pleasure is as great In betug cheated as to cheat," has passed into a proverb ; and however it may be excepted to in ti ' ordinary affairs of life,...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE. THE members of the Anti-Corn-law Conference have done much to defeat their own purpose. Being well-informed on local sub- jects, many of them have...

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INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT: THE AMERICAN PIRATES.

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THE indefatigable Mr. DICKENS has issued a circular in reference to the law of International Copyright with America: and fortunate it is that he is indefatigable, for he has a...

PRICE AND VALUE OF LORD PALMERSTON'S "EXTENDED COMMERCE."

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Jr is not to China or to Afghanistan that we must look for the effects of the Eastern policy of the late Ministry, but to our own dominions in India. It is not the news of...

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DECORUMS OF HIGH LIFE.

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MR. CHOKER is en authority in all that concerns the comme i/faut of high life : his criticisms on Boswell's Johnson are expressed with the confidence of a habitue whose tact and...

RURAL AMUSEMENTS.

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THE green trees and grass in the Parks and squares, to say no- thing of the dulness of the debates, never fail to awaken longings after the country in the breasts of Members of...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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BMOILAPNICAL ROMANCZ, The Pictorial Edition of Shakspere, Part XLV. William Shakspere, • Biography. No. I Knight and Co. Foams. The Salamandrine; or Love and Immortality. By...

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MACKAY'S SALAMANDRINE.

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THE idea of this poem is taken from Le Comte de Gabalis ; a book, says POPE in his dedication to the Rape of the Lock, " which both in its title and size is so like a novel,...

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PALETHORPE'S SCRIPTURE MONEY, WEIGHT, A/4D MEASURE.

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IN any inquiry into ancient weights, measures, or coins, one prin- ciple should always be considered—has the whole or any well- defined part of the thing in question come down...

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THE ARMORIE Or ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

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IF the number and variety of works that have been recently pub- lished on the Peerage, Baronets, Knights, and other Dignitaries, and on Precedency, Honours, and Heraldry, be a...

TALES OP THE BRAGANZA; WITH SCENES • AND SKETCHES.

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THIS volume takes its first title from the " Braganza " steamer, in which Mr. USBORNE made a trip to Spain, probably on the occasion of his visiting the countries which he...

THE RONDA-PAIR BULL-EIGHTS.

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The Theatre being filled, and every countenance displaying the most intense anxiety, a flourish of trumpets announced the approach of the Governor, who entered his box. This was...

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 5th June, at the Gavernment-house, Barbados, Lady GREY, of a still-bo child. O the 2d July, at the Lodge, Great Malvern, the Lady of JAMES ARCHIBALD CAMP. Dem....

FINE ARTS.

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DOUGLAS IdORISON'S SKETCHES OF HADDON. HADDON HALL, one of the most picturesque examples of the old English castellated mansions, and remarkable as being in a complete and un-...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE

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Tuesday, July 12. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Wheelwright and Randall, Finsbury Square. surgeons-Moore and Allnalt, Wimborne Wieder. Dorsetshire. attornies-Mitchell and Rolland....

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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omor or Oaermirce. July 8.-Corps of Royal Marines- , Second Capt. Vincent J. Jtj-oe to be Capt. vice Mackenzie. retired on full pay; First Lieut. H. James to be Second Capt....

PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUN ns. (Closing Pricea.) 3 per Cent. 3 per Cents. 35 per Ceub; Neu - 31 per Bank Sock. India Stock. Exchequer Bills. India Bonds, Austrian Belgian Brazilian Cuba...