17 JANUARY 1846

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Central Protection Society has come forth to fight the Anti- Corn-law League "at its own weapons"—that is, in the Registra- tion Courts, with the making of forty-shilling...

There are some signs of further restlessness in the Government.

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Rumours have gone abroad that Corn-law scruples render Lord Granville Somerset's seat uneasy ; it was said early in the week that he was to leave the Cabinet ; but that has been...

It is rumoured that Lord Cathcart is to be the

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new Governor- General of Canada—of course, provisionally, as Sir John Col borne was. A military commander, unknown to politics, cannot be a fit Governor for Canada, whatever his...

The burgesses of Glasgow have presented Lord John Russell with

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the freedom of their city ; and in return he has presented them with a long speech and five shorter speeches. Lord John therefore is free to set up a retail trade in the...

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ebe court.

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CLAREMONT was deprived of its Royal visiters on Tuesday. On the fore- noon of that day, the Queen, Prince Albert, and the four children returned to Windsor Castle; where the...

The aftetrovolfs.

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On Monday, "being Plough Monday, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen 'held a Court at Guildhall, to receive presentments from the several Ward invests, and to swear in special...

The marriage of Queen Isabella the Second has occasioned two

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proceedings which, to English notions, are strange. Don Enrique, ' her cousin, one of the suitors for her hand, has issued a manifesto more sailorlike in its frankness than...

The French Parliament has been busy in its tedious discus-

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' sions of the addresses, industriously mterpellating " Ministers. The sole point of interest for us has been the production of some official correspondence relating to Texas,...

The packet has brought over a heap of reports from

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Washing- ton, official and otherwise, touching the dispute about Oregon. Congress seems to be in a state of excitement on the matter ; and all sorts of motions, to treat the...

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frobintes.

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• The Central Short-time Committee of the West Riding, deeming Lord Morpeth's answer to their previous representations unsatisfactory, have again appealed to him on the subject,...

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SCOTLAND.

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The freedom of the oity of Glasgow was presented to Lord John Russell, in the City Hall of that town, on Monday last. Lord John had gone by railway from Edinburgh early in the...

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_foreign anti Colonial.

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Fitawcs.—Both Chambers have been engaged in discussing their respect- ive addresses. In the Chamber of Peers, several long speeches have been delivered on a great variety of...

IRELAND.

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The Dublin Evening Mail thus reports some law changes in the Irish capital- " We announced on Friday the intention of Chief Justice Pennefather to retire from the Queen's Bench....

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Ilaistellantous.

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We find in the Morning Chronicle this string of semi-official announce- ments— " We are authorized to give the most express contradiction to the statement Put forth at the late...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The League held an ordinary meeting at the Free-trade Hall, Manches- ter, on Thursday evening. The house was filled to excess. Mr. Wilson, who presided,...

The Queen will hold a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace

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on Wednesday next; when the Royal Speech on the opening of Parliament will be finally " settled." It is expected that Mr. Gladstone will be a candidate for the representation...

A Protection dinner took place at Bridgewater on Thursday. The

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party mustered five hundred, and dined in two rooms ; Mr. Miles, M.P., presiding over the larger division , and Sir Alexander Ho od over the smaller. Lord Waldegrave supported...

The King of Greece opened the Chambers on the 22d

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December. His speech, in allusion to the state debt, mentions that he had asked the Great Powers to grant an extension of the term of payment., to enable his Government to make...

MONEY MARKET.

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591 GO 94 5 Mexican 5 per Cents Ditto Deferred 161 I 301 Portuguese New 5 p. Cts. 1841 58 60 Ditto 4 per Cents 1845 Prem. 58 60 Russian 5 per Cents .cx div 113 15 Spanish...

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A PARSON'S REPORT OF HIS PARISH.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SFECTATOR. Sai-There are points in the condition of a house which a single brick may tell better than a picturesque view from a distance. I wish therefore...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE NEWEST MOVEMENT. IF the constituencies really represent " the people," there are signs of a remarkable change which is taking place. Liverpool, says Mr. Cobden, is likely...

BIRTHS.

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On the 14th November, at Madras, the Wife of the Rev. George Knox., Chaplain to the Hon. East India Company, of a son. On the 1st January, at Florence, the Hon. Mrs. Campbell...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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AiturvED-At Gravesend, 9th Jan. Margaretha, Bauer, from Batavia ; llth, James Tureen, Tureen, from China ; 12th, Planet, Harrison, from Madras ; and Pearl, Hey- wood, from...

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MR. GLADSTONE'S FUTURE.

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IN order to determine what Mr. Gladstone might do to revive and extend British colonization, it is requisite to compare the objects in view with the means at his disposal. The...

OREGON: AN AMERICAN VOICE FOR ARBITRATION.

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THERE is a peculiarity in the legislative institutions of the United States of America, which in Europe is apt to be overlooked. Even in England, the debates of the...

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HUMAN NATURE THE BASIS FOR HUMAN LAWS. " IT is

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worthy of observation," says Lord Bacon, in a passage quoted by Mr. M. D. Hill, last week, " that there is no human passion so slight in the human mind that you cannot make to...

ST. BENNET FINKS.

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Tan Church of St. Bennet Finks is as cosy and pretty a little church, inside as can be imagined. It is just the thing for one of the little City parishes—for a congregation (in...

"ONE TOUCH OF NATURE MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN."

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NATURE, with prodigal exuberance, strews flowers "to waste their sweetness on the desert air." In the same lavish spirit, she infuses sentiments which might be imagined...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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BUMS Isirr, The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times till the Reign of King George IV. By John Lord Campbell. A.M.,...

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RUSSIAN GEOLOGY.

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IN 1839 Mr. Murchison published his "Silurian System." In that work the first step was taken to establish by evidence a natural descending order from the carboniferous...

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MARGARET CAPEL.

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Tins is one of the best kind of "fashionable novels": it is not only free from the vulgar impertinences of the "silver-fork school," but has the tone of good society, and,...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Prom January 9th to January 15th.

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Boons. Mannamt Cape; a Novel. By the Author of "The Clandestine Marriage." In three volumes, Russia ?auk?. the Autocrat Nicholas the Firvt. By Ivan Golivine, a Russian...

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MUSIC.

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THE MADAINIAL SOCIETY. Tam anniversary festival of tlie4fladrigalians, on Thursday, at Freema- son's, was celebrated with great success; and if the singers were not nu-...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Jan. 13. PARTNERSHIPS DIBBOLVED. Morris and M'Itae—Wilkins and Daniell, Twerton Mills, Bath, cloth-manufacturers. —George and Patent Shot Company, Bristol,...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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Wan-ormcm, 16th Tan.—lst Drag. Guards—Lieut. J. Fester, from 83d Foot to be Lieut. vice Sir R. Gethin, who exchanges. 12th Light Drags.—Cornet T. C. Mamma to be Lieut. by...

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PRICES

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CURRENT. BRITISH FUNDS. Prices.) Tuesday (Closing Wearies. Thum Prides y. &turd . Monday. 3 per Cent Consols 941 ca5. 94 944 941 944 94} Ditto for Account 91} ex 94}...