17 JULY 1841

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Tun stream of County returns poured in only to swell the gains of the Tories. Some of those gains are at the cost of more than the mere seats to the Whigs : the useful man in...

Intelligence direct from Canada has helped to make clearer what

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was somewhat obscure and not a little forbidding in the last ac- counts which came through the United States. It is true that the relations and antagonisms of parties, to the...

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THE GENERAL ELECTION.

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MEMBERS is I Pz...tems. If name Rs Rrrutorzo. : t. Continued from last Week .. 236 6 304 Cheshire. 1 Sir P. Egerton. Tolle- South macho Cormaall,E.. Lord Eliot. Rashleigh -...

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Tux Queen and Prince Albert, surrounded by a select party of guests, have remained in the uninterrupted enjoyment of country life at Windsor. The Queen has taken exercise daily...

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The Court of East India Proprietors have been for the last three days engaged in discussing the affairs of the Rajah of Sattara. The debate was opened at a special meeting on...

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Zbe Vrobintro.

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There was an unusually large and interesting attendance of visiters at Harrow on the speech-day, last Wednesday week : among them, the Countess of Mountcashel, Viscount...

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IRELAND.

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Lord Chancellor Campbell took his farewell of the bar on Monday. After giving judgment in some unimportant cases, he said— The motions and short causes being now finished, the...

SCOTLAND.

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The Scottish Pilot says—" A rumour has been current in Leith for the last two days, that Mr. Rutherford will be immediately raised to the bench in room of Lord Jeffrey, whose...

,fftistellantous.

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Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge will reside principally at Kew this autumn. Various alterations and im- provements are at present being made, the...

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The disorders at Toulouse—first called a "riot," next an "

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emeute," and now finally an "insurrection "—prove to be matter of serious con- sideration to the French Government. A special Commissary, says the - Morning Chronicle, M....

MONEY MARKET.

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STOGIE EXCFIATIOI, FRIDAY APTYR` , 00X. The tenor of the last intelligence from America, respecting the M‘Laon affair, in conjunction with the unfavourable state of the...

The Messager of Wednesday night published the following.tele- graphic despatch-

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" Tax SUB-PREFECT OF BAYONNE TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. •• Madrid. 10th July. "The two Chambers met today for the purpose of deciding the Guardian- ship question. Out of...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The Ministerial paper of the morning, the Chronicle, gives the fol- lowing summary of the election returns. "The Members returned up to twelve o'clock last...

Lord Morpeth is to arrive at Dublin Castle next week,

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to resume hist duties as Chief Secretary. His Lordship has been urgently entreated by the constituencies of four Irish counties to grant them the honour of returning him as a...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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' Arrived--At Gravesend, July 12th. Tomatin, Wingate, from China ; 13th, Maitland, Baker; and Orator, Terry, from Bengal ; Ophelia and Ana, Baker, from Bombay; Valleyfield....

THE THEATRES.

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Gmattetes " improvement " on SHAKSPEitE'S Romeo and Juliet was selected by Mr. enemata KEAN as the medium for exhibiting himself to his friends and admirers in a new costume and...

The grand fairy piece at the New Strand, which had

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been positively announced for Monday last, was postponed again at the eleventh how, on account of the sudden and serious indisposition of Mr. IL HALL; whose part in the Devil...

Barnaby Ridge is popular at the Lyceum ; Miss FORTESCUE'S

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beau- tiful personation of the scatter-brained boy being a principal attraction : the artless simplicity, unaffected grace, and genuine pathos of her per- sonation, make one...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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CLERICAL CONFERENCE ON THE CORN-LAWS. OUR attention has been asked to an attempt, originated in Man- chester, to inlist the "ministers of all religious denominations" in the...

A FEW WORDS WITH THE CHARTISTS.

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RECENT occurrences might furnish the Chartists with a tolerable estimate of their strength and their weakness. It is strange how they think themselves weaker than they are in...

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MAKING THE MOST OF A THING.

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Arm' the fashion proper to all conquests, a medal has been struck in commemoration of Lord Joss RUSSELL'S " victory " in the City. It is described by the Morning Chronicle- "...

COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS.

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" Si quid °midi rectius istis, Candidus imperti; at nun his utere mecum." lloascs applied by Comma. COCKLE is not the only distinguished man in a profession which has...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY,

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TRAVELS. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home. By Miss Sedgwick, Author of' Hope Leslie."" Poor Rich Man," &c. In two volumes Maros. MEDICINE, The Mineral Springs of...

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LEE ON MINERAL SPRINGS, BATHS, AND BATHING.

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" ON Fashion in Physic," was the title of an article published many years since in a defunct periodical of more repute than circu- lation, the London Magazine. The paper...

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SERGEANT TALFOURD'S SPEECH FOR MR. MOON.

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THE publication of a speech delivered by an advocate at the bar, argues some importance in the case itself, and challenges a critic's attention to the matter and style of the...

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PUGIN ON GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.

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IT is matter for surprise, if not of reproach, that the study of Gothic architecture, which flourished in this country for four cen- turies, and of which we still possess...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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From July 2d to July 14/h. BOOKS. Joseph Rushbrook ; or The Poacher. By the Author of "Peter Simple." In three volumes. Debreit's Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland....

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FINE ARTS.

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ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION. ON paying a farewell visit to the Royal Academy Exhibition, which closes on Monday week, we were forcibly struck by the very small number of pictures...

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MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICE, July 13.-6th Drag. Guards—Cornet E. Vl'arriner to be Lieut, by purchase, vice Lord Gifford, who retires; F. Hankey. Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Warriner....

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., at Bide Honse, Brampton, Lady SARAH Intrwrtie, of a son. On the 14111 inst., at Williamstrip Park, Gloucestershire, the lady of Sir Micuarn II. Hints...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, ;ay 13. PARTNERSHIPS DEssOLVED. Hancock and Harvey. Great St. Helens. tea-dealers-Kelsall and Co. Manchester. merchants; as far as regards Potter -Wright and...

PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Saturday Monday. Tuesday. ;Vases. Spar Cent. Consols ex d. Ditto for Account f aid. 3 Der Cents. Reduced 891 4 per Cents. Reduced 99f New 3.1...