18 MAY 1844

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The startling announcement has reached London, that a treaty to

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annex Texas to the United States has actually been concluded— ay, sealed and signed ! But stay—it has yet to be ratified by the Senate ; so that the impudent rnanceuvre may be...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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PARLIAMENT has had a variety of subjects before it this week, and dealt with them in a variety of fashions; settling some questions, opening others, and glancing at others again...

In vanquishing the insurgents at Almeida, Viscount FORTE Nova. emulated

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the politeness of the Irish Crown-lawyers when they sent to ask Mr. O'CONNELL how he would like to be arrested ?—emu- lated and excelled, for Count Boxtrrat was not asked how he...

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Debates an Vroteebings in 113arliament.

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RESTRICTION OF FACTORY LABOUR. Z n the House of Commons, on Monday, the adjourned debate on the third reading of the Factory Bill was resumed by Mr. MONCHTON Mintszs; who...

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gbe jitittropolis.

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The Lord Mayor entertained the Queen's Ministers at a splendid banquet in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansionhouse, on Wednesday. There were present, Sir Robert and Lady Peel,...

gbe Court.

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THE Court-records are again bare of any striking occurrence this week. On Saturday, the Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace; and the Marquis de Villeins, Envoy Extraordinary...

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IRELAND.

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Several reports have been current respecting the reasons why the Judges deferred their decision in the case of the Queen versus Daniel O'Connell and others till next term. One...

Zbe 1Probintes.

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The election of a member for the borough of Abingdon took piece in the Guildhall, on Saturday. It had been announced, in a handbill, that " an advocate of the principles of...

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jortign anb (Colonial.

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FRANCE.—Paris has been startled by the appearance of the Prince de Joinville as a pamphleteer, in opposition to the Ministry but in harmony with the War-party. Ministers are...

Itlistellantous.

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The Datchess of Kent arrived at Geneva on Sunday ; and took up - her abode at the Hotel de l'Ecu de Geneve, where apartments had been prepared for her. We are informed that her...

DIVISIONS ON THE TEN-HOURS PROPOSITION.

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[The Times publishes the following explanation of the changes in the several chief divisions on the two Factory Bills : it is more instruc- tive than the mere list of the last...

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The fifth annual meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery

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Society was held yesterday, at Exeter Hall. In the absence of Lord Brougham, (who was to have presided, but wrote to say that he could not be spared from the Judicial Committee...

The election of a Member of the Provincial Parliament for

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the city of Montreal, to which so much importance has been Justly attached, has been decided in favour of the party opposed to Sir Charles Met- calfe. It is a very untoward...

At Bow Street Police-office, yesterday, William Toole, a middle-aged man,

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was charged with sending letters to Sir Robert Peel and Lord Eliot, complaining of distress, and unequivocally hinting that he would assassinate them. He admitted the offence ;...

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was opened

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at Edinburgh on Thursday, with the usual state ; the Marquis of Bute representing the Queen as Lord High Commissioner. The Reverend Principal Lee was chosen Moderator. The...

A deputation from the Joint-Stock Banks had an interview with

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Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Goulburn yesterday, to urge modifications of the Government banking measure. They wished that the average of their issues should be taken on one instead...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The House of Commons transacted some business last night; not -without a good deal of talk. The order of the day was read for going into Committee of the whole...

The average number of letters passing through the Post-office every

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week at the present time, as shown by returns to the House of Com- mons just published, is upwards of 4,598,573. A correspondent re- marks, that " if every letter thus sent...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Anarveo—At Gravesend, 15th inst. Regiva. Stace; and Gloriaus. Webb. from Calcutta; and Nepali'. Campbell. from Madras; 16th, Wilson, Houston, from Sydney. Off Hastings, 15th....

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FOURTH PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.

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MONDAY, MAY 13. PART t. Sinfonia in E flat Mower. Romance, " Va dit elle," Madame CASTELLAN, (Robert le .Diable) MEYERBEER. Concerto, Pianoforte, in C minor. Mr. W. S....

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The prices of the Public Securities have experienced a decline : the Govern- ment-broker purchased during the usual business-days of the week...

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The two rival necromancers, who now vie with each other

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in making folks believe that " nothing is but what is not," attract numbers of visiters ; who go to see their feats resolutely determined not to be de- ceived, and bent on...

THE THEATRES.

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THE performance of BEAIIMARCHAIS'S comedy The Marriage of Figaro, at the French house, on Wednesday, was not only a treat, but some- thing of a curiosity also, to English...

The recast of some of the characters in Zampa, together

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with the experience which the whole force of the Italian Operahouse, choral and orchestral, have gained by practice in the effects of that difficult opera, exhibit the work at...

Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE commenced his series of" Shaksperian Read- ings"

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on Monday, at Willis's Rooms, with Cymbeline, " a little com- pressed "—or, to speak more correctly, abridged—as he read it before the Queen and Court. The audience was select...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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LAW REFORM. FROM an allusion made by Lord BROUGHAM towards the close of the discussion on the second reading of his Criminal Law Con- solidation Bill, it appears that the...

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MORAL PROSPECTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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IT is true that our Transatlantic cousins are more prone to talk about than actually to engage in war ; but as the pitcher which goes often to the well comes home broken at...

POLITICAL "CONSISTENC Y' CONSISTENCY" is spoken of by some as if

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it were to the politician what "virtue" is to the matron—that which satisfies all claims, and may supersede the necessity for every other grace; the impu- tation of its want...

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THE GIST OF THE TEN-HOUR BILL. To THE EDITOR OP

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THE SPECTATOR. London, 16th May INC SIR—There are some bold and useful truths in your last article on the Fac- tory Question. You always, moreover, bestow liberal and...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Hrsroar. History of England from the Peace of Utrecht. By Lord Mahon. Vol. IV.Prom the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle to the Peace of Parts Murray. TRAVELS, Journal of a March from...

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LIEUTENANT BARR'S MARCH FROM DELHI TO CABUL. WHEN all hopes

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of active service had vanished from his mind, Lieutenant BAER was ordered to join the military medley which was to affect a diversion in favour of Sir Jonas KEANE'S army by...

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HOEL MORVAN.

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THE scene of this historical novel is laid in France and England soon after the battle of Agincourt ; and one of Mr. BROWNING'S means of effect is to assign a cause for Henry's...

ELLEN MIDDLETON

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Is a religio-sentimental novel of fashionable life ; purporting to be an autobiographical confession, though it is not written in the spirit, scarcely in the form, of that kind...

BROWNE'S POEMS.

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NOTWITHSTANDING some peculiarity of mind which leads the author astray after not very intelligible allegories, and induces him to treat real subjects in a manner not always...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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From May loth to May 1Gth. BooKs. Callus; or Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus; with Notes and Ex- cursus illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Romans. Trans....

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FINE ARTS.

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ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION. PORTRAITURE. PAINTERS continually complain of the undue encouragement afforded to portraiture ; alleging, as an excuse for their deficiency in works...

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PICTURES FOR THE PUBLIC. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

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Boyne Cottage. 29th April 1849. Hilt-The Art-Union of London has been prohibited, but is it certain that it has been suppressed? A Legislature that has protected illegal...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 30th Apia. at Dunmore Park, the Wife of Jour; Teems a gamekeeper of the Marquis of Ormoncle, of four children. Two ot them, (boys,) with the mother, are doing...

MILITitRY GAZETTE.

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Orrice OF ORDNANCE, MAY 11.-First Lieut. A. Benn to be Ste. Capt. vice-Geary, dec • Sec. Limit. S. Robinson to be First Lieut. vice Rena. msorandires.-The dates of promotion el...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, May 14. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Watson and Bell, York, jewellers- Earle and Pearce, Hurley. Surrey, contractors- Rogers and Box. East Looe, Cornwall. ,surgeons-Cross...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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FOREIGN FUNDS. (Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening.) Alabama (Sterling) 51n. Ct. - Mexican 5 p. Ct. Austrian a - Ill Ditto (Deferred) 5 - Belgian 5...