18 MAY 1850

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The political farmers and their distinguished friends, who are wandering

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about in search of a policy or a leader, have been visit- in,g Ministers and Anti-Ministers. They went to Lord Stanley, and performed a little drama with him. They stated their...

Foreign affairs are not without some points of interest besides

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the Greek dispute. Paris is much disturbed with the continued preparations for civil contest; and the Government is in actual conflict with the printers of that capital....

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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liTERNATIONAL discord, apparently laid in Greece last week by the so-called settlement, starts up in France under a sterner aspect, - with an unsettlement that threatens...

Of other important subjects discussed in Parliament there have not

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been many. The Australian Colonies Government Bill finally left the House of Commons, on its third reading, with a parting testimonial from Mr. Gladstone, (Mr. Roebuck...

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&ban nuit Vrnrrtitingn in Varliantrut.

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. Hones OF LORDS. Monday, May 13. University Reform ; Remarks by Lord Brougham and the Duke of Wellington—The Greek Question—Distressed Unions...

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f4t (nut.

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QUEEN Victoria's well-known hardiness and usual promptitude of reap- very have not yet enabled her to venture abroad. She has received daily visits from the Dutchess of Kent,...

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311rtruintis.

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A deputation from the Conference of Protectionist Delegates who met last week at the Crown and Anchor waited on Lord John Russell, at Downing Street, on Saturday, to present an...

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furrigu

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• FRANCE.—Till Monday or Tuesday, the Paris accounts stated that the city preserved an "aspect of perfect quiet and order, even in those por- tions which are the first to break...

Vinttiurto.

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The iron-trade throughout the country is in rather a depressed state. In some places there are disputes between the miners and the owners as to wages, while the nallers of...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. "Paris, May 14.—I had the honour to announce to you yesterday that the Council had deliberated upon the reply of the English Cabinet to the demand that you had been...

YiliortlIautnuff.

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It is stated that the Queen's infant will be baptized with "the Christian names of Arthur Patna Albert' ; the first in compliment to the noble and gallant Field-Marshal the Duke...

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Last night's Gazette notifies that the Queen has appointed the

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Reverend Richard Dawes, M.A., to the Deanery of the Cathedral Church of Hereford, void by the death of Dr. John Merewether, late Dean thereof. We understand a commissim is...

The Berlin Conference of Princes, on the 13th instant, decided

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that a Ministry be nominated for the Erfurt Bund, and that Prussia should ap- point it : two Ministers were thought enough for the present, and M. Schkinitz, the Prussian...

The subject of the French dispute was foremost in both

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Houses of Par- liament last night. Lord BROUGHAM took up the matter betimes in the House of Lords ;—with uplifted hand waving back an officer with a mes- sage from the Commons ;...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXIDIANOR FRIDAIr AY/1311N0011. A startling effect was produced here this morning by the intelligence of the recall of the French Ambassador. A considerable fall has...

PRINCIPAL HOUSE OS COMMONS BUSINESS .P011 NEXT WRNS. Thuraday, May

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23. Supply: Mr. Anstey to make a motion on the subject of the. Adulteration of Coffee, Ike. . Elections (Ireland) Bill: Third reading. Railways Abandonment Bill: as amended to...

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The lessees of Sadler's Wells, setting forth a formidable list

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of literary names as a committee of management, opened their doors on Thursday in aid of the fund for the "Grand Exposition of 1851 " ; and the crammed state of their house...

There have been no operatic novelties at either of the

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Itolion theatres ; but _both have resumed the great morning concerts which they have given for - Several seasons. These entertainments began at the Royal Italian Opera on Friday...

C4ratrro nut( Zuoir.

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The German enthusiast Jung Stilling complains in his autobiography, that when he took up his residence in a godless town he was persecuted as a pietist, whereas if he strayed...

FOREIGN CORN IMPORTATION DIVISION, May 14.

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"That this House will resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House to take into consideration the Acts relating to the Importation of Foreign Corn "—Mr. Grantley...

PANORAMA OF KILLARNEY.

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Lovely as fame reports it, the Lake of Killarney will break upon the visitor to Burford's Panorama with surprise, for its exceeding beauty. Certainly few places in the world can...

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tah PROTECTIONIST PREMIER.

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LORD STANLEY's speech to the Protectionist deputation is called his manifesto, and treated by his party as a great disclosure. It possesses much of his usual animation of...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. LOYALTY was resplendant on Wednesday night in celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday. For the public festival was discounted nine days before maturity....

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- UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE STATUTES.

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THE Royal Commission has alarmed the gallant Chancellor of Oxford with fear of change ; and on Monday his Grace the Field- Marshal specially protested against interference with...

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THE ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.

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Fon many reasons the arts demand an auxiliary support besides that farnished by "the market." This is true of all the "liberal arts," but preammently of painting. It is a common...

HOW TO CATCH A MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT.

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AMONG the incidents of the incessant changes on the Australian , Government Bill, is an advantage which has not been sufficiently appreciated. It only became apparent on the...

BOOKS.

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FRA.NCIS WILLIAM NEWIdAN'S PI:CASES OF FAITH.. THIS is a book that will excite much attention, and will most pro- bably occasion a good deal of comment, but which it is...

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BAIRD'S WEST INDIES AND NORTH AMERICA.

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IN 1849.* Mn. ROBERT BAIRD is a gentleman of Glasgow, who was advised to make a voyage to the West Indies for a pulmonary affection. In pursuance of that advice, he left England...

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HENRY TAYLOR'S VIRGIN WIDOW. * THERE are men in the world

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whose chief merit is in their man- ners; and this Play has an analogous quality, owing all its at- traction to sentiment and expression. The substance, that is the plot, is...

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PUBLICATIONS .RECEIVED.

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Boma. Notes from Nineveh, and Travels in Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Syria. By the Reverend J. P. Fletcher. In two volumes. Two Years' R,midence in a Levantine Family : By Bayle...

BIRTHS.

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On the 8th May, in Portland Place, the Lady of lieutenant-Colonel the lion. Z. B. Wilbraham, of a daughter. On the 10th, at Bagshot Park, Lady Emily Seymour, of a son. On the...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE, Tuesday, May 14.

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PARTNERSHIPS Diasotven.—Felkin and Vickers, Nottingham, lace-manufacturers —S. and T. Wood, Whitfield within Glossop, grocers—Deane and Co. Manchester, curriers—Daniel and...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Priem.) Monday. Tuesday. Wedues. 27sura. Frfday e 961 961 96/ 9V ra :6 5 1 961 93 4 951 133 954 941 974 97 974 96/ 961 81 81 81 81 81 2061 208 2061 —...