1 JANUARY 1848

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I ND 01- 7 -1848.

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NEWS. FOREIGN COUNTRIES. oa.Ia—Congrees—Pres1dent's message. 7; Mexican treaty. 608, 727; govern- ment for Oregon, &c. 773 ; message, 1226. Mexican war—arrest of officers, 77....

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The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland is applying the District Coer- cion

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Bill as if he meant to prove to the Irish that it does not need a wider statute to enforce order. If he can instil that lesson into their minds, he will save many a future...

Dr.iftlampden, the new Bishop fif Hereford, has safely attained that

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stage of his elevation which consists in his " election ' by Dean and Chapter. The history of the 'matter at this point re- lates mostly to the conduct of Dean Merewether. At...

So far as the conventional forms of a royal speech

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can be taken as evidence, there is in most respects an improved tone in the 'language of the French Government. On meeting his Chambers for the session, King Louis Philippe...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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IT is manifestly impoif f b le that the year upon which we are en- tering should exhibit nything like the combination of notable events and visitations which marked the year...

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'Otte Artropolts. A A meeting was held in the Vestry-room,

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St. Stephen's Walbrook, óji Wednesday, for the purpose of carrying out the suggestions :contained in the Bishop of London's letter on the subject of sanatory preparations for...

Zbe probintes.

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The election of a Bishop of Hereford took place, in the Cathedral of that see, on Tuesday the 28th December. But before proceeding with the re- port of the ceremony, it will be...

Doubts are again broached aa to sho sincessty of Pius

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the Ninth. He is said to have been talking in a retrograde style at a Secret Consistory held for the.purpose of- appointing divers Prelates re- stored to the hierarchy of Spain....

gbe Court.

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THERE have been no special gayeties at the Castle, and the Queen had a very quiet party to partake the Christmas fare. The Duke de Broglie, the Marquis and Marchioness of...

• President Polk has vouchsafed a very lengthy message to

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Congress ; half of it being an apology for what his fellow Repub- licans have done or are going to do in Mexico. No composition ever more thoroughly deserved the epithet of"...

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IRELAND.

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At a recent meeting of the Ennis Board of Guardians, a letter was read Irons Sir Lucius O'Brien, remarkable for the very sensible View taken of what Ireland has a right to...

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foreign anti eolonfal.

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legislative session of 1848 was opened by the King in person, on Tuesday, with all the accustomed pomp and ceremonial. The Chamber of Deputies was thronged. The greater portion...

C OTIAND.

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Trade is deplorably depressed in the manufacturing districts of the West; and the amount of distress is very great. At Kilbarcham, two-thirds of the operatives are unemployed....

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Atisteilantous.

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the Paris National states that King Leopold and his Queen are engaged in endeavours to render the intercourse of the French and British Courts and Cabinets more friendly. After...

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A correspondent obligingly reminds us of an inadvertence in speaking

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as if an English candidate for episcopation uttered the Latin words "Nob episcopari "; which of course is not the case—it is "a vulgar error."

The Chamber of Deputies appointed its four Vice-Presidents on Thursday.

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The votes stood as follows: Ministerial candidates—M. Bignon, 217; M. Lepelle- tier d'Aulnay, 210; Marshal Bugeand, 206; M. Francois Delessert, 195: Oppo- sition candidates—M....

The first arrival of the accelerated post from Paris, with

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the journals of yesterday, puts us in possession of important intelligence. Madame Adelaide, the sister of Louis Philippe, died yesterday morning, after being ill of" Is...

POSTSCRIPT. SATURDAY.

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Several documents appear this morning supplementary to the Hampden controversy. Several documents appear this morning supplementary to the Hampden controversy. One is a letter...

Last night's Gazette announces the elevation of General Sir Colin

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Halkett fIVID the rank of Knight Commander to that of Ordinary Member of the Mili- tary Division of the First Class or Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.

• MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The year is not destined to close without further calamity: the failure of an eminent East India house has been declared today. One of the...

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THE THEATRES.

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The jeremiads upon the decline of Pantomime have been uttered so ()len, that at last people will begin to think they are a species of funeral dirge, which it is the custom for...

WHAT HAS THE LAW DONE FOR IRELAND?

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LETTER 'IL TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR, Dublin, 21st December 1847. Sul—A third result of the failure in the " thorough enforcement of every law" in Ireland has been, the...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Governor Gawler, Underwood, was wrecked near Port Lincoln, Australia, on the 2d Aug. ; passengers and crew saved. ABSIVED—At Gravesend, 26th Dec. Forteseue, PeMAL from...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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LOUIS PHILIPPE AND JAMES K. POLK. HOWEVER opposed to each other in the obvious characteristics of length and style, the two official addresses which come to us this week from...

AN UNOBSERVED PECULIARITY IN THE STATE OF IRISH POLICY.

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IT is a peculiarity of that monster question IRELAND, that not only are the complicated processes of evil going on, but the very processes recommended as remedial are also going...

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PUBLIC OPINION ON NATIONAL DEFENCE.

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LORD ELLESMERE'S letter places the question of national de- fences on a new footing : he gives undoubted authenticity to the statements of " P." respecting the Duke of...

DISORGANIZATION IN THE ARMY OF INDIA.

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A PICTURESQUE circumstance is of infinite value to a just cause : the insubordination of the British army in India, natural conse- quence of an irksome life, has for some time...

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LIFE IN CASHMIRE.

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The private correspondence of a friend, who has a son travelling in the North-west Provinces of India, again furnishes some amusing sketches of a scene far from the tourist's...

HOW TO CONDUCT CONTROVERSY.

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A naw mode of controversy is coming into fashion, which pro- mises to be highly convenient. It is an application of the that fights and runs away" principle, only that it is...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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HirroaY, Lectures on the History of Rome, from the Earliest Times to the Commencement of the First Punic War. By B. G. Niebuhr. Edited by Dr. M. Isier. Translated, with many...

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HALLIWELL'S LIFE OF SHAKES PEARE.

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NOTWITHSTANDING the numerous lives of Shakespeare, from Rowe with his traditional account, (to which substantially but little has been added,) to the skilful antiquarian...

SOCULLOCH ON SUCCESSION TO PROPERTY VACANT BY DEATH.

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THE substance of the leading views in this volume have already appeared in the Edinburgh Review, and in some of the economical works of the author. The principles are now...

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ORR STREET

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Is probably not equal to the adventures of "the Mulligan of Ballymul- ligan " as regards freshness of subject and Milesian richness ; and it has not so continuous a story. In...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BOOKS. "Our Street." By M. A. Tilmarsh. Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the years 1845 and 1846. Con- taining a Narrative of Personal Adventures during a Tour of nine...

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BIRTHS.

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On the 225 December, at the Vicarage, Hindrlugham, Norfolk, the Wife of the Rev. Edward James, of a daughter. On the 24th, at (Mug Rectory, Bucks, the Wife of the Rev. II. L....

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Dec. 28. PARTNEISHIPS DISGOLVED. Wright and Banbury, Finsbury Place South, attornies-Fagg and Stever, Upper Holloway, carpet-manufacturers--Taylor and Salisbury,...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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Osurez OF ORDNANCE, Dec. 27.-Royal Artillery-Gent. Cadets to be Sec. Lieute.- C. E. Wancott, vice Phillips, prom.; G. Burtchaell, vice Godby, prom.; G. Davis, vice Greene,...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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170 65 107 44 341 425009,075 426,609,075 BANKINS DEPARTMENT. ProprietoreCapital 414,553,000 Government Securities, (in. Mast 3 , 6 i 8 , 679 eluding Dead...