21 SEPTEMBER 1844

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE first intoxicating hour of triumph having passed, the scope and tendency of the renovated Repeal agitation are somewhat more distinctly seen. The specific projects do not...

The elements of disorder abroad, which we noticed at work

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last week, seem to spread and grow in strength. Spain is in a very threatening condition : while the Liberals preserve an ominous inactivity throughout the Parliamentary...

It is peace between France and Morocco. The Moorish Em-

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peror has succumbed, has accepted the conditions imposed by France, and his castigation ceases. Whatever the Prince Ds JOINYILLE'S pretensions to undergo minute professional...

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THE approaching election of Lord Mayor begins to be a subject of active interest in the City. The senior Alderman who has not passed the chair is Alderman Thomas Wood; who was...

The nine-months Ministerial crisis in Canada is said to be

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over : lists of the new Ministry are given ; and although not gazetted, its general composition seems to be placed beyond doubt, The cast of it will surprise some people in this...

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Doncaster Races began on Monday, with six races. That for the Champagne Stakes of 501. each alone possessed much interest : twelve horses ran, but the contest really lay between...

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IRELAND.

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Lady Heytesbury arrived at Dublin on Wednesday. Lord Heytes- bury lives in such complete privacy at the Lodge in Pheenix Park, as to make people complain that they doubt the...

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SCOTLAND.

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The sojourn of the Queen and Prince Albert at Blair Atholl Castle has been marked by the expected privacy, and, it should seem, by fully the expected enjoyment of the wild...

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§ortign anb

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Morocco AND ALGIERS.—The war between France and Morocco has been brought to a close. The details are as yet very meagre ; but there seems to be no doubt as to the material...

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laisttllantous.

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A marble statue of the Queen, executed by Mr. Wolff, an English sculptor, at Rome, was removed from the Customhouse to Windsor Castle, on Thursday. The Dutchess of Kent left...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The Paris papers of Thursday supply some more precise information as to the nature of the terms to which the Emperor of Morocco has submitted; the treaty itself...

An Order in Council, published in the Gazette of last

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night, exempts all vessels of less burden than fifteen tons from payment of tolls to the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Stroud.

The Moniteur announces that the Prince De Joinville is promoted

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to the rank of Vice-Admiral, and that rewards will be given to those who *distinguished themselves in the naval expedition. The King has created Marshal Bugeaud " Duke of Isly."

The Colonial Gazette of this day quotes from the Sydney

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Morning Herald statements of very strange conduct on the part of Captain Fitz- roy, Governor of New Zealand. Anticipating the resources of the exche- quer, he was about to issue...

The Florence correspondent of the Rime de Paris connects the

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Emperor of Austria's residence at Trieste with the projected establish- ment of an Italian customs-union ; and says, that the Italians at once distrust any suggestion from...

At Lancaster, yesterday, Mr. Talbot Clifton was elected Member for

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North Lancashire, without opposition.

The " National banquet" was given to O'Connell, in Dublin

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Music- Ball, on Thprsday. Seven or eight hundred persons were present, in- cluding many ladies in the galleries. Mr. Smith O'Brien was in the chair. Lord Ffrench was there, with...

A letter from Bahia, dated on the 30th July, was

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received at Liver- pool yesterday, which gives it as a report in Rio de Janeiro on the 17th July, that the mail-packet had been detained there, in order to send by it the...

NANKING DEPARTMENT.

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Proprietors' Capital ..... Rest . . A14,5133,000 3,565,496 Government Securities, in- cluding Dead Weight An - Public Deposits, (including nutty) 414,554,834 Exchetjuer,...

MONEY MARKET.

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crease of business occur, and any consequent demand for the extension of paper- act has as yet only been used to the extent of between twenty and twenty-one millions, the amount...

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

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Notes issued £28,500,880 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion 12,806,794 Silver Bullion 1,694,086 £28,800,880...

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The vocalists and lecturers are mostly touring it through the

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country. Miss CLARA SEYTON, however, has been lecturing at Crosby Hall, on Comic Opera—with songs to match, and numerous well-told anec- dotes—to applauding audiences • Mr....

TOPICS OF THE

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THE WOES OF THE WAR-FACTIONS. THERE is to be no war at this bout. The bombardment of Tan- gier, the bombardment and blockade of fvfogador, and the victory- on the Isly, have...

THE THEATRES.

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THE theatrical atmosphere, so long stagnant in the Metropolitan region, and stirred only in the suburbs and provinces by flittings to and fro of popular performers, now begins...

ROYAL SOLITUDE.

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THE Queen, naturally anxious to get a little time to herself amid the pageant-duties of royalty, has contrived a plan of keeping her intrusive subjects at arms-length, more...

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THE GOVERNMENT PLUNDER OF MALTA.

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THE functions of a government are to promote social order and security of property ; and when its measures directly promote social disorder and insecurity of property, it not...

NEW ZEALAND JUSTICE.

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A NEW manner of administering justice begins to obtain in high quarters, extremely favourable to what may be called criminal in- terests. We saw an instance lately, in the...

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MARTYRS.

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THE ranks of the "noble army of martyrs" have received numerous recruits of late years. It may be doubted whether the veterans of the corps do not lock upon the new comers as...

LOSERS BY EXTORTION AND ANNOYANCE TO TRAVELLERS.

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FACILITY to the customer is one great help in all traffics, difficulty a heavy drawback ; and some trades are well aware of the fact, while others continue unaccountably blind...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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REITTARY HISTORY, The Dispatches of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, durin g his various Cam- pai g ns in India, Denmark. Portu g al, Spain, the Low Countries, and France....

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THE BOOK OF SYMBOLS.

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THE " Symbols" of this " Book " are a set of maxims or apo- thegms, which have been attributed to PYTHAGORAS. Some of them have doubtless been derived from his sentences, and...

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FINE ARTS.

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ALBERT BORER'S PASSION OF CHRIST. Tins little volume is a great curiosity. It is a reprint of a set of wood- cuts designed and drawn on the wood by ALBERT DURER himself, and...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

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From September 5th to September 19th. Boors. Ireland and its Rulers since 1829. Part the Third. Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-Loom Weaver. By WILLIAM Taws, of...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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ARRIVED — At Gravesend, 14th Sept. Bussorah Merchant, Nell, from Bombay ; and Lively. Martin, from the Cape ; 16th, Caledonia, Liddle, from Sydney ; W. and M. Brown. Balaton,...

MR. SHIPHARD'S LECTURE ON ANCIENT AMERICA.

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THE announcement of a lecture on the ruined cities of Central Ame- rica, illustrated by scenic views of the buildings, painted from Mr. CATErnawoon's sketches, led us to attend...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 12th June, at Randall, East Indies. the Lady of Roamer Pares, Esq., Lieu- tenant and Adjutant of the Sixty-seventh Native Infantry. of twins. Ou the 3i1...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR - OFFICE, Sept. 20.-7th Regt. of Foot—Lieut. D. J. Dickinson to be Adjt. vice Dobbie, dec. 30th Foot—Lieut. W. H. Heard to he Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet-Major J....

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Sept. 17. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Tickle and Cooper. Bolton-le-Moors, tobacco-manufacturers-Seeley and Applegate. Streatham Place, Brixton Hill. tailors-Valle and Co....

PRICES CURRENT.

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SHARES. (Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening.) MINES- }ISBNs- &Jaws = I: Australasian Brazilian Imperial British North American Ditto (St. John del...