22 APRIL 1848

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Government has at last taken a decided step in Ireland,

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and has caused some of the persons engaged in military drilling to be arrested. We observe that the seizure has been effected under a local police bill ; but surely there is no...

In Paris there has been a decided reaction on the

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side of order.; an attempt at counteraction on behalf of the Ultra-Revolutionists being overawed by the imposing display of force on the part of the Government. It is not easy...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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TUB Parliamentary business of the week resolves itself, with slight exceptions, into two performances—the completion of the Government Security Bill, and the institution of an...

In spite of the short extraordinary session before Christmas and

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the extraordinary lateness of Easter, the account of progress at this point has seldom been more barren. It is difficult to dis- cover what has been done. Summoned on the...

Other countries of the Continent present no decisive change. In

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Lombardy, General Radetzky, whose friends spoke with confi- dence of his "impregnable" position, is decidedly losing ground. The most hopeful' sound for Austria in Italy is the...

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Debates anb Vroceebings in Varliament.

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CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BILL. In the House of Commons, on Monday, the discussion of the Crown and Government Security Bill was renewed, on the order of the day for re-...

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gbt Court.

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THE Queen and Prince Albert are still at Osborne, in good health, and take daily exercise together. On Tuesday, the Prince of Prussia arrived at Osborne on a visit to her...

IlLbe Vrobturts.

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The election at Bewdley has :terminated in favour of Lord Mandeville, who obtained 171 votes against the 156 of his opponent, the Honourable Spencer Lyttelton. A highly...

Zbe, IfIttropolts.

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A project has been set on foot to found a " testimonial " of " deep grati- tude to Almighty God," and of " admiration " for " the brilliant and admi- rable example to Great...

IRELAND.

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The Law Courts in Dublin opened on the 15th. In the Queen's Bench, Mr. Justice Crampton addressed the Grand Jury on the subject of the sedition-charges against Mr. O'Brien, Mr....

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Nortign ant Colonial.

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FRANCE.—Paris has again been in great commotion. The Provisional Government is said to be divided, and the members of the moderate ma- jority in fear of the power and projects...

SCOTLAND.

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The Queen has appointed Dr. James Miller, Professor of Surgery in the Ifni. versity of Edinburgh, to be Surgeon in Ordinary to her Majesty in Scotland, in the room of James...

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Miscellaneous.

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The following correspondence has appeared in the &forme and some other Paris journals. " Paris, April 7, 1848. "Lord Brougham has the honour to offer his respects to the...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. Paris was the scene of another immense demonstration on Thursday. The Provisional Government presented colours to the Legions of the Na- Paris was the scene of...

Mr. Milner Gibson has resigned his office as Vice-President of

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the Board of Trade. To this piece of news the Times adds, perhaps sugges- tively—" It is said that he will be succeeded by Mr. Wilson, M.P. for Westbury." Such an appointment...

Advises have arrived in anticipation of the overland mail, from

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Calcutta to the 2d, Madras to the 8th, and Bombay to the 15th March. A dis- trict Governor in Oude has rebelled against the Lucknow Government, and heads 12,000 men against...

THEATRES AND MUSIC.

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The Italian Opera-houses, like the other theatres, have had no dramatic performances during Passion-week. Saturday last brought to a close the season before Easter;, to the...

MONEY MARKET.

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Breen EXCHANGI, TIMMUIDAT arrieuroos. The demand for investments in the various descriptions of English Stock has continued without intermission. Prices have consequently been...

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OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUSINESS.

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No. III. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. London, 17th April 1848. Sin—Great credit is due to Lord Stanley for the practical steps he has taken to meet a generally acknowledged...

On Monday evening and Wednesday morning, there were concerts at

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Her Majesty's Theatre; and on Tuesday evening there was a concert at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. The performances at both houses employed the vocal and instrumental...

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LOVE, LAW, AND FORCE.

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LET us vindicate the claims of a great public servant, to whom we owe a debt of gratitude for benefit just conferred, but whom there is a disposition to libel in high quarters....

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. WE cannot get up a national movement. Our boasted tranquillity tur ns out to be as much the weakness of inertia as the strength o f self-possession. In...

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FREE TRADE AND PUBLIC MORALS.

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OUR fashionable and sad contemporary the Morning Post occa- sionally favours us with a sort of exceptional encouragement, that implies a good deal of regular but unuttered...

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.

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THE question raised by the case of Schleswig-Holstein lies in a nutshell; but Mr. Disraeli has missed it, and has therefore come to a wrong conclusion. He pleads for Denmark....

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POLITICAL VATICINATIONS : M. DE TOCQUEVILLE'S SPEECH IN JANUARY LAST.

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THE state of Feria, and of France generally—in spite of the com- mercial distress so,yainfully felt, and of the uncertainty inherent in a provisional "State 4 things—is yet such...

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ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURE.

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FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR COLONIAL TRADE. WE last week pointed to a broad fact respecting agricultural coun- tries. It is only such nations as have not directly taxed the pro- duce...

ENCUMBERED ESTATES, IRELAND.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Dublin, April 11th 1848. SIB—I wish to make a few observations with reference to a letter of Mr, Joshua Evans that appeared in your journal of...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Biouttarnr , The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith ; a Biography, in four books. By John Forster, of the Inner Temple, Banister ; Author of the "Lives of Statesmen of the...

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ERMAN'S TRAVELS. IN SIBERIA.

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Tars work belongs to a series of publications lately commenced, under the title of "The World Surveyed in the Nineteenth Century ; or recent Narratives of Scientific and...

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GERST2ECKER'S FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMI- GRANTS.

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THE apparent object of this work is to exhibit the evils which beset emi- gration by bodies of Germans to the United States, from the ignorance, obstinacy, and folly of the...

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JAMES'S SIR THEODORE BROUGHTON.

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M.E. JAMES is certainly one of the "curiosities of literature," and will so figure in literary history for the multiplicity of his works, when the works themselves are...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BOORS. The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith; a Biography, in four books. By John Forster, of the loner Temple, Barrister; Author of the " Lives of Statesmen of the...

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FINE ARTS.

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NEW SOCIETY OP PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS. A Goon exhibition: few collections can display an aspect so generally un- broken, of ability, animation, clean execution, and varied...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, April 18. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. J. and S. Stott, Ironmonger Lane, warehousemen-Heap and Boole, Ardwiek, Lancashire, sliffenens-Knill and Co. Fresh Wharf, London...

BIRTHS.

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On the 14th April, at Ilkeston Vicarage, the Lady of the Rev. G. S. Ebsworth, M.A., Of a son. On the 16th, at Wlnkileld Vicarage, Berke, the Wife of the Rev. C. I. Elliott, of...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Aasiviro - At Gravesend, 15th April, Coningwood, Crawford ; and Hope, Miller, from Calcutta ; 16th, Esther Frances, Primrose, from Mauritius ; 17th, Lochnagar, Dalgarno, from...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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num 34 per Cents I per Cent Consols 3 per Cents Reduced Long Annuities Ditto for Account Bank Stock, 41 per Cent 805 Pei 1 Li 8 i 512 811 822 811 811 814 82 188 1886 18 81...