22 AUGUST 1846

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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The objection made by Mr. Thomas Duncombe to the Irish Constabulary Bill raised a totally separate question. The bill removes a limit now set upon the number of the constables...

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Debates an Vroceellings in Iparlianunt.

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THE limn Aairs Buz,. In the House of Commons, on Monday, in moving the order of the day for going into Committee on Public Works in Ireland, Lord JOHN Rrs- sELL stated the...

Foreign affairs demand but a cursory glance. King Louis Philippe

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has opened the French Chambers, after the general election of Deputies, with a speech that says nothing ; and the Legislature is to do nothing but constitute itself, to be ready...

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ZbE Metropolis.

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Her Majesty's Ministers enjoyed their first civic dinner at the Mansion- - house on Wednesday. Beyond the sumptuousness of the entertainment, nothing noticeable occurred. An...

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AN aquatic excursion by the Queen and her spouse is an incident of some importance in the quiet routine of the Royal Household in the Isle of . Wight. On Tuesday morning, about...

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IRELAND.

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The letters from all districts of Ireland continue to report the complete destruction of the potato crop. It is stated that there is hardly in any part of the country a...

Zbe Vrobinces.

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The Liverpool Times from personal observation gives a gloomy account of the state of the potato crop, over a tract of country extending for fifty miles along the vallies of the...

SCOTLAND.

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The formal inauguration of the Scott Monument at Edinburgh took place on Saturday, the anniversary of Scott's birth. The arrangements included a grand procession; and masonic...

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Artistalantous.

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The Standard asserts that Ministers intend to dissolve Parliament in October ; desiring, we presume, to learn from the answer what is intended. We are not disposed to aid the...

,foreign an 42Dolonfal.

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FnaNcE.—The Legislative Chambers were opened on Monday by the King, with the usual ceremonies. The Due d'Atunale and the Due de Montpensier were present, as well as several...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. _ Lord GEORGE BENTINCIC made his rejoinder against Lord Lyndhurst in the House of Commons last night. He took the occasion afforded by the second reading of the...

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THE THEATRES.

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I Puritani on the last night of the subscription, and 11 Barbiere with s variety of entertainments on Thursday by way of farewell night, haae fairly brought the Italian Opera to...

Both Houses of Parliament sat today, and several bills were

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forwarded a stage. But the interest of the proceedings did not lie in the formal transactions. In the Upper House, Lord Lyndhurst made his surrejoinder to Lord George Bentinck....

Warrants for the release of one hundred and thirty convicts,

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recently brought to England, as the reward of good conduct, have been issued. Gratuities of from Si to 201. are paid to the men on leaving Woolwich. John Smith was tried at the...

. Accounts from Lisbon to the 10th instant state, that

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El Padre Casimiro, a fanatical priest, had placed himself at the head of a band of Spanish and Portu- guese smugglers, and was traversing the remote provinces which adjoin...

The Queen and Prince Albert, on board their yacht, arrived

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at Devonport about nine o'clock yesterday morning. They were to visit Lord Mount Edgcumbe, at Cothell House, and Earl St. Germans, at Port Eliot. It is now understood that...

MONEY MARKET.

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STocE EXCHANGE, FRIDAY ATTER/100E The Funds declined slightly on Monday, in consequence of reports that Minis- ters were to propose to the House of Commons a large pecuniary...

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The only theatrical novelties of the week (for we do

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not include under this head those performances in which an uproar of the audience is the sole feature) are a new drama from the French, produced at the Princess's, and a new...

The Brussels Opera Company brought their performances at Drury Lane

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to a close last Saturday evening, and took their departure in a body on the following morning. The speculation which brought them here has been much the reverse of successful;...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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DISCLOSURES OF THE ANDOVER INQUIRY. NATURE and Fate decidedly have their moments of joking. Na- ture moulded the visage of a late comic actor in such fashion that his mere...

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CENTRAL EUROPE : THE BROKEN TREATY.

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THB result of the debates in both Houses of Parliament on the occupation of Cracow is, that Russia, Austria, and Prussia, have manifestly broken the letter of the treaty of...

IRELAND'S WEAKNESS, ENGLAND'S OPPORTUNITY.

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VAST and startling conclusions were hinted at in the discussion on the Government measures for the relief of Ireland under the second failure of thepotato crop. Indeed, the...

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THE PROPOSED RAILWAY BOARD.

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THE new Railway Board to be established by Mr. Charles Wood's bill is to consist of five members : one, the President, is to be paid, to be a member of the Government by virtue...

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FRAUDULENT SAVINGS - BA2ocs. —A number of associations have lately

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started in the suburbs, the promoters of which profess to afford servants and others moving in the subordinate ranks of society all the security of savings-banks, with a much...

THE CRIMINAL. LAW.

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LETTER VL If there be one characteristic of the state of society in England which es- sentially distinguishes it from that of Continental nations, (and I speak from long and...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Thooterint, Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest; with Anecdotes of their Courts. Now first published from Official Records and other Authentic Documents,...

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MR. ST. JOHN'S WILD SPORTS OF THE HIGHLANDS

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Is the "experience" of an enthusiast in field-sports and "fern; naturte." In his boyish days, master Charles trapped the field-mouse and the wheat-ear, till in due time he...

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MR. SCHROEDER'S SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. IN the autumn of

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1843 Mr. Schroeder was honoured with the offer of a secretaryship to Commodore Smith, then about to take the command of the United States squadron in the Mediterranean. This...

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MUSIC.

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TILE MULL/WHAM AND HEREFORD MUSICAL FESTIVALS. THE silence of the London musical season gives the signal for the com- mencement of performances in the provinces; and Birmingham...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BOOKS. The Why and the Wherefore; or the Philosophy of Life, Health, and Dis- ease: new and original views explanatory of their nature, causes, and connexion; and of the...

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FINE ARTS.

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MR. PARK'S STATUE OF " MODESTY UNVEILED." THR Committee of the Art-Union of London, among other efforts to atone for the want of judgment and taste displayed by those lucky...

PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITURE.

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IN speaking of Messrs. Beard and Claudet as " rival patentees," we have, it seems, made use of a phrase that is liable to mislead; the more so that such is the general...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Aug. 18. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Cryer and Vitt', Manchester, Umber-merchants-Dickinson and Falkous, New- castle-upon-Tyne, gasmeter-manufacturers-Bowden and Marshall,...

EAST INDIA. SHIPPING.

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Aruavan - At Gravesend, 17th August, Marion, Crawford, from China ; and Terra Nova, Bolster, from the Cape ; 18th, Templar, Brown, from S3 trey ; Thetis, Cam, from Calcutta ;...

Isurrus. On the 11th August, in Blake Street, York, the

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Wife of William Henry Charlton, Esq., of Brandsby Hall, of a daughter. On the 14th, at Talacre, FlIntsifire, the Hon. Lady Mostyn, of a son. On the 14th, in Eastbourne Terrace,...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Aug. 17.-Royal Regt. Artillery-Gent. Cadets to be Second Lieuts.-F. J. Beady, vice Waller, promoted ; M. Stewart, vice Freeth, promoted ; (Se- cond Lieut....

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FONDS. 8 per CentConsols Ditto for Account . 3 per Cents Reduced St per Cent* Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent India Stock, 105 Exchequer Bills, 11.4. per diem...