23 NOVEMBER 1844

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE " interlude " of Federalism still affords amusement in Ireland. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD has definitively promulgated the two parts of his plan—the constitution for Ireland with...

The Rubric agitation spreads; and Tottenham has been con- vulsed

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by a lay insurrection against the clerical authority. A lay- man, generally assumed to be more familiar with the scientific pro- cesses of her Majesty's Mint than with...

Another revolt in Spain ! MARTIN ZURBANO, the popular leader,

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experienced in revolt and civil war, is up in arms ; he marches at the head of a growing army ; and the disaffected gain courage. Spain has too much inherent strength, baffled...

Instances multiply of that better spirit which is abroad in

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the demeanour of the rich towards the poor. The Marquis of LONDON- DERRY has been entertaining his tenants in Ulster, with a good fellowship that is as likely to have aided the...

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Zbe liftettopolts.

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The first Court of Aldermen of the present Mayoralty was held on - Tuesday. In taking the chair, the Lord Mayor said, much in the usual way, that he relied upon the support of...

A remarkable illustration of the want of finality in the

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present position of Greece has just been brought to notice. Some refugees from provinces still annexed to the Turkish empire, (by the arbi- trary fancy of treaty-makers rather...

Zbe (nun.

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THE life of the Court at Windsor Castle has been quiet this week ; but it has been agreeably diversified by the arrival of Prince Albert's nearest relatives, the reigning Duke...

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girobincts.

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The Chapter of Exeter Cathedral held a meeting on the 14th instant, summoned by the Bishop to consider the propriety of enforcing strict conformity to the Rubric among the...

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IRELAND.

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Mr. Sharman Crawford's third letter on local legislation for Ireland has appeared. Mr. Crawford declares his object to be, to secure for Ireland, "first, protection for her...

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SCOTLANP.

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A meeting of Road Trustees, Commissioners of Supply, and Justices of the Peace for the County of Edinburgh, was held on Tuesday, at the County Rooms, to consider resolutions,...

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SPAIN.—An insurrection has broken out in Old Castile, with Martin Zurbano, the old Guerilla chief, for its leader. Zurbano had been quietly living on his property near 1,ogrono,...

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liftistellantous.

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The Victoria and Albert yacht is prevented by the draught of water from approaching close to the coasts, so as to present a favourable view a spots that need to be seen at a...

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The Dublin Evening Freeman of Thursday announces what it calls

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the "first blow at the independence of the Catholic Church " : rumours "of the most profound and painful nature," [what is the profundity of a rumour ?] that Catholic Prelates...

The League held a great meeting at Rochdale, on Wednesday,

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in furtherance of their new movement to multiply borough and county votes, by inducing persons who have the means to invest money in ob- taining qualifications; the ease of...

The Bayonne correspondent of the Morning Post mentions reports, that

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Zurbano had entered Navarre, hotly pressed by Jaureguy ; that his band had been dispersed; and that the chief rebel had been taken pri- soner. After sitting to a late hour on...

Mr. Cameron, the Curate of Hurst, met a number of

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his parishioners on Friday morning ; and, after a long discussion, he agried to discon- tinue the offertory as a regular weekly observance, and to reconsider other alterations...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The fog of Thursday last was not merely a "London fog," but was of much wider extent ; as we learn by accounts of fatal accidents that successively arrive from...

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, understood to be in

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order to settle the time for the meeting of Parliament.

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCRAWOR, FRIDAY AITIRNODIC, Since our last report, the Government Securities have all improved. The premium upon Exchequer Bills has alsa risen from 6s. to tar.; Bank...

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THE THEATRES.

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TEE operas lately imported from France have been more diverting than usual in point of locality, incident, and manners. It was indeed high time that the scene should change ;...

The piece produced at the Princess's this week under the

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title of The Prediction is another version of Satan, ou le Diable en Paris; but far inferior in every respect to that of the Adelphi, being at once coarse and ineffective....

The Haymarket is at length set up with a new

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comedy, that, notwith- standing its defects—and they are neither few nor small—is likely to at- tract for a time. Old Heads and Young Hearts has hit the taste of the town, now...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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LORD WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY* ON THE CONDITION-OF-ENGLAND QUESTION. " Winne there is a will there is a way." It is of good omen for the country that the wealthier classes, whose...

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LEGAL RIGHT MORAL WRONG.

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THOSE who arrogate to themselves the merit of being peculiarly "conservative" of our institutions, commonly go upon the notion that the best kind of conservation is that which...

THE RAILWAY RAID.

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A cavu, war is raging in Leicestershire. Hostilities are in active progress between the Earl of HARBOROUGH and the Midland Rail- way Company. As we read about the valorous...

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SOCIAL DOUBTS.

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WHY blame Renitoa and NEWCASTLE for asserting rights delibe- rately granted by society ? We are all engaged in working a pro- blem ; those noblemen assert its legitimate...

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"HE SPEAKS, YET HE SAYS NOTHING."

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A VERY ingenious specimen of the art of conveying the least pos- sible amount of information in the greatest number of words has just been put forth, in the form of an...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY •

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lawatusg, Coors d'Etudes 1Flistoriques, par C. F. Donau. Pair de France, &c. Tome Sep. turns—Art d'EcrirerHistoire Didot, Paris. AMON. Agincourt; a Romance. By G. P. R. James,...

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MR. JAMES'S AGINCOURT.

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TEE avowal of Mr. JAMES in the preface to the collected edition of his novels, that he dictates his works off-hand to an amanuensis, explains many things connected with them...

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LEIGH HUNT'S IMAGINATION AND FANCY.

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Tuts volume consists of a selection of specimens from SPENSER, MARLOWE, SHAKSpERE and his principal dramatic contemporaries or successors, MILTON, COLERIDGE, SHELLEY, and KEATs;...

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PARRY ON DIET : MADDOCK ON INHALATION. THE medical month

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of November has brought us a couple of medical books,—one on the art of preserving health, beauty, and so forth ; the other on the means of breathing away sickness. 1. On Diet,...

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EMERSON'S ESSAYS, SECOND SERIES.

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Tess forms part of a speculation called the "Catholic Series,"—a title singularly inapplicable to the writings of Mr. EMERSON; whose genius, however considerable, is remarkably...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Ur g ent. Goodwin, from China to Liverpool, went on shore near Caernarvon,. the 17th instant, and remains ; crew saved. AaaivEn- At Gravesend. 19th instant. Gilmore. Maw,...

NOTE ON PROFESSOR KEY'S CHARGE OF PLAGIARISM AGAINST THE REVERE

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ND J. W. DONALDSON. WE have received from the Reverend J. W. DONALDSON a pam- phlet, entitled A Reply to the Calumnies and Misrepresentations of Professor T. H. Key, and a...

MILITARY GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 19.-6th Re g t. of Foot-Lieut. G. Finia l .

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to be Capt. by purchase, vice Brooke, who retires ; Elisi o W. A. Stratton to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Fiulay to ; T. F. Pulesn, Gent. to be Ensi g n, by purchase, vice...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Nov. 19. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Clarke aud Trevor, Guisborou g h, Yorkshire, attornies-Vaudeau and Oxen, Kin g William Street, Strand, forei g n importers-Matthews...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. Oaths 20th October, at Larnaca . Cyprus, the Lady of NrvEN KERR, Es q ., H.B.M. Consul for that island, of a dau g hter. Ou the5th November, at Malta, the Lady of...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUN DS. (Closing Prices.) turday Monday. Tuesday. Widnes. 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 99/ 991 991 99* 994 1021 102/ 1054 102* 1024 12 - 12 12 12...