23 OCTOBER 1847

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We have to report progress in the affairs of several

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foreign countries; the incidents being new and important, though not demanding extended comment. Narvaez has signalized his return to power by a reconciliation of Queen Isabella...

Ireland goes on much as usual. To the Anti-Rent movement

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is now added a potato-pillaging movement ; the peasantry assem- bling, in tumultuous numbers, and forcibly taking from the mid- dle classes their stores of potato. Several...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE extent of the pressure on the mercantile world is shown in many untoward signs this week. There are more failures ; and among them, an important bank at Liverpool has...

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be Probinrez.

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The monetary pressure has induced the Liverpool merchants to set forth their difficulties and wants in the subjoined memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury. The movement...

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THE circle of visiters at the Castle has again been large. The Duke of Cambridge and the Dutchess of Gloucester arrived on Saturday, and staid till Tuesday. On Monday, the Duke...

ebe iriAttropolis.

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A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday. The Lord Mayor produced a letter from Mr. Goodman, the chief Clerk at the Mansionhouse, stating that he had examined the contents of...

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Yesterday the Lord Chancellor sent Out his notice of the

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order in which- business would be taken in his Court during Michaelmas Terms—that is, from the 2d to the 25th of November, inclusive; and at the foot of the notice were these...

Letters from Berne of the 18th instant report the first

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sitting of the Helvetic Diet. M. Furrer, the Deputy for Zurich, proposed that two Federal representatives be sent to each of the Cantons of the League, that a proclamation be...

The Bavarian Chamber of Representatives has been sitting at Munich

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in extraordinary convocation, ostensibly to consider the means by whicle the money required for railroads shall be raised. Occasion, however, hae been taken by the Liberal party...

In spite of a little remaining excitement, the accounts from

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Liverpool and Manchester up to yesterday afternoon show a perceptible improvement in the aspect of affairs. Only one new failure is reported—that of Messrs. Warden and Co.,...

A meeting of the Council of Ministers was held in

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Paris on Wednesday, at which the question of Switzerland was taken into consideration. We are assured that a strong opinion was expressed by M. Guizot, and several of his...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SAT1JRDAY NIGHT. Two New York ships reached Liverpool yesterday,—the Oxford, which sailed on the 1st instant, and the Sarah Sands screw-steamer, which sailed on the 6th. The...

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THE THEATRES.

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Never, perhaps, was a more complete mistake committed by a superior man, than that of Mr. Marston, in a new piece called The Heart and the World, produced at the Haymarket. The...

The reported retirement of Archbishop Murray from the National Board

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of Education is contradicted by the Dublin Evening Post, on authority. The Irish Relief Commissioners have published their seventh and last monthly report. Under the Relief Act...

Madame Vestris opens her theatre with a brilliancy unprecedented. The

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interior is renovated from top to bottom; solid Cupids decorate the panels; rows of lustres, instead of a central chandelier, illumine the sale; private boxes hung with crimson...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 'Under the effect of the alarm occasioned by the stoppage of the Royal Bank of Liverpool on Monday, and that of the Liverpool Banking Company...

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A REAL MEASURE FOR IRELAND.

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Mosr of the recent memorials and petitions from Irish landown- ers express at least one reasonable desire ; they call for "facili- ties for the transfer of land." It is well to...

THE CHOLERA.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 19th October 1847. 19th October 1847. Sin—Public attention seems to be uneasily directed towards the progress of the cholera; and the alarm its...

METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS—THE COAL-DUTIES.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sunderland, 19th October 1847. SIR—In last week's Spectator, under the head of "Metropolitan Improvements s--Plan of the Record Office," I read...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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" AIDE-TOI." THE mercantile world is in trouble ; it sees no immediate resource, no easy way of escape ; and flies to the usual resort for help—to "the Government.' People have...

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SUNDAY TRADING.

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THE direct result of the Parliamentary inquiry into the practice of trading on Sunday in the Metropolis is not likely to be very bene- ficial or effective for the object of the...

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THE ONE STEP.

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THE organ of the Young Ireland party grows more and more sub- lime—one step more than sublime. Its most emphatic writing is re. served for a kind of exalted Billingsgate, poured...

MEDICAL RELIEF.

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THE medical branch of the New Poor-law administration has been the opprobrium of the law. The medical profession has from the first cried out against it. Many cases of neglect...

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PRACTICAL LETTERS ON IRELAND.

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12th October 1847. Sin—I give my entire assent to your opinion, that the first and most es- sential thing to be done for Ireland is to improve the material condition ot the...

CURRENCY AND CREDIT.

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T.n true principles of a sound currency are seldom controverted; but they are apt to be lost sight of in the eager search for relief from difficulties of a different origin, or...

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LONDON UNIVERSITY versus OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Lincoln's Inn, 19th 1. - ktober 1897. SIR-I trust that you will take notice of a very able address delivered by Mr. Newman at the opening of...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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HISTORY, History of the Ancient Britons, from Earliest Period to the Invasion of the Rax- ons. Compiled from the Original Authorities. By the Reverend J. A. Giles, D.C.L., late...

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DE. ROBY'S LIFE OF DR. YATES.

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THE late William Yates, the Baptist missionary at Calcutta, was perhaps not religiously distinguished above his fellows, but he shone preeminent over them all as a linguist; and...

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COOPER'S MARK'S REEF.

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LIKE most other novelists who have written much, Mr. Cooper is giving symptoms of exhaustion, in the repetition of himself or others. The novelty of American character, the...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Books. History of the Ancient Britons, from the Earliest Period to the Invasion of the Saxons. Compiled from the Original Authorities. By the Reve- rend J. A. Giles, D.C.L.,...

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BIRTHS.

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On the iffith October, in Guildford Street, Lady Pollock, of a son, still.bom. On the 15th, at St. Peter's Vicarage, Thanet, the Wife of the Rev. John George Hodgson, Vicar of...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICE, Oct. 22.-6th Drag. Guards-Lieut. J. Forster, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Carter, who exchanges. 14th Light Drags.-Capt. H. E. Doherty to be Major, by...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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AREIVED-At Gravesend, 19th Oct. Brunette, Cousens, from Ceylon; 20th, Crlshna, Sharp, from Madras ; and Solway, Spence, from Ceylon ; and 21st, Falcon, Cleland, from tihina. In...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE,

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Tuesday, Oct. 19. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. and H. Milan, Albany Street, sutgeons-Crankshaw and Dell, Mellor, Lancashire, cotton-spinners-Bentham and Co. Liverpool, wholesale...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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B R I T I SR FUNDS. (Clodng Prices.) Soberd. Hondo) , /Wady. Wawa Thurs. -- -- — — 3 per Cent Consols ilel 73 791 80 791 Ditto for Account MI 60 84:4 80¢ 3 per Cents...