24 OCTOBER 1846

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Another affair, which more immediately concerns England, is the. anticipated

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"opening of the ports "—the suspension or repeal a the remaining duties on corn. Journalists, and Ministerialists in various towns, are diligently preparing the public mind for...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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A WEEK has not made much difference in the state of Ireland. Employment is more general; but there is a spirit of extortion abroad, and men who were barely making sixpence a day...

Cases of oppression or gross negligence under the Poor-law continue

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to be exposed, as if to keep alive the newly-bred hostility to the law or its administration which was produced by the An- dover disclosures. The Commissioners are seen to be...

The ulterior consequences of the Spanish marriage question do not

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seem to be taking a turn at all favourable for the position supposed to have been assumed by Lord Palmerston. Austria and the German powers, it is understood, remain passive....

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This week the revolution is in Portugal: another change, without

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prospect of any more enduring settlement ! What is the reason that a stable government is impossible in Portugal ? It needs no ghost to tell. The statesmen of that country, one...

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A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday. Sir Chapman Marshall presented a petition from the baker serving the contract, to supply the City Prisons with bread, praying for an...

Ebt 421ourt.

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THE Queen and Prince Albert are paying a round of visits to the country mansions of several noble friends. They left Windsor Castle on Monday afternoon and proceeded to...

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gte Probintes.

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The Farmers Club met in considerable force at Harleston, on Monday last, for the purpose of hearing a deputation from the Total Repeal Malt- tax Association, to explain the...

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IRELAND.

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Several official documents relating to the scarcity and the employment of the people have just been issued. Further instructions have been sent round to the Lords-Lieutenants of...

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SCOTLAND.

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'Hr. Chalmers delivered a lecture in Edinburgh, on Tuesday the 13th, - on the education of the working classes. The place of meeting, Dr. Brown's church in Broughton Place, was...

jforeign anti Grolonfal.

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PonamGm...—Afher an interval of four months, another revolution has taken place in Portugal. The affair was managed very quietly; every- thing bearing the appearance of...

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jflhsuL Ianeou.

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The final results of the harvest are still matter of doubtful conjecture and estimate: probably, however, this generalizing view, from the Times, is. not far wrong- " It was...

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A correspondent at Frankfort writes, on the 21st instant—" The

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novelty of the week for Germany is the commencement made with public trials A correspondent at Frankfort writes, on the 21st instant—" The novelty of the week for Germany is the...

During the last week, as we learn by an authentic

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return, 52,500 per- sons had been employed daily on public works. Next week the number* will be mere than doubled; and within a fortnight, we should hope, there will be...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The proceedings began with a public breakfast, at the Albion Hotel; at which the Secretary to the institution read a flourishing report of its state. At six...

Captain Hosken has made his report to the Directors of

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the Great Western Steam-ship Company on the loss of the Great Britain. In a minute dated the 20th instant, the directors of the company declare themselves satisfied that the...

The National of Thursday asserts, with reference to the Montpensier

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marriage that secret conferences are proceeding between the Court and Count Mold , the object of which is to dismiss M. Guizot, and make other abject concessions in order to...

BIRTHS.

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On the 14th October, at Shinfield House, Berks, the Lady of Lieut.-Colonel DIM% or a son. On the 16th, at Ickwortb, near Bury St. Edmund's, the Lady Katherine Jermyn, of I...

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THE BOLTON ECCLESIASTICAL INQUIRY.

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TO TIER EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Standish Rectorg, Wigan, 21st October 194ff, Sin—A paragraph which originated in the Liverpool Mercury is going a* round of the newspapers, in...

POOR-LAW REFORM.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 5, Camden Terrace, Bath, 16th October 1846. SIN—I have read with much pleasure your four instructive articles an "Peon- law Reform," which have...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Asitivzo—At Gravesend, 20th Oct. PMebe, Dale, from Australia. At St. Helena, Previous to 1511, Sept. Queen, Hutton ; and Hebrides, Melville, from China, Fortescue, Pallett, from...

At the Lyceum, an adaptation of a silly French piece,

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called Une Oar& Malade, has been produced with the title of Mrs. Barrie. The " fun," as- far as the action is concerned, turns upon the annoyance which a young spark, who...

THE THEATRES.

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The Olympic Theatre has been opened for " legitimate " business, under, the auspices of Mr. George Bolton, the young gentleman who managed it for a few weeks last year. The...

BANK OF ENGLAND.

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An Act:cunt, pursuant to the Act 7th and MR Victoria, cap. 82, for the week riding en Saturday the 17th day of Oct. 1848. 198PS DEP.A.B.TILENT. Notes issued £28,741,616...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FILIDAT ATTEHNOON. Considerable sensation was occasioned in the City this morning by the an- nouncement of the insolvency of the old and respectable house of...

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THE POOR OLD QUARTERLIES.

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THE two octavo volumes that issue four times a year are in the political press what the Duke of Newcastle and the Marquis of Lansdowne are in Parliament : every politician was...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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PALMERSTON AND GUIZOT ON THE SPANISH MARRIAGE QUESTION. 'THE Revue des Deux Mondes publishes what purports to be an .authentic account of the correspondence between Lord...

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SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE.

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$CARCELY a month passes without some tale of "scandal in high life" bursting upon the astonished world. It bursts out and is hushed up again with equal abruptness; mystifies the...

PROVINCE OF A GOVERNMENT IN EDUCATION. Tun questions on which

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commonplaces are tie most abundant are the most difficult to treat ; not from the impossibility of saying anything new regarding them, but because 'what is generally talked of...

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FAMINE AND FREE TRADE.

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THE state of the poor ofers in every country North of the Alps matter for deep consideration. Living in the turmoil of Irish famines and manufacturing crises, Englishmen are apt...

RAILWAYS AND TAXATION.

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THE German papers have published the half-yearly results of the traffic on thirty-two railways within the limits of the Confedera- tion. The gross return varies from Ell. on the...

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M. DE REEDEN'S AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT. A VERY extraordinary communication was

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read at a late meet- ing of the French Academy of Sciences : it was a letter from the Baron Aloys de Reeden, directing the attention of that learned body to a means of improving...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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TRAVELS, Switzerland and the Swiss Churches being Notes of a short Tour, and Noticea ot the principal Religious Bodies in that Country. By William Lindsay Alexander. D.D.,...

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DR. HINDS'S HISTORY OF THE RISE AND EAT PROGRESS OF

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CHRISTIANITY. Tars survey of the human causes which influenced the rise and progress of Christianity, and the manner in which they were made to conduce to its success, was...

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LEIGH WENT'S WIT AND REMOVE.

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Tinto selections of "Wit and Humour" are a continuation of the poeti- cal extracts illustrative of "Imagination and Fancy," which appeared nearly two years ago ; and they...

CAELIBLE arc '45.

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THESE memorials can only have a local, not any general interest, though connected with a stirring episode of British history. They consist chiefly of the correspondence and...

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THE FIRST BATCH OP GIFT-BOOKS FOR 1847.

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Tirs waning year is not more surely indicated by shortening days and unsteady weather than by the appearance of the gift-books for the suc- ceeding year. Like the birds of...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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The Emigrant. By Sir Francis B. Head, Bart. Wit and Bunton selected from the English Poets; with an Illastratirt Essay, and Critical Comments. By Leigh Hunt. The Recreation; a...

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MUSIC- Fantaisie Gracie= pour is Piano, :Jur des Melodies de

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Bellini. Par S. Thalberg. Souvenir de Pesth; Airs Hongrois Varies, pour is Piano. Par S. Thalberg. These, which are the most recent productions of the great pianist of the day,...

FINE ARTS.

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THE THENCH-WTATT-WELLENGTON STATUE. Tim scaffolding that screened the equestrian colossus has been removed, and the monster statue stands out against the sky. It appears no...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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Was-orrioz, Oct. 20.-8th Light Drags.—AssIst.-Surg. G. Summons, from the 73d Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Blake, promoted on the Staff. let or Grenadier Foot Guards—Ensign and...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH F Tr N D Et. &shad. — (Closing Iforsdair. Prices.) Tuesday. Widnes. Shure. 144dag. a per Cent Consols 841 911 991 313 Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 951...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Oct. 20. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Barlow and Son, Sheffield, razor-manufacturers-Brunton and Whiting, New Inn, attornies-Hammond and Lacey, Tooley Street,...