25 JANUARY 1845

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Mr. O'Connell pronounces it " criminal " in English writers

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to say that the interest in Repeal begins to flag ; a violence of as- severation which raises doubts as to the asseverator's anxiety lest he should not be believed. Other...

The "real" Ministerial crisis in France seems to be subsiding

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like a nine-days wonder; for Government have had a decided victory in both Chambers. The Peers, their rank apart, come first in order of time. Now the Opposition say, that so...

NEWS 0-1 1 ; :THE WEEK.

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Taus far, in the warfare that agitates the Church, the Anti , Tra.cta- -riari party maybe said - 0 liave - triumphed and to hale ridden rough- shod over their opponents :...

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gbe QDOUrt.

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THE Queen and Prince Albert returned to Windsor to leave it again almost directly. They took leave of the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe, on Saturday morning, and proceeded, in...

Ste ffietropolfs.

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The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a grand entertainment, in the long parlour of the Mansionhouse, on Tuesday, to the principal officers of the Corporation and their ladies....

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gbe Vrobinses.

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The proposition of a new declaration on subscribing the Thirty-nine Articles in Oxford University is not to be pressed. The precise agency which brought about the change of...

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,Foreign anb (Colonial.

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PALI/cu.—The debate on the address, in the Chamber of Peers, dosed. on Saturday. On the previous Thursday, the Duc De Broglie had followed up M. Guizot's defence of Ministers...

IRELAND.

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There was a very numerous attendance at the usual meeting of the Re- peal Association, ou Monday, attracted by the presence of Mr. O'Connell. Mr. Smith O'Brien was called to the...

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IftisctIlaneous.

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We have heard with satisfaction that her Majesty's Ministers have made such an arrangement as will increase the income of Mademoiselle D'Este to 1,0001. a year; being equal to...

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Bishop French, of Kilmacduagh, presided at a meeting of the

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clergy and laity of his diocese, on Monday, in the parish-chapel of Gort, for the purpose of protesting against the Bequests Bin, He could not, he said, use language...

It is understood that the expectation of the Queen's opening

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the session of Parliament in person will not be disappointed. The Address to the Queen, in reply to her Majesty's Speech on the open- ing of the Session, will be moved, in the...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The clergy seem to be doing their best to make the contest in the parish of St. Sidwell's become as profanely diverting as possible. The Mayor, representing the...

BIRTHS.

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On the 11th January, at Low Lynn, Northumberland, the Lady of Henry Gregson, Esq., of a son. On the 16th, at Langford Grove, Essex, the Right Hon. Lady Rayleigh, of a daughter....

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The Queen of Spain has transmitted, through Senor Jose Maria

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Bar- rero, the Consul-General in England, 201. for the Seamen's Hospital, (the Dreadnought,) with an intimation that she will be an annual subscriber. The Duke of Buckingham has...

The Express packet brings advices from Rio de Janeiro to

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the 15th December. The Brazilian papers announce that Mr. Hamilton, the British Envoy, had formally presented his credentials to the Emperor of Brazil, authorizing him to...

last night's Gazette contains another announcement from the Railway Department

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of the Board of Trade, bearing yesterday's date. " The Board, having had under consideration the following schemes for com- pleting the Eastern line of railway communication to...

EAST DiDIA SHIPPING.

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Aaatvzn—At Gravesend, 19th instant, Amazon, Johnson, from Calcutta ; Equestriab, Cromarty, from Madras ; and Avoca, Howey, from Mauritius. 20th, Graham, Mitchell. from ditto....

The French plays, at St. James's Theatre, did not open

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this week; but they are I to begin on Monday. The Sacred Harmonic Society, at Exeter Hall, perform Handel's Judas Mac cabeus on Thursday next.

Walter Howell and Israel Shipley, in gaol at Ipswich, under

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sentence of death ihr the murder of James MFadden, a Policeman, were respited, last night, by a 'ivarnmt from the Home Office. William Howell, sentenced at the same time, was...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK BECHANCE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The Government Securities have shown symptoms of decline; Consols for ...Money having been at 100. This has been partly the result of the...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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POSITION OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. To a cursory glance the Established Church appears in an anoma- lop and a helpless position. It can scarcely be called a church with strict...

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READJUSTMENT OF THE MINISTRY.

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LORD EuroT's succession to the Earldom of St. Gerrnains will oblige him to vacate the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland, always filled by a Commoner; which must therefore...

TAMPERING WITH THE ILLS OF IRELAND.

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THERE are arguments that cut two ways, though none are so apt to forget the double edge as those that use them. The Dublin Weekly Register recurs to its old task of proving that...

FRENCH POLITICS.

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THE altered language of the French Opposition is an important indication of the improved state of public opinion in France. M. Thiers and the Prince of Moskwa have discovered...

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SHAKSPERE AT THE TUILERTES.

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THE Drury Lane and Covent Garden versions of Shakspere are rather in bad odour at present. But the worst of these " adapta- tions" of his dramas to Cockney comprehensions...

THE SPEAKER ON HORSEBACK.

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LOYALTY works its miracles as well as love. It has conjured the Speaker out of the tenfold panoply of gown and wig in which he sits enveloped in the House of Commons, dressed...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, daring the years 1838, 1832, 1840. 1891, 1842. By Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Commander of the...

A NEW GRIEVANCE FOR IRELAND.

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BELGIUM is the envy of-Ireland : it once belonged to Holland ; now it has an independent Legislature, and something more—it has achieved Repeal. Ireland, indeed, achieved the...

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ESSAYS ON CHRYSTIATI unrow.

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Tars work originated in a speech of the late Dr. Balmer, of the United Secession Church of Scotland, at the commemoration of the Westminster Assembly on its Bicentenary. A "...

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MR. LOWER'S CURIOSITIES OF HERALDRY.

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Thus volume will increase the reputation which Mr. Lower acquired by his English Surnames, as an author who can agreeably popularizt the abstruse and dry technicalities of...

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MR. AINSWORTH ' S SAINT JAMES'S, OR THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE.

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IBIS is a true historical romance in one sense ; for the principal actors are all historical personages, and only their hangers-on fictitious creations. Queen Anne, Prince...

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MUSIC.

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tHE ENSUING SEASON OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC., Is estimating the amount of enjoyment derived from various musical undertakings, that will often take the precedence which enlists...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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From January 17th to January 23d. BOOKS. The Curiosities of Heraldry. With Illustrations from Old English Writers. By Mark Antony Lower, Author of " English Surnames," &c....

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THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ST. GEORGE'S FIELDS.

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Tine noble Gothic church is so far completed as to enable visiters to judge of the architectural character both of its exterior and interior. It re- markably exemplifies how...

FINE ARTS.

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THE King of the French has presented the Government School of Design at Somerset House with a complete set of casts from the famous bronze gates to the Baptistery at Florence ;...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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Wes-OFFICB, Jan. 24.-3d Light Drags.—Lient. G. Forbes to be Capt. by, purchase. vice Jones, who retires; Cornet IL C. Morgan to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Forbes; W. H. Orme,...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Jan. 21. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Lucy and CO. Kidderminster, wine-merchants—Hadland and ShMintford, Cheapside, warehousemen—Higginson and Coles, Rochester, ship -...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) &shard. Monday. Tsuaday. Wanes. 8 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 35 per Cents Lang Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent ....