29 MAY 1852

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE task of tracing, week after week, the monotonous descent of the Derby Ministry, is very tedious. Seeking to recommend them- selves .to the public by their neutral...

An additional interest attaches to the election for Oxford Uni-

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vermq, when viewed in connexion with the passage of words in the House of Lords respecting the representation of learned bodies in Parliament. The case of the Oxford contest is...

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Erhatrg atth frorraingo in hr1iainut.

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEER. House OF LORDS. Monday, May 24. Free-trade Policy ; Income-tax Bill, read a second time Tuesday, May 25. Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill, read a...

The Austrian Minister at Washington has formally . intimated to the

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Government there that he can no longer hold intercourse with them. The reasons assigned are the open countenance af- forded to Kossuth by members of the Cabinet—which has at...

The special envoy of dbe President of the Frencih Republic

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IRS returned from his misaion, and iit s generally anderstood rein- fecta. If the official documents, of which an abstract has 'been published this week in the Times, are...

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tht 311rtrultulio.

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Lord John Russell has issued a manifesto to the country, in the form of an address to his constituents, the electors of the City of London. "Gentlemen—More than ten years have...

REPORT OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY COMMISSION.

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[Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her 141esty.] The Report embraces a wide field of subjects, and discusses them in atone of moderation and practical...

'at Cfiurt.

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THE Royal Family arrived at Osborne on Friday afternoon, and have led a quiet country life during the week. The Duchess of Kent arrived at Osborne on Saturday, and remained till...

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ttE Vranium

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The election-for-Windsor on Saturday last resulted in a triumph to the Free-trade candidate. It is said' that the Queen gave orders, as soon the death of General. Reid opened...

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fortigu unit CnIuninl.

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li B Aij..—The Paris correspondence has almost a daily enumeration of men of station who refuse to takethe oath of allegiance. The Duke de Broglie, M. Odilon Barret, the Marquis...

gioullaurotto.

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To the statuary glories which have been heaped upon him even tor satiety, the Duke of Wellington is about to have an opportunity of add.- lug—if so disposed—the popular banquet...

SCOTLAND.

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The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland commenced its an- nual session, in the Assembly Hall, on Thursday last week. The Earl of Mansfield is the Lord High Commissioner :...

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EPSOM RecEs.

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The two main features of Epsom races this year were, that the grand day was one of the most dismal weather, and that the great stake was won by an "outsider," which stood only...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY.. The business in the two Houses of Parliament last night was multifa- rious, but only of secondary importance. In the House of Commons, the adjournment of the...

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A meeting of the Booksellers Association was held yesterday, at

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Exeter Hall; when the general committee presented its report on the various stages of the recent dispute, with the reference to Lord Campbell and its result. The committee...

The week's proceedings at the two Italian houses have not

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been very remarkable. At Her Majesty's, however, there have been a new singer and two new dancers. Madame de la Grange, a Frenchwomah and a French singer, not unknown to fame on...

" Rangoon and Matarban are taken, and 130 pieces of

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cannon. We have had about 150 men hors de combat." This is a brilliant commencement ; but it is very much to be doubted whether the capture of two seaport towns will have any...

Lord Clinton was elected yesterday to represent the borough of

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Sand- wich, in place of Mr. Grenfell. The numbers were—for Lord Clinton, 439; for Captain French, 251; majority for Lord Clinton, 188. We bear that the Reverend James Paul,...

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Mr. Mitchell's benefit, which took place on Wednesday and was ho- noured by Royal patronage, displayed Mademoiselle Rose Cheri in a somewhat new capacity. Idea, a drama written...

MONEY MARItEfi.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY ANTERNOON., The English Stock Market has been firmer, and Consols have again touched par. The business transacted has not been important. The Bank Broker...

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OPERA MANAGEMENT.

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A strong movement has taken place among the subscribers to Her Majesty's Theatre, to support the lessee in his management, and to relieve him from embarrassments in which, it...

Tettro to tht

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REPRESENTATION OF OXFORD 'UNIVERSITY. Word, 24th May 1862. Sin—As you have referred in disparaging terms to the opposition now in course of organization to the return of Mr....

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NOT CHINESE AND TROOPS, BUT CONVICTS AND CONSTABLES, FOR AUSTRALIA.

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A correspondent who has often favoured us with valuable contributions, E.G., has sent a letter showing objections to Mr. Wakefield's plan of Chinese immigration for Australia,...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE PREMIERS, PAST, PRESENT, AND PRESUMPTPTE. Loan JOBIf RUSSELL once more comes before the City of London with a self-testimonial on the subject of his past policy and achieve-...

SAFETY AND IMPROVEMENT OF IRON SHIPS.

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Glasgow, 19th May 1852. Sis—In your remarks last Saturday touching the loss of the Birkenhead, and the general question of the applicability of iron to ship-building pur- poses,...

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DERBY OMENS.

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So ominous a conjunction as that of Wednesday last could not have done less than bring a gloomy sky—it was the Derby Day at Ep- som, it was Opening Night at 'Vauxhall, and those...

UNIVERSITY lifiFORM : THE OXFORD COMMISSION. THE Report of the

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Oxford Commission comes with an almost start- ling effect, from its contrast with the general flatness of the poli- tical drama, deficient as it has now for some time been in...

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THE NEW ZEALAND BILL.

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THE New Zealand Government Bill must be disposed of somehow. It must either pass as it is—or be altered, for better or worse—or be abandoned, or thrown out. No one can dispute...

THE OFFICIAL MACHINERY OF EMIGRATION. Bra Xorts PaiannTon's admissions and

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promises to the Yorkshire deputation, last week, are the most emphatic condemnation which his department has yet received for its conduct up to this point. He told the...

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RAILWAY CRIMES LICENSED.

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AT the Gateshead Police Court, an engine-driver and a stoker have been convicted of causing a collision on the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway. They brought a spare engine...

WHERE TO PLACE THE CRYSTAL PALACE ?

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TEE fact that the Crystal Palace can be preserved appears to be ascertained ; but as it is still in its original site, the spot on which it will ultimately settle may still be a...

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BOOKS.

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OUR ANTIPODES—MENDE ON THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.. THIS work is the result of five years' service in New South Wales, New Zealand, and Van Diemen.'s Land, between 1846 and 1851....

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KINGSLEY'S SERMONS ON NATIONAL SUBJECTS. * IT is too general a

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charge against the priests of every religion not to have some foundation in truth, that they do not thoroughly preach the great truths of the faith they profess. It is not...

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FABIAN'S TOWER"

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Tins novel bears a general resemblance to several fictions which appeared a few years since under the name of Bell with various prenomens, and excited a good deal of attention....

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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• BOOKS. The Life of Xing Alfred. By Dr. Reinhold Pauli. A Translation re- vised by the Author. Edited by Thomas Wright, Esq., EA, F.S.A. _Ellis Dolorosa : Memoirs of Marie...

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FINE ARTS.

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TIER ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITLON. Subjects of Invention. A picture by Mr. F. R. Pickersgill, (507,) having a motto from Spenser, represents one of those ideal scenes of luxurious...

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THE FIGHT Pon THE STANDARD.

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Many Academy habitu6s will remember a colossal work by Mr. Ace- deli, bearing this title, exhibited three or four years ago, and representing an encounter at Waterloo, in which...

INAUGURATION OP THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

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The picture of this subject by Mr. Selous is now to be seen at No. 4 Trafalgar Square; where it has been placed for exhibition by the owners, Messrs. Lloyd, of Ludgate Hill,...

CHM/MO-LITHOGRAPHY.

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We remember to have expressed a very modest estimate of the capa- cities of the chromo-lithographic process as included in the term "print- ing in colours," when we gave a...

MILITARY GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, May 28.-24 Regt. of Drags.—Major-Gen. A. Money,

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C.B. and K.C. to be Col. vice Gen. Sir W. K. Grant, K.C.B. dec. 17th Light Drags.—Capt. A. S. Willett to be Major, by purchase vice Brett, who retires ; Lieut. A. F. C. Webb to...

BIRTHS.

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On the 19th April, at Madeira, the Hon. Mrs. Charles Napier, of a daughter. On the 16th May, at Charleville Forest, Tullamoore, the Countess of Charleville, of a son and heir....

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, May 25. PARTNERSHIPS DissoLvEn.-T. and F. Summers, Little Britain, gold-beaters Freeman and Hart, Dover, coal-merchants-Steele and Forrister, Trentham, brick-...

PRICES CURRENT.

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GALIN, Mark Lane, May 28. AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN. WEEKLY AVERAGE. Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales. For the Week ending May 22. Wheat.... 408. 94. I Rye 310. 24. Wheat...