30 JANUARY 1847

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But few other topics in Parliament need to be noted.

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Mr. Ferrand's morbidly malignant sally against Sir James Graham and the Poor-law Commissioners may be passed over altogether, as a subject of nosology rather than statesmanship....

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE week opened in both Houses of Parliament with the pro- mulgation of the measures for Ireland devised by the present Mi- nistry; Lord John Russell being the spokesman to the...

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Debates anti iprotetbings iri iparliament.

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THE MEASURES FOB IRELAND. In the House of Commons, on Monday, Lord Jome RUSSELL made his promised statement respecting the actual condition of Ireland, and the re- medial...

There seems to be no very remote chance that something

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of a Repeal spirit may be transferred from the Western shores of St. George's Channel to the Eastern. The funds at Conciliation Hall have fallen for some time, and on Monday...

The Foreign news of the week is of a gossiping

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rather than • • kind, but is not without interest. In ranee, there is a growing impression that King Louis Philippe, having used M. Guizot as an easy tool in the affair of the...

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gbe Arnetropotis.

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The election for Middlesex is fixed to take place at Brentford on Wed nesday the 3d of February. No candidate has yet come forward to oppose Lord Robert Grosvenor. On Monday,...

'be egUrt.

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THE movements of the Court this week have been unmarked by any striking event. The Queen and the Royal children have taken their ac- customed exercise; and Prince Albert has...

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be . A4robintes.

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The election of a new Member for Salisbury, in the room of Mr. Am- brose Hassey, took place in that city on Monday. Mr. W. J. Chaplin, the Chairman of the South-western Railway...

IRELAND.

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Among those who are dissatisfied with the Ministerial measures, are the distillers. A meeting of those gentlemen was held in Dublin on Monday; Sir John Power in the chair. They...

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goreign anti colonial.

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FnAsee.—On Saturday evening, the Chancellor of France presented to King Louis Philippe the Address of the Chamber of Peers. His Majesty's reply was " appropriate." The project...

SCOTLAND.

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Mr. E. Miall is to stand for Edinburgh at next election; the Anti-State- Church and Complete Suffrage party having induced him to come forward. His chance of success is narrow;...

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Notice was given in Tuesday's Gazette, that the Queen will

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hold levees at St. James's Palace on Friday the 12th and Wednesday the 24th February. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign Office- A deputation...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The most important occurrence in Parliament last night was a con- versation that took place in the House of Lords, on the Montpensier cor- respondence. The Earl...

The Letter of " Y. Z." on the Poor-law question

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will be inserted next week. Our Correspondents generally may bear in mind that during the Session of Parliament we have no room for long letters.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Mum-En—At Gravesend, 23d Jan. Morning Star, Hayward, from Ceylon ; 25th, Augusta Jessie, Harvey, from China ; Advocate, Garrick; Verona, Mould ; and Glou- cester, Beard, from...

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THE THEATRES.

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Ax the Lyceum, a decided success has been attained by a now farce called The Wigwam. It is most simple with regard to plot, but most novel with regard to tone and effect. The...

The subscriptions received by the " British Association for the

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Relief of Embeneive Distress in Remote Parishes of Ireland and Scotland," amount to upwards of one hundred thousand pounds. - Dublin lettere of Thursday state that, in...

We understand that Lord Torrington has been appointed Governor of

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Ceylon.—Times. Last night's Gazette mentions the appointment of Sir George Hamilton Seymour, the new Minister at the Court at Lisbon, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath....

We must protest against the very indifferent non-operatic dramas which

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are brought out at the Princess's. The manager produces his operas with a great deal of spirit, and has a good company for that purpose. His pan- tomimes and spectacles are well...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A general anticipation prevailed in the City on Monday that the intelligence received on that day from Paris would be of a very gloomy...

A correspondent, of penetrating sagacity, who understands English politics excedingly

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well, but lives beyond their bias, surveying the world "through the loopholes of retreat," has favoured us with his views on the all-absorbing question of the Government plans...

From the Paris papers of Thursday we learn, that the

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project of law authorizing the free importation of corn into France, until the 31st of July next, was adopted by the Chamber of Peers, on Wednesday, with- out a single...

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Madame Dalcken began her annual series of soirees for the

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performance of classical chamber music on Wednesday. A Quintet by Onslow was ad- mirably played by Willy, Goffrie, Hill, Lucas, and Howell; but the most charming treat of the...

Of course, the engagement of Frederic Lemaltre at the St.

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James's Theatre is not allowed to pass over without a revival of the Auberge des 'Writs, which he has immortalized by his world-famous Robert Macaire. His eccentricities in this...

TOPICS OF THE DAY -

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THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME FOR IRELAND. LORD Join( RUSSELL'S scheme of measures for the redemption of Ireland is the only one practically before the country. It would be unjust to...

The monotony of The Bondman at Drury Lane has been

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broken in upon this week by the revival of Donizetti's La Favorite, anglicized; and Mr. Travers, who had been singing with some success in Italy, reappears be- fore a London...

THE OPERA FUSS.

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To judge from the pother made by some of the newspapers, one would sup- pose that London were shaken to its centre by the war of the rival Italian Operas. Mole-hills are...

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SAFE CUSTODY OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Mn. Huron has undertaken

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a useful service in exacting an ac- count of the proceedings at the National Gallery . He - has not been noted as a connoisseur in pictures; but, for the specific pur- pose, we...

THE MIDDLESEX CANDIDATE AND HIS CATECHISER.

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" THE Mayor of Bolton ," says a country paper, "compels the Po- lice to seize and thrust into the churches all persons found in the streets during Divine service." The Mayor of...

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LOVE AND ELOPEMENTS.

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Tun social influence which is most universal in its empire is Love ; it is more universal even than the endeavour to repudiate it in show. The Roman poet begins his great...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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POLITICS, Reflections suggested by the Career of the late Premier. 131ackwood and dons. TRAVELS, Views A-Foot ; or Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff. By J. Bayard Taylor....

J. B. TAYLOR'S VIEWS A-FOOT IN EUROPE.

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Tins book has more peculiarity in the condition of the author, and the circumstances under which its materials were collected, than in any merit of its own. It may also be...

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THE MISCELLANY OF THE SPALDING CLUB.

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THE third volume of those miscellaneous papers, in the possession of the Club, which have not length or importance of subject for separate pub- lication, is not altogether equal...

TREVOR, OR THE NEW SAINT FRANCIS.

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THE main subjects of this fiction are Tractarianism and Scepticism ; sometimes shown in action, sometimes exhibited in didactic dialogue. These grave topics are relieved by...

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ROBERT CHAMBERS'S ESSAYS.

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THE literary fashion of the day has even reached the practical utilitarian- ism of Robert Chambers ; his Select Writings are to appear in a compact form and by the serial system...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BOOKS. Reflections suggested by the Career of the late Premier. Trevor, or the New Su ing Francis; a Tale for the Times. A History of Virginia, from its Discovery and...

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BIRTHS.

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On the 12th January, in Montague Square, the Lady of Philip H. Howard, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. On the 20th, at the Rectory, Thornton-In-Craven, the Lady of the Rev. D. S....

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Jan. 26. PARTNERSHIPS DiSsOLVED. Hember and Hickman, Bristol, excavators-Carr and Trenam, Castleford, Yorkshire, painters-Morton and Chapman, Crane Court, Fleet...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICE, Jan. 24.-let Regt. Life Guards-Corporal-Major W. Binge to be Quartermaster, vice R. Falconer, who retires upon half-pay. 9th Drag. Guards-- Lieut • F. R • Forster to...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH P 3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account per Cents Reduced Si per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent India Stock, 106 Exchequer Bills, 164. per diem India...

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London : Printed by Josses Ciarrox, of 320, Strand, in

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the County of Middlesex, Printer, at the office of Rosear . PALMER and JUSEPU CLAYTON, No. 10, Crane Court, in the Parish of St. Dunstan's in the West, in the City of London;...

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LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S SPEECH ON IRELAND.

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HOUSE Or COMMONS-MONDAY, JANUARY 25. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, introducing the new measures of Government on the state of Ireland, spoke nearly to the following effect. "Sir, I feel...

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POE THE WEEK ENDING No. 970.] SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1847. [GRATIS WITH THE WEEK'S SPECTATOR.