3 JULY 1847

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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TRBLAND has again been the prominent topic of the week in Par- liament, with new incidents to mark her deplorable state and the small confidence that can be placed in measures...

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The news from abroad is more curious than important. In

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Prussia the Diet has closed, with an outward preservation of decorum both in Monarch and Parliament, but not with a very satisfactory feeling on either aide. Both parties, it is...

While there is a slight relaxation in the onward advance

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of candidates for Parliamentary seats about the country, London City has roused itself to deliberate activity ; and, instead of ex- hibiting, like the provinces, a mitigation of...

Debates anti tiroteeDings in iglatifament.

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RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. In the House of Commons, on Monday, the order of the day was Moved for the second reading of the Railways (Ireland, No. 2.) Bill. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH...

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ate eourt.

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THE Queen held a Court, at Buckingham Palace, on Tuesday, and gave audience to Prince Peter and the Princess of Oldenburg; who had arrived in London, from St. Petersburg, with...

trbe probittres.

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The appearance of a fourth candidate for North Essex, in the persons • Mr. Fyske Harrison, of Copford Hall, led to an extraordinary scene. Mr Harrison met a party of farmers on...

Zbt Ifletropolts.

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The London Registration Association had an important meeting at the London Tavern on Tuesday, for the purpose of determining the Liberal candidates to be put forward at the...

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IRELAND.

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The Relief Commissioners have issued their third monthly report. Out of 2,049 electoral districts, 1,677 are now under the Temporary Relief Act, In these, 1,923;361 rations are...

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_foreign any eolonfal.

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Pnussu.—The United Diet was closed on the 26th of Jane. At a re- tent sitting, the Diet had petitioned the King to dispense with their elect- ing a Standing Committee, and also...

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Illisctliantous.

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Last Tuesday's Gazette announces several appointments. The Queen has appointed a Commission to inquire into the constitution and govern- ment of the British Museum. The...

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BIRTHS.

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On the 228 Jane, at Paris, the Lady of George Henry Stratt, Esq., of Milford House, Derbyshire, of a daughter. On the 24th, at the Rectory, Haigh Champflower, Somerset, the Lady...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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ARRIVED—In the Downs, 29th June, Sophia, Saxon, from Calcutta. Off the Start, Duke of Bedford, Thornhill, from ditto. Off Pill, 25th, Sophia, Johns, from ditto. At Liverpool,...

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MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY APTIAINOON. Considerable alarm was occasioned by the observations of Lord John Russell dining the debate on the Irish Railway Bill. The prospect of a...

The first "leading article " of the ilarnitsg Herald consists

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of a single sen- tence—this breathless announcement- " We are happy to be able to announce, that within the next few hours, at least one, and probably two new candidates, of...

A letter from Badajoz, dated the 22d June, announces that

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the Spanish corps d'armee, commanded by General Nozagaray, entered Portugal on that day, it order to occupy the principal towns and fortresses of Alemtejo, and afford the...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. Collectively the two Houses of Parliament sat for a long while yester- day, and transacted a great deal of business; but the discussions presented little...

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After an honourable career, Bon& closes his engagement at the

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St James's this week; and Mademoiselle Rachel's performances, which are not included in the general subscription, will, according to announcement, commence on Monday.

CONCERTS.

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The season of the Ancient Concerts ended on Wednesday. The last concert was under the direction of the Duke of Wellington, for the Earl of Westmoreland. Little pains had been...

At the Hanover Square Rooms, on Monday, Mr. George Perry, -

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the leader of the Sacred Harmonic Society's orchestra, produced an oratorio called Hezekiah. Mr. Perry has already brought forward more than one attempt in this most arduous...

There is a line of character in which Mr. Charles

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Mathews is without a rival; and it is a line which it would be impossible to render comprehen- sible to a person unacquainted with theatres. For the fashionable rakes, who are...

THE THEATRES.

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The two Operahouses are producing nothing new in the musical depart- ment. There are on-dits about Jenny Lind's forthcoming appearance in an opera by Verdi, founded on The...

The Beethoven Quartet Society held its last meeting of the

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season on. Monday evening, at the Beethoven Rooms in Harley Street. There was a fine selection of masterpieces, not only of Beethoven but of Haydn and Mozart; the works of...

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A TUTELARY SHADE FOR THE EDUCATIONISTS. Tun moral propriety of

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separating secular from religious in- struction has received an unexpected sanction, as it were from the other world, in the posthumous declaration of Dr. Chalmers. The great...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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WANT OF A NATIONAL PENSION-LIST. THI1 grant of a pension is scarcely ever made without calling to recollection the still unsatisfactory state of the Pension-hat. Three pensions...

NONINTERVENTION A HUMBUG.

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OF all delusions the supposititious doctrine of nonintervention is the greatest. We say the supposititious doctrine, because practically it cannot be said to have existed. It...

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THE LAST PLEA FOR TRENCH'S FOLLY.

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A RIDICULOUS sublimity clothes Mr. Wyatt's Hyde Park Corner image with greatness. It is very big. Its casting is the subject of Turner's last and most extravagant picture. It is...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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SCIENTIFIC ENHAEATION, A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839-43. By Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N.. Knt., D.C. L....

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RUSSELL, A TALE OF THE REIGN OP CHARLES THE SECOND.

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Mn. limns has got, in pugilistic phrase, "his second wind." We hardly know any work of this author in which fiction and history are so well amalgamated, the interest sustained...

MERLE D'AUBIGNE'S PROTECTOR, A VINDICATION. STRUCK with the light which

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various documents lately published have thrown upon the character of Cromwell, the Protestant historian of the Reformation determined to give to the world his conclusions from...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BOOKS. The Lands of the Bale, Visited and Described in an extensive Journey undertaken with special reference to the Promotion of Biblical Research and the Advancement of the...

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FINE ARTS.

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EXHIBITION IN WESTMINSTER HALL : THE PRIZE PICTURES. THE fourth and last exhibition of works of art under the auspices of the Fine Arts Commission is now open to the public—at...

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ME. GIBSON'S STATUE or THE QUEEN Has just been added

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to the sculpture in the exhibition of the Royal Aca- demy. It is the size of life. The Queen stands erect in an easy and dig- nified posture, attired, by sculptor's licence, in...

"THE NICHOLSLIN BROOCH"

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Is a small painting on ivory, to imitate a cameo. It is glazed with a con- vex glass, and set as real cameos are; and in the general effect it is a pretty close imitation. The...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, June 29. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Richardson and Pescod, Wetheral, Cumberland, ffie-mannfacturers—.T. and W. Dob- son, Selby, seed-crushers—Copeman and Sons, Norwich,...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICE, July 2.-10th Li g ht Drags.—Regimental Ser g t.-Major J. Trennery, from 7th Li g ht Dra g s. to be Cornet, without purchase, vice M'Alahon, promoted. lilt. Light...

THE NEW CROWN PIECE

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Has been issued from the Mint. It is so elaborate a work of art, that the five-shilling piece would probably be worth ten shillings were it issued from any other die-stamper's...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (ClodafrPrfeesi.) &asstd. Mondow. Tossday. 'redoes. Thum -- 3 per Cent Consols shut — — — Ditto for Account Ss' ex d 8SI 89 3 per Cents Reduced 89 89 691 89...