4 DECEMBER 1852

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The Times, followed by the Herald and Standard, has kept

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up a series of announcements respecting an immediate increase to the forces of the country, with a corresponding increase to the Military and Naval Estimates. The pubhc must...

The Graduates of London University have this week given an

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illustration of the maxim"wires acquirit - eundo." Beginning some four years since to urge a - claim to share in -the government of their University, they have succeeded,- with...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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IN the repose which has followed the exciting debate of last week, and in the suspense before the promulgation of Mr. Disraeli's budget, the most conspicuous topic in Parliament...

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The establishment of the Empire, however, is not only an

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inter- nal question ; other states of Europe claim to have a voice as to the erection of a new power in the midst of the system which it has cost so many saorifices to maintain....

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OP THE WEEK. HOUSE OF LOUD& Monday, Nov. 29. No business of importance. Tuesday, Nov. 30. Oaths in Chancery Bill, read a second time—University Tests,...

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int Una

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THE Queen held a Privy Council, and a Court, on Saturday . . All the Cabinet Ministers attended, except Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Herne& At the Court, the Duke of Hamilton had an...

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44, 31Ittrofolio.

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At a Court of Aldermen, held on Tuesday, letters were read from Mr. Walpole and Lord Derby. The former simply transmitted the Queen's approbation of the excellence of the civic...

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tbr VrBuitirto.

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We have to record three contested elections this week, to supply the vacancies occasioned at Abingdon, Durham, and Oldham, by the death of Major-General Caulfield, Mr. Thomas...

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IRELAND.

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Dr. Singer, the new Bishop of Meath, was consecrated, in the College Chapel at Dublin, on Sunday last, after the morning service. Time - officiating Prelates were the Primate...

SCOTLAND.

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Lord Eglinton was installed as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, on Tuesday, in the Common Hall of the College. Among the distinguished gentlemen around the Lord Rector...

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forrigit aull cranial.

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FaArres.—The steps initiated after the return of Louis Napoleon from the South, for the purpose of obtaining a formal establishment of the Empire, have been this week completed....

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alimallaurno.

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From the second report of the Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 it appears that they have purchased the Gore House estate, for 61,000/. ; and that, on the assurance...

BLIND SECURITY.

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New York, 12th November 1852. Your article of October the 23d has been republished in most of our papers. It is time that England begins to perceive her isolated position in...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. That which has been colloquially called Mr, Disraeli's "Budget" came off last night in the House of Commons. Mr. Disraeli did not "jump into the quart bottle," nor...

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Ptatrto.

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If in the whole compass of literature there is a work of fiction bearing intrinsic evidence that it was not designed by its author for stage-adapta- tion, certainly that book is...

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MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The English Funds have not maintained the firm appearance they pre- rented last week ; but, under the influence of information respecting the...

The French Legislative Corps was dismissed by decree yesterday ;

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pro- rogued to the 14th February. On the morning of the 2d, M. de Pentigny, " en grand tonne," rode into the Place de in Concorde, and there read a proclamation of the Empire...

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FOREIGN THEATRICALS.

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The important affair at the Italian Opera at Paris' is the rehearsal of Verdi's Luisa Miller; and public curiosity is stimulated by the recorded fact that Mademoiselle Sophie...

P.ARALLF.Lf3 AND CONTRASTS IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OXFORD AND

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CAMBRIDGE COMMISSIONS. OXFORD. Constitution. That the right of initiating mea- sures at present enjoyed by the Heb- domadal Board should be conferred on Congregation, and...

The Marionettes, who took a prominent place among the novelties

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of London at the commencement of the present year, will reappear at the St. James's Theatre on Monday next. Their own theatre is occupied by Mr. Woodin.

Adair, H. E. Biddulph, R. M. Carter, S. Craufurd, E.

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H. J. Aglionby, H. A. Biggs, V. Caulfield, Col. J. M. Crook, J. Alcock, T. Blackett, J. F. B. Cavendish, Hu. C. C.Crossley, F. Anderson, Sir J. Bonham-Carter, J. Cavendish,...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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Wit:ERE TILL FREE-TRADE DEBATE LANDS US. Tim result of the great debate last week caused us no surprise. As we anticipated, the substance of Mr. Villiers's motion was car- ried...

"W. B."

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PEntiars there has been no precedent for the number of exposures to which the present Government has been subjected within the short term of its existence. Some of its attempts...

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THE LADY ABOLITIONISTS.

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Tics estimable ladies who have held a species of public meeting on American affairs in an exclusive and carpeted saloon of Stafford House, have suffered Lord Shaftesbury to lead...

REINFORCEMENTS BY REDUCTION AND RECASTING.

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If is necessary to maintain our defensive powers in a state of per- fect efficiency, argues the Morning Post, and the addition an- nounced to the strength of our forces is...

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CAMBRIDGE l7NIVERSITY REPORT.

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THE abstract of the Cambridge University Report which we pub- lished a fortnight ago and the comparative table of the leading sug- gestions of the two Reports given in another...

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GAME-JAW ANOMALIES.

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THE - fierce and murderous attack by poachers upon the game- keepers of Lord Hawke at Womersley, has suddenly opened the eyes of public writers in quarters where it may not have...

NYM, CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

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IT happens now and then that a "person of fashionable appearance," —in fact, a gentleman with long shiny black hair, a profusion of rings, and a Jewish physiognomy—is brought up...

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MUSIC.

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The Songs of Scotknel without Words, for the Pianoforte. The Dance Music of Scotland; a Collection of all the best Reels and Strathspeys both of the Highlands and Lowlands, for...

FINE AU-S.

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THE .11.0iYA.L A_CA D E HY. .Tan long-vexed question of the relation of engravers to the Academy seems on - the point of receiving a solution. A memorial from the en- gravers,...

THE CREAN IN GS IN T HE NATIONAL GALLERY.

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Nine more pictures at the National Gallery have been deaned,—The Emberkation of the Queen of Sheba, the Marriage-Feast of Isaac and Rebecca, and the Annunciation, by Claude; the...

BIRTH OF WELLINGTON.

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la is seldom that an historical doubt has been so speedily and so satisfactorily settled as the place and date of the Duke of Wel- lington ' s birth has been settled by the...

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MILITARY GAZETTE. WATt-OFFICS, Dec.3. —4th Regt. of Light Drags.—Lieut. the

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Hon. C. I. Keith, from the 10th Light Drags, to be Lieut. vice Fairlie, who exchanges. 10th Light Drags.—Lieut. H. J. Fairlie, from the 4th Light Drags. to be Lieut. vice the...

BIRTHS.

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On the 224 November, at Thornford Rectory. Dorset, the Wife of the Rev. '-oarles Robert Dampier, of a daughter, which survived its birth but a short tane. Oa the 224, at...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, November 30. Parra ea PS DISSOLVED.—llargreares and Co. Fall Barn, Lancashire, stone- masons; as far as regards L. Hargreaves—Stagg and Kilvert, Manchester, home-...

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 27. [From

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the Official Return.] Mama of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last. Ten Weeks Week • ZyMcdle Diseases Dropsy...

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PRICES CURRENT,

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BRITISH FUNDS (Closing Prices.) Saturd. t per Cent Consols 1011 Ditto for Account 1011 3 per Cents Reduced 100/ 31 per Cents 104 Long Annuities 64 Bank...

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London: Printed by J0810.11 CLMON, • of 320, Strand, in

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the County of Middlesex, Printer, at the office of JosErn CLArros, No. 10, Crane Court, in the Parish of St. Dunstan's in the West, in the City of London • and Published by the...

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*upptentritt to the *inctator FOE Tits WERE iiimnid No. 1275.1

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1852. [GRATIS WILLI TUB WERE'S SPECTATOR.

BOOKS.

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DOVETON'S REMINISCENCES OF THE BURMESE WA.R. * THESE reminiscences of the Burmese War of 1824-26 originally appeared in the Asiatic Journal. They are now republished in a more...

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CASTLE AVON. * THOSE who have been present at the old

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melodramas will recollect that the leading art of their authors was to make the most of lit- tle—" working up" some common incident into a "thrilling effect" by means of...

TAAFFE'S HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF ST.

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Murmur orders have this defect for the purpose of the historian —their story is mostly contained in some larger event, and ma- terials are wanting to substitute particular or...

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ST. .701IN'S ISIS. * IT is some years since Mr. St.

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John the older came before the world with any original work ; and the lying fallow appears to have enriched and enlivened his mind as well as his style. There is more freedom of...

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THOUGHTS ON MIN. * TICE notion that verse constitutes poetry is

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pretty well exploded, but too much importance is still ascribed to a something called by various names,—as poetical power, spirit, faculty. Of course this quality is essential...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Boma. ALTHOUGH the publications still continue numerous, there is the same paucity of books of mark which we noticed at the opening of the season. Of this week's arrivals, the...