22 JUNE 1844

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE vote of the Commons last Saturday morning, against the con- troverted part of the new Sugar-duties Bill, produced a " Minis- terial crisis," which lasted till Monday night....

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Debates anti 113rotetbinas in Vat!lament.

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THE SUGAR-DUTIES BILL : MINISTERIAL EXPLANATION. At five o'clock on Monday, when the House of Commons went into Committee on the Sugar-duties Bill, Sir ROBERT PEEL explained to...

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Elie (Court.

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THE presence of the King of Saxony during the greater part of the week has added to the bustle and gayeties of the Court. The Royal party returned from Claremont on Monday ;...

Sbe _Metropolis.

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The Times gives a brief report of a meeting of Conservative Members of Parliament last Sunday afternoon, at the Carlton Club, to consider what course should be pursued in...

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Zbe Vrobintes.

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The Wiltshire Independent of Thursday gives a report of a meeting on Tuesday, at Lyneham Green, of a thousand persons, chiefly farm- labourers, to consider their distressed...

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jforeign anti Colonial. FRANCE.—The Chamber of Deputies has now before

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it the Secondary itittstratatiott,Bill, Winch was six weeks in passing the Peers. It is thought not likely to pass through the Lower Chamber this session. The bill makes some...

.iiIistellantons.

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Thursday was the seventh anniversary of her Majesty's accession to the Throne. The morning was ushered in by the ringing of the Metro- politan church-bells, and at one o'clock...

IRELAND.

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The Dublin correspondent of the Morning Post, writing on Wednes- day, announces the retirement of Earl De Grey from the Lord-Lieute- nancy of Ireland ; and says the servants at...

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POSTSCRIPT SATURDAY NIGHT. Both Houses of Parliament assembled last night. In the Lords, there was a skirmish between the two Legal Peers 13aoucnam and COTTENHAM, respecting...

The Gazette of last night announces the appointment of John

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Gordon, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools for Scotland.

A deputation from the Committee of Joint-Stock Banks had an

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in- terview yesterday with Sir Robert Peel, for the purpose of proposing their amendments to the Bank Charter Act. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Jos. Walker, Vincent...

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In the Court of Common Pleas, yesterday, inaction for libel

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was tried in which the Reverend Mr. Forth was plaintiff and the Times de- fendant. The plaintiff had been charged, at Wandsworth Police Court, +with an assault on his landlord ;...

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

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London, 20th June. Sin—We, the undersigned, Italians residing in London, hope we may be allowed, through the organ of your paper, to acknowledge our thanks to the honourable...

The Manchester steamer, that left Hull for Hamburg on the

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14th in- Stant, with a very valuable cargo, was totally wrecked at the entrance of the Elbe, daring a strong Northerly gale, on the 16th or 17th. The crew and passengers are...

The Country papers received this morning, announce that the rain

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this week has been general ; and its effects on vegetation are stated to be very great.

THE THEATRES.

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Curtrosrrv to see how the "Prize Comedy" would stand the test of stage-representation, filled the Haymarket to overflowing on Tuesday, with an audience the eagerness of whose...

The Dublin correspondent of the Times, writing on Thursday, gives

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the following particulars respecting the Lord-Lieutenant's resignation. " On Sunday last, it appears, Lord Francis Gordon, first Aide-de-Camp, was despatched to London, to lay...

The Paris papers of Thursday represent the naval force with

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which the Prince De Joinville is to sail for Morocco as considerably greater than was previously mentioned. It is said to consist of three ships of the line, besides frigates...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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AURIvED. — At Graveseud, 17th June, Fanny, Andrews, from Sydney ; 21st, Mar- mion , Jenard, from China; Persia, Stevens, from Ceylon ; and Janet Last, Gold- smith, from Diemen's...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The determination of the Conservative party to support Sir ROBERT PEEL in his call upon the House of Commons to rescind the hostile vote of...

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THE ITALIAN OPERA.

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THE classical operas of Moz kRT, C1MAROSA, and ROSSINI, which have so well occupied the stage of her Majesty's Theatre this season in alter- nation with BELLINI and DoNizarrx,...

Most of the vaudevilles in which DEJAZET delights the visiters

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of the French Plays are planned expressly to exhibit this pert and piquante performer in two or three kinds of quaint costume. Carlo et Carlin— which was cut short by the sudden...

• The Lyceum has taken the subject and title of

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Miss SETCHEL'S pathetic picture, the Momentous Question, for a melodrama. Miss FORTESCHE personates the heroine ; a girl who saves the life of her lover, a poacher condemned to...

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The return of FANNY ELSSLER gives a new zest to

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the delights of the Ballet, and of a more intellectual kind. Her performances exhibit the choregraphic an in full perfection : her style is classic in precision and elegance....

FIRST DIVISION ON MR. MILES'S AMENDMENT ON THE SUGAR-DUTIES.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 14. [The question on which the House divided was," that the words proposed to be left out stand part of the clause "—in effect, that the Government proposition be...

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POST. OFFICE ESPIONAGE.

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Tams is something extremely repulsive to English feelings in the idea of the national Pot-office being perverted into a staff of Government spies. The monopoly of carrying...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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-WHAT PEOPLE SAY OF THE PEEL GOVERNMENT. THE Tory Protectionists say, that it has doubly disappointed them ; for that, instead of their making a tool of PEEL, as they fully in-...

MYSTERIES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.

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THERE is something very mysterious about the political economy of Ministers. The depth of its wisdom passes vulgar apprebennos. —" Beware of rashly investing capital in the...

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COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION: THE BIRKENHEAD • DOCKS BILL.

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• THE local administration of the harbours of great marts of com- merce is scarcely less important to the commerce of a nation than a sound system of financial imposts. Local...

THE WATERLOO BANQUET.

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ALMOST thirty years have elapsed since the battle of Waterloo, and yet the table of the Duke of WELLINGTON on Tuesday last seemed scarcely less crowded with his gallant...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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TRINELS, Travels in Kordofan ; embracing a Description of that Province of Egypt, and some of the Borderin g Countries, with a Review of the Present State of the Commerce in...

ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAYS.

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'PEOPLE are beginning to think the atmosphere may be turned to more account than merely breathing it into their lungs. Its pres- sure has been endured, since the creation of the...

SCOTCH REVELS.

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Yonan ENGLAND talks of encouraging popular games and sports ; but Scotland—whether young, old, or middle-aged—does it. For some score of years Scotland has had the St. Fillan's...

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MR. THORNTON'S HISTORY OF CHINA.

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Tue difference in national manners and modes of thought, with the remoteness of the earlier periods of Chinese history, and the doubts that have been thrown upon its...

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COVENTRY PATMORE'S POEMS.

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Tins little volume is distinguished by peculiar traits, of which (like much of the poetry which emanates from Mr. Moxotes) the characteristics are sufficiently marked and common...

THE MYSTERIOUS MAN.

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Tun Mysterious Man is a goodhearted Irishman, of better birth than fortune, who, thinking trade a degradation, is persuaded by his friends to come to England on a matrimonial...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED, From June 14th to June 20th.

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Booms. Spain and the Spaniards in 1843. By Captain S. E. WIDDRINGTON, &c., Author of "Sketches in Spain in 1829-30-31-32." In two volumes. Historical and Statistical Account...

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 8th June, at St. Thiago, Cintra. Portugal. the Lady of Sir Gamma RANCOR/DS ViSCOMIHe D.PIEDADE. of El SOLI. On the 13th, at Edinburgh, the Lady of Captain...

FINE ARTS.

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THE CITY STATUE OF WELLINGTON. THE equestrian statue of the Duke of WErrAtiomx, erected in front of the Royal Exchange, is of colossal proportions, and is placed on a lofty...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Tune 18. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Dunkerley and Sharrocks, Chorlton-upon Medlock, drapers—Weiton and Bligh, Woodbridge, Suffolk, surgeons — Corns and Sou....

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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OrrIcs or ORDNANCE, June 15.—Royal Regt. Artillery—Sec. Capt. A. Gossett to be Capt. vice Knatchbull, retired on half-pay; First Lieut. G. D. Warburton to be Sec. Capt. vice...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH 3 per Cent. Consols FUN Saturday Monday DS. (Closiug Tuesday. Prices.) 'redoes. Thurs. Friday; shut Ditto for Account 98S ex d 98/ 98f 981 98/ 98/ 3 per...