23 JULY 1842

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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ONE of the stock Whig subjects, Ireland, which has upon the whole been at a discount this session, was displayed for an airing in the House of Commons on Monday ; when Mr. SHEIL...

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Dante% anti ilkortebings in Vailiainent.

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GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND. On the motion to renew the Committee of Supply, on Monday, Mr. SHEIL moved an amendment, by way of introducing a debate on the Government of Ireland. If...

The North American mail acquaints us with some strange in-

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ternal convulsions in the United States, sufficiently perplexing to the foreign politician. JOHN TYLER has dismayed his fellow- citizen subjects by an act of authority—he has...

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lEbt Court.

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THE Court have left the country retreat at Claremont (still so called in the authentic chronicle of Royalty) for Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by...

Zbe glattropolis.

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At a meeting of Middlesex Magistrates yesterday, Sergeant Adams was reelected Chairman of the Sessions, by 20 to 2; Mr. Witham being his opponent. On opening the business of...

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Iftistellaneous.

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The Courrier Francais says that the Duke of Wellington has written a letter of condolence to Louis Philippe on the death of the Duke of Orleans. The Lord Chancellor, during the...

Vrobintes.

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A public meeting of the inhabitants of Liverpool was held on Mon- day, in Clayton Square, for the purpose of taking into consideration the great and daily increasing distress of...

IRELAND.

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The Sligo Champion of Saturday announced that Judge Torrens had been so enfeebled by an attack of gout as to be unable to perform his judicial duties ; and Baron Lefroy had gone...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, July 22(1, Windsor. Nesbitt. from Bengal. In the Downs.. ditto. John Bibby, Slap°, from China; and Cartiatic. Hinde, from Bengal. Off Brix- hem, 21st,...

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Both Houses of Parliament sat today, at twelve o'clock. In

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the House of Lords, the Poor-law Amendment Continuance Bill, the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, and several private bills, were brought up from the Com- mons, and read a first time ;...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. In the House of Commons last night, the Committee of Supply was again stopped by debate on the Corn-law ; renewed, with a formal dif- ference in the motion, by...

Among the Parliamentary Papers delivered this morning, is the Report

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of the Select Committee on Election Proceedings. It sustains the calm and dispassionate tone promised by Mr. Roebuck ; developing the several cases, not as criminating...

The accounts from the disturbed coal-districts are not favourable. In

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Shropshire, about Wellington and Shipnell, where the example of - the Potteries had been followed, five ringleaders were seized, and on Thursday the tract of country was quiet...

The Globe of this evening says that the Lord Chancellor

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is better ; and it is expected that he will resume his duties on Monday.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.. : „ r ,,,„, ASPECT OF FRENCH AFFAIRS. - 7 THE: who

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regard the death of the Duke of ORLEANSi . '116 endanger- ing the permanence of the present dynasty of France overlook that family's position. The constitutional monarchy itc...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The English Stock Market has been in a quite state, and we cannot notice any transactions of importance : it presents, however, a much firmer...

The Paris papers of Saturday state that the French Court

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has altered its design of presenting the infant Prince to the Chamber, or of altering his title from Count of Paris to Duke of Orleans. The Odillon Barrot or Gauche party,...

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EAVESDROPPING.

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IT is generally understood in respectable society that table-talk is confidential. The pleasure and advantage of social intercourse consist mainly in its entire abandon. The...

WHERE TO BUY BREAD.

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SIR ROBERT INGLIS wanted Ministers to disown Lord %URN- currE, last week, because he admitted that education might be bestowed on persons of various religious persuasions. Sir...

A GLANCE AT THE MUSIC OF THE SEASON.

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Tam musical season is now drawing to a close ; and, according to custom, we shall take a rapid glance at its character, chiefly in order to ascertain the position of the art...

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A QUESTION CONCERNING LORD PALMERSTON.

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ack Tavern, Temple Bar. DEAR SPEC. There is a question which, as a devout Whig and admirer of Lord PALMERSTON, I am anxious to have answered : Who wrote the paragraph in the...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Bicssasenr„ The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton, with Notices of his Life. History of the Rowley Controversy, a Selection of his Letters, and Notes Critical and Explana-...

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LORD LONDONDERRY'S CONSTANTINOPLE, SOUTHERN EUROPE, AND AFRICA.

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THE course embraced in Lord LONDONDERRY'S journeyings is that which, thanks to steam-boats and yachting, may now be con- sidered the Southern moiety of the grand tour. Ascending...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

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From July 7th to July tti st. BOOKS. Tales of the Braganva ; with Scenes and Sketches. By T. H. Uszoartz, Esq., .Author of a New Guide to the Levant, Egypt, Syria, Greece,...

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 9th July, in Somerset Street, Portman Square, the Lady of the Hon. Anonyms MORETON MACDONALD, of a daughter. On the 12th, in Baker Street, the Lady of the Rev....

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Saturday Monday. Tuesday. Wedses.1 Thurs. Friday. 3 per Cent. Consols ..... Ditto for Account 3 per Cents. Reduced 31 per Cents Reduced New...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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Wan-ow= July 19.-79th Regt.of Foot-Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Macdonell.K.C.B. to be Cel. vice Lieut.-Gen. the Hou. J. Ramsay, dec. WAR.OPTICIE, July V.-Royal Regt. of Horse...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE Tuesday, July 19.

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PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. IL and S. Horrocke, Radcliffe, Lancashire. dyers-Haines and Balchin. Godalming, eurgeons -Colman and Cozens, Norwich, solicitors-Morgan and Parson,...