6 MAY 1848

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None but very vague conclusions can as yet be formed

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respect-. ing the complexion of the French National Assembly. On the whole, it appears that what is called the" Moderate" party are in the ascendant; the term, however, having...

The movement for " further Reform " begins to acquire

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im- portance, from the concurrence of various parties ; though it has scarcely assumed its final shape. The leading agitators at Man- chester have organized an extensive...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE House of Commons cannot be said to have met for no- thing, with the opening of the week, although it manifested a decided disinclination for protracted labours. Some...

Who shall ever say that tragi-comic absurdity has reached its

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climax in Ireland ? The ludicrous blends with the shocking in a manner so grotesque, that amusement is irresistible, even while one is humiliated at the feeling of levity which...

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Although the passingiacidenr* lit the *rt. gmeataigions Strf political movement

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abroad possess, a nipmentjnis intern*, they now be expressed in very few words.. A committee of .seventeen at Frankfort has arromuleatee scheme which, without merging tne...

Dames unit iprotettrfngs in tiartiament.

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BRITISH WEST INDIES; MONEY ADVANCES. When the House of Commons resumed its sittings after Easter, on. Monday, the first business of any importance was the moving of resolutions...

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Zbe IftEtropolis.

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A deputation, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Mr. Masterman, M.P., and Mr. Jones Loyd, had an interview with Lord John Russell on Friday, and pre- sented a declaration signed by...

gbe eourt.

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THE Court left Osborne on Tuesday, and arrived at Buckingham Palace safely, at six in the evening. The Hutches& of Kent and the Datchess of Gloucester visited the Queen on the...

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IRELAND.

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The Physical-force leaders have gone through strange vicissitudes. Mr. Mitchel arrived in Limerick on Friday night, in order to a demonstration on the following day. He had...

IEtt„:113robinces.

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Some of the leaden ; of the late Anti-Corn-law League had a ;meeting at Manchester last week, with the objects set forth in the following circular subsequently issued to all...

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Iforeign anb

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Fncstoz.-The National Assembly is fairly installed in Paris, and ap- pears to be going through its preliminary routine affairs with the order of a regular Parliament. We recur,...

SCOTLAND.

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The Chartists of Edinburgh held a meeting on the 28th of April, to or- ganize their " Metropolitan National Guard." This body is to consist of four divisions of 400 men, each...

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liftistellantous.

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The Morning Post on Thursday published, with an encomium, 'the following " Resolutions on the General Principles of Representation, by Earl Stanhope "; with a note by the...

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PO S TSCRIPT.:

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SATURDAY. In the House of Lords, last night, Lora in moving for the correspondence of LOrd Palmerston, Mr. BulWer,'Whd the Duke of Soto- mayor, already noticed in the House of...

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Last night's Gazette announces, that the Queen has appointed the

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Right Hon- ourable Robert Montgomery Lord Belhaven to be her Majesty's High Commis- sioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. AlsO, that Prince Albert has...

A fatal accident happened, yesterday, to Mr. William Dakin, the

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well-known tea-dealer of St. Paula Church Yard. Mr. Dakin was examining a new coffee- roaster in the warehouse: it exploded; a fragment struck him on the head, and he was killed...

We have the sequel of the proceedings in the Chamber

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of the French National Assembly on Thursday. 'At three o'clock the verification of the powers of the Deputies was completed. Among the returns admitted as valid, was that of M....

THEATRES AND MUSIC.

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The reappearance of Jenny Lind, has thrown into the shade all the other dramatic and musical occurrences of the week. Symptoms of a return of the epidemic which raged under last...

At a meeting of the Irish Confederates, on Wednesday, the

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Reverend James Bermingham was elected a member. The meeting adopted a mock "proclamation," drawn in official style, and contradicting the actual proclamation issued by " divers...

MONEY MARKET.

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Srocit Excnawcz, FRIDAY Arrzaieoow. The English Stock Market was unusually active during Tuesday and Wednes- day; and in the course of the latter day Consols both for Money and...

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Lola Monte* having been withdrawn at a short notice, on

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account of a sudden mandate from the Lord Chamberlain, a little piece called A Con- fidence has been as suddenly put up at the Haymarket. It turns on an intrigue in which two...

PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.

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The third concert, on Monday, was distinguished by the production of a new symphony, composed expressly for the Philharmonic Society by Spohr. In this, his latest work, the...

The production of Christophe le Cordier, in which Achard makes

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his re- appearance at the St. James's, is in some measure anticipated by an Eng- lish version called The Scarecrow, brought out at the Lyceum. The prin- cipal character is a...

- TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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JOHN BULL, MIND YOUR POCKET! INSTEAD of pursuing, as we promised last week, the subject of Sir William Molesworth's motion on Colonial Government and Expenditure, we are called...

Mr. Mitchell has engaged M. Robert Houdin, who does the

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tricks that have been done by Herr Dobler and his successors, but which gain an additional charm from knowledge of the fact that he is the real inventor of the marvels. It...

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THE FACTOTUM MINISTER OF EUROPE. LORD PALMERSTON has found a

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solitary defender of his Spanish despatches ; the Examiner advancing to his rescue. We receive the argument as the utmost that can be said for the peccant Secre- tary. It...

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TIIE " FURTHER REFORM" MOVEMENT.

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TnE movement of which certair(Members of Parliament and the Manchester agitators have assumed the lead has attained a vir- tual extension in the nominal limitation of its...

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THE LAND-REVENUE OF INDIA.

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TO WM RDITOR OF TER SPECTATOR. SIR—Having been absent from England, I did not see till very recently the articles upon " Organization in Agriculture" in your numbers of the...

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"LABOUR IS CAPITAL."

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If labour be regarded as capital then, in any given undertaking, such for in- stance as a factory or a farm— Wages of operatives and salaries of superintendents may be regarded...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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BIOGRAPHY, Memoir of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet. With Selections from his Corm. spoodence. Edited by his Son, Charles Buxton, Esq Murray, TRAVELS, Notes of a...

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Kn. GEALE ' S NOTES OF A TWO-YEARS RESIDENCE IN ITALY.

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MR. GEALE, an Irish barrister and brother of Lady Fortescue, passed, with his wife and family, a couple of years in Italy under the reign of the late Pope Gregory. It does not...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Boors. Letters addressed to the Countess of Oesory, from the year 1769 to 1797. B y Horace Walpole, Lord Prford. Now first printed from Original Edited, with Notes, by the...

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SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS.

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TUE smallest and choicest of the annual collections. The veterans of the Society so strongly retain their old characteristics, that they have almost outlived any criticism on...

FINE ARTS.

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ROYAL ACADEMY: GENERAL SURVEY. THE character which marked the collection last year is sustained this year: the pictures of the high historic kind are deficient in number and...

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BIRTHS.

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On the 12th March, at Bangalore, East Indies, the Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Key, the Fifteenth Hussars, of a daughter. On the 26th April, at the Castle, Parsonstown, Ireland,...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Aatuvan-At Plymouth, 1st May, Southampton, Bowen, from Calcutta. In the Clyde, ditto, Youug England, Dove, from Manilla. At Bombay, previous to lit April, Sir Thomas Gresham,...

ZUMIERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, May 2. PARTNERSHIPs DISSoLvED. Heath junior and Co. Bridge House Place, Southwark, carriers ; • as far as regards J. Heath-Hopgood and - Searle, Rochester Road,...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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Wss-orrtcs, May 5.-lst Regt. of Life Guards-Comet and Sub.J.Jenk the.Han.D. C. F. De Boa to be Lieut. by purchase, vice G. H.R. C. Viscount Seaham, who retires; H. Lygon, Gent....

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH P P N D S. (Closing Prices.) S per Cent Console Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 31 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 9 per Cent India Stock, 101 Exchequer...