8 JUNE 1844

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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The first subject of discussion in Parliament this week was the Sugar-duties; which the Commons debated on Monday, not on the intrinsic merits of that complicated question, but...

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The imprisonment of Mr. O'CONNELL has had the anticipated effect—more

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than the anticipated effect, in improving his position as Repealer-in-chief. He is provided, in his own person, with a new and imposing addition to "the wrongs of Ireland....

The Indian news is not momentous, but not insignificant. Lord

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ELLENHOROUGH was off again, to live for "months" at Allahabad Gwalior was perturbed with intrigues, the Punjaub with foretastes of civil war; and the Governor-General snuffed...

Debatt an routbings in Varliament.

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SCGAR-HUTIES, On Monday, the House of Commons having gone into a Committee of Ways and Means, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought for- ward the measure for altering the...

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be (num

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THE quiet of the Court has been broken by a foreign invasion ; and the week has been spent in entertainments, pageants, and pastimes, of the most animated kind. First in order...

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Vac Vrobinces.

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Ascot Races began on Tuesday. Although Royal visiters were ex- pected, the attendance was thin ; which is mainly attributed to the sup- pression of gambling. Not a...

Ebt jtietropolis.

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A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday. A report recommending improvements in Emmanuel Hospital—the reerection of the building, and the admission of more pensioners —was...

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IRELAND.

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After the close of the proceedings in the Dublin Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday last week, Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers remained for about an hour in the Judges'...

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Inistellantous.

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We are enabled to state, and as we believe confidently, that the visit of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia to this country was immediately determined by the publicity given to...

Sortiot anti Tolonial.

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FRANCE.—The discussions in the Chamber of Deputies on the sup- plemental credits of the Foreign Minister closed on Saturday. In the course of the long and discursive debates, M....

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In the Dublin Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, Mr.

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Close obtained a rule to join in error corona nobis, without any opposition from the Attorney-General ; and the writ of error was to be despatched for London yesterday.

It comes out this morning, that at Bow Street Police-office,

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on Thurs- day, Count Ostrom ski, a Pole, was held to bail on a charge of threaten- ing to shoot the Emperor of Russia. Yesterday, the Chevalier Benkhausen, the Russian Consul,...

Sir Henry Hardinge was to have set out from town

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yesterday, on his way to assume the government of India ; but it is now understood that he is to take his departure today.

At a public meeting in Gravesend, yesterday, a committee was

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ap- pointed to collect subscriptions in aid of the sufferers by the late fire ; and between 200/. and 300/. was collected on the spot.

The recent change in the weather has had most beneficial

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effects, as two facts forcibly illustrate : yesterday more than fifty of the winds bound vessels in the Channel came up the Thames; and the country papers received today mention...

The case of Running Rein was mentioned in the Court

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of Exchequer today ; and as the Court decided that there should be no further pro- ceeding until an affidavit declaring the real claimant of the horse should have been put in,...

A letter has been received by the family of John

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Frost, the Chartist convict, stating that, on account of his good conduct, the Governor of Van Diemen's Land would take steps to set him personally free, though still bound to...

Papers from Sydney, of February the 27th, report the arrival

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in New Zealand of Governor Fitzroy ; who had gone on a tour of inspection to the Bay of Islands.

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The principal discussion in the House of Commons last night related to a "Scotch Kirk" measure; which elicited the usual ebullition of sectarian temper. The...

The Emperor of Russia, attended by Baron Brunow, went this

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morn- ing in an open carriage to the Senior United Service Club ; where he was received by a select party of General Officers. In the course of the day, Prince Albert conducted...

Among the spectators in Parliament yesterday evening, was the King

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of Saxony. He entered the House of Lords, plainly dressed, at five o'clock, and sat in a chair before the bench of Bishops. The House soon adjourned ; and then the Ring was...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Columbine is wrecked on the upper part of Sanger .Sand; crew and treasure saved. The Sterliug, Foster, from Calcutta to ltondon, has put into R. Helena, le dry, with loss of...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOOK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY A VTR GEOGR. A considerable demand for Stock occurred just before the closing of the books for the Dividends ; occasioned by the purchases of persons...

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Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE concluded his series of Readings from Shak-

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spere on Monday ; when he read the Play of Hamlet," with good em- phasis and discretion," to the gratification of a crowded and fashionable audience, who applauded the veteran...

THE EXPORT-DUTY ON COALS.

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IT would not be thought wise in the Canadians to tax the export of wood, or of pot and pearl ashes, though the forests which at pre- sent cumber their soil may some day become...

THE THEATRES.

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As DETAZET appeared at the St. James's last night, and FLESSY was to have performed at the Theatre Francais in Paris on the same evening, we may announce the departure of the...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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DISSENT versus DISSENTERS. LAST year, the permanent organization of the Dissenters, including the Wesleyans, employed in the manufacture of petitions, occa- sioned the...

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THE COoPERATIVE PRINCIPLE: THE SANATORIUM. FEW things are more calculated

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to leave on the mind an impres- sion that this old world—old when measured by man's conceptions, deduced from his own ephemeral span of existence—is yet in its infancy, than the...

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THE DOOR OF ESCAPE FROM ANTI-SLAVERY EMBARRASSMENTS.

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THERE is a sequel to the story of Jonw BROWN and Judge O'NEALL of South Carolina, which is instructive. In March last, an Anti- Slavery meeting at Glasgow strongly censured the...

THE ROYAL VISITERS.

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GREAT BRITAIN possesses unprecedented attractions for royal visiters—they are becoming as numerous in "the West-end" as Italian singers. To say nothing of those who have been,...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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HMOnsatre. The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold. D.D., late Head Master of Ru g by School, and Re g ius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. Sly...

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MR. KAY ' S WESTERN BARBARY.

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MR. HAY, a son of the British Consul at Tangier, undertook a tour to the Sheikh of the most famous tribe of Arab horse-dealers in Morocco, with the object of purchasing:a barb...

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FREDRIKA BREMER ' S II- FAMILY AND MISCELLA- NEOUS TALES.

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THESE volumes are less a completion than a winding-up ; and, like other windings-up, they contain some mixed matter. Having had so many of FREDRIKA BREMER'S fictions, it is well...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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From .5.tay 31st te June 6th. BOOKS. The History of Oregon and California, and the other Territories on the North-west Coast of North America ; accompanied by a Geographical...

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DANDO'S QUARTET CONCERTS.

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THE last performance of the present season took place at Crosby Hall on Monday ; when MOZART'S Quintet in G minor, a Quartet of SPORE in C, and MENDELSSOHN'S Ottetto, with the...

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MESSRS. SIOSCHELES AND ERNST'S MORNING CONCERT. TME Hanover Square Rooms were well filled on Saturday last, the occasion of the display of these artists. An unusually long...

• BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 21st April, at MahablisIns - ar Hills. Bombay Presidency. the Lady of J. K. WEDDERBURN, Esq., Ninth Laurens, Aide-do- Camp to the Commander-in-chief, of a...

AIILITiiRY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFF/GE, June 7. — ht Dragoon Guards.—Lient. G. W. C. Jackson to be Capt. by purchase, vice Tumor, who retires; Cornet P. S. Thompson to be 1,,eut. by pux • chase, vice...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, June 4. PARTNERsHIPS DISSOLVED. Canet and Mason. Frith Street, tailors—Woodward and Unvink, Shrewsbury, mill- manufacturers—Chowire and Co. Regent Street...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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Friday. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents. Reduced 34 per Cents Reduced New 34 per Ceuts Lon g Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per cent. India Stock, 10/ Exchequer...