11 MARCH 1843

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE most voluminous display of party oratory this session took place in the two Houses of Parliament on Thursday ; the subject being Lord ELLENBOHOriGH, his policy and...

The aspect of our relations with another great country, the

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United States of America, is less promising at present. Mr. LINE'S bill for settling the Oregon Territory and defining its boundaries has been carried in the Senate. The bill at...

The debate in the French Commons on the secret-service-money is

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noticeable, as having occasioned the most signal display that there has yet been of the friendly feeling which is reviving be- tween France and England. Even M. DE LAMARTINE,...

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Dilates anti Vroutbings in laarlianttnt.

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LORD ELLEN/10E017011'S PROCLAMATIONS. Lord Ellenborough and his proclamations formed the subject of great debates in both Houses of Parliament on Thursday night. The reports...

An important section of the British Empire, the West Indies,

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has been visited by a ravaging convulsion of nature. On the morn- ing of the 8th of last month, several of the islands were shaken by an earthquake. Antigua was sorely stricken...

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lb e eourt.

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THE Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, left Claremont on Wednesday afternoon, in a carriage and four ; the Prince of Wales and the suite following in...

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At a Special General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock, on Wednesday, the resolutions of thanks to the Governor-General and the forces employed in the late military...

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_Miscellaneous.

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The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Worsley Hill, Esq., Commander in the Royal Navy, to be Lieutenant-Governor of her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold...

Vat Wrobinces.

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The nomination of candidates for Ashburton, in the room of Mr. Jardine, took place on Tuesday ; the candidates being Mr. Matheson, a Liberal, of the late firm of Jardine,...

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The City reporter of the Globe, this evening, makes a

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statement which qualifies the worst fears respecting the earthquake in the West ladies- " We hear from parties connected with the West Indies, that the damage done by the late...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. Since the publication of the evening papers, a second edition of the Times has appeared, with the following intelligence by extraordinary express, in...

In an article of much pleasantry and truth as well

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as point, the Times this morning took the following impartial survey of the position of Par- liamentary parties in the Ellenborough faction-fight of Thursday evening- "...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHAIME, FRIDAY ANTICHNOOM The Three per Cent Government Securities continue to rise. Consols, the the only one in which business is now transacted, having reached in...

Facts and occurrences combine to fix attention on the defective

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ar- rangements for controlling criminally-disposed lunatics. On Saturday last, M`Nanghten was acquitted from the charge of shooting Mr. Drum- mond, because he was insane ; on...

The Chartist trials at Lancaster closed on Thursday, the eighth

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day ; Wednesday having been occupied with Mr. Feargus O'Connor's de- fence in person, evidence corroborating the defence generally, and the Attorney-General's reply. Baron...

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At Coleshill, yesterday, Mr. Charles Newdegate Newdegate was elected Member

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for North Warwickshire, in the room of Sir Eardly Wilmot, the new Governor of Van Diemen's Land. His speech was a reiteration of the current Peel policy. There was no opposition.

Mr. Drummond, nephew of the late unfortunate and lamented Mr.

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Edward Drummond, has been appointed by Sir Robert Peel to one of the Junior Clerkships of the Treasury.—Standard.

Extreme pressure of temporary matter has again compelled us to

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postpone the Letter of Z, and other Papers.

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The Italian Opera commences to-night, with Adelia, an opera of

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DosnizErris; in which PERSIAN', and the new tenor Signor CONTI, from Lisbon, with two other debutants, will appear. The ballet promises unusual attractions : besides the...

THE THEATRES.

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kr is by no means agreeable to the critic to find himself regarding with indifference, and perhaps turning aside with distaste from, a performance that affords delight to a...

Virginius was performed at Drury Lane on Monday: MACREA.DY appeared

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again in the character which established his reputation in tragedy; PHELPS was Dentatus, ANDERSON kiiiRS, and Miss HELEN Fencer Virginia. With such a cast, and the attention to...

Oberon is advertised at Covent Garden for Mr. BONN'S benefit

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on Monday ; on which occasion FANNY ELSSLER will dance, by permission of Mr. LUMLEY.

At Covent Garden, on Monday, two candidates for applause appeared

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in KNOWLES'S play of Love : Mrs. RYDER as the Countess Eppenstein, and Mr. PALMIER as Huon ; the parts respectively played by MSS ELLEN TREE and Mr. ANDERSON. Mrs. RYDER is...

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PUNISHMENT OF LUNATICS.

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THE comments on the acquittal of WNAIIGHTEN furnish abundant evidence of the popular ignorance regarding the exciting causes of maniacal acts, and of all the true methods of...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Tsui case of the Nonintrusion clergy of the Church of Scotland has been ably and temperately stated in the House of Commons. But it is only a real and...

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SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: OREGON BILL.

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A CONVENTION between Great Britain and the United States of America was ratified by the Prince Regent on the 2d of November 1818, by the President on the 28th of January 1819....

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A NEW ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY.

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So long as the debates of the House of Commons turn upon the ordinary routine topics, the reporters get along pretty smartly : but new subjects throw them aback. The debate...

CLUB MORALS.

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Jr is a prevalent impression among the uninitiated, that clubs are extremely exclusive. The ballot watches over their purity, and all suspicious characters are rigidly debarred....

Those who visit the Continent, or purchase at home foreign

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editions of English hooks, should be made aware, (bat the law, after the 1st April next, will totally prohibit the,importation under any pretext whatever of such editions. It...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY. 'fifth:Ty of the House of Commons. from the Convention Parliament of 1683-9 to the Passin g of the Reform Bill in 1832. Sly W. Charles Townsend, Esq.,...

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DR. MACKENZIE ' S TITIAN.

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THE object of Dr. MACKENZIE in writing Titian was to introduce into this country, what on the Continent are called Art-Novels—a species of composition, says the Doctor, "which...

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CAPTAIN PORTLOCK'S REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF LONDONDERRY.

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Tan volume owes its existence to an endeavour on the part ot some of the officers connected with the Ordnance Trigonometrical Survey of Ireland to engraft "statistical,...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

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Prom March 3d to March 9th. BOOKS. History of the House of Commons, from the Convention Parliament of 1688-9 to the passing of the Reform Bill, in 1832. By W. CHARLES...

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FINE ARTS.

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ILLEGALITY OF ART-UNIONS. THE Art-Unions and other lotteries have received "a heavy blow and great discouragement" by the opinion of Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, that they are...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 1st March, at the Rectory. Everitt:ale, Worcestershire, the Lady of the Rev. CHARLES JAMES. of a daughter. On the 2d, in Eaton Place, the Lady of Routarr...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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ARRIVED — At Gravesend, 611t March, Helen Stuart, brown; and Chebar. Harrison. from Chiva ; Good Hope, Maiuland, from Calcut a; 7th, Winchester, Bain, from China; Malay. Giffen....

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PRICES

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CURRENT. BRITISH (Closing Prices.) Tuesday. Weds:es. Mars. Friday. Saturday FUNDS. Mouday. 3 per Cent. Consols 951 96 964 961 961 97 Ditto for Account 3 per Cents....

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR.OFFICE, March 10.-4th Regt. Drag. Guards-Lieut. M. Clarke to be Capt. by purchase, vice Harper, who retires; Cornet 1-1. J. B. Tower to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Clerk;...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, March 7. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. and R. Oldershaw. Nottingham. mercers -Bayley and Co. Pendleton, stuff-priut. era-G. and J. Wilson, Liverpool, cart-owners-Wright...