15 NOVEMBER 1851

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The Ecclesiastical 'Titles Bill remains a dead letter., The Roman

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Catholic . prelates assume and are ca ll ed - by theill pro- hibited titles, yet no steps are taken to enforce the law. -On this side of the Irish Channel,no one appears to take...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Kossuth demonstrations in the manufacturing districts have exceeded in magnitude and earnestness any that preceded them. This was to be expected. These displays are...

The returns of Board of .Trade, for the first ten

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months of 1851, are chiefly interesting as illustrative of the commercial im- portance of our Colonies and Dependencies. The value of the pro- duce and manufactures of this...

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The promoters of a centralized management of the Water Supply of the Metropolis in - the hands of Government, are not to be diverted from their purpose by the unfavourable...

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The National Assembly of France has rejected Louis Na- poleon's

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projet de lei for the repeal of the law of May 31, by the narrow majority of 7 votes-335 against 348. The small- ness of the majority amounts to an assurance—if anything can be...

tkg Court.

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THE Heir-apparent attained his tenth birthday on Sunday, and the event was duly celebrated on Monday by joyful demonstrations at the Castle and in the town of Windsor, The Queen...

Chu 3ifttrovolro.

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The 9th of November, on which day, " for time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary," the newly-elected Lord Mayor of London has gone to Westminster Hall to be...

The Presidential canvass in the United States has fairly begun.

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It will agitate the Union for a whole year. As with our "'Derby," more horses are named than are likely to start—three on the Whig, and as many on the Democratic side. In so far...

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4#t Vrouiurto.

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The Hungarian "lion" has had a great ovation in the thronged centres of manufacturing industry—Birmingham and Manchester. M. Kossuth left London on Monday for Birmingham, and...

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IRELAND.

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Another attempt, and one having more practical elements of success than any preceding one, is to be made to establish steam communication between New York and the Irish coast....

Intrigu aush Culunial.

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F•sANOE. — The' Committee of the Assembly on the Ministeiial project for repealing the electoral law of May 3 - 1, presented their report, written by M. Daru, on Tuesday. The...

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The Board of Tradenaturns of exports and imports far the

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month, and for that portion of the whole year which ended on the 1 Dth &tact, were :issued on idenday. The , exportamf the month have fallen short of those -eif the same...

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BIRTHS.

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• On the Slat August, at East London, Buffalo Mouth, Cape of Good Hope, the Wife of the Rev. Francis Flemming, Military Chaplain, King William's Town, of a son and heir. On the...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. Paris letters of yesterday evening state that the division in the Assem- bly on the Government electoral bill completely absorbed public attention. The correspondent...

We knew that there was more to come out respecting

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the capitulation between the Board of Customs and the London Dock Company, and in the paper which we have placed among our " Topics of the Day " we have presumed as much :...

In Westminster Hall, yesterday, two plaintiffs were ordered into arrest,

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to be tried for perjury in their own causes. Asplin was committed by M.r. Baron Martin, and Anthony Mahon by Mr. Justice Erle. The latter Judge added, that he greatly regretted...

The Queen held a Privy Council and Court, at Windsor

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Castle, yester- day. The Council was fully attended. At the Court, Senor Isturitz, the Spanish Minister, and Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, had audiences. Last night's Gazette...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTSKNOOK. The English Stock Market continued in a steady state of upward progres- sion during the first few days of the week, and on Wednesday the price...

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tatrts.

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Two farces of extraordinary slightness have been produced this week. One, acted at the Olympic, treats of the inexhaustible subject of Bloom- erism, with less humour than it has...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE PRINCE IN THE EAST. EUROPE may be eonvulsed every now and then, commerce may have its occasional concussions, but Lord Mayor's show comes round as punctually as the...

heir.

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Monsieur Jullien has opened his brief but spirited annual campaign at Drury Lane ; and note of preparation is heard from other quarters, announcing a greater variety of musical...

The new Sacred Harmonic Society began its performances last even-

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ing, with Handel's Belshazzar. The Sacred Harmonic Society is about to produce Haydn's Seasons; having overcome its scruples on the score of that delightful work not being...

MR. CHARLES PEARSON'S. PLAN.

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LaNnoN would receive an immediate and enormous improvement if the plan suggested by Mr. Charles Pearson were adopted. Briefly it is this,—to form a joint railway station at...

The new "Orchestral Society" gives its first concert next Monday

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in St. Martin's Hall. Considering the eminence of the parties embarked in this enterprise, and the magnitude and quality of the orchestra which has been formed, its proceedings...

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PRESENT PLIGHT AND PROSPECTS OF LAWYERS. THE work of law

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reform has begun in good earnest. Of this the general public is scarcely aware. Our statutes and reported deci- sions have become so voluminous, special courts and jurisdictions...

THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND ITS NEIGHBO1TRS.

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Now there is one important section of the Metropolis which, in regard to all future improvements, ought to be treated as a whole —Hyde Park. Several suggestions are afloat as to...

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THE LONDON DOCK CAPITULATION.

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THE surrender of the London Dock Company, after a contest with the Crown so long and so successful, has created a very painful feeling. A correspondence has been published, but...

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HOW TO MAKE PAUPERS.

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TEWKESBURY seems to be blessed with a local administration that promises to fulfil the assurance, "The poor ye shall have always with you " ; for if the supply of paupers should...

THE ANTI-AUSTRIAN DEMONSTRATIONS.

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Sts — I am happy to find, from your remarks of last Saturday, that those who rejoice in the recent expressions of international sympathy are not at issue with the Spectator on...

Irttrrs to thr

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THE "CHRISTIAN SOCIALISTS." Bin—Having taken up, yesterday, 111, Quarterly Review for September, I read therein a long and not very Ugly article, in which the reviewer spe-...

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BOOKS .

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SIR 4111...11S STEPHEN'S LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF FRANCE. * THE chief purpose of the Cambridge Professor of Modern History was to oonsider " the formation and growth of the...

BA.It ETIQUETTE.

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There are in institutions of an enduring character periods of reform and stages of transition ; signs of decay precede them, and unmistakeable tokens of pain accompany the...

According to the official journal of Naples, Manderini, the judge

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who wrote thereply to Mr. Glndstone's letters, has been decorated by the King good. sery ices. The Emperor of Ramie has permitted M. Wolowsky to receive the proceeds of the...

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SIR JOHN RICIfA.RDSON'S ARCTIC SEARCHING EXPEDITION. * IT will tend to

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a clearer understanding of the objects of this expe- dition, to call to mind the object and instructions of Sir John Franklin. It is an opinion reasonably grounded upon late...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Boors. Elementary Physics ; an Introduction to the Study of Natural Philoso- phy. With 21.7 Wood Engravings. By Robert Hunt, Professor of Mechanical Science, Government School...

THE FAIR CAREW. * THE manner of this novel is better

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than its matter. The author has acquired a neat style, and exhibits a good deal of thought. The thoughts, however, seem as much suggested by reflection as ob- servation, and too...

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EMBELLISHED BOOKS .FROM AMERICA.

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The Home Book of the Picturesque and The Book -of Home Beauty are two American books for the drawingroem-table :.one, -of the nature of our Landscape Annuals (now, we think,...

FINE ARTS.

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THE 11.01E&I, AVAT1E7KY 3PLEtTTOWS. 'Pam result of the reeerd elections at the Royal Academy, which we men- tioned last week, is one of those matters on which it is difficult...

31E.IXISH INSMITII PION-: COPTES FROM THE OLD .MA.STE HS.

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There is little !remarkable•or suggestive in the muster of students this year, unless it be that the -selection of works is free from ill taste of the grosser kind. Some...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, November 11. PAIITS:ERSHIPS DISSOLVED. - Cotterell and Rich, Kensington, tallow-chandlem- Armstrong and Harrison , Bishopmearmouth, ironmongers-P. and G. Ramsay,...

_MILITARY GAZETTE.

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THE BREVET. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 11.-Her Majesty has been - pleased to appoint the following offieers4olakerankby-brevet as undermentioned. The commissions to be dated the 11th...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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Friday, 981 ' 981 98 98 9 981 98 97i 981 97 97 97 97 98 98 981 98/ 98/ 7 7 7 7 7 214 214 54 264 , 53 2641 55 53 54 58 53 59 so 61 FOREIGN FUNDS. (Last...