17 APRIL 1852

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-The ParisiaLLyeurgus has developed his system of education. The study

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of history and philosophy are to be suppressed, as in- compatible with efficacious faith in the revelations of the Elysee ; and a special curriculum of study is prescribed for...

The correspondent in Dublin who has lately treated " the

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Irish difficulty" with rare good sense and calm temper, and who now adds an able letter on the Land question, suggests that the exclu- sion of a Liberal Belfast newspaper from "...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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' 1 EASTER comes early this year ; yet with a fair average allowance of verdure and early flowers, though hitherto it cannot be said, with 'Chaucer, that the sweet showers of...

First comes the Burmese war. It was hoped that a

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dash at Rangoon would bring the Golden-footed Monarch "to his senses " ; but as there are two parties (at the least) to every war, it is sel- dom that one of them can prescribe...

The preliminary canvass for the ensuing General Election. goes on

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with a certain dull pertinacity. Its most remarkable feature is the increasing number of Protectionist recantations. Officials and non-officials, honest politicians and...

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'tip aittrupolio.

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The Lord Mayor's banquet at the Mansionhouse on Easter Monday was distinguished by the presence of the Prime Minister, the Home Se- cretary, and the First Lord of the Admiralty....

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THE Queen and the Royal Family remain at Windsor. Prince Leo- pold of Saxe-Coburg is Still her Majesty's visitor; and the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary with the...

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tht Vruniurto.

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The election for Harwich was a very quiet affair. Sir Fitzroy K e ll y' the new Solicitor-General, was chosen without any show of oppositi on, and was returned Member. All...

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IRELAND.

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The Lord-Lieutenant received on Monday a deputation from the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland, who solicited his patronage in phrases which referred to " the...

SCOTLAND.

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To the surprise of the Edinburgh constituency, Sir William Gibson Craig announced at the end of last week his intention "not to solicit the honour of being again " their...

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,fortigu out &Ionial.

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FRANCE.—The Ifoniteur published on Monday a list of thirty-nine Senators to whom an official dotation has been assigned by Louis Napo- leon. At the head of the list are ten...

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PREPARATIONS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. ENGLAND.

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BRIDPORT. It is said that Mr. Rolt, the eminent Chancery barrister, "is to succeed Mr. Baillie Cochrane." CRELTENHAH. Sir Willoughby Jones has formally accepted an invitation...

AligrrIlattroul.

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The Select Committee on the Ventilation and Lighting of the House of Commons have made their first report. They have sat four days every week, and have made a personal...

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BIRTHS.

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On the 8th April, at Bedgebury Park, Lady Mildred Hope, prematurely of daughter, still-born. On the 8th, in Etarrington Square, the Wife of the Rev. Henry Gehle, D.D., of a...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. An example of "confidence in her Majesty's Ministers" demonstration was set to the agricultural counties yesterday, in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's own Bucks....

A Coroner's Jury on the body of Margaret Seward, a

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young Irish immi- grant who died after childbirth in Southwark a few days since, returned a verdict in which they gave their opinion, "that Mr. Endean, the relieving- officer,...

'Some sensation was created in Paris on Thursday by the

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announce- - meat that the "Imperial Almanaek of Russia, published at Warsaw, con- tained this assertion of Legitimacy in France—' Kingdom of France, Henri V. Heir apparent,...

Some of the inhabitants of Marylebone met yesterday, and passed

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re-' solutions in furtherance of the project for retaining the Crystal Palace on its present site." At a public meeting of the friends of the Society for the Propagation of the...

STATE OF BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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From the commencement of the session to Tuesday the 6th April, when the Commons rose for the Easter recess, the period has been pretty equally divided between the Russell and...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOOL EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AYTILIMON. The English Stock Market has this week again presen ted considerable ac- tivity, and the transactions have been rather numerous. The continued...

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The two great musical theatres have commenced their " after

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Easter' season, though neither with its fullest muster. Rossini's opera buffs, L' Italiana in Algieri, revived at Her Majesty's on Tuesday, had not been performed there since...

COatrto auix weir.

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The Easter holydays are marked this year by two novel experiments in the way of dramatic entertainment, respectively made at the Lyceum and the Princess's. At the Lyceum, we...

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The New Philharmonic Society are acting up to their declared

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inten- tion of providing novelty and giving encouragement to native talent. In their second concert, on Wednesday, they certainly did both, mixing much new matter with...

Itttrrs to

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THE DERBY GOVERNMENT. London, 15th April 1852. Sire—I notice in your paper of last week two replies to my question, " What is Lord Derby's Ministry without Protection ?" Your...

PARTIES WITHOUT POLICY.

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Sin—You have formed a correct estimate of the inappreciable change in the relative state of parties in the Legislature which may be expected from the coming election. The...

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ESCAPE - BOATS IN SHIPWRECK.

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Glasgow, 15th April 1852. Sin—Allow me to call your attention to a lesson of some importance taught by the experience of the Birkenhead. The paddle-box boats were it ap-...

ANOTHER WORD ON THE IRISH DIFFICULTY.

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Dublin, 13th April 1852. Sin—The suspicion given vent to in your kind notice of my letter last week is perfectly well-founded. I am not "admitted to the secret councils of the...

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KINGL A 1CP, ON THE VOTE BY BALLOT. THE sooner

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the Ballot question is removed from the field of " dis- cussion," the better for all parties. Having been down on the standing list of those huge debating societies the...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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WAIT. " As we feel in " standing up " during an obstinate rain, watching delusive gleams of light with an anxiety that only tantalizes it- self, until the very confession of...

THE PAPIST COMMISSION TO THE IRISH BRIGADE. 1JrruesritEss is felt

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at the success of the Ultra-Roman party in Ire- land. Dr. Cullen's peculiar translation from the first post of dignity as Primate at Armagh, to that second in rank but of...

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PROGRESS OF THE LONDON - UNIVERSITY GRADUATES.

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ABOUT three months since we furnished our readers with a con- densed statement of the proceeding s of the Graduates of the Lon- don University in their efforts towards admission...

COBDEN FOR ENGLAND ?—OR ST. GEORGE ?

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Emus Mr. Cobden is not a real representation of the Englishman, or the Englishman has thoroughly altered, not only in his habits, but in his nature. It is important, just now,...

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A remarkable discovery has lately been made in the parish

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of Berra, near Horten, in Norway. In a shiphou (barrow in the shape of a ship) has been discove red the unconsumed part of a vessel, together with the skeletons of three horses,...

CITY VANDA LIAM.

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Tux epithets which we fling at barbarians, savages, Saracens, and Turks, fall thickest when we detect them in mutilating the monu- ments of antiquity; the very thing that we...

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BOOKS.

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REPORT ON CHOLERA IN ENGLAND: 1848-49.* ALTDoncin not free from an unavoidable minuteness of statistical details in regard to the localities of the cholera in England, and the...

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BURTON'S CRIMINAL TRIALS IN SCOTLAND. * Tire interest felt in criminal

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trials all but universally-for there is a blasé state of refinement where nothing interests- has various sources. First of all, there is that singularity or rarity which gives...

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iDA PFEIFFER'S 10IIENEY TO ICELAND..

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Kaplan: PFmrefEn is the German lady who is rather celebrated for Pinking a journey round the world without any particular object beyond a love of travelling. The same motive, on...

ADAM GRAEME OF MOSSORA.Y..

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A wovEusx with but one class of subjects, and one mode of treat- ing them, is like an author continuing a theme, which is prover- bially a disappointing affair : the novelist...

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MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICE, April 13.—lit. Begt. of Life Guards—Lieut. A. Walsh to be CapL by purchase, vice the Earl of Munster, who retires ; Cornet and Sub-Lieut. F. G. Hare to be Lieut....

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEER ENDING APRIL 10.

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[From the Official Return.] Ten Week' Week 0(1841-50. of 1861. Zymotic Diseases 1,812 .... 231 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 474 .... 45...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, April 13. Patrzennsnres DIS:OLVE19.-Burch and Lucas, King William Street, tailors-Ed- kins and Son, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, silversmiths-G. and G. F. Hossiter,...

PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. &shard. Monday (Closing Prices.) Tuesday. Wanes. Thurs. Friday. 3 per Cent Consols 991 991 991 991 991 100 Ditto for Account 091 991 991 eel leo 100 3 per...