17 MAY 1845

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In France, M. Guizot is better, and the Fortifications-bill is

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passed. It contains a clause, however, providing that the arms and ammunition shall be stored at Bourges, except in time of actual war ; so that there will be some opportunity...

The House of Commons reassembled on Thursday; but the bill

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of fare for the evening was not inviting, and the Members present were " counted out ' early. They just listened to a speech from Mr. Wakley against the Council of the College...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Parliamentary proceedings of last week were a perfect cor- nucopia of new topics for the craving wants of Conciliation Hall in Dublin. Mr. O'Connell knows as well as most...

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Wbe afIttropolts.

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The Free-trade Bazaar was opened at the shilling rate of admission on Tuesday, when 8,500 or 9,000 were ascertained to have passed throw h. The exhibition of wares is...

'Litt Qourt.

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Tim Queen and Prince Albert have been rusticating in the Isle of Wight. tier Majesty and the Prince were visited by the Dutchess of Kent on Saturday morn- ing; and just before...

Drbatts antr 11km:to:dugs in iparlianunt

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REFORM OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. The House of Commons having reassembled after the Whitsuntide holydays on Thursday, Mr. WAHLEY made this motion- " That a Select...

There is a budget of news from America ; the

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whole of rather a pacific tendency, so far as this country is concerned. The papers of the United States are some warlike and some pacific ; but even the silence of the...

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the 49robinces.

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In a letter to the Manchester Courier, Lord Francis Egerton announces his probable retirement from public life. We lament the cause. Although the letter is somewhat long, it is...

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IRELAND.

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At a dinner given by the Lord Mayor of Dublin to members of the Corporation and a party of friends, last week, he said, in proposing the health of the Queen—" This very evening...

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.foreign anti Oolonial.

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FRANCE.—The debates in the Chamber of Deputies on the bill providing arms fro the fortification of Paris closed on Friday. The Chamber had previously adopted a clause...

jaisrtIlantous.

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The Paris Prene announces that the Dutchess of Nemours is shortly to leave Paris for London, being invited to the fancy-ball to be given by the Queen on her Majesty's birthday....

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THE THEATRES.

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BALFE'S new opera, The Enchantress, was produced on Wednesday, amid . the usual concomitants of a splendid success at Drury Lane,—heat, and pressure in the highest degree, an...

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Whit Monday was not forgotten at the Minor Theatres, and

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the tastes of the holyday playgoers were catered for in various ways. The Lyceum provided a burlesque of Cinderella; which, as spectacle merely, apart from the pleasantries of...

At the French Plays, Mademoiselle Plessy still reigns the Virgin

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Queen of Comedy; with the veteran Cartigny for her intendant, Madame Croset as duenna, and a suite of ladies that render her dramatic drawingrooms on the stage of the St....

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT, The time of the House of Commons was taken up last night by two discussions, on the state of the Navy and on the Slave-trade; important subjects, but handled...

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PRESENT POLITICAL STATE OF SWEDEN.

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THE subjoined paper is addressed by a Swedish gentleman to a friend in England. The writer is an accomplished man, who commands the very best position for observation; and we...

The Dublin Evening Post publishes an account of a remarkable

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conversation at the Mime . Office, about the Queen's visit to Ireland. The Lord Mayor of Dublin came to town to present an address to the Queen, praying her Majesty to make the...

In reply to the Yarmouth Jury, Sir James Graham has

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signified that he will -Send down an engineer to investigate the causes of the late disaster. Mr. Cubitt was named in the letter from the Home Office; but it is doubtful whether...

The Morning Chronicle explains, that Mr. Ashbell Smith, who was

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Chargé d'Affaires for Texas in London and Paris till a few months ago, when he desired to revisit his home, has returned to this country to resume the ordinary diplomatic...

There is every reason to believe that the Roman Catholic

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Prelates [of Ireland] will meet in Synod on Wednesday next, to take into consideration the question of academical education as propounded by Government.—Times. , The Tipperary...

We hear that Sir Robert Peel has purchased the estate

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of Closeburn, in Dum- fries-shire, for the sum of 230,0001.—Glasgow Courier.

A deputation from the inhabitants of Newry waited upon Sir

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Robert Peel, at his residence in Privy Gardens, this morning, to present an address in approval -of .his Irish policy, and particularly of his banking measure. The deputation...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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ARRIVED-1M the Downs, 11th May, Symmetry, Elder, from Adelaide ; 13th, Owen Glendower, Robertson, trom Calcutta ; 15th, Leander, MllInutn, from Hobart Town ; and Sea-Gull,...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The American news brought by the Caledonia produced a favourable effect upon the Funds; and prices, which had receded slightly from the...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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MAYNOOTFI : A VOICE FROM THE PAST. THE Protestant Gathering, in the course of their church-militant agitation, have concocted a circular in support of " our common...

ACADEMICAL EDUCATION FOR IRELAND.

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EXCELLENT as the Government plan for establishing Provincial Colleges in Ireland is, we agree with the Morning Chronicle, that it must be imperfect and ineffectual for its...

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THE LEADING JOURNAL AND THE LEADING COUNSEL. THE "best public

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instructors" are engaged just now in much discussion on a feud between the Bar and the Times newspaper, the occasion of which is stated as follows by the Law Magazine-- " Not...

THE PETITION TRADE.

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Tim art of petition-making has been carried to great perfection; but, as in most branches of business, there has been a good deal of overtrading in it, and intense competition...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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BIOGRAPHY, The Life of Lord Hill, G.C.B., late Commander of the Forces. By the Rev. Edwin: Sidney, A.M.; Author of the Lives of the Rev. Rowland Hill and Sir Richard Hill, and...

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BISHOP WILSON Ore THE EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS.

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PAUL ' S Epistle to the Colossians appears to have been a favourite subject with Daniel Wilson; probably from the scope which a free interpretation affords to those doctrines...

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SYBTL, On THE TWO NATIONS.

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Sybil is a continuation of the Young England part of Coningsby; aid is coloured by that indescribable something which generally disappoints in sequels. It wants the personality...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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From May 9th to May 15th. BOOKS. Sybil; or the Two Nations. By B. Disraeli, M.P., Author of " Coningsby." In three volumes. Narrative of the United States Exploring...

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FINE ARTS.

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SECOND NOTICE OP THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION. THE FIGURE DESIGNS. THE sure way to test the intrinsic merits of an exhibition of works of art is to return to it after the gloss...

Itur.LINI'S FIRST OPERA.

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Il Pirate was revived at her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday, "by desirew; and we were happy at the opportunity to test the strength of our first fa- vourable impression by renewed...

MUSIC.

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Bonn= riansseemosuc coarcesr—morankr MAY 12. PART I. sustonia in F Ries. Recit., " Der nUte selbst," 1Herr Pischek. " Liebe ist die zarte Bliithe," f (Potato First Movement...

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THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN.

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The defects in the system of instruction pursued at the Government School of Design have been from time to time pointed out in this journal; and the justness of our strictures...

THE " BRITISH ARTISTS OF SUFFOLK STREET.

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A late letter from Hendon has received attention. Our correspondent niay bs assured that no change has taken place in the hand that wrote or the spirit that prompted the...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAS - 01110E, May 16.—lst Dragoon Guards—Capt. J. Crofts, from the 7th Drag. Guards, to be Capt. vice Jackson, who exchanges. 7th Drag. Guards—Capt. G. W. C. Jackson, from the...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, May 13. raxxtrestantra DVMOLYED. Chapman and Dean, Liverpool, hoop-benders—WhitwerUt and Idghtbovra, Black- burn, cheesemongers—Hancock and Co. Bath,...

BIRTH&

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On the 6th May, at Shirley House, Hants, the Lady of G. P. Leyoester, Eel.. Bengal Civil Service, of a daughter. On the 7th, In Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, Lady Dalrymple...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUND S. &turd. (Closing Monday. Prices.) Tutoday 'Vedas.. Thurs. Pride,. 3 per Cent Consols ............. ...... 991 981 99 991 99 99 Ditto for Account so 991...