18 NOVEMBER 1843

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The delays and intricacies of the Irish State prosecutions have

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afforded the expected opportunity for damaging skirmishes brought on by the accused Repealers. One of their most effective ma- nceuvres was executed on Tuesday, the last day for...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Tan new element in the politics of the country, the Anti-Corn-law League, works busily and effectively. The League seems ubiqui- tous: it is in Scotland—in Wiltshire—in...

Without any very serious disaster, the working of the Canadian

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Parliament has been unsatisfactory and disheartening. The spirit of contention has been principally displayed in reference to the seat of government ; a question needlessly...

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The Marquis of Bate's magnificent seat of Luton Hoo was

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destroyed by fire on Friday morning. At two o'clock that morning, the under- gardener, who slept in one of the lower rooms, beard a loud noise like the cracking of cart-whips,...

The last stone of the lighthouse on the Western end

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of Plymouth Breakwater was set on the 9th instant, by Sir Samuel Pym, Rear- Admiral Superintendent of the Dockyard. The tower is 120 feet in height from the bottom of the sea,...

IRELAND.

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Lord Carew has declined to act on the Land Tenures Commission ; but Sir Robert Ferguson, the Whig Member for Derry City, has ac- cepted the appointment. The Commission is now...

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ifortign anb erolonial.

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sp.uN—A Parliamentary sanction has been given to the majority of Queen Isabella the Second, which may now be concidered as law. The discussion was terminated on the 7th ; when...

SCOTLAND.

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The Ross-shire Advertiser reports the result of a meeting held at Wick, on the 7th instant, to express an opinion on the conduct of the Duke of Sutherland, in refusing sites for...

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inistellantous.

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Parliament met on Tuesday pro forma', for the purpose of a further prorogation The Peers were represented by the Lords Commissioners —the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, and...

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The Morning Chronicle states, on reliable authority, that the Queen

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and Prince Albert will probably go on the 25th or 27th instant to visit the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth ; subsequently, the Duke and Dutchess of Sutherland, at their...

The Speaker's writ for the election of a Member in

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the room of Mr. Wyndham arrived in Salisbury yesterday ; and the Mayor has appointed Wednesday for the nomination, Thursday for the polling.

POSTSCRIPT. SATURDAY.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. Some curious news comes from Ireland this morning. Not, indeed, that it relates to the trials, about which there is little in the papers; except a statement...

Last night's Gazette contains the following announcement, conse- quent upon

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the resignation of Lord Meadowbank-- e The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint Alexander Wor s t Esq., one uf the Lords of Session in Scotland, to he one of the...

John Gill, a labourer employed at the Royal Barrack in

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Dublin, was arrested while at work, on Wednesday, by two Policemen from Queen's county, cn u charge implicating him in the murder of Lord Norbury. He at once recognized one of...

The Paris papers of Thursday mate that the meeting of

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the Chamber of Deputies has been definitively fixed for Tuesday the 26th December. There is no other news in the papers.

The Times has an admirable article on the necessity of

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speedy con- cession to that determined state of public opinion which is manifested in the existence and progress of the Anti-Corn-law League, recruited as its forces are even...

A correspondent of the Hull Packet says that he felt

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a sharp earth- quake shock early on Sunday morning, at Ryhill, near Key ingham.

The Standard states that the Complete Suffrage party at Birming-

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ham, "foreseeing the failure of Mr. Atte ood's scheme for the redress of national grievances," put forth an address, yesterday, in the name of the non-electors, calling upon Mr....

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY ATTIERNO0N. As the perit d approaches for closing the books of the various Stocks the Dividends upon which become due in January next, the large class of...

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TUE ARMY.

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WAR-OFFICE. Nov. 17.-8th Light Drags.-E. S. Grey. Gent, to be Veterinary Surg. vice Bird. dec. 6th Foot -Staff Surg. of the Second Clam. J. Motto& M.D. to be Surg. vice G. Knox,...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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SATURDAY MORNING. Aaarvan.-At Gravesend, Ilth inst. Thomas Lee. Woof, from Singapore; and San- derson. Bushby, from Ceylou. Off Portonouth, 12th, Lena, Ford, born Madras. Off...

ONE WAY TO HELP THE POOR: AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. SIR - Your constant endeavours to call attention to the condition of the labouring classes deserve the thanks of all; and I am tempted to...

BOOKMAKING.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Paris, 14th November 1843. SIR - I have just read a work entitled a " Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California,...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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WHAT TO DO WITH THE IRISH PRIESTHOOD. THE anomaly by which we in England regard the dominant Church in Ireland as a master grievance, while the aggrieved parties them- selves...

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THE CAPITOL SAVED.

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IT is a remarkable fact, that the remedy for every human ill lies under one ' s very nose, only one can ' t see it without being specially enlightened, or picking it up by...

BROTHER JONATHAN AND JOHN BULL: FAULTS ON BOTH SIDES.

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Tire letter of Mr. SYDNEY Srairii which appeared in the Morning Chronicle, and two letters from General DUFF GREEN, purporting to be replies to it, which have been published in...

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LIMITS OF TL1E RIGHT OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY. No. III.

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THE Examiner objects to the doctrine that the tendency of meet- ings should be a test of their allowableness- " Who is to judge of the tendency? The power, forsooth, to which...

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" DEBORAH " AT EXETER HALL.

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OF all the works which compose the classics of the musician's art, and of which, by dipping into them occasionally, he entertains a correct general notion, there is scarcely one...

GLEANINQS.

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Leman Blanchard has some "Sentences on Similes," in Ainsworth's Maga- zine, which are not only amusing, but also may be profitable to the numberless host who resort to the easy...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Names'. Aoviirroas. Ned Myers; or A Life Before the Mast. Edited by J. Fenimore Cooper In two volumes Bentley. MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE, The Life and Literary Remains of...

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THE LIFE AND REMAINS OF C. R. PEMBERTON, CHARLES REECE

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PEMBERTON, an actor and a dramatic lecturer, was better known to the world by the exertions of his admirers than for any distinct or lasting impression he himself made upon the...

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LITERATURE OF THE ANNUALS.

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THE Winter weather is bringing in the Winter Annuals, albeit they are not of the hardiest kind. We have now before us- 1. The American in Paris during the Summer. (HEATH'S...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

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From November 10th to November 16th. BOOKS. The American in Paris during the Summer; being a Companion to the "Winter in Paris "; or Heath's Picturesque Annual, for 1844. By M....

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FINE ARTS.

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Tim annual exposure of incapacity by the copyists at the British Insti- tution took place on Wednesday. The number of libels on the works of the Old Masters is unusually great,...

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 3d November, at Rawcliffe, the Lady of the Rev. YARBURGH G. Ltoro, of a daughter. On the 5th, at Barnstaple, the Lady of the Rev. J. Pince, Rector of Paraeombe,...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Nov. 14. PARTNERSHIPS nissoLvEn. Salmon and Son. Colchester, dyers-Sykes and Butterell. coal-miners-Sykes and Co. coalmiluers ; as far as regards G. Sykes- Sykes and...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) SaturdayMenday Tuesday Wedset Theirs. Flizl est 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents. Reduced 34 per Ceuta Reduced New 31 per...