20 AUGUST 1842

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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TEE crisis of the disorders in the North seems to have passed ; and, considering the wide spread of the disturbance, with less of mischief than might have been anticipated. The...

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The stories of the settlement of the Boundary question with

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the United States begin to grow authentic. There is the common disposition to grumble which would have been exhibited whatever the result might have been ; and the cue now is,...

VarItaMtntitrp Vaptirl.

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THE EXCHEQUER BILLS FORGERY. THE Commissioners on the Exchequer Bills Forgery (the Earl of Devon, Mr. Robert Mitford, and Mr. Henry J. Stephen,) begin by accounting for the...

The main business of the French Chambers is all but

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over. The alarming demonstrations of the Opposition have subsided ; the Ministers carried their President of the Deputies ; M. DE LAMAR- TINE ' S euphuistic address is voted ;...

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AFRICA AND THE WEST INDIES.

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Two other important Parliamentary Reports have been issued within the last fortnight,—that of the Select Committee on the West India Colonies, and that of the Select Committee...

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ebt Court.

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Tax Court life at Windsor has been little varied; but the Queen an& Prince, and the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, their visiter, have taken advantage of the fine weather for...

2Ebt .11111Eiropolis.

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Despatches were received from Manchester at the Home Office at seven o'clock on Saturday morning ; and from that time the utmost activity prevailed at the office. Sir James...

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Zbe tirobinces.

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The decisive measures taken by Government on Saturday gave a con- siderable check to the proceedings of the rioters in the centre of the chief disturbance at Manchester. Up to...

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IRELAND.

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The nomination of Parliamentary candidates took place at Belfast on Saturday, in the Court-house, which was densely crowded. Lord Hamilton Chichester was proposed, amid much...

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IttfottlIantous,

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Tuesday's Gazette contained the official announcement of the Duke of Wellington's appointment to be Commander-in-Chief Lord Hill took his leave of the Army in a general order,...

SCOTLAND.

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The turn-out, regarded as the project for a general movement, has been a failure in Scotland. An attempt was made to extend it to the East. On Monday, colliers from the pits in...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. The progress of pacification in the North is decided. In Manchester, up to eleven o'clock yesterday morning, defensive precautions were un- ceasingly kept up ;...

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The stupid cry was raised at Manchester in the beginning

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of the week of "Run for gold ": it does not seem to have had the slightest effect ; but we see by the following paragraph in the Morning Post, that it suggested a precautionary...

Mrs. Daly, the widow of Timothy Daly, the Policeman killed

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by Cooper at Highbury, is to be paid 4501. from the Treasury ; Mott, the baker, who was wounded, 501.; and Moss the Policeman, 201.

Orders have been received at Woolwich Dockyard to prepare for

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the reception of the Queen and Prince Albert on Monday the 29th; that day having been fixed upon for their embarkation for Scotland. The Royal George yacht, commanded by Lord...

There is no great tragedy without its facetia3: the Post

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mentions a novel, easy, cheap, and, it should seem, a most effectual mode of defend- ing a church from a mob--- " The Lancashire mob sent word the other day to Leeds that they...

The electors of Belfast ratify the "corrupt compromise" ; for

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they show little favour to the Conservative candidate who intrudes to break it : the numbers at the close of Thursday's, the fourth day's poll, were—for Ross, 840; Tennent, 798;...

The adjourned meeting of working-people at Merthyr Tyd vii was

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held on Thursday, at six in the morning ; and a deputation was ap- pointed to confer with the masters on the distress among the work- people. There were apprehensions of a...

Last night, Sir James Graham did not leave the Home

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Office till twelve o'clock. Sir Robert Peel and several of the Police Magistrates had interviews with him. Sir James Graham and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had inter- views...

Intelligence has been received this afternoon from Manchester to twelve

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o'clock last night. General Abernethy arrived at eight o'clock, with his Staff, to take the command of the district. The town and its neighbourhood were quite quiet. Thirty-six...

Last night's Gazette states that the Queen has appointed Archibald

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William Earl of Eglinton to be Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of the shire of Ayr, in the room of the Earl of Glasgow, resigned. Also, that Sir Charles Adam has declared the...

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DEATH OF WILLIAM MARINE, ESQ., LL.D.—With deep regret we have

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to record the death of Dr. Maginn, this day, at his residence, Walton-upon- Thames. Dr. Afaginn was in his forty-ninth year, and for the last year and upwards suffered from...

MONEY MARKET.

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Shut. Open. Bank Stock Thursday, Sept. lit .... Friday. Oct. 14th Three per Ceut Reduced Ditto ditto .... Thursday, Oct. 20 Three-and-a•halfper Cent Reduced Friday, Sept. 2 .......

THE LANCASHIRE OPERATIVES.

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TO THE EDITOR OT THE SPECTATOR. Sea—In your notice of my Tour in Lancashire, you have stated your dissent from my assertion that the abstinence of the operatives from the ex-...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arrived—At Gravesend, Aug. 13th. Thomas Wood, Gray. from Ceylon; 14th, Grecian, Richards, from Mauritius; 16th. Earl of Bereaved. From Singapore: and Agricola. Grayson. from...

THE ATLANTIC STEAMERS.

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TO THE EDITOR -OF THE SPECTATOR. London, 10th August 1842. Sin—Your Halifax correspondent TRUTH impugns the correctness of the statement, (contained in my letter of the 233...

Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the

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Bank of England, from the 21st May 1842 to the 13th August 1842— Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, from the 21st May 1842 to the...

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CHINA.

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TEE Chinese folly appears to be advancing to a denouement. Among the Parliamentary notices of motions for next session, which impatient Members of the House of Commons have...

NEW PLAYS OF THE PASSIONS—TERROR.

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THE effect of the news from the disturbed districts upon the Morn- ing Chronicle has been portentous. Never since Miss Griselda Oldbuck and Jenny Rintherout were terrified into...

ROYAL STUDIES.

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THE Queen has been inspecting the "happy united family"—the miscellaneous assortment of cats, owls, rats, rabbits 6eldfares, hawks, and pigeons, which her liege subjects have...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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ROYAL PROGRESSES. Tan Queen is about to amuse herself, and gladden her devoted subjects beyond the Tweed, with a Scottish tour : it is twenty years this very month since her...

WORK FOR THE QUEEN'S CHAMPIONS.

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WE do not know whether this is Mr. Hoasmart's or Mr. BERKE- LEY'S month of office; but we would suggest to whichsoever of these two heroes may chance to be on duty, the...

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A NEW PLATONIC DIALOGUE.

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(Besides its general satire, the following jet' & esprit, by a writer of mark, very elevevly points the moral of mental submission. We know not that we ever saw the aryls-...

THE PROVINCIAL FESTIVALS.

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THE Opera season no sooner closes than ourmusicians begin to migrate ; some to Paris, some to Brighton, to Margate, or Gravesend ; some, formed into groups, wander up and down...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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Taidests. Nes Ibundlaud in 1842; • Sequel to " The Canadas in 1841." By Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle, Knight. Lieutenant-Colouel in the Corpsof Royal Engineers. In two...

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ATKINSON ' S EXPEDITION INTO AFGHANISTAN.

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MR. ATKINSON was Superintending Surgeon of the Bengal division of the Army of Afghanistan ; and of course accompanied its march to Ghuznee and Cabul, remaining at the latter as...

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LATIN TRANSLATIONS BY ARCHDEACON WRANGHAM. THIS little brochure, without titlepage

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or publisher, emanates from FRANCISCUS WRANGHAM, [LIMO eta& inito 741o"; and appears to contain the habitual amusements of a scholar, put into type for the convenience of...

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THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S GUIDE TO THE INCOME - TAX.

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Tan interest which the Income-tax is exciting, not merely among those who will have to pay it, but in every one at whose domicile a return may be left, is shown by the number of...

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FINE ARTS.

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REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION. THE Report of the Commissioners on the Fine Arts, distributed with other Parliamentary Papers last week, is substantially a treatise on...

EXHIBITION OF THE ART - UNION PRIZES.

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THE pictures chosen by the holders of prizes in the Art-Union of London are exhibited at the Suffolk Street Gallery by free tickets, and the rooms have been crowded with...

GIVE AS MUCH TROUBLE AS MAY BE.

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Profits from a living £300 3 pupils at 100 guineas per Son 316 12 at 50 guineas 630 Day-scholars 70 Fiona from bo lks 7 1,322 Deduct first article as charged in another way...

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 9th June, at Nusseerabad, the Lady of the Rev. HENRY Proem, of a son. On the 5th August. at Bagni di Lucca. Italy, the Lady of Captain Cesium LYON, late of the...

MR. HAWKINS'S DRAWING - MODELS.

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THE use of models for teaching drawing is now becoming very gene- ral: their utility in illustrating perspective and light and shade is ad- mitted by all teachers ; though many...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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Werream.t., Aug. 15.—The Queen ling been pleased to direct letters-patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing Field-Marshal Arthur Duke, of Welliugton...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE

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Tuesday, Aug. 16. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. B. and W. N. Nicholson. Newark-upan-Trent, konmoogers-F. and B. Brown. Bishopszate Street Without. shoemakers-Mills and Hill....

PRICES CURRENT,

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Satuntay Monday. Tuesday. Wednes. Thurs. ' Friday 3 per Cent. Consols 9111 911 911 91e 92 911 Ditto for Account .. 911 911 911 91* 92 92 3...