20 JUNE 1846

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The campaign on the frontier between Mexico and the United

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States has taken a totally new turn: By a sudden act of vigor- ous soldiership, General Taylor has extricated himself from the position in which he was surrounded, has beaten...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Tiffs has been in Parliament a week of debates " to be conti- nued," with relief from tedium sought in personalities of a kind more than ordinarily disgraceful to any...

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There are two interesting points in the Continental news.

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The insurrection in Portugal is finally appeased. The Queen has adopted it in form, giving her " orderd" to one.of the revo- lutionary bodies. The Cabrals, retiring, havefamed a...

Deflates Ent Vrottaings in Iglarlfainent.

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THE CORN Bum. On Monday, before the Lords entered into Committee on the Corn Im- portation Bill, the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S begged to make an explanation on a matter affecting...

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./Nbe. eclat.

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churehing of , the Queen took place on- Wednesda,y, morning, at the private chapel at Buckingham Palace; the Archbishop of Canterbury offi- ciattng. Prince Albert; the Dowager...

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'apt glitetrairolis.

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The formal presentation of the National Testimonial to Mr. Rowland Ell, the Postage Reformer, took-place at a public- dinner- on Wednesday, at-the West India Dock Tavern;...

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IRELAND.

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The half-yearly examination of the teachers trained by the National Board of Education took place, in Dublin, on Tuesday; when some inter- esting statements, showing the advance...

gabt frobintes.

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Ibrahim Pacha prosecutes his country tour. On Saturday he arrived at Bir mingham; and on Sunday paid a visit to Warwick and Leamington, returning to Birmingham in the evening....

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SCOTLAND.

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The Reverend Dr. Haugh, a celebrated preacher and estimable man, died at Glasgow, the scene of his ministry, on the 10th instant. He has been honoured with a public funeral, in...

iltlistellantous.

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The Queen Dowager left London on Tuesday, for Germany. Travelling to Ramsgate by the South-eastern Railway, her Majesty and suite embarked on board the Black Eagle steamer, for...

,Foreign anti Zolonial.

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Yeatatat.—The event of the week is the "inauguration" of the Great Northern Railway connecting Paris with Brussels, which took place on Sunday. The Dukes De Nemours and De...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. In the House of Commons last night, Sir Robert. Peel.made his deliberate answer to the charges prefered againt him by Lord George Bentinck, and reiterated and...

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Mr. Commissioner Pollock, the brother of the Lord Chief Baron

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of the Exche- quer, has been appointed Chief Justice of Bombay, the salary of which judicial office is 8,0001. per annum. It is expected that Mr. Cooke, the eminent banister,...

It is reported today in well-informed circles, that a strong

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reactionfor Sir Robert Peel has commenced in the numerous phalanx of Conservatives who have for some time permitted Lord George Dentinck to not as their leader against him....

;Expresses in anticipation of the Overlandlndian mail reached London - this

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morning. The dates are—Bombay, May 12; Madras, May 8; Cal- catta, May 3; Lahore, April 24; China, March -29. The Punjaub is gra- dually settling down under its new Government-at...

'Thdfollowitig vote of one day's imports at Liverpool is unprecedented,

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we believe, since the time of war and convoys, when the trade of a, year was condensed into a week. "There were reported inwards at our Customhouse, on the 10th instant, from...

The Crown prosecution of the Nation newspaper fora seditious -libel,

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in under- taking to show that " railways," so far from being an instrument of advantage to the Queen's troops when used for putting down disturbance in Ireland, might be made...

Many letters have reached us lately, from some of the - stanchest

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Liberals in England and Scotland, strongly urging a combination among the friends of free trade and progressive reform to secure the continuance of Sir Robert Peel in office....

MONEY MARKET.

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STocz ExceAwes, FINDAY A FTE 5500$. The Funds have not fluctuated materially. The trifling variations in prices have been chiefly connected with the aspect of domestic politics...

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THE CRIMINAL CODE.

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LETTER I. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 69, Chancery Lane, 12th June 1846. Sin—Great events are taking place around us, some which we note, others which we overlook; and...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Asairvice—off Plymouth, 15th June, 'Victor, Morgan, from China. Off Falmouth 12th, Francis, Sharp, from Madras; and Symmetry,. Mackwood, from Ceylon ; and 17th, Agoatina, Volum,...

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PEEL AND CANNING.

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LORD GEORGE BENTINCK'S charge against Sir Robert Peel is, that although in 1825 he had acknowledged the necessity of 'Catho- lic Emancipation, in 1827 he abandoned Canning on a...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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WHIG TREMORS ON RETURN TO OFFICE. Tun expectant Whig Ministers and their friends appear to be in a curious state of mind : they are eagerly anticipating the return to office,...

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POST-OFFICE REFORM: THE,NATION - AL

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TESTIMONIAL. -THE tribute paid to Mr. Rowland. Hill this week-might be-made, and ought to be made, the fulcrum-of a new, effort to remodel our Post-oflice system thoroughly....

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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BIOGRAPHY, The Lives. of Twelve Eminent Judges of the Last and Present Century. By William C. Townsend, Esq., MA., Recorder of Macclesfield. In two volumes. TRAYEIE, Longman...

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GENERAL WADDY THOMPSON'S RECOLLECTIONS - OP MEXICO. GEXERAL Tuosresow was

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sent to Mexico in 1842, as " Envoy Extraor- dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary," to effect the release of such citizens of the United States as bad joined that Texan overland...

MRS. JAMESON'S MEMOIRS AND ESSAYS.

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Tuts agreeable volume contains six papers. 1. "The House of Titian": a miscellaneous article, which certainly tells the legal story of the great painter's domicile, and...

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SYBIL LENNARD

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Is another example of the decline and fall of our existing novelists. The earlier works of Mrs. Grey fell short from a deficiency of comprehension, which prevented her from...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BOOKS. Memoirs and Essays Illustrative of Art, Literature, and Social Morals., By Mrs. Jameson, Author of "The Characteristics of Women," &c. Sybil Lennard; a Novel. In three...

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MUSIC.

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stammers& PRELECAREIORIG 00ROREZ--SEDREAY, JUNI& 16. PAST, Ii Sinfonia. in A G. Onalow: Aria, " Fac ut portem," Miss Poole, (Status Mater) Rossini. Concerto, MS.,...

MR. J. B. CRAMER'S MORNING PERFORMANCE:

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We thought that we had long since heard the last of this great artist. Of his Continental wanderings, and of the caresses he had everywhere-received, from musicians—above all,...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, 'Ain& 16. EARTHEN/EN/PS DISSOLVED: W. L. and E. Sargent, Birmingham, sword-manufacturers- Brown ana . Meadea, mart Lane, sack-manufacturers-Harrls and Co., Lombard...

MIIIPICAL MUM

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Haydn's Quartet in F, (No. 82,)--and Beethoven's in A, (No. 5,) played by Vieuxtemps, Deloffre, Hill, and Piatti-and Mendelssohn's Pianoforte Trimin D - minor; playodhy...

FIVE ARTS..

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PORTRAITS AT THE BRITISH INSTITUTIONt TilltDirectors of the British Ihstitutionthave this year provided fbr-their an- until -exhibitiotrof the works of deoeased'artists, a...

BIRTHS.

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On the 30th May, at Florence; the Lady of Sir Woodbine Perish; ofla son, On the 11th June, at the-Rectory, Hottnield, the With of the Rev. John -Moseopg_ok a son and heir. On...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUND Prices.) Tuesday. W'sdnes. S. Saturd. (Closing Monday. per Cent Consols shut — — Ditto for Account . 951 ex d 951 951 951 3 per Cents Reduced 951 951 95/ 951 31...