28 OCTOBER 1848

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It has been formally decreed that Paris is no longer

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in a state of siege; and the more ardent Republicans at once seek to improve their recovered liberty by reviving certain incendiary clubs and journals. However, the special laws...

In the ever fluctuating tide of Austrian affairs, the Emperor

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seems for the moment to be rising. One cardinal point is not yet clearly explained—the reason why the Hungarians have held back as they have done. Kossuth's explanatory...

The Daily News vouches for the sound information in a

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letter from Miramichi, which declares that the North American Colo- nies, disgusted with the apathy of the Colonial Office, its utter ignorance of Colonial feeling, and its...

This week London streets have been patrolled, at all hours

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of the day, by parties of the National Guard of Paris, in their dark blue coats or jackets with silver epaulettes or sanguine shoulder- knots ; and yet there has been no panic....

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE Clonmel series of trials is over for the present; the Court having adjourned on Monday, after sentencing three of the chief prisoners—M‘Manus, O'Donohoe, and Meagher. The...

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S be Irourt.

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Tim Court news is a bare register of arrivals and departures. The Queen of the Belgians visited Queen Victoria on Saturday for a few hours, and left the Castle in the afternoon...

'be Iftetropolis.

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London has been honoured in the past week by the visit of some hundreds of the Parisian National Guard, of all arms, in full uni- form. Upwards of a thousand of these military...

gbe thobintes. The Liberal electors of the West Riding of

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Yorkshire met at the Nor- manton Hotel on Tuesday week, to select a candidate for the representa - tion in place of Lord Morpeth, now Earl of Carlisle. Lord Milton presided: Mr....

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IRELAND.

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The Irish journals publish a Papal rescript on the new Colleges, in their modified form. It states that extracts of the amended statutes have been submitted to the Sacred...

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SCOTLAND.

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The Edinburgh Courant states that some illegality has been discovered in the constitution of the Local Board of Health; as the General Board has no authority to delegate its...

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fforeign anti Colonial.

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FRANCE.—The prominent topic in the Paris journals is the approaching election of President, which has been expected to take place about the 10th of December. General Cavaignac's...

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liaisttltancous.

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It is currently reported and generally believed in the fashionable world, that her Majesty the Queen has thetintention of commencing what is called the season at a very early...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. In the French National Assembly, on Thursday, M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte alluded to the incidents of the preceding day, in a speech of self-vindication. He...

The first anniversary meeting of the Corn Exchange at Birmingham

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was held on Thursday, and some two hundred gentlemen of all parties sat down to dinner. Two odd incidents varied the speechmaking: Mr. Newdegate exhorted his auditors to "rely...

Flixton, Bunga,y, 24th October 1848.

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A Subscriber:to the Spectator for many years would greatly thank the Editor, if he would introduce a line to say, where information respecting the Lancashire system of Education...

The North-western Railway Company has published an elaborate state- ment

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of its "position and prospects," with the object of allaying distrust. The Company definitively proposes to abandon, till the shareholders give a new authority, the construction...

The Treasurers of the Wesleyan Missionary Society have just published

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a most "urgent and important" appeal for immediate assistance; stating that they are under acceptances to the amount of about 10,0001., a large portion of which becomes due...

Accounts from Colombo, to the 15th September, state that the

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insur- rection had been completely suppressed, and many of the leaders_ put to death.

Accounts from Naples, of the 19th instant state that the

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Sicilian affairs have been settled by the mediation of England and France. Sicily re- mains a part of the Neapolitan dominions, but is to be secured a separate Government, and...

In the Hamburg papers of the 24th appears another proclamation

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tinder the signature of the Emperor and the Minister Wessenberg, dated Olmiitz, 19th October. This decree takes a distinctly constitutional ground; it pledges the Imperial word...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A decided change for the better has occurred both in the Stack and Share Mar- kets. The prices of the English Funds have been improving all...

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SELF-SUPPORTING EMIGRATION.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Doctors' Commons, October 1818. Sta—I have just returned from the West of Ireland; where, with extreme po- verty existing and absolute...

Miss Laura Addison has been playing Lady Mabel in the

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Patrician's Daughter at the Haymarket. It was a favourite character at Sadler's Wells, and is better liked than her Juliet in the West.

WOODS AND FORESTS COMMITTEE.

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LETTER VI. This letter will relate to the proceedings of the Board of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and will terminate my remarks on the evidence given before the...

THE THEATRES.

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We have before this alluded to the fact that there is generally in London one low comedian, who, whatever may be the worthlessness of the piece in which he appears, and however...

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THE MISTAKE OF THE IRISH PATRIOTS.

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To us, the speeches of the three convicted prisoners at Clonmel, on Monday, tell of the most grievous loss which Ireland sustains— the loss of that heart and intellect which her...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE COMING WINTER. .AN ominous portent of the coming winter has appeared in the Ministerial evening journal,—an elaborate effort to show that in the economical prospect "there...

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FORMATION OF ARMIES.

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THE discussion in the French National Assembly on " remplace- ment," or service by substitute, indicates an unsettled state of opinion on the relation of the Army and the State,...

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ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM FRANCE.

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Path, October 26. I told you, a fortnight ago, that a great difficulty would occur about our Presidential election. If the President were to be elected immediately, in what...

SUPPRESSION OF THE GUY FAWKES NUISANCE. THERE is one easy

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service that the present Government might do—put down the low ceremony which still disgraces our streets on the Fifth of November. Annual ceremonies, as a class, are gene- rally...

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THE EDUCATION QUESTION.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Sui—It is only the vast importance of the subject before us which can justify me in troubling you again upon it; though, (if you will this time...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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LEGAL HisTOSP, A History of the Inns of Court and Chancery ; with N'otices of their Ancient Disci- pline, Rules, Orders, and Customs, Readings, Moots, Masques, Revels, and...

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ROSS'S YACHT VOYAGE TO NORWAY.

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IN the spring of 1847, Mr. W. A. Ross was invited by Lord Rodney to accompany him on a yacht voyage to the North of Europe. Mr. R. had contemplated a London season, but he...

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JACOB GRIMM'S HISTORY Or TUE GERMAN LANGUAGE.

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TERRE is something almost affecting in the concluding paragraph of Jacob Grimm's preface, coming from so distinguished an investigator into Northern languages and mythology—from...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Boom. Letters of William III. and Louis xrv., and of their Ministers; illustra- tive of the Domestic and Foreign' Politics of England from the Peace of Ryswick to the Accession...

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FINE ARTS.

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THE VERNON COLLECTION. IN Trafalgar Square, some years ago, the skeleton of a whale was to be exhibited, and a structure was needed for the purpose : when supplied, it Was not...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-0141cm, Oct. 27.-7th Light Drags.-Lieut. T. Pedder, from the 58th Foot, tube Lieut. vice Holy, who exchanges. lith Light Drags.-Capt. J. B. Pilgrim, from the 15th Light...

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.

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Number of Autumn Deaths. Average. Zymotic Diseases 393 .... 270 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 47 .... 52 Tubercular Diseases 147 .... 184...

BIRTHS.

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On the 19th October, at Lochnaw Castle, N. B., the Lady Louisa Agnew, of twin daughters. On the 20th, at Frampton House, the Lady of the Rev. John Tunnard, of a daughter. On...

COMIERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, October 24. Peartrussmes DISSOLVED. Pritchard and Crossley, Bangor, brewers-Wade and Pennington, Sergeants run, Fleet Street, attornies- T. and H. Leigh, Cannington,...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices &turd. Monday. Tuesday. Incises. Thurs. Friday. It per Ceit Consols 841 84 811 851 851 831 Ditto for Account SI* Si 811 65 851 1351 3 per...