2 AUGUST 1845

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Sunderland is still in the agonies of suspense, hanging in

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doubt between the pungent eloquence of Colonel Thompson and the elo- quent wealth of Mr. Hudson. The "Railway King" has made his first appearance on any stage ; and his style of...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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AMONG the lees to which the Parliamentary business has now run, there have not been wanting some satisfactory and useful ' announcementa. Many of these were drawn forth quite...

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Texas is by this time annexed. It is no longer

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an act to be disputed, but to be regretted, if that is worth anybody's while. It is scarcely worth ours. However disreputably United States citizens played the cuckoo with the...

Mitbates an Vrocediings fit iparlianterit.

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SUPPLY: GRIEVANCES AND WANTS- The motion for going into Committee of Supply, on Monday, gave occa- sion for the usual setting forth of grievances and wants. Sir VALENTINE...

There has been a perfeet glut of railway accidents—on many

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railways, and sometimes'more than . one on each. On the Birmingham Railway, two. A train going, in a mist, at the rate of thirty miles an hour, was driven into another : one...

Quebec has had a second fire, exactly one month after

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the other, and destroying an equal portion of the city. With a strong Westerly wind, the fire of the 28th May marched from one side of the lower town to the other, cutting off a...

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Zbe Iftetropolio.

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A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday, for the despatch of business; which consisted entirely of matters of detail, possessing no general interest. The Central Committee...

Zbe eourt.

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THE King of Holland did not make a long stay in the Isle of Wight. He passed the night at Norris Castle. In the morning, the Queen drove from Osborne House, Prince Albert...

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• gbi Vrobinces,

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Sir Robert Price, the Liberal candidate, was elected Member for Hereford City,. on Thursday, without opposition; Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, the Conservativey not making his...

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IRELAND.

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Mr. Lucas, the Under-Secretary for Ireland, has resigned. Ill health, and especially a serious affection of the eyes, are said to be the cause of his resigna- tion; which had...

SCOTLAND.

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Mr. M. C. Maxwell, of Terreglas, has come forward as the Liberal candidate for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in the room of Mr. Murray, deceased. A public meeting was held at...

ifortign anb etolonfal.

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FaancE.—The celebration of the Revolution of 1830 began in Paris on Mon- day, with religious observances in honour of those who perished. Tuesday was the day of rejoicing: there...

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It is now understood that Parliament will be prorogued either

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on Thursday or Friday of next week. The former, we hear, is the more probable; and her IL% . jesty will leave England on the following day.—Morning Post. A correspondent...

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A tenth railway accident ! Near Hinham, on the Northern

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and Eastern Comi- ties Railway, yesterday morning, a passenger-train suddenly went off the line. The carriages were knocked together; but no one was hurt. The cause of the...

After a month and more of negotiations, offers, promises, and

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diplomacy of all kinds, on Thursday the King of the Belgi.. appointed the followmg as Ministers- Premier—M. Dechamps as Minister of Foreign Affairs, now Minister of •Public...

We believe we may now confidently state that Parliament will

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be pro- rogued not later than on Saturday next. If by any exertion the business of the session can be despatched before, the prorogation will take place on Thursday the 7th...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. Greece and its disorders were the most prominent subject among the - variety of business transacted in the House of Commons last night. It was introduced, under...

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There was an excellent race yesterday for Doggett's mat and

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badge. Six men took part in the contest. Joseph Cobb, of Greenwich, was first to reach the goal at Chelsea; Joseph Gillett, of Greenwich, was second; George White, of Custom-...

This official appeal to the charity of Westminster has been

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sent to us for in- sertion, and we gladly make room for it. "The High Bailiff of Westminster has received two letters from the Mayor of Quebec begging him to bring under the...

ITALIAN OPERA.

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The performance of Ii Barbiere, on Thursday, was heard by a consider- able number who caught no glimpse of the representation. It is not merely to the music of this highly...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Catherine Isabella, Nicholson, was totally wrecked at the Cape Of Good Hope on the 17th June. Amtwzn—At Gravesend, 28th July, Raymond, 3Pliay, from Sydney ; Dartmouth,...

THE ARMY.

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WAR - oFFIcE, July 29—Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint General his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. G.C.B. to be a Field-Marshal In the Army. WAR - OFFICE, Aug....

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXcRANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The English Funds have been depressed, in the almost total absence of any de- scription of business; partly on account of the threatening...

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PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT: CONSTRUCTIVE CONTEMPTS.

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IT is impossible to say what may or may not be comprehended within the wide phrase "privilege of Parliament." Parliament does not claim privilege (or exemption from law) in...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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ENCROACHING POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES. A FEW years ago, some citizens of the United States were in- vited by the Mexican Government to settle in Texas; a number of their...

RAILWAY SPECULATION FOR THE MILLION. Tntrrn is stranger than fiction

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: the revelations made to the Com- mittee on the Dublin and Galway Railway are more grotesque than the broadest farce, and more immoral than a modern French novel. They present...

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STANDING ORDERS.

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THE House of Lords, to do it justice, is more ready to listen to reason on questions of Privilege, Standing Orders, and the like, than the House of Commons. If a Member of the...

DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE BAR. THOSE gentlemen of the

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bar who go the Western Circuit opine, that it is "inconsistent with the dignity and independence of their body , that any member of it should furnish reports to a newspaper. "...

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VERBAL CRITICISM OF LAWYERS.

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A. GIBE. has been tried at the.Oxford.C,imult for setting fire Ms. dwelling-house, "some person being therein." It appeared in evidence that she had set fire to the thatch of...

WEST INDIA PINE-APPLES.

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AN addition has been made to our itinerant venders of dainties. Costermongers are of old standing; "fine Cheeney oranges" date from before Hogarth : but this season sees, for...

THE BALLOON OF THE WEEK.

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TILE genuine Pantomime and legitimate Clown, driven from the stage by the encroachments of Burletta, take refuge in suburban grounds. The ascent of the "Nassau Balloon" from the...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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ExetCs. The lEements of Morality, including 'Polity. By William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College and Professor of Metal Philosophy in the University of Cambridge ;...

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CONSTABLE'S LIFE AND LETTERS.

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THESE Memoirs of Constable the landscape-painter consist chiefly of ex- tracts from his correspondence; the scanty incidents of his quiet and un- eventful life, briefly narrated...

HEADLEY'S LETTERS FROM ITALY.

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ISfr. HEADLEY is an American, who intimates that he is a scholar, or, as we infer, that he has had a college education ; and from indications in his letters he seems to have...

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WHITEHALL, OR THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE FIRST.

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Jr is almost needless to say where or in what time the scenes of this fiction are laid. The story opens at Oxford, just before the battle of Newbury ; and closes with the...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Item Arty 25th SO.IaZV 3114. Boons. Memoirs- of the Life of John Constable, Esy., B.A.; composed chiefly of his Letters. By C. It. Leslie, RA. Second edition. The ,...

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FINE ARTS.

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THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN BROUGHT TO THE TEST. SIILGEOROB CLERK,. , in his official detente of the misnumagement of the School of. Design, brought forward two "tests" of its...

A REAL noLuzirt.

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THERE is a picture by-Holbein, belonging- to Mr. FaaHr,.noweto boom at- Messrs. Graves's- in Pall'Mall, which-at any-time wsulebba worth look- ing at, butjust now, when the...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, July 29. PLIMNEISUIPO DISSOLVID. Amnon and Hirsch, Rood Lane, merchants—J. and H. W. Damsel', Newest, Gifu. eestershire, mercers—Nevrbmy and Woodnurd, Lichfield,...

BIRTHS.

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On the 5th July, at Montreal, Canada, the Lady of Captain.Brovnwigg, Secretary to the Right Hon. the Governor-General, of a son. On the 23d, at-Compton House, Dorset, the Lady...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) &turd. Monday. Tuesday. Whines. Thurs. Friday. I per Cent Consols 9E4 981 981 Os 965 981 Ditto for Account 995 99 981 98 981 3 per...