31 MAY 1851

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE announcement of the state of the vote on Mr. Baillie's motion, condemnatory of Lord Torrington and Earl Grey, was received With " loud and protracted cheers from the...

In the French Assembly, the Faucher Ministry appears to gain

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strength. A " motived.' order of the day, moved by M. Girar- din, blaming the telegraphic despatch transmitted by the Minister of ihe Interior to the Prefect of the Landes while...

In the present dearth of stirring incident, the diurnal historians

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have done their best to emphasize the ebullition of popular spleen at Tamworth. If any political significance could be attached to the riot, it would be as indicating that the...

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. Eovsx or Loans. Monday, May 26. Punjaub Booty; Motion for returns by Lord Ellenborough—Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill, read a second time....

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'bt Cunt.

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TILE Royal Family, accompanied by their numerous foreign visitors, left Osborne for London on Monday morning. The Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frederick William, and...

tht Alttropolio.

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The grand test of the Crystal Palace has now been experienced, in the opening of the doors to the huge one-shilling public, with very satisfac- tory results. The anticipations,...

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Or minus.

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At the final close of the poll for the Me of Wight, on Tuesday, the numbers were—for Dawes, 567; liamond, 619 ; majority for the Free- 'trade candidate, 46. The -nomination...

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IRELAND.

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The Cork Reporter announces that the Pope has ratified the decrees of the Synod of Thurles relative to the Queen's Colleges. The Galway Vin- dicator states that the Pontifical...

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Fr/Amt.—The Parliamentary Clubs of Paris continue in a state of ac- tive agitation upon the revision question ; and the movement is carried on in the departments with great...

3iiortltruttuno.

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Her Majesty has most graciously signified her intention of accepting the invitation of the Lord Mayor to a grand banquet, to be given in the Guildhall on the 2d of July. A...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. More hours were spent by the House of Commons last night in Com- mittee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, and principally on the question that Clause I. stand part...

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ilitairto Auh 3a5ir.

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The almost simultaneous production of 17delio, the most German of German operas, at the two Italian theatres, and its enthusiastic reception. at both, is a notable fact as...

The Reverend Richard Binzess, Prebendary of St. Paul's, as honorary

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Secretary of the Foreign Aid Society, forwards correspondence to the Morning Chronicle to correct the impression conveyed by the letter of M. le Pasteur F. Monod, in which that...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The English Stock Market has experienced but slight fluctuation, and the closing prices this afternoon, are nearly the same as those of last...

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Etttus to fly bitor.

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ACTS OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 38, Gloucester Square, Hyde .Park, 29th May 1851. Sun—In a leading article in last week's Spectator, entitled "The Com- mittee of Council on...

The sixth Philharmonic concert, on Monday, was the best and

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the most crowded of the season ; the great influx of visitors in addition to the sub- scribers having, no-doubt, been in some measure due to the excellence of the programme....

The Devonshire House banquet was enriched on. Tuesday by the.ad-

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dition of a dessert, in the shape of a farce, written by Meagre. Dickens and Mark Lemon. It is a thoroughly English production; displaying that gallant disregard. for...

It Ravel has been detained in Algeria by sickness; and•

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hence the per- formances at the- St. James's Theatre have been without their expected variety. Benefits mark the close of the vaudeville season, and Ma- de.noiselle Rachel's...

After many years- expended by the English dramatists in abducting

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plots from the French capital, M. Loekroy has made a little reprisal, by taking the plot of Mr.. John Oxenford's Twice Killed as the subject for a French comic opera. Thies...

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17 Saddle Row, 30th May 1851.

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Srn—In an article entitled "The Committee of Council on Education : the Management Clauses " contained in the Spectator of the 25th instant, I observe that you have been led...

MAP 01' STREET DISTANCES.

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London, 28th May 1851. Sin — All the suggestions made to you by correspondents as to marking distances on a map of London for the purpose of ascertaining cab fares, seem to me...

OFFICIAL GEOGRAPHY.

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Bristol, 27th May 1851. SIR—In the Times one day last week, appeared an advertisement ema- nating from the Government Emigration Commissioners, inviting tenders for a vessel...

THE OXFORD ADDRESS TO THE CROWN.

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28th May 1851. Sm—It may be a waste of words to enter upon the consideration of what course should have been adopted when a particular one has been actually selected and...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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FORTIFICATION OF THE CHURCH. QUIETISM cannot maintain itself in the Church of England : the consciences, the prides, or the ambitions of men, have been stirred far too deeply...

PROGRESS OF LAW REFORM UNDER THE WHIGS. THE present Whig

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Government came into office pledged to make advances in Law Reform ; and three measures were designated as of paramount importance—the abolition of the Ecclesiastical Courts,...

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THE URN OF THE TIDE FOR IRELAND.

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"IRELAND'S opportunity" appears to be really present, without England's misfortune. The actual condition of that country, sur- named the Unhappy, is one of comparative comfort...

RAILWAY ANARCHY:

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WHF,N railway accidents result in death, there is the Coroner's in- quiry ; but that is limited to the proximate causes, and of those causes we have already acquired so much...

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GLORIFICATION OP PRES TRADE.

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The Chronicle this morning recurs to the fact that it was- "once violently attacked for calling the Exhibition of Industry of All Nations the inauguration of Free Trade." By a...

END OF A TURF GAMBLER..

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ALL the unsuccessful gamblers at Epsom did. not commit suicide, or the Downs might have been as bloody a field, as any from Hastings to Waterloo • so that the suicide of Mr....

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BOOKS.

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- RISS MARTINEAU'S INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE PEACE. * finis volume is nominally an introduction to the History of the Peace, which was commenced by Mr. Charles Knight...

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COMPANIONS OF MY SOLITUDE. * THIS 'volume is by the author

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of Friends in Council, and proba- bly of some other works of the nature of essays or disquisitions on practical and historical subjects, that have been published by Mr....

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THO M PS 0 N S IRISH .p nms. * mar

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third volume.of this•interestiagand pabistakiag collection of facts on Irish birds, either indigenous or -visitants„ is confined to the order of Natatones or Swimmer& - The...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Boors. A Voyage from Leith to _Lapland; or Pictures of Scandinavia in 1E01 By William Ilurton. In two volumes. " Tata s History of the Colonization of America. Editedby...

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FINE ARTS.

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We have already had occasion to allude - to the -works of 'Messrs. Mails' and Hunt—works - the principle of which it is essential to understand at the outset ; for - they are...

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"THE PRINCE OF WALES BAZAAR."

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No. 209 Regent Street, so long known among the exhibition-going public, has been opened under the above title, refitted and rearranged. Besides answering the ordinary purposes...

PORTRAIT OF MR. STEPHENSON, M.P.

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A portrait of the great Engineer, by Mr. John Lucas, which is about to be engraved by Messrs. Graves, Will remain on view at their establish- ment during the ensuing month. Mr....

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICE, May 30.-7th Regt. of Drag. Guards—Capt. T. Ii. Clifton, from 12th Light Drags. to be Capt. vice Cuerton, who exchanges. 11th Light Drags.—Lieut. T. J. J. Avarne,...

BIRTHS.

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On the 22d May, at Buriton Rectory, Hants, the Wife of the Rev. J. M. Sumner, of a daughter. On the 23d, at Lansdowne Lodge, Kenmore, Ireland, the Lady of R. W. Towns- end,...

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NAVAL GAZETTE.

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ADMIRALTY, May 23.-Corps of Royal Marines.-Lieut.-Col. R. Mercer to be Col. Sec. Commandant, vice H. Mitchell, dead ; Capt. and Brevet Major It. L. Horn- brook to be Lieut.-Col....

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, May 27. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—Thorne and Co. Westminster, brewers; as far as re- gards J. Buckle-J. and W. Price, Dowlais, Glamorganshire, drapers-Clark and...

PRICES CURRENT.

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Friday. 971 98 971 971 871 971 98 971 1174 974 97 971 97 97 97 981 985 981 98k 91 71 71 71 — 211 211 210 71 1 2111 261 — -- -- 42 pm. 44 42 38 42 — — 48 pn. 51 --...