3 JULY 1841

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE " cheap bread" manceuvre proves a failure for its employers. The English town elections are over ; and thus far the progress of the election has verified the anticipation...

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THE GENERAL ELECTION. MEMBERS RETURNED. THE GENERAL ELECTION. MEMBERS RETURNED.

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.4 • 1 Ps.wss id RETURNS°. I i l PLASM IlISMSURS RV/TRIMS. e ._,4 I Abingdon ...Duffield I' l q Leicester. ..Easthope, Ellis 2 Andover Etwall. Lord Paget.. 2 - Anode, Lord...

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1Ebt +num

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VISITS and parties in honour of their Belgian Majesties have occupied the Court. The Queen and her illustrious relatives went to the Italian Opera on Saturday and Tuesday ;...

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ZbE Vt . ObilICES.

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The magnificent line of the Great Western Railway was opened on Wednesday throughout. One of its remarkable features is the tunnel at Box Hill, which has been drilled through...

IRELAND.

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On Saturday, the Lord-Lieutenant arrived in Dublin, from Devon- shire. The writs were that day issued for holding the elections ; the Lord Chancellor's warrant having the day...

Zbe gattropolis.

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On Thursday, a quarterly general Court of Proprietors of South Sea Stock was held at the Company's house, in Threadneedle Street. Mr. C. Franks, the Sub-Governor, took the chair...

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SCOTLAND.

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The following " Declaration " is published in the Glasgow papers. It is followed by a number of signatures, of men of all parties, which fill two columns of the Glasgow Argus,...

jlitistellaneous.

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We are happy to learn that the Queen Dowager has sent twenty guineas towards the sum subscribing for Clare ; that Lord Fitzwilliam has also sent a handsome subscription ; and...

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS. On the 28th ult., in Portugal Street, the lion. Mrs. Mozsrom, of a daughter. On the 28th ult„ at Sudbury Priory, Harrow, the Lady of Gamins Wxusres., Esq., of a son....

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Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell had audiences of the

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Queen this morning, at Buckingham Palace.

Catalani is dead: the Morning Chronicle says—" Letters were re-

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ceived in town yesterday from Milan, which announce the death of this great mistress of song. She expired at her casino, on the banks of the Lago di Como, on Sunday, the 20th of...

Three more names have to be added to the list

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of Members returned : Mr. Henry Mitcalfe is the new Member for Tynemouth ; Sir Richard &likely Phillips has been reelected for Haverfordwest, and Mr. James Morrison for...

POPULAR HONOURS TO COMMODORE NAPIER.

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COMMODORE Names. is successively attaining all the honours which it is the fashion of modern times to bestow on popular heroes. His return home was heralded by a flight of cheap...

The election for the city of Edinburgh took place on

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Thursday, at the Cross, in the presence of a large but orderly collection of spectators. Baillie Grieve, the senior Magistrate, proposed Mr. Mac- aulay; which was seconded by...

POSTSCRIPT

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SATURDAY NIGHT. A balance of Whig and Tory gain or loss in the elections is con- tinually being struck on either side ; but it is as continually shifting with the fresh...

We believe that up to the present time no successor

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has been appointed to Sir Thomas Wilde in the office of Solicitor-General. It is said in the Courts this morning, that Mr. Dundas, Mr. Austin, Mr. S. Sharpe of the Chancery bar,...

The election for Dublin University took place on Thursday. Mr.

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Shaw, whose nomination has been ineffectually opposed by the Ultra- Tory Corporation, on account of his assent to the Irish Municipal Cor- porations Bill, was proposed by Dr....

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Arcked—At Gravesend, June 28th. Harbinger, Candlish; and Nerve, WKellar, from Singapore. At Dover, July 2,1. Woodbridge, Dobson, from Manilla. At Deal. July 1st, John Line,...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRID , LT AFTERNOON. It was announced on Wednesday morning, that Messrs. WHITMORE, Wara,s, and Co., the old-established bankers of LombardStreet, had suspended...

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M. LEONARD'S INTELLIGENT DOGS.

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WHAT we had heard and seen of the feats of trained brutes, from the- " sapient pig" to the "learned horse" lately introduced at Court, ex- cited very little curiosity to witness...

THE THEATRES.

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A Full. house is a phmnomenon on this side of the water ; it is a nightly occurrence on the other : the Surrey Theatre is crammed to the ceiling as a matter of course ; and...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE QUEEN'S NEXT EFFORT. THE present not offering the brightest hopes of Ministerial success, the Examiner of last Sunday cheered the "confiding Liberals" by this Mysterious...

A PARLIAMENTARY FREE TRADE PARTY.

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MIL VILLIERS showed that he understood the capabilities and exigencies of the time and circumstances, when be told in the House of Commons, that the result of this election...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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MILITARY STATISTICS, A Narrative of the March and Operations of the Army of the Indus, in the Expedi• tiou to Afghanistan in the Years 1838-1839. Illustrated by a map, &c. and...

LIMITED CHOICE OF LEGISLATORS.

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IT is curious enough, in the case of the few constituencies who have evinced a desire at the present election to secure the services of really independent representatives—men...

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LEE'S MEMORANDA ON FRANCE, ITALY, AND GERMANY.

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Tun is not so much a book of travels as of the results of travels. Mr. LEE having been acquainted with the Continent for upwards of twenty years, and resided on it at various...

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MUSIC AND MANNERS IN FRANCE AND GERMANY. IF the reader

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can make a meal off trifle or sponge-cake, this is the book for him. Mr. CHORLEY is gifted with fluency—not devoid of fancy, or even of grace, though smacking of the milliner...

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FRENCH NOVELS EDITED BY MRS. GORE.

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THE sanction of Mrs. GORE'S name, and the flattering terms in which the literary chaperon introduces her protege the author of the two stories specified in the titlepage,...

CARLETON'S TALES.

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Foca out of six of these tales have already appeared in the pages of the Dublin University Magazine. The new productions are "Jane Sinclair, or the Fawn of Spring Vale," and...

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NOTE ON A MISAPPREHENSION OF MR. MERIVALE. THE best mode

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of explaining the true opinion of Mr. MsarvALE on the subject of the emigration of labourers, will be to allow him to speak for himself. The statement from which we drew the...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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From June 25th to July 2d. BOOKS. The Tory Baronet; or Tories, Whigs, and Radicals. By One who Knows Them. In three volumes. [The title of this book, if not the book itself;...

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MILITARY GAZETTE. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, June 28.—Royal Regt. of Artillery—Second

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Lieut. C. F. Thurndike to be First Lieut, vice Wade, cashiered; Second Lieut. H. Rogers, to be First Lieut. vice Alston, deceased; Second Capt. H. G. Ord to be Capt. vice...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Saturday Monday. Tuesday. Wedaes. Thurs. Friday, shut __ _ _ _ _ 89; ex d. 894 894 891 891 894 894 291 891 891 90 891 984 984 99 994 99 991...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, June 29. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Beesley and Sellwood. Marlborough. cordwaiuers-T. and J. Smith, Lymington, grocers- Bagshaw and Warden. Chorley. tallow-chandlers--W....