4 APRIL 1846

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE two great subjects of the week are Ireland and India,—the final victory in the Punjaub ; difficulty, endless difficulty in Ire- land, without hope of victory. Ireland has...

From the Punjaub comes the shout of the fourth, the

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crowning victory. The campaign is over. The Sikh contumacy is settled. In two months, and in three or four battles, the Sikh power has been crushed, its army broken up, and its...

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letbasto ants Vrouttsings in 'parliament.

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THE lianas ARBIL On Thursday, the thanks of both Houses were awarded to the officers and men engaged in the battles of Aliwal and Sobraon. In the Commons, Sir ROBERT PEEL...

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ribs Zourt.

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THERE was a brilliant evening-party at Buckingham Palace on Wednes- day; a convenient day for the courtiers of the Lower House of Parliament, seeing that their legislative...

Sbe liAtttopolts.

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The Proprietors of East India Stock assembled yesterday, at the East -India House, to awards vote of thanks to the victors of Aliwal and Sobraon. ar Henry Willock, the Chairman,...

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Zbz frobinces.

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The Queen has contributed 1001. in aid of the Woolsorter's fund at Brad- ford, for the purchase of a public pleasure-ground and the erection of baths. Mr. H. Rich, a Liberal...

_foreign anti eGolonfat

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Isrma.--Intelligenee from India, in anticipation of the overland mail, reached London on Tuesday, bringing Bombay papers to the 3d Maroh. Another great battle has been fought...

IRELAND.

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The Repeaters held their weekly meeting at Conciliation Hall on Mon- day; Mr. Dunne, a very young barrister, presiding. Rent, 2551. Tont. Steele played off some of his antics;...

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Artiscellantous.

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Sir Jarnsetjee Jejeebhoy of Bombay has forwarded princely presents to Queen Victoria, in the shape of additions to the Royal stud and the Royal wardrobe. Four high-bred Arab...

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Colonel Macgregor, of the Irish Constabulary, has been despatched to

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Galway,. to make inquiry into the ejectments from the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Gerrard.

It will be satisfativiy to the country to know that

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the financial year closing with the 5th of April 1846 will present a considerable surplus of income above expenditure. The 5th of April falling on Sunday, the ac- counts for...

The ltfoniteur Beige of the 31st March contains five Royal

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ordinances bearing on Ministerial arrangements. Two of them announce that the resignation of Sil- vain Van de Weyer Minister of the Interior, Baron I. d'Anethon, A. Dechamps, I....

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY NIGHT. In the House of Commons, last night, Mr. O'Comeara. stated his case against the "Assassination " Bill. He was supported with more or less effect by Mr. B....

The debate in the French Chamber of Deputies on the

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Belgian commercial treaty closed on Thursday ; when the bill was adopted by a majority of 209 to 36. As exhibiting the advance of Free-trade principles in France, and still more...

We have good reason to believe that brevet promotion, in

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addition to that men- tioned in the Gazette of last night, will be extended to the officers who took part in the late victories in India.—Morning Chronicle. It is understood...

We are favoured with the use of an interesting letter

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from New York, of the 28th February; written by a gentleman of honour and the best in- -formation, who, though now a citizen of the United States, does not forget that be was...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOUT EXCHANGE, FRIDAY ATITRN0011. The intelligence from India, received by the overland mail, produced a favour able impression upon the prices of the Public Securities. We do...

The pressure upon our space, by the full details of

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the news from India, has occasioned various postponements ; and among them, the Military Promotions by Brevet, &c., recorded in, last night's Gazette.

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The only change that has taken place in the entertainments

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of the other theatres has been at the Lyceum ; where Mr. and Mrs. Keeley have managed, by their own clever play, to score Honours and Tricks. Benedict's opera of The Crusaders,...

The scene has shifted from the theatre to the cemetery

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in the case of two comedians. This week the grave closed over the remains of one of the oldest and most popular of English comic actors—the inimitable Liston; and one of the...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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RELIEF OF THE DESTITUTE POOR OF IRELAND. THE principle of Mr. POULETT SCROPE'S bill "for the better relief of the destitute poor of Ireland " was inadequately and unfairly...

THE THEATRES.

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THS• interest of the Italian Opera has decidedly advanced with Linda di Chamouni, and the restoration to us of its supposed defunct heroine, Ma- dame Castellon. This lady has...

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THE SIKH TERRITORIES.

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THE men who are at the head of affairs in India are better sol- diers than politicians. Nothing can surpass the daring and skill evinced in the brief campaign on the Sutlej. But...

LOW MORALS IN HIGH PLACES.

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Timing who most imperatively exact the respect of the public sometimes play with that respect in a manner likely enough to defeat their own wishes. The clergy call upon us for...

THE OREGON BOUNDARY QUESTION.

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THE last number of the Quarterly Review contains an article on the Oregon question ; which, except in a technical_ argument on the subsistence of the Nootka Sound Convention, is...

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COMPARATIVE BIGOTRY OF THE ROMISH AND ENGLISH GOVERNMENTS.

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SOME time ago, the English Protestants at Rome petitioned the' Papal Government for leave to purchase a house in the city and convert it into a chapel. The petition was...

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SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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HISTORY, A History of Greece : I. Legendary Greece ; 2. Grecian History to the Reign of Telsistratus at Athens. By George Grote, Esq. Volumes I. and U. ... .Hurray. TRAVELS,...

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SCOTLAND, ITS FAITH AND ITS FEATURES. STIMULATED, perhaps, by the

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approbation with which his Diary of a rn Jouey in France and Spain was received, the Reverend Francis Trench, with Mrs. Trench and " the ponies," set off last summer on a tour...

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= ROWCROFT ' S BUSHRANGER OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

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Nra. Rowcaorr yras exhausted by his first fiction ; or rather, the freshness of a settler's life in a new colony, and the accident which indu- ced the writer to adhere in the...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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From March 27th to April 24. BOOKS. Sermonspreached at St. Paul's Cathedral, the Foundling Hospital, and several' Churches in London; together with others addressed toe...

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MUSIC.

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SECOND PHILHARMONIC CONCERT—MONDAY, MARCH 80. PASS I. Overture, Melusina Ifendetssohn Bartholdyr Recit. i " n2 s'eloignent," Romance, " Sombre forit," Madame Caradori...

THE MUSICAL UNION.

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The second season of this Society opened at the Princess's Concert Rooms on Tuesday, with a Quartet of Haydn in G. Op. 81; one of the warm- est and most genial works of the...

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EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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Aertiven-At Gravesend, 27th March, Apame, Wilson, from the Cape ; 28th, Anne Milne, Thorns, from Calcutta ; 29th, Alexander Johnstone, Swaine, from Singapore ; and 30th,...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 3.-Royal Regt. of Horse Guards-Lieut. A. B. P. Hood to be Capt. by purchase, vice Oliver, who retires ; Comet the Hon. G. W. 31llies to be Lieut. by purchase,...

BIRTHS.

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On the 29th March, in Berkeley Square, the Lady of Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. On the 30th, in Chesham Place, Belgrave Square, the Lady of Richard Jefferson Luton,...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, March al. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Norman and Co. Liverpool, woollendrapers-Jutsnm and Co. Aldgate High Street, butchers-Hawkins and Smith, Bristol, surgeons-Smith and...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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• BRITISH FUNDS. Prices.) Tuesday. Widnes , . Thurs. Priddy. Eased. (Closing Monday. per Cent Consola 965 96f 96‘ 961 965 96 Ditto for Account . 96# 96f 96} 96/ 961...