9 SEPTEMBER 1848

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[THE Session is over.]

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NEWS OF THE WEEK. THa Session is over. Both Houses of Parliament had been gradually wasting away by a kind of leakage, a small proportion only remaining to witness the Royal...

[While the National Assembly of France is discussing the Con-...]

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W hbile the National Assembly of France is discussing the Con- stitution, of which a new draft is before it, General Cavaignac is supplying a few practical and instructive...

[In central Europe, the political world still displays the oscil-...]

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In central Europe, the political worl~d still displays the oscil- lations and agitations of the stormy season. The Hungarians are calling- for aid from Austria against the...

[Lord John Russell has not sought anything in Ireland so vul-...]

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Lord John Russell has not sought anything in Ireland so vul- gar as a coup de theatre; but, true to the habits of his mind, he has crossed the Channel less to survey the green...

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[The National Assembly at Frankfort has fairly thrown the Schleswig-...]

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The -National Assembly at Frankfort has fairly thrown the Schleswig- Holstein affair into the old state of unsettlement. Overruling the most strenuous efforts of Ministers to...

[It was announced in Paris, on Thursday, that Austria had officially...]

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It was announced in Paris, on Thursday, that Austria had officially| __ .'.' il I I . 1> o 1 - I I a. I ,. .. . .. - . .. notified her acceptance of English and French...

[Letters from Naples to the 31st of August state that an armament of...]

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Letters from Naples to the 31st of August state that an armament of 20,000 Neapolitans, including 2,000 Swiss, left port on the previous night for Sicily-the point of attack...

[Lord Stanley has been laid up for nearly a fortnight by an attack of gout.]

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Lord Stanley has been laid up for nearly a fortnight by an attack of gout. He was taken -ill at the Duke of 'Rutland's seat in Derbyshire, and was removed to Knowaley, where he...

[I have reason to believe that the expressions attributed to Lord Cla-...]

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I have reason to believe that the expressions attributed to Lord Cla- rendon in his reply to the deputation, as furnished to the Freenman's J(,urnal, were grossly misstated....

[The Queen and Prince Albert arrived in Aberdeen harbour at eight...]

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POSTSCRIPT. SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert arrived in Aberdeen harbour at eight o'clock on Thursday morning, twelve hours sooncr than her Majesty was expected....

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The Court.

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ate Qlourt. TIuE Queen and Prince Albert, with three of the children, came up from Osborne onl Monday, in order to be present at the prorogation of Parliament next dav. Tier...

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[Sir Charles Grey has met the Legislature of Jamaica with one...]

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Sir Charles Grey has met the Legislature of Jamaica with one I of the strangest speeches ever delivered even from a British Colonial throne. It consists of two parts,-first, a...

Debates and Proceedings in Parliament.

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Debatts antr Itroftbings in 40arliantent. PROSPECT OF DISTRESS IN- IRELAND. At the passing of the Exchequer Bills Bill by the Peers, on Monday, Lord AMONTE-AGLE made some...

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THE CROWN'S LANDS AND REVENUES IN FOREIGN POSSESSIONS.; TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

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THE CROWN'S LANDS AND REVENUES IN FOREIGN POSSESSIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. I Caaratlraenshire, 29th August 1848. SIR-You very justly say that " the mnalversation of...

ANTI-SLAVERY: THE AFRICAN SQUADRON.; TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

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AN'TI-SLAVE'RY: THE AFRICAN S(Q.UADIRO.ON. TO TILE EDITOR OF TILE SP'ECTATOR. Sin-When error is mianifest, a continuance in it that causes suflering is crime. The Fourth Report...

THE THEATRES.

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THE THEATRES. In a domestic drama, called Tinte Tries All, produiced at the Oympic ; Theatre, we have an instance of talent somlewhat above the common order in a new manl. The...

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DR. CALVERT HOLLAND S PHILOSOPHY OF ANIMATED NATURE.

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SPECTATORP'S LIBRARY. PHYSIOLOGY, The l'iilophy of Animated Nature or the Laws aid Action of the Nervous System. IBy G. Calvert Holland, MI.D., Plhysician Extraordinary to the...

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Foreign and Colonial.

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iforetgn anti Colonial. FRANcE.-The rumours of intervention in Italy have continued circumstantially through the week. Some journals have announced that embarkations have taken...

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The Provinces.

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Zbte 1robinces. I There was no contest at Leicester election on Saturday. On Friday I evening Mr. Paget retired front the field; on Saturday Mr. Harris and | Mr. Ellis, now...

The Metropolis.

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sbe -Mttropolfs. A dinner at Lovegrove's, Blackwall, was given on Saturday by the friends of Mr. John Reynolds, to celebrate the successful defence of his return for Dublin....

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PARLIAMENTARY SENSE OF HONOUR.

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PARLIAMENTARY SENSE OF HONIOUR. THE House of Commons is popularly regarded as a bear-garden; though why it should have thought fit to earn that title we do I not understand. It...

THE COST OF CHEAPNESS.

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THE COST OF CHEAPNESS. EVE1RY now and then there is a sensation created by the miseries of some wretched beings who are crushed almost to annihilation by the force of...

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ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM FRANCE.

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ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM1 FRANCE. Paris, September 7. I Alas for Liberty! Its name you may read inscribed in our streets, in our squares, on our monuments, our walls, and...

THE PARLIAMENTARY PRINTING JOB.

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THE PARLIAMENTARY PRINTING JOB. THE, blue books produced by the Select Committee on the Aliscellaneous Estimates, however imperfect the scope of the inquiry, show not only that...

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IRELAND.

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IRELAND. Lord John Russell's visit is the most prominent topic of the Irish journals. Lord John, with his lady and two children, crossed to Ireland on Friday last, in the...

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REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUSINESS.

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REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUSINESS. The Select Committee appointed to consider the best means of promoting the despatch of Poblic Business in this House, and...

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ATKINSON'S PICTURES FROM THE NORTH.

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ATKINSON 'S PICTURES FROM THE NORTH. M111. ATKINSON is an officer of the Bengal Engineers, who returned from India to a cooler climate in search of health. Gifted with activity...

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MISS SIDNEY'S SADNESS AND GLADNESS

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MISS SIDNEY'S SADNESS AN-D GLADNESS Is an improvement upon her former fiction of Hoime and its Influence, both in the matter and the composition. The story is more varied, with...

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THE LONG SESSION.

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TOPICS OF THIE DAY. THE LONG SESSION. WH\'IEN Parliament met, on the 18th. of November 1847, there was a general sense of gloom ; nowv converted into a very general...

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Miscellaneous.

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-oiscellaneous The London correspondent of the Oxf>rd IHeraldl divulges " rumours in well-informed quarters" of " a design which may well make faithful Churchmen tremble; being...

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SPIES ON ROYALTY.

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SPIES ON ROYALTY. THE Morning Chronicle, on the day before the Queen's embarkation for Scotland, issued a manifesto against the atrocity of hunting down the Queen and her...

PROMISED REFORM IN THE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS.

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PROMISED REFORM IN THE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS. THE Report of the Select Committee on Public Business must be accepted as a real earnest of reforms in the conduct of...

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VEITCH'S IRREGULAR GREEK VERBS.

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VEITCHI S IRREGULAR GREEK VERBS. PHILOLOGISTS and enthusiastic critics have been in the habit of contemplating in the forms of the Greek verb the most perfect specimens of...