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    Pec. 27, 1351.] ®t>e ILtaHer. 1243 s

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    Pec. 27, 1351.] ®T>E Iltaher. 1243 S

    Pec . 27 , 1351 . ] ® t > e ILtaHer . 1243 s

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    TERMS , TO WORKING MEN ONLY . ( Paying my own Travelling * and other personal Expenses . ) For One Oration , Two Pounds . For Two Orations—the one delivered on the night following the other—Three Pounds . For any number of Orations , delivered on successive nights , Thirty Shillings each . 5 , Park-row , Knightsbridge , London . N . B . When the distance from London is great , and a special journey has to be made from the Metropolis , of course , some allowance for extra travelling expenses will be expected . The English Commonwealth : Government by Parliament and Council of State—Cromwell in Ireland , and in Scotland — Battles of Dunbar and Worcester—Protectorate and Character of Oliver Cromwell—Lessons to be derived from the great Commonwealth Strug ? le . Tiik French Revolution of 1789 : Its Causes , and Progress of Events from its commencement to the Execution of Louis XVI . The French Revolution of 1789 : Events from ttie Death of the King to the Fall of the Directory . The Life and Character of Napoleon . The Life and Reign of Louis Philippe ; with a Retrospect of the late Revolution ^ Columbus ; and the Discovery of America . Cohtbz ; and the Conquest of Mexico . PiZARKo ; and the Conquest of Peru . Washington ; and the Independence of America . Wil . um Tell ; and the Deliverance of Switzerland . Riknci the Tribune ; and the "Good Estate . " Massaniello , the Fisherman of Naples , and " Captain of the People . " Kosoiusko ; and the Struggles for Polish Independence . Wicki . ii'FB , and the Lollards . Luthbk , and the Reformation . Life , Character , and Influence of Oalvin ; including a Sketch of the Life and Character of Skkvetus . Gkougk Fox , and Quakerism . Maiiommed , and Muhoinniedanism .

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    NO T I C H . —The llevcrrad C 11 A R L E S C LARK E . the Editor of tin : " FUEEMAN , " begs to announce that lie ban transferred that publication to the Reverend WILLIAM MACCALL , and that upon the 3 rd of January IN . V . J , an amalguiiiiitiou will take pl . icu between the " FREEMAN " und the " PEOPLE , " under the titluol" the latter publication , und which will in future appear weekly under the joint management of the Reverend William Muccall and its present Editor . The " PEOPLE" combining with tho principled of the " FREEMAN" the greater eillciency of a weekly publication , will be adapted for great iiHcfulncHH and HticceaH . The ; Ivlitoi of the " FREEMAN" bc ( fH to invite it « rcadcrH und ImcikIh to unite ; with him in the effort to necure an oxlennive circulation for the "PEOI'I-K . "

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    I This day , fcap . 8 vo ., Is ., rpHE LOG of the WATER LILY ( Four-oared X Thames Gig ) , during a Rowing Excursion on the Rhine , and other Streams of Germany . By an Oxford Man and A Wykehamist . London : John W . Parker and Son , West Strand .

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    This day , is published , neatly bound in cloth , price 3 s . 6 d . ( collected and revised from " Household Words , " with a Table of Dates ) , THE FIRST VOLUME OF A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND . By Charlbs Dickens . With a Frontispiece from a Drawing by F . W . Tofiiam . The History will be completed in Three Volumes of the same size and price . Bradbury and Evans , II , Bouverie-street .

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    MR . HARRISON AINSWORTII'S NEW WORK . This day is published , price Is ., No . 2 , of Merv Vn clitheeo e . — By W . Harrison Ainsworth , Esq . With Illustrations by Ha blot K . Browne . To be completed in Twenty Monthly Numbers . London : Chapman and Hall , 193 , Picadilly . •« To be had of all Booksellers , and at all Railway Stations .

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    IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN THE EARLY HISTORY t OF THE WORLD . Next week , in post 8 vo ., illustrated by Maps of India and Greece , price 12 s ., cloth , INDIA in GREECE ; or , TRUTH in MYTHOLOGY . By E . Pococke , Esq . Contknts . — The Colonization of Greece , Palestine , and Egypt , by Indian Tribes from the Punjab , Caghmire , and Thibet—The Mythologies of Greece , Egypt , and Asia , shown to be corruptions of Budhism , Brahminism , and Sun-Worship — The Greek Heroic Legends proved to be episodes of Indian Emigration—The Maps show from what localities in India each division of Greece was colonized—An Account is given of the Tartar and Rajpoot Tribes who battled with the Children of Israel for the possension of Palestine . Grillin and Co ., London and Glasgow .

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    COX'S BIBLICAL ANTIQUITIES . In one volume , crown 8 vo ., illustrated by nearly 200 engravings on wood , price 7 a . ( id , cloth . BIBLICAL ANTIQUITIES ; or , ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES . l ) y F . A . Cox , D . I ) ., LL . D . 1 . Nature and Design of the Jewish Economy- —2 . Probable Intentions of Providence with regard to the Limited Scale of the Jewish Economy—' A . Hebrew Language und Literature—4 . Mannera and CuatoniH of the LsraeliteB— £ > . The Tabernacle in the Wilderness—() Tt-inple of Solomon , with a view of tho Jewiuh Worship—7 . The Jewish Synagoguea—H . The Sabbath * of the Israelites— J . The Larly 1 ' oHseasorri of Canaan-10 . Oeogiaphical and Topographical Account of Canaan—11 . Natural Ilidlory of Palestine —12 . Modern . 1 udaimu—13 . Sectt ) of the JCW 8—11 . Scripture Chronology . Forming Volume Twenty of the Cabinet Edition of tho Encyclopedia Metropolitana . ( iiinin and < . ' (> ., London and GlaH ^ ow .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 27, 1851, page 1243, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_27121851/page/23/