11 JANUARY 1862

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE long-expected answer from America arrived on 6'1'3 8th instant about eight P.M., and by ten it was known throughout London that Messrs. Mason and Slidell had been restored....

NOTICE.

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"TICE SPECTATOR" is published every Saturday Morning, in time for despatch by the Early Trains, and copies of that Journal may be had the same Afternoon through News-agents in...

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Not.

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MONDAY, SANITARY 6TH. Mu. T. B. MACK.AY writes to the Times on the threatened dan g er to our commerce from privateering in case of war with America. ‘ power of the Federal...

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AN AMERICAN IN MANCHESTER.

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(From the Manchester Guardian.) THE Boston (United States) Daily Courier publishes a diary penned by Mr. R. Adams, son of the American Minister in London, during a recent visit...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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THE BANK OF FRANCE. (By Telegram through M. Reuter's (ffice.) PARIS, Jan. 10. The Noniteur of this morning publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which...

CO end.

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Ossomsz, JAN. 4.—The King of the Belgians and Princess Hohen- lohe, and Prince Louis of Hesse, remain at Osborne. JAN. 5.—Divine service was performed this morning by the Rev....

DEATHS.

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On Christmas-day, at his residence, 11, St. James's-terrace, Regent's Park, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Bunbury, C.B., K.T.S., late of the 80th Regiment, in the 73rd year of his...

NOTICE.

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Subscriptions to the " FRIEND OF INDIA," and "OVERLAND FRIEND OF INDIA," will be received by Mr. A. E. Galloway, at No. 1, Wellington-street, Strand, London. Terms : Per Annum,...

BIRTHS.

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On the 31st ultimo, at 40, Upper Grosvenor-street, the wife of John Walter, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. On the 8th Inst., at 9, Upper Grosvemor-street, the Viscountess Stormont,...

ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, Panrascrrort.—A donation of 5001. has been made

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to this excellent institution in its hour of need by George Crawshay, Esq. A successful operation performed on one of this gentleman's servants at the hospital, by Mr. lire,...

MONEY MARKET

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. Tam demand for discount continuing moderate, and the news ar- riving that peace will be anamtatr ed with the United States the Bank. of England...

PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) 3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 8 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents Annuities 1880 Annuities 1885 Ftiday. Friday 934 Bank Stock, 5 pet...

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PROSPECTS OF THE MINISTRY.

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T "prospects of the Ministry brighten with the approach of the Session. They have lost no votes during the past month, and their moral position—a point at least as nportant as...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE AMERICAN ANSWER T HE soft answer that turneth away wrath has seldom been uttered at a more unexpected moment than the present, or by more unaccustomed lips than those of the...

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NORTH AND SOUTH.

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I N the presence of the terrible calamity which for the past month has hung over America, even her civil war has shrunk into insignificance. Its events have scarcely been...

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UTE RIVAL INFLUENCES AT ROME.

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T HE British public is under one delusion with respect to the Court of Rome. It believes Cardinal Autonelli to be the sole guiding influence behind the papal chair. And such to...

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JOBBERY IN AMERICA. T HERE is one good quality at least

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which these Ameri- cans possess in common with ourselves. They are not afraid to probe their own sores, or to publish the surgeon's report, however terrible it may be to the...

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COLONEL JEBB AT BAY.

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W E are glad to see that the Director of the English Convict Prisons feels distinctly at last that he is fairly on his defence before the country. He is now fully aware that a...

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THE CONDUCT OF CANADA.

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XTOTHING, during this last dispute with the Federal Government, has been so remarkable, or to English- men so gratifying, as the course of our North American colonies. They have...

CONDOLENCE.

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W E never feel so profoundly with a great grief as when the period of "condolence" begins. Then first comes home poignantly to the mind that the apparent gloom around is far as...

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WORKHOUSE HOSPIT A LS.

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T HERE is a class of persons among us who are always talking of what they call practical benevolence, who will not assist in any object which has a touch of sentiment, consider...

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3111sir.

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smcz I last wrote, the impression made upon the London public by the marvellous performance of the Sisters Marchisio has deepened into an undeniable " sensation ;" and on their...

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM :—(LETTER TO THE EDITOR.)

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London, January 6, 1862. Sin,—The article upon "National Anthems" in the last number of your journal, induces me to direct your attention to the following passage in Mr. T....

TEE LADY OF LA. GARAYE :—(LETTER TO THE EDITOR). Sru,—In

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your last week's number there is a notice of my poem, The Lady of to Garaye. Will you let me appeal to your cour- tesy for space in you own paper rather than attempt any...

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lint Arto.

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THREE pictures have been added, by purchase, to the National Gallery within the last few days—a "Portrait of a Lady," by Paris Bordone ; a "Madonna and Child, with Saints," by...

HA.YMARKET THEATRE.

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MISS JANE COOMBS IN THE "HONEYMOON." A Goon actress on the English stage is now becoming a matter of some rarity, and whenever a new debutante shows signs of better things, she...

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B OOKS.

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MEMORABLE WOMEN OF THE PURITAN TIMES.* WE do not know what precise reason dictated the change in Mr. Anderson's nomenclature from "ladies" in the case of the Reforma- tion and...

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THE CHILDREN'S GARLAND.*

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WHY a garland ? It is a very nice little selection of poems made with much discrimination and knowledge, and not a little insight into children's tastes—though this is perhaps...

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DOMESTIC MANNERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES.*

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Mn. Wright and Mr. Fairholt were pretty certain to produce a work of some value between them, and they have actually brought out one which is interesting and beautiful in the...

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LIVES OF WITS AND HUMORISTS.* BEAN:NG an anecdote biography is

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very like making a dinner of force-meat ; the stuff may be very good in itself, and very well put together, but its use is to flavour more solid food, and a meal of it can...

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THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW ON SECULARISM.* THE Westminster Review for this

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quarter contains a startling, and in many ways remarkable, article on the progress and position of English Secularism. It is written in the half-scoffing Voltairean tone now so...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Mather Wonders of the Invisible World, to which is added a Further Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches. By Increase Mather. London: John Russell Smith.—Readers of...