13 OCTOBER 1855

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Prussia has been performing ceremonies, royal and popular, as if

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for the empress purpose of elucidating her position. King Frederick William has been again officiating with the trowel, lay- ing the first stone of the new bridge over the Rhine...

In our own country, society, by its "representative men," has

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been making itself heard this week respecting the war, "et qui- In our own country, society, by its "representative men," has been making itself heard this week respecting the...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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ONCE more the scarcity of information enjoins the virtue of pa- tience upon the public in all that relates to the war. We have only two new facts this week. Prince Gortschakoff...

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O/r 3ttruprtio.

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The Conrt-Of Common Council met on Thursday. 'There-was an un- usual attendance, and some excitement, caused by a notice of =Alen from .Alderman"Wire which then dune under...

Vrvitirrro.

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Liverpool has been in a nutter for some days about another royal visit and reception, to come off on the anniversary of the visit of the Queen and Prince Albert in 1851. This...

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THE Court newiman reports little of the -doings Of Royalty beyond' the customary walks and drives of the Queen in the neighbourhood of Balmo- ral. On Tuesday, her Majesty,...

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fartigu net (Genial.

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FRANCE.—The Honiteur has decided the question respecting the indi- cations of an heir to the dynasty of Napoleon, so long a matter of specu- lation. The paragraphs in which the...

SCOTLAND.

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When the Earl of Derby, some days back, was visiting the Earl of Eglinton at Eglinton Castle, the Corporation of Irvine resolved to give the guest of their friendly neighbour...

IRELAND.

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Ey the death of Mr. Ross Moore, which has been expected for some time, there is a vacancy in the representation of Armagh. Two Conser- vative candidates are in the field : Mr....

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nbullaurnto.,

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The Queen has conferred the Grand Cross of the Bath on Marshal Valliant, the French Minister of- War ; the rank of Knight Commander on Major-General Rose, Principal Commissioner...

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The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland was present on Thursday at the

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annual meeting of the Senate of the Queen's University, held in Dublin, for the purpose of conferring degrees and honours on the successful students. Mr. Frederick Lucas,...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. Prince Gortschakoff still supplies evidence of the activity of the Allies both on his left flank and in his rear. In a telegraphic message dated the 9th instant,...

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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The flood of communications on the great Decimal question continues to flow : some of those now on band may appear in our next number.

M. Demetz visited the Reformatory School at Redhill on Tuesday.

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He was received by the Reverend Sydney Turner, and a large party ; and the boys, who had made the place gay with flowers, were assembled in the Schoolroom. Here eleven boys who...

MONEY MARKET. • STOCK EYCK/LEGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

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The doubts regarding the future operations of- the- Bank of France con- tinue to create intense excitement, the more so from the contradictory tone- of the mercantile letters...

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DECIMAL ACCOUNTS, COINAGE, AND WEIGHTS.

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As differences continue to exist regarding the basis which should be fixed on in the formation of a decimal system of accounts and currency, and as the disadvantages attending...

(Olt Dtottro.

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When the Colossus of Rhodes had been overthrown by a convulsion of nature, its prostrate form was still viewed for many years with wonder- ing admiration. Something similar is...

The last dip into the French repertoire has proved extremely

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fortunate. MM. Anicet Bourgeois and Adrien Decourcelle having brought out at the Vaudeville an excellent little comedy of the sentimental kind, entitled .La Joie de la liaison,...

"THE SQUARING OF THE CIRCLE."

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Liverpool, 9th October 1855. Sin—I do not know whether I am in place in asking for a nook in your valuable journal for the squaring of the circle. I conceive it to be simply...

ittttro to tilt Calor.

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COFFEE AND OTHER COMFORTS FOR THE ARMY. Lesketh How, ilmbkside, 8th October 1855. Sin—In the letter which I addressed to you last week, offering some sug- gestions relative to...

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TOPICS 'OF THE DAY.

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THE OPPOSITION. TER new Coalition has been discussed and torn to pieces before it came fairly into existenee. The conception appears to have been neither a dream nor a reality,...

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ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ASSOCIATION'S FIRST BILL.

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AFIER a long silence, the Administrative Reformers have reap- peered with an address that has the tone of men who mean to con- centrate their energies upon practical measures,...

THE FIELD-MARSHALS.

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Tot Struldbrug promotions continue to be the theme of discussion in no very satisfied spirit. "The reason?" That is still the general question, but not a single presentable...

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CRIMINAL TREATMENT OF CRIMINALS.

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LAZINESS is the great vice which obstructs the improvement of society. We do not mean the laziness of the disreputable classes, but the vice as it shows itself in the most...

Tttlr ADHESION OF THE TIMES.

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TILE adhesion of the Wines to the principle which we have just been enforcing is a distinct event in itself. When that powerful organ adopts a principle, we infer that the...

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BLARNEY versus INCOME-TAX.

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THE Priest of Blarney has proved that it is logically and practi- cally impossible for him to pay ineome-tax ; consequently the seizure of his horse, and the confiscation of...

THE SUNDAY CORN-CUTTING CASE.

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THE Sabbatical observance of Sunday has been placed in a curious position by the case of Williams and the judgment of the Home Office upon that unpopular conviction. Williams...

Mr. Thackeray sails from Liverpool for America today, fortified by

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a good dinner, prepared for him by sixty literary and artistic friends and a sympathetic cook at the London Tavern, on Thursday. The proceedings are unreported, but it is...

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BOOKS.

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"MY EXILE 21 4 r SIBERIA � AUXIN. DER AKezeN, the author of this work, is a self-exiled Rns- - sian gentleman, - who has published various books on the politics and institutions...

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TAYLOR'S VISIT TO INDIA, CHINA, AND *JA.PAN: 4 THE two years

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and four months travel of which this volume forms the closing part, exhibit the same resolute energy as the author's " Views Afoot," when, through many hardships and privations,...

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KEMP'S PIEASIS OF MATTEL*

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Tins " outline of the discoveries and applications of modern che- mistry" is less intended for the student of chemistry than "for the wants of the general scholar and of men of...

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HEGBL'S PHILOSOPHY. *

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To a person who really desires to know something about Hegel's renowned system, and fears to approach the sage as manifested in his original German, we recommend cordially the "...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Boons. The Fur - Hunters of the Far West : a Narrative of Adventures in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains. By Alexander Ross, Author of " Ad- ventures of the First Settlers on the...

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rut kts.

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71'INB ARTS SECTION OE THE PARIS EXHIBITION—NO. ITL THE picturesque school of French painting may be said to include all that is much worth looking at in the nation's art beyond...

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MULTI& OP LONDON DURING TILE WEEK, ENDING OCZOBER: 6.

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[Prom the Official Return.]: of Emetic Diseases Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variableaeat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow,...

BIRTHS. On the 29th August, at Hamilton, Bermuda, the Wife

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of Lieutenant-Colonel Whit- Ungham, C.B., Twenty-sixth Cameroniams, of a danghter. On the 4th October, in Wilton Crescent, the Wife of H. Lowther, Esq., of a son. On the 4th,...

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MILITARY GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, Oct. 9.—let Regt. of Drag. Guards—Lieut. Robert,

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Earl of Kings- ton, from half-pay Unatt. to be Lieut. vice Sherwen, promoted, without purchase, to an Unatt. Company ; Cornet A. J. P. Wadham to be Lieut. by purchase, vice the...

NAVAL GAZETTE. ADSSIRALTY, Oct. 8.—The following promotions, dated the 3d

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instant, havelhis day taken place, consequent on the death, on the 2d instant, of Admiral of the White Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.B.—Admiral of the Blue E. Hawker to be Admiral of the...

Pearraesnres D1ESOLVED.—Warburton and Co. Rochdale, machine-makers—Rad - cliffe and Corlet, Liverpool,

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tailors—Leedham and Marshall, Bradford, Yorkshire, stone-merchants—Leigh and Rostron, Turton, Lancashire, cotton-spinners—Odame and Co. Leadenhall Street, merchants—Holt and...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUND 3 per Cent Console S. Sawed. (Closing Moosday. Prices.) Takla*, Wedstea. sr 87 861 Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents. Long Annuities...