16 JUNE 1855

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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AFTER the two weeks' contest on the question of confidence in Mi- nisters with reference to the war, Parliament has enjoyed com- paratively a respite, in lighter debates on such...

Prince Albert has taken a lead in two public movements.

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He graced with his presence and a pleasant speech the opening of the New Cattle and Meat Market at Copenhagen Fields,—an improve- ment which London Corporation adopted...

The Commissioners appointed to inquire into our Cathedrals and Capitular

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Establishments have presented their report, and it has been laid before Parliament. The Commissioners were instructed " to have regard to the purposes for which cathedrals and...

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While Aldersbott is receiving, rather late in the summer, the

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first detachments of regular troops in the camp formed there, the Morn- _ ing Post is explaining how it is that the Canadians withheld one inducement which they were asked to...

The Government despatches supply the details of the expedition to

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Kertch and of the last storming operations at Sebastopol ; show- ing the importance of the expedition,—which oppears to grow e*n upon the commanders in the Crimea,—and the value...

Viistro nut frurtriugo in Vialianint.

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. Moose or Loans. Monday, June 11. The Fermoy Peerage ; Lord Derby's Mo- tion-Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill committed. Tuesday, June...

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CO Caul.

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Ar a Court held in Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, the Honourable Mil- lard Fillmore, late President of the United States, had an audience of the Queen. Sir James Hudson, British...

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thr 3littrupplie.

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The annual dinner of the Trinity House Corporation, given on Satur- day, and attended by many distinguished men, was rendered remarkable, in the history of these times, by a...

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The camp at Aldershott is beginning to attract attention, as the season draws near when it will be occupied by the Militia regiments not on gar- rison duty, and snob of the...

forrip attil tolunial.

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FRANC& —The most interesting piece of news from Paris is that on Tuesday, " after a consultation at the Tuileries between Dr. Locock, Dr. Dubois, and Dr. Conneau, it was...

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gartIlaurnuo.

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The Commissioners appointed to inquire into our Cathedrals and Col- legiate Churches, for the purpose of suggesting improved management and working, and the means of rendering...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATITRDAT. ' • Lord PALMERSTON said, it would be unbecoming in him to enter fully into the question. In considering whether they should join his Govern- ment, his right...

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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The " Lay Member of the Church of England," who writes from Somersetaldre, has a good chance of seeing his letter in print next week—it is already in type.

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MONEY 'MARKET.

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-theca Ezcnsees. FRIDAY Arm:soon. Confidence in the continued success of the Allied Army is daily increasing ; but the victories of late - have been so numerous that they are...

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ZuoIr.

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The Philharmonic Society had a concert on Monday, and the New Philharmonic - Society on'Wednesday. The one was " by command," and honoured with the presence of the Queen and...

THE SONG -OF THE RAIN.

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Lo ! the long, slender spears, how they quiver and flash, Where the clouds sencItheir cavalry down Rank and file by the million the rain-lances dash Over mountain and river...

Mr. Saunders, the author of 'the new play, Lore' s

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.71fartyrdom, produced at the Haymarket on Monday, seems to have stumbled between two pro- jects,—one for writing a drama of action, such as dramas are in general; the other,...

Mrs. Stirling, whose long absence from the 'stage has been

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felt such a serious loss, is to reappear at the Olympic on the occasion of Mr. Wi- gan's benefit, which is announced for next Friday.

PARISIAN THBATRIOALS.

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A performance "by command" is even more rare in Paris than in London, though scarcely a week passes without a visit of the Emperor and his consort to one or more of the...

There was an immense assemblage at the Royal Italian Opera

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on Thursday, attracted by Grisi in the first act of Norma, and by Viardot, Tamburini, and Lablache, in the Barbiere .di Siviglia. Viardot's Rosin was a novelty ' • and...

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REASONS IN PARLIAMENT.

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IT would be a great advantage if we could find out, distinctly, for practical use, the grand influence which regulates the motives and actions of Members of Parliament as the "...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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PRINCE ALBERT ON THE CONSTITUTION. THE Prince Consort has startled the public by appearing before it as a direct adviser, and the public scarcely knows what to make of the...

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THE OFFICE OF SPEAKER.

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THE Committee on the office of Speaker, which which will no doubt be appointed on the suggestion of Mr. Ellice, ought to take into consideration the whole subject of the conduct...

PRACTICAL JOKING IN THE ARMY.

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THE general order of Lord Hardinge in the case of the Ennis- killens at Canterbury is an illustration of the new rule that is to prevail in the social regulation of the Army....

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TREATMENT OF MEDICAL OFFICERS.

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Leaketh How, An:61681de, 4t18 June 1855. :Sin-Is justice done to the Medical Departments of the Army, especially to the medical officers serving with the troops in the Crimea ?...

.EUROPEAN PEACE — RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.

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1-Adam Street, 44104phi, -11th June 1865. Sat-Mr. Roebuck is unquestionably the exponent in the House of Com- mons of the will of the-English nation inthe matter now in dispute...

frittro tu n the thitnr.

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DECIMAL COINAGE. 13th June 1855. Sra.-The result of last night's debate on Decimal Coinage is reported as follows in the papers of this morning. "The House then divided on...

THE LONDON LIBRARY.

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Tun Fourteenth Report of the Committee of the London Library, circulated amongst the subscribers, has in due course come into our hands; and it calls our attention to some...

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BOOKS.

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THE WABASH. * THE author of this family tour in America, Mr. J. Richard Beate, is a Roman Catholic gentleman of some standing and property. Unless we mistake, he published in...

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LETTERS OF SYDNEY SMITH. * THIS selection from the correspondence of

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Sydney Smith owes its existence, like Lady Holland's Memoir, to the pious regard of Mrs. Smith for her husband's memory. Deterred by the opinion of friends from at once...

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THREE BOORS ON PARIS. * Bell Smith Abroad is a series

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of letters by an American lady, describing what she saw and thought of Paris, introduced by a graphic picture of Washington city, an account of the voyage to Havre, and the...

LORD DE ROS'S TOUR IN THE CRIMEA. * IN 1834 and

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1835, rumours of designs against the Porte on the Part of Russia, and of preparations for war in the neighbourhood of the Black Sea, having reached our Government, advantage was...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Booxs. Pluenicia. By John Kenrick, M.A. With Maps and Illustrative Plates. The Senses and the Intellect. By Alexander Bain; A.M. The Philosophy of the Active and Moral Powers...

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SIGNOR MONTI' S LECTURES.

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The third lecture of Signor Monti's series—the second having dealt with Indian art—was delivered on Wednesday. Egypt, Assyria, Persia, and India, having fallen under the...

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THE BRITISH INSTITUTION: EXHIBITION OF OLD MASTERS. On the yrhole, the present exhibition is, among those of a few years past, the one which has least succeeded in raising our...

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,HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 9.

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[Prom Me Official letting.] Ten Weeks Wee% of 1816-'34. 01'1-155. E m etic Diseases 215.0 .... 233 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 43.5 .......

DIORAMA OF THIS EVENTS OF THE WAR.

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The last addition that had been made to the Diorama of the Events of the War, which may perhaps endure at the Gallery of Illustration as long as the war itself endures, brought...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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.Theaday, ,Tune 12. PARTRERSHIP8 DISSOLVTD.- Doyle and Whiteley, Pendleton, brick-makers-Com- merford and Blackener. Lower Eaton Street, drapers-J. and W. Livesey, Preston,...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAS-oerms, June 15.-Royal Regt. of Horse Guards-Alan P. Lord Garlies to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Baker, appointed to the 8th Light Drags. 6th Drag. Guards-Lieut. W. S....

BIRTHS.

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On the 3d Jtme, at Alva House, Stirlingahire, Mrs. Fletcher N. Menzies of Men- zies. prematurely, of a daughter, who lived only a few minutes. On the 4th, at Welton House, East...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (ClosIngPrices.) 3 per Cent Canna, Saturd.l Moadey.Tersdny /Perinea. Thum Friday. shut Ditto for Account 92 ex d. 921 911 91 911 3 per Cents Reduced...