16 NOVEMBER 1861

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The body of Terence M`Manus, almost the last of the

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Irish rebels, has been brought to Ireland from America, and on Sunday twelve thousand persons followed it to the grave. . An address was made by Father Lavelle, who declared...

On Monday a dental hospital for the poor was opened

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at 149, Great Portland-street. But one such institution as yet exists in London, and nothing is more urgently wanted. At present the only resources of this kind ter the poor are...

r. T. Duncombe , more than thirty . years member for bilry,

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died on Thursday last. A man of good family and considerable wealth, he was the only metropolitan member e,liad sat in the House before the Reform Bill, and almost th e only one...

Tile Emperor of the French has resigned the control of

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the public purse to his first Chancellor of the Exchequer, M. Fould, with that premeditated candour of manner that he knows so well how to assume. It was not too soon, and it...

The Emperor of Austria has abolished another constitu- tion, that

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of Croatia, in order, his Majefity says, to increase the unity of the empire.

The remlining speeches of the week have been of little

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importance. The Mansion House dinner has occurred since our last, but as the only cleverness shown was in avoiding every subject politicians are thinking about, it afforded...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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m R. Disraeli has spoken at last, and his voice has, we suspect, broken the charm his followers found in his silence. The Tory leader talks just like a Whig Bishop. We never...

Sir George Clerk, the Governor of Bombay, whose resig- nation

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had been announced, has agreed to withdraw it. •

The young King of Portugal died of typhus fever on

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Tues- day, the 12th instant, and has been succeeded by his bro- ther, Ferdinand° the Second. The late King was extremely popular, and was described by travellers as "the most...

The news from America is, on the whole, unfavourable to

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the Federal cause. In Missouri, General Fremont is gra- dually clearing the State, driving his adversary back on the swamps of Arkansas, but on the Potomac the repulse of the...

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St814.—Cialdini left Naples an the 3rd November, and a statement

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of his receipts and expenses in office has been published. He re- ceived 137,256 ducats, of which he expended 8,678 ducats. The re- mainder he ordered to be expended on public...

The Lord 'Bishop of London thanks God for Mr. Spur-

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geon,—unseasonably. We are disposed to deny neither the rough force nor the frequently earnest purpose of the vulgar and vain stump-lecturer. But episcopal .sympathy might at...

Sou,—The Queen opened the Cortes on the 8th inst. in

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a long speech, which promises an extension of the suffrage and a new law of the press, and announces that the revenue of the country equals its ordinary expenditure. The...

ximia.—The Emperor has returned to St. Petersburg, but has taken

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no action in the matter of the university emeuter, and the students are being examined by a commission. The university has been reopened, but neither the professors nor the...

instria.—On the 5th of November the Emperor addressed to the

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Chancellor of Hungary, as mentioned last week, a letter suspending the constitution of the kingdom. The precise words of the letter are of considerable importance : "The...

Fli nn.—The financial crisis in France has ended in a constitu-

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tional change. The Emperor, alarmed by the reports laid before him, summoned M. Fould, the financier, and the latter, on the 12th of November, prepared a programme. In this...

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an5tralig.—The news from Australia extends to the 28th Sep- tember.

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At Melbourne the General Assembly met on the 3rd Sep- tember, and the Governor in his speech promised the people occupa- tion licenses, paid members, and duties arranged so as...

limnita.—The American intelligence of the week has been very scanty.

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From Missouri, a despatch of General Fremont's announces a victory in the following terms : " Head-quarters in the Field, near Hamansville, Mobile, Oct. 26. " Captain...

5airia.—The following is the official account of the cost of

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growing cotton in Berar : STATEMENT SHOWING THE EXPENSE OF CULTIVATING ONE BEEGAH OF NEW LAND WITH COTTON AND ITS YIELD ix BERAR. Detail of Expenses. r. a. Government...

Vaingtd.—The King of Portugal died on the 12th inst. of

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typhus fever. • He has been succeeded by his brother, the Duke of Oporto, without disturbance.

Belgium Chambers were opened on the 13th inst. by the

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King, who extolled the prosperity of the country, denied that the harvest had been a very bad one, praised the Exhibition at Antwerp, and reported that a treaty had been signed...

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MONDAY, NOVEld_13ER 11TH. MB. WHALLEY, M.P., attended the annual festival of the Hull Loyal Orangemen's Association, which took place at Hull, on Tuesday last, the 5th of...

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AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND.

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BERNE, Nov. 14. Austria, who after the loss of Lombardy positively refused to bear any portion of the expense of constructing the Bodensee Railway, unexpectedly notified to-day...

POSTSCRIPT.

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(By telegram through M. Reater's Office.) THE GERMAN FLEET. FRANKFORT-ON-TRH-MAINE, Nov. 14. IN to-day's sitting of the Federal Diet, Prussia made a declaration against the...

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WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 8.—The Queen, accompanied by the Grand Duchess Constantine and Princess Alice, drove out this morning in an open carriage-and-four. In attendance were the...

NOTICE.

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

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ITALY. Tuant, Nov. 14.

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General Carbonelli, a Garibaldian general, has gone to Caprera, in order to present an address to Garib al di from the Neapolitans, pray- ing him not to leave Italy. The state...

TURKEY.

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PARIS, Nov. 14. The Paris papers of this evening publish despatches from the Herzegovina and Bosnia, announcing that the insurrection in those provinces is considerably...

FROM TILE LONDON GAZETTE, NOV. 12.

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Boabropts.-Ileury Shalders, Queen Margaret's-grove, Stoke Newington-green, auctioneer-Samuel Bell, Blossoms-place, Holloway, tailor-Franz Sponheimer, New-street, Llon-street,...

PRICES CURRENT. 171

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:74 71 50 17f 87 28 124 96 44 SHARES. BRITISH FUNDS. ;(Closing Prices.) Friday. Friday 230 226 -die die die 931 921 92; 92 151 Bank Stock, 10 per Cent India Stock, 101 per...

BIRTHS. BIRTHS.

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On the 7th Inst., in Eaton-square, Lady Emily Cavendish, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at Deer Park, Devon, the Lady Frances Lindsay, of a son. On the 11th inst., at 4,...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. IN the 'Discount Market this week there has again been only a moderate demand, and the rate in the open market for the best paper has not...

SPAIN. MAnnin, Nov. 12.

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The Corresposdencia dulografa of to-day announces that disorders have broken out at Lisbon, resulting from popular demonstrations against the Spaniards who are employed on the...

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MR. DISRAELI ON THE CHURCH.

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M R. Disraeli has a happy art of laying his finger exactly on the real danger in a critical case. Very truly does he remark of the Essayists and Reviewers, and bitterly must the...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN FRANCE. L OUIS Napoleon has taken the first great step upon a downward path. He has done it, as he does most things, with an audacity and a...

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THE ENVOY OF THE SLAVE STATES ON CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM. T HE

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chosen representative of the Power which desires to make slavery the " headstone of its corner," has made his first appearance before an English audience, and, we regret to say,...

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THE STATE OF ITALIAN PARTIES.

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Baron Ricasoli, it is well understood, has rejected the last Imperial compromise. He holds that Venice, however, dear to Italians, is still no substitute for Rome. Without the...

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THE LESSON OF LEESBURG.

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D AY by day, almost hour by hour, the English t lief in the military strength of the North slowly decays away. The defeat at Bull's Run gave a fatal sh k to the small remains of...

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THE MENACED PATENTEES.

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W E do not envy the position of Sir Bounden Palmer. At the annual meeting of the Law Amendment So- ciety, he threatened to amend the law of patents, and showed some disposition...

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THE TORY ORGAN DESIGNATE.

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Why, then, should the Saturday Review scruple at once to place itself at the disposal of a Conservative Government under certain conditions as to the ruling mind there, and so...

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THE EMPEROR AND THE CROATS.

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T HE Emperor of Austria resembles the mother always turning up in the manufacturing districts, who has just murdered her children, but explains, in the meekest voice, that she...

THE POETRY OF BIB PAPACY.

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I T is a shame, said Wesley, that the devil should have all the tunes to himself. It is a shame, thinks Pio Nono, that Victor Emanuel should have all the poets to himself. Great...

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LOCAL CELEBRITIES AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.

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I T is often said that the love of virtue flourishes most in these happy little corners of the globe which are secluded at one and the same time from the interest and the...

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lira arts.

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A SHILLING'S-WORTH OF CHEAP WOODCUTS. Tn - a mania for cheap illustrated serials is on the increase. The number of woodcuts, chiefly of a worthless character, that may be...

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B OOKS.

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MR. GOLDWIN SMITH ON MR. MANSEL'S THEQLOGY.* Mn. GOLDWIN Saurn's native element appears to be controversy. The few Oxford lectures which he has as yet published have produced,...

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WHEAT AND TARES.* Ms plot of )Pleat and Tares may

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be told in a few words. Rex, or Reginald Leslie, is engaged to Ella Bathurst, the daughter of the banker whose house he has entered. Their characters have little in common. Ella...

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WOLSELEY'S WAR WITH CHINA.* This, we think, is a better

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book than the one by Mr. Swinhoe, which we noticed a fortnight since. In descriptive power, except on purely military matters, it is not, indeed, greatly superior, but it is...

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THE FOREIGN EXCHANGES.*

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Tom little book is a model of distinct conception and clear expres- sion on a subject which it needs a man of business to treat with any effect. There are a mass of economical...