16 OCTOBER 1858

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Livuanoor, has for the week been the great emporium of ideas, and the town, usually absorbed in the traffic of buying and sell- ing, has been excited into an ecstacy of polite...

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311rtru3Iulis.

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THE COMING SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S. The Secretary of the St. Paul's Cathedral Fund has forwarded to the Times an interesting sketch of the works in progress for the adaptation...

Vruniurial,

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SOCIAL SCIENCE AT LIVERPOOL. SOCIAL SCIENCE AT LIVERPOOL. The National Association for the Promotion of Social Science met at Liverpool on Monday, according to the...

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PUBLIC MEETINGS.

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The Conservatives of Norwich held a field-day on Monday—the anni- versary of the " Eldon Loyal and Constitutional Club." Sir Samuel Bignold, one of the Members for the city, and...

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AN IRISH BISHOP ON THE CONFESSIONAL.

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Dr. Singer, Bishop of Meath, has sent the following reply to a printed letter addressed by the Honourable and Reverend Robert Liddell to the Bishop of London, and circulated far...

IRELAND.

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The successs of Galway has inspired Limerick. Steps have been taken to form a company to start steamers between Foynes and America —the Limerick Town Council subscribing the...

SCOTLAND.

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The principal incident in the brief records of the Court reporter is th e visit of Count and Countess de Pcrsigny to Balmoral. They arrived on the 7th and departed on the 11th...

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farrigu auh Catania'.

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ieggee.—The Emperor and Empress have returned from Chalons to St. Cloud chi Rheims . Th e Empress arrived in the camp at Chalons on Saturday afternoon, ail s was received in...

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ViortIlautino.

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Some of our contemporaries, who assume to be more than ordinarily well informed, have recently been enlightening the public as to nego- tiations on political subjects said to be...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The National Association for the Promotion of Social Science continues to fill the public eye with its comprehensive proceedings. On Thursday evening was held a...

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641 , Synitrts.

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If some Aristotle of the present day constructed a dramatic theory from the observation of theatrical audiences in this metropolis, his views as to the effect of pity and terror...

MONEY MARICET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Tip to yesterday the English Funds had again been steadily advancing, only slightly checked by operations in connexion with the settlement in...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. WE trust that the facts elicited, and the principles established by the unprejudiced inquiries of the Association for...

33insir.

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If the "Pyne and Harrison English Opera" at Drury Lane were a mere money-getting speculation, it would be all very well. But, hold- ing it for what it professes to be, an...

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WEEDON AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

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NOT only has the Times perfectly established the principle of public discussion contemporaneously with public inquiry, but it has returned to the subject this week with great...

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THE CONDITION OF FRANCE.

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DIE " condition of France question" has forced itself upon the attention of the Imperial Government in a manner rather dis- agreeable. In 1857, emigration had increased so...

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IMPERIAL AGITATORS.

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WHILE Europe as well as Prussia is looking to the course tak en by Prince William, Prince of Prussia, and Regent, with sein e hope that he may give reality to the simulacrum of...

THE REAL CHURCH EXTENSION.

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THE Bishop of Lincoln possesses one of those minds, 'valuable at all times, but particularly so in our day, which can enlist the common sense of others by taking up the...

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COMMENCEMENT OF THE JULLIEN ERA.

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Taman is at least one man who can anticipate the tendencies of the age. While the other powers of Europe are engaged in pre- paring their bands for the fearful work of discord,...

THE LAST NEW FRENCH NOVELLETTE.

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IN 1856, a French lady visited England in search of health, and, on returning to Pau, her French home she carried back with her as companion a farmer's daughter, Alice Ellen B—....

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POLERAMPTON'S LIFE AND LETTERS FROM LI:TE- M/AY—MRS. CASE'S DAY BY

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DAY AT LIICENOW.* Mn. POLEHAMFTON, the subject of this memoir, perished at Luck- now in the discharge of his duty as an East India Company's chap- lain. But the siege is by no...

1lff In fly ellitur.

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CHURCH RITES. Belfast, 13th October 1858. Sra—There is a part of the question between the Church and the Dis- senters which Sir Arthur Elton has not stated in his letter...

BURIAL-PLACE OF ROBERT, Dux E OF NORMANDY.—During some res- torations

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which have recently been made in the Chapter House at Glou- cester some discoveries were made possessing considerable antiquarian in- terest. Leland, who died in 1552 states...

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NEW NOVELS. * THERE is a curious contrast in Gordon of

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Duncairn between the incidents of the story and the sentiments and style. It is com- mon enough in novels to find. the leading idea or some of the principal occurrences derived...

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GREENER'S GUNNERY IN 1858.* Snces the gun became the great

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weapon of war there never was a time when it was so necessary to perfect it to the uttermost in range, handiness, and durability. Nor the gun alone ; but its projec_ tile and...

DR. OGILVIE'S MASTER-BUILDER'S PLAN. * IT is about fifty years since

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Oken first promulgated his theory on a pervading typical law of formation, at all events as regarded vertebrate animals ; close observation of the upper part of the backbone,...

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lint arts.

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HOLBEIN'S DANCE OP DEATH AND BIBLE PRINTS.* Taken all in all, this new volume of Bohn's Illustrated Library re- dounds greatly to its publisher's credit. The staple of the...

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On the 12th August, at Mussoorie, Colonel Hugh Fraser, C.B.,

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Bengal Engineers, late Commandant at Agra, and officiating Commissioner for the North-West Pro- vinces of India. On the :1st August, at Mount Moan, Lieut.-Col. W. Anderson,...

MARRIAGES.

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On the 28th September, at Newark, New Jersey, N. America, Hippolite Emile eldest son of H. Bailliere, Esq., of 219, Regent Street, London, to Mary, °oh daughter of the late H....

Cot t PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, OCTOBER 12. 13ankr uPicY Annulled.-30016 HARGREAVES,

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Bradford and Sutton, Yorkshire, coa l - merchant. s 4"kru Pfs. - CAnr. Zeeman, York Row, Kennington Road, watchmaker-Cnrairms „ F •oun and HENRY KEAN, Milk Street, Cheapside,...

BIRTHS.

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on the 9th October, in Tilney Street, Park Lane, Lady Whichcote, of a son. On the 9th . at Stone Lodge, Suffolk, the lion. Mrs. George Dashwood, of a A zu ghter. " eh 9th at...

ft %ring.

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PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OCTOBER 15. \CAE OFFICE, Pall Mall, October 15.-Coralry-3d Regiment of Light Dragoons -Lieut. CT. Goff to be Capt. by purchase, vice Sitwell, who...

PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Sugars,. Monday 23tealay Widnes. I per Cent Consols 981 951 981 981 Ditto for Account 981 - 981 3 per Cents Reduced shut 911 97 97/ 971...