18 AUGUST 1860

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As we anticipated, the position in the Turkish empire grows

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more serious with the march of events. To a certain extent, the Ottoman Government still appears to be acting in good faith. Faad Pasha has arrested the chief civil and military...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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ITALY trembles with the coming eruption. Before our paper goes to press, the telegraph may bring such intelligence as will go far to surpersede the interest of th e summary that...

_ Sir Charles Wood has explained the condition of the

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In- dian Finances. It appears that for the year ending April 1859, the deficit was 14,187,0001. ; for the year 1860, it was 9,981,000/., and the calculated deficit for the year...

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Mdagts au tt ImarDatiatp rultamtut.

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PRIX CIP AL 11378INtadt 22:2£ sWE 2E. How or LORDS. Monday, *must p3. .Galway Harbour Bill (No. 2) read a third time and passed—Refreshment Houses' and Wine Licences 8ffl...

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THE PRINCE OF WALES'S TOUR.

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The Prince arrived at Halifax on the 30th ultimo, and landed at noon in the presence of an immense crowd, and amid thunders of salutes from the men-of-war in the harbour. Lord...

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A HIGH SHERIFF IN CONTEMPT.

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Another " scene " occurred at Guildford Assizes. Mr. Evelyn, the High Sheriff, posted on the outside of the court in which Mr. Justice Blackburn sits the following placard- "...

rAt (Court.

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THE QUEEN, Prince Consort, and family, are at Balmoral. On the 9th, the Prince Consort went out upon Crayowannon, and the woods were driven for deer ; he was accompanied by her...

THE BERWICK COMMISSION OF INQUIRY.

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The Berwick Commissioners sat on Tuesday, when Mr. Donald Nicoll, late M.P. for Frome, appeared, and on oath made the following statement- " I know one Alexander Brodie, who was...

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311rtropulis.

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On Wednesday afternoon a deputation waited upon the Right Hon- ourable William Cowper, at his office in Whitehall Place, to present an address in favour of the new Kensington...

Vrouilitiol.

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Mr. Sidney Herbert communicated by circular, this week, to the Scot- tish Lord-Lieutenants her Majesty's approbation of the soldierlike bearing and loyalty of the Volunteers...

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Mugu null tralollial.

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' fraurp.—On Friday night (10th instant) a fire broke out at the barracks of the Emperor at the Camp of Chalons, near the room of the Imperial Prince. The fire was promptly...

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311toul1autuno.

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The Committee appointed to inquire and report on Civil Service exa- minations have completed their task : they say, in a summary to their report— Up to the end of 1859, the...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY MORNING. In the House of Commons yesterday, in Committee, resolutions moved by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to raise 2,000,000/. sterling, by the issue of Exchequer...

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"The Opiiiione adds—Although this despatch does not mention any dis-

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embarkation of Garibaldi, it nevertheless appears quite certain that he has succeeded in effecting a landing. The Opinione also publishes a despatch, dated Naples, loth instant,...

Private letters from Calcutta mention a very interesting project res-

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pecting which some information had oozed out. It seems that amongst the auxiliary measures of which Lord Canning intended to strengthen British influence in India, was a plan...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FBIDAII AFTERNOON. The Market for Consols was steady during the first two days of the week, though without much animation ; but the second editions of the...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE CRIMINAL STATES OF EUROPE. A cams seems impending on the continent. Some few States, in the infatuation of obstinacy or bigotry, threaten the peace of the world. The chance...

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BUSINESS IN PARLIAMENT.

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THE COMMITTEES or 1848 AND 1854. NEXT year we are to have a Select Committee on the conduct of public business in Parliament. 'or we assume that the inquiry will take in the...

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THE CIVIL SERVICE REPORT.

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LIE Report of the Select 'Committee on the nomination and ex- amination of candidates for junior appointments in the Civll Service was expected to give us the results of the new...

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CITY CHURCHES.

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Jr seems very doubtful whether the Union of Benefices Bill will become an Act of Parliament in the present session. Not only is there very little time to spare, but the Bill has...

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ART AND SCIENCE.

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WE cannot let the Parliamentary debates on Science and Art pass even for a week without a hasty note, to mark the singular position in which both Parliament and Government are...

BOOKS.

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE. * THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE. * IN this work we have a fresh illustration of the transcendental character of the speculative tendencies of the age, in...

The strongest dissatisfaction is felt at the manner in which

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the Road murder has been left a mystery. We have as yet no reason to believe that the mystery cannot be penetrated. On the contrary, we have many communications which indicate...

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THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT.'

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ACGLISHMEN commit, English law connives at, and French dramatists are made to suffer, contrary to the faith of treaties, that systematic breach of the eighth commandment against...

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FLEMISH LITEPAT1T1LE. *- Da. DBLEPIERIteS History of Flemish Literature would be

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more acceptable to Englishmen if it. were written throughout in their own vernacular, instead, of being, to a great extent, composed in a jargon which is neither English nor...

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THE FIFTY YEARS' STRUGGLE OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS. * Tins is

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an excellent little book, written in a large-hearted, earn- est, pious, and thoroughly manly spirit. It has about it a certain degree of that emphasis which Mr. Masson, we...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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THE MUTINIES IN RAIPOOTANA COTOpTiSes a personal narrative of the mutiny at Nusseerabad, with an account of a residence at jodhpore, a journey into Sind, the outbreak at...

THE COUNTY FAKIIIES OF THE 'UNITED EINGB0111. • THE object of

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this work is to give the public a complete and accu- rate "Dictionary. of the Upper Ten Thousand." It is not confined to the landed aristocracy of the kingdom, but extends to...

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PARISIAN THEATRICALS.

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M. Ponsard, the most legitimate of legitimate dramatists, has surprised the Parisian world by a fantastic piece, produced at the Vaudeville, with the title, Ce qui plait aux...

LITERARY NEWS.

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Anew work by.Mr. Beresford Hope, entitled "The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century," is preparing for publication by Mr. Murray. The same publisher announces "A...

31/nsir.

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Great efforts are being made to restore the Norwich Festival to its pristine splendour in the days when Norwich divided the palm with Bir- mingham. There have been full...

MOP tt Otatrrs.

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The favourite drama, Janet Pride, has been revived to excellent pur- pose at the Adelphi, Mr. Webster resuming his original character of Richard Pride, and Miss Woolgar, for the...

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. AUGUST 14.

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B.znkruptcies Annulkd.—JOHN WALKER and 3 Asts.s NEAVE, Southwark Bridge Road, builders—EDWARD WHERRT, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, grocer. Bankrupts. — ROneer MITCHELL,...

BIRTHS.

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On the 9th of August, at Mariston, Plymouth, the Hon. Lady Lopes, of a daughter. On the 11th, at The Ness, Sheldon, Devon, the Lady Clifford, of a daughter. On the 11th, at...

PRICES CURRENT.

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BR ITI SH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Sarard. Monday. Tuesday. Irednet. Thurs. Fr .day. -- S pec cent Consols 93,1 93 93 974 t3 Ditto for Account 93. 911 93 921 93 3...