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. The food and money questions. are still in a

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state to occasion anxiety. Not that we pay , much attention to the meeting in Hide Park on Stinday as a proof of popular suffering from " dear bread." [LATEST EDITION.] Bread...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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ARMENIA has become for the week the point which attracts at- tention, by the signal defeat of the Russians at Kars. We have as yet only the most incomplete accounts, with...

• Apart from fond and &ape, the week at home

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has been charac- terized bythe same profound tranquillity as last week. If we are in seer& of Ofentp, too 'must either go to the criminal record, or to soino`eopor 61 the United...

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CO Court.

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Tat QtrEmt, Prince Albert, and their family, have returned to Windsor Castle. They departed from Balmoral at half-past eight on Tuesday morning ; posting to Banehory, they there...

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At a meeting-of the Court of Common Council, on Thursday, Mr. An. derton brought forward his annualmotion in favour of petitioning Parlia- ment to abolish the oath of...

The spurious " Manchester party" seems still from time to

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time to attract a recruit from the lower ranks of the Derby Opposition, The spurious " Manchester party" seems still from time to time to attract a recruit from the lower ranks...

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There seems likely to be a stirring contest at Tonnes, at all events on the hustings, whatever there may be in the polling-booth. Mr. Macken- zie, who has come forward to oppose...

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SCOTLAND.

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Glasgow celebrated the successes of the Allies in the Crimea, by a din- ner in the City Hall, on Saturday last, under the presidenco of the Duke of Hamilton. The hall had been...

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IRELAND.

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By an act passed during the Irish Secretaryship of Sir John Young, the Irish Corporations were made the collectors of the sums levied as "Ministers'-money." This measure is...

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flat* nut talunial.

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FRANCE.—The Emperor` has this week been engaged in feting the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, who have been guests at St. Cloud. The Emperor has paid especial attention to the Duke...

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3iliorrIlaurottg.

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The weekly Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office on Mon, day, and sat two hours and a half. The Council was attended by Lord Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATTOIDA.Y, We regret to hear of the sudden and alarming illness of Sir William Molesworth, the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The right honour- able Baronet had been...

The Allied expedition against Kinburn has been successful. This after-

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noon telegraphic messages were received by Lord Clarendon and Sir Ed- mund Lyons, briefly giving the particulars. The Admiral's despatch is as follows- " Ofthe Mouth of the...

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The overland mail arrived yesterday, bringing advices from Bombay to

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the 12th September. Very little of general interest is reported. The Sontal insurrection has been entirely suppressed; some thousands have surrendered, but the majority are...

A correspondent of the Times, "P. II.," who dates "

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Suffolk, Oc- tober 18," states some facts to show that speculation is as rife now as it was in 1847, and that speculators are keeping up the price of wheat. " Wheat is being...

There was a ball yesterday at Aldershot, to inaugurate the

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Club re- cently established there. Among the guests, were Lord Panmure and General Power of the Royal Artillery. The attraction of red coats for the fair sex was newly...

' The annual dinner of the Chertsey Agricultural Society, held

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yester- day, rejoiced in the prefidency of Mr. Henry Drummond ; who, in his many speeches, was as discursive and amusing as usual. Speaking of the Royal Family, he said it was...

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ibratrto.

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The Olympic, which will open tonight, and the Princess's, which will commence its season on Monday next, complete the list of Metropolitan theatres for the present year. Two...

METROPOLITAN COMMUNICATIONS.

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The Select Committee moved for last session, by Mr. Jackson, to con- sider the state of the communications in and to the Metropolis, had larger scope than the inquiry conducted...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The Bank of England continues to take decided measures to prevent the drain of bullion : yesterday it raised the rate of discount to 6 per...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE SALIC LAW IN FRANCE. NsPormos the Third must be content with half a chance in the matter of the succession. There is no doubt that an heir born to him might have a great...

BREAD-RIOTS, AND THE WINTER.

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Soars thousands of persons assembled in Hyde Park last Sunday, to obtain a diminution of the price of bread. How, if they were sincere, they could expect to obtain their purpose...

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RED REPUBLICAN LETTER TO THE QUEEN Lir= needs to be

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said about the letter of the Red Republicans to Queen Victoria. It is one of those oases in which the language will be the same from all parts of the country, and in all...

THE JEW-BUTCHER'S CASE.

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STRANGE are the caprices which fasten odium upon particular in- dividuals and leave the thousands or millions of others who are not distinguishable from the few free from blame....

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PENAL SERVITUDE REFORM.

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THE secondary discussion on the subject of penal servitude has already made such progress since its very recent commencement, that we are not surprised when we hear of...

THE RECORD COMMISSION'S LAST.

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Ax one time the English Sovereign used to keep a Jester; our Sovereign keeps a Master of the Rolls. The business of the King's Jester was impromptu witticisms, quips, practical...

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MILITARY REASONS AGAINST A PITCHED-IIP PEACE.

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Fulham, October 19. Sin—I am one of the many who believe that peace at this moment would not only be unwise, but would, if attempted be found impracticable. If you will allow...

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STATE OF OPINION ON THE WAR. Reading, 18th October 1855. Sin—I have been now for several years a reader of your paper, and owe you much for the instruction and pleasure I have...

EPISTLE VII.

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TO MB.. THOMAS SNOW, GOLDSMITH, :MAIL TIMPLE BAIL A Panegyric, occasioned by his buying and selling of the third So uth-Sca Subscriptions, taken in by the Directors at a...

THE BIENSE&NCE OF PRISON SOCIETY.

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PABALLFTISM seems to be a rule throughout the creation: The "spirit world" evidently has its distinctions, classes, and grades, as we have. Copies of our globe hang in the...

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DECIMAL COINAGE.

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1st. Decimal Money of Account. This is neither more nor lea than a scale for computing values, coincident with the established systems of numeration and notation. It must of...

IMPORTANT TERRITORIAL QUESTIONS IN NORTH AMERICA.

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Belfast, 15th October 1856. Sra—A time of alliance with France and war with Russia is peculiarly appropriate to the settlement of certain important territorial questions con-...

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"THE SQUARING OF THE CIRCLE."

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Eckington, Derbyshire, 15th October 1855. but—When will men ignorant of some of the first principles of mathe- matics cease to weary themselves in search of what the most rigid...

Elm Cottage, Bewdley, 9th October 1855.

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Sin—In the Supplement to your valuable publication of the 29th September, there is a paper on "Decimal Coinage," under the signature "H.," in which it is stated—"The problems to...

A WORD IN BEHALF OF THE FENNY. • S331 — May I

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be permitted to say a word in behalf of the penny ? - r assure your correspondent "A: D: that it is popular far beyond his estimate. The largest number of the daily purchases in...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE".

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Tuesday, Oct. 16. Paarxxesairs Dissotven.-Poole and Mattock, Newgete Market-Pope and Co. Liverpool-Roberts and Stutter, Sydenham, surgeons- Milne and Flemone, Tun- bridge,...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICE, Oct. 16.-6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Lieut. G. Wardlaw to be Capt by purchase, vice Morton, who retires. 4th Light Dragoons-Lieut. C. A. G. Browne to be Capt....

BIRTHS.

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On the 19th July, at Perth, Western Australia, the Wife of the Rev. George P. Pownall, Colonial Chaplain, of a son. On the 9th October, at Ham Court, Worcestershire, the Wife...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH S per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents. Long Annuities Annuities 1885 Bank Stock, 8 per Cent India Stock, 101 per Cent Exchequer...

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London: Printed by Josera CLAYTON, of 920, Strand, In the

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County of Middlesex, Printer, at the office of losers Cz..1 TON, No. 10, Crane Court, in the Parish of St. Dunstan's in the West; in the City of London ; and Published by the...

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BOOKS.

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ROSS'S FUR-RUNTERS. * SOME six years ago, Mr. Ross published a full account of the foundation and failure of the great fur-trade speculation un- dertaken by the celebrated Mr....

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OCTOBER 20, 1855.

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NSW stovv..ts.•

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Tim author of the autobiography of "Lorenzo Benoni," an. Italian. Liberal, exhibits in Doctor Antonio more varied qualities than • Doctor Antonio: a Tale. By the Author of "...

RAXTILA.17SEN'S TRIBES OF TILE CAUCASUS. * TICE Baron Von Haxthansen has

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published an elaborate work on Russia, and a book of travels in the Russian provinces beyond the Caucasus. In both cases the writer may be said to have worked under the...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Arrmi two months of considerable flatness, there are some faint indications of revival in the publishing world. As yet, however, it is rather promise than performance. Messrs....

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FINE ARTS SECTION OF THE PARIS EXHIBITION—NO. Iv.

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Leaving France in order to get a glimpse at her artistic dependencies, we come first to Belgium as the most productive and vigorous. Her art on the whole is, indeed, but a pale...

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THE NATIONAL GALLERY. MONDAY next is a day for those interested in National Gallery matters to be on the qui wive. The establishment reopens after its autumn recess, and it is...

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DISSOLUTION OF FARLIAMFaNL.

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Efrain the Edw . burgh Review.] Our limits on the present occasion forbid us to undertake a review of the last session in the House. of Commoms, and indeed- the task-would he...