22 SEPTEMBER 1855

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Another little quarrel on our hands has not been brought

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to a close—the disturbance in the centre of Bengal. We have already reported the outbreak of the Santa's, inhabitants of the hill dis- trict about two hundred miles from...

It has been necessary for the French and English Governments

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to call Naples to account ; and after a reluctant delay that state has been fain to render an account, at least on the British demand. Our readers have already had some hints of...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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IN reference to news from the Crimea, this week is anomalous. The strongest interest is derived from the account of affairs which in these fast days we must consider as gone by,...

At home we labour under an almost total destitution of

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political Hews; although we know well enough that the most powerful elements of political vitality are in large and active operation. The Cabinet Councils meeting weekly—the...

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Itrutriarts.

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The Reverend Mr. Mountran, incumbent of Hemel Hempsted, has re- cently seen fit to revive the use of the offertory and the prayer for the church militant. This greatly offended...

'At Court. TEE QUERN attended the annual Highland gathering at

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Braemar Castle on Thursday last week, and remained two hours to witness the athletic gaum s of the North. On Saturday, the newly-arrived Prince William Fre- d erick of Prussia...

31ttrultaliz.

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At a meeting of the Court of Common Council, the Lord Mayor notified that he had retired a memorial, signed by a large number of "persona of the greatest influence" in London,...

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IRELAND.

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The Lora-Lieutenant is making a progress in the South. He set out from Dublin on Tuesday, by the Great Southern and Western line destined for the Lakes of Kerry. On Wednesday he...

SCOTLAND. The business proceedings of the British Association were brought

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to a close on Wednesday, and the pleasure excursions finished on Thursday. On the whole, the meeting - has been of that equable character which does not raise it above the...

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futtigu gut( &Initial.

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FRANCE. —When the intelligence of the fall of Sebastopol reached Paris, the Emperor did not fail to forward, in brief but emphatic terms, his congratulations and thanks to the...

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311ifirtilautan.

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Ministers have twice assembled in consultation since last Saturday. On Monday, a regular Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office; attended by Lord Palmerston the Lord...

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The intelligence from the Baltic rid Dantzio simply reports that

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Ad- miral Dundas was to leave Nargen for Seeker on the 17th; and that the weather was variable. The information received from Erzeroum this morning is oontradictory on the main...

Earl Gifford, the Somerset candidate for Totness, delivered a spoken

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address to the electors, for the first time, on Thursday; amplifying the principles set forth in his printed address. No opposition is anticipated. Two orders in Council...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. Before daybreak this morning, General Simpson ' s despatch, describing the assault upon Sebastopol, was published in a Gazette Extraordinary ; Major Curzon having...

A telegraphic message from Marseilles adds to the statement that

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Mazza, the Director of the Neapolitan Police, has been dismissed, the fact that "the Minister of War has resigned," and that "no apology has been made for the insult to the...

MONEY MARKET. &roes Rio:mamas. FRIDAY Arms:coon.

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The tendency to depression in Government Securities continued unchecked throughout the first portion of the week. The report was renewed that the Bank was selling Stock; the...

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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It is impossible to satisfy the demands of all who favour us with letters intended for insertion. One of the communications still postponed, is another able paper on Decimal...

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PARISIAN THEATRICALS.

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On Monday last, Madame Amauld Bemis (the Mademoiselle Plessis of the days of Mitchell) reappeared at the Theatre Fran ois. in Tartuft, after an absence of ten years, during...

Two instances of longevity in the amusement line occurred last

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week. On Friday the 14th instant, Mr. Charles Kean closed the Princess's with the 100th representation of Henry the Eighth ; and on the following night Mr. Albert Smith bade a...

Chtatrto.

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The present week has been distinguished by two very creditable mani- festations of the "legitimate" drama at theatres far beyond the line of demarcation mown to the old patrons...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE ARMIES IN THE CRIMEA. TICE position of the belligerents in the Crimea is one of peculiar in- terest, big with results even more considerable than the taking of the South...

THE NEXT OBJECT OF THE WAR.

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ALEXANDER THE SECOND is reported to have met the announce- ment from Sebastopol with more than fortitude—with bravado. It was anticipated, of course, that he might now make...

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I HUSBAND FOR THE PRINCESS ROYAL

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Pm - Nen FREDERICK Wrizasi of Prussia is a guest at Balmoral where the Royal Family of England is in villeggiatura. The Princess Royal, now almost fifteen years of age, is as...

RUSSIA MUST PAY.

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WHEN a poor man commits a crime, the chances are a hundred to one against his escaping the punishment which law awards against every infraction of its inflexible ordinances....

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SAID PASHA.

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"THE Pasha means to travel !" The announcement creates no surprise, for Said Pasha is given to journeying, suddenly visiting parts of his dominions surrounded by a band of...

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THE NEW INCOME-TAX.

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DIE Commissioners of the Treasury had better direct the pro- per authorities to turn the eye of superintendence over the As- sessors and Collectors of the Income-tax; for there...

THE MALTA SECRETARYSHIP.

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A QUESTION has arisen on a point which we regret to see the subject of any question at all. The Secretaryship of the island of Malta recently fell vacant by the death of Mr....

Ittttro to tht Calor. EDUCATION AND IGNORANCE.

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Milford, 17th September 1855. Sne—I think that you were quite right in recommending "further exer- tion" for education in the Spectator of the 8th instant, and that your cor-...

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THE RUMPLING - OF DESPOTISM.

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1 Adam Street, Adelphi,17th September 1855. Sin—Sebastopol is ours; the robber fortress is no longer the stronghold of the ruffian. The preparations of years for the conquest of...

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BOOKS.

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SMITE'S ARAUCANIA NS.. THESE " Notes of a Tour among the Southern Tribes of Chili" have a closer resemblance to genuine travels than most books that have lately appeared. The...

19th September 1865.

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Sin—You deserve the thanks of the public for your advice in last week's Spectator, that "Railway managers should concentrate their attention upon their own district." The...

SUNDAY LABOUR.

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Sin—Overpowered by the assurance with which your correspondent "I. B." advances his charges against me, I have been studiously but vainly endeavouring to find out where my...

"LITIGANT RAILWAYS."

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18th September 1856. Sin—Having been a reader of your journal for the quarter of a century, I have misapprehended its spirit if you will not be glad to be corrected in matters...

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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS'S TRANSLATION* OF SAROONTALA.. THIS Indian drama dates from

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the palmy days of Sanskrit litera- ture, in the first or second century before Christ; and though its age, as its accomplished translator observes, far exceeds that of any...

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ARAGO'S METEOROLOGICAL ESSAYS. *

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THIS volume forms the commencement of a series which is to con- tain a translation of Arago's principal works by or under the au- spices of some leading men of science. The...

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Ina 3rt5.

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PENTON'S CRIMEAN PHOTORRAPHS. Human fallibility has attached to all the sources from which we have hitherto derived our knowledge of the seat of war—telegraphic messages,...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Books. Handbook for Travellers in Portugal. With a Travelling Map. Sermons preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton, by the late Reverend Fredenck W. Robertson, M.A., the...

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FINE ARTS SECTION OF THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

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Grand displays of universal industry, such as that of which England gave - the example in 1851, and that which makes Paris the present centre of attraction, may be expected to...

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Brants.

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On the 5th September, at Rokeby Hall, Lady Robinson, of a daughter. On the 12th, at Hazelwood Castle, the Hon. Mrs. Vavasour, of a son. On the 12th, at Tawstock Court, Devon,...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICZ, Sept. 18.-89th Regiment of Foot-To be Lieutenants, by purchase- Ensign W. O. Smith, vice Phillipps, promoted ; Ensign F. S. Bore, vice Young, who retires. 47th...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, 897t. 18. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. — Stones and Diver, Sheffield, file-manufacturers—Ro- berts and Co. London, commission-merchants—Thorns and Co. Exeter, oilmen—Al-...

PRICES CURRENT,

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BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Victoria ,cop. 82, for the week ending on Saturday, the 16th day of Sept. 1855. Issas DirADTMENT, Notesissued...

NAVAL GAZETTE.

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Am/MALTY, Sept. 18.—Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieut. .7. M. Sadleir to be First Lieut. vice Cuttler, deceased.