24 MARCH 1860

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North Italy. The people of Tuscany, Modena, Parma, and the

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Commons on the motion for the second reading. The Tory op- Romagna, have voted for annexation with an unanimity unpre- position was limited to speeches. Mr. Disraeli, who led...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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WE may now regard Victor Emmanuel as practically King of Monday evening saw the Reform Bill before the House of the truth of this view. legislating on American principles. And...

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Fthatts nut runbiug in Vurlinnaut.

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. Broom OF Loans, Monday, March 19. The Divorce Court: Lord Lyndhurst's Question—The Ballot ; Lord Teynham's Motion—Sunday Trading ; Lord Chelms-...

From India we have a report of Mr. Wilson's plan

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for equalizing income and expenditure, and at the same time equalizing the pressure of taxation, by what is virtually a system of taxes calculated, ad valorem, on every form of...

There have been three minor proceedings in the House of

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Com- mons which possess some attraction. Mr. Duncombe has been allowed quietly to bring in a bill to efface from the Parliamentary oath taken by Members of the House of Commons...

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THE QUEEN received addresses on the Treaty with France, from both Houses of Parliament, on Saturday. On Wednesday morning, her Ma- jesty left Osborne for Buckingham Palace. s In...

44t 311ttrupulis.

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At a Court of Aldermen, on Saturday, held to consider the Corporation Reform Bill, a report was presented from the Privileges Committee, dis- approving of certain resolutions of...

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Trunintial.

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The two Liberal candidates for Norwich are Sir William Russell and Mr. E. Warner ; the two Conservatives, Mr. W. D. Lewis, Q.C., and Mr. W. Forlonge. The Mayor has been...

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SCOTLAND.

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A memorial was last week forwarded to Lord John Russell by the Glasgow Reform Committee, transmitting for his consideration a copy of a petition which, a year ago, through the...

lamp ant t ulonial.

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fraurr.—The annexation of Savoy is now regarded as a settled matter. On the 13th of March, M. Thouvenel wrote a despatch to Count de Persigny for presentation to the British...

IRELAND.

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On the 15th instant, a crowded assembly met in the theatre of the Royal Dublin Society, to present Captain Sir Leopold M'Clintock with an address, testifying their respect for...

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311iffullfinrous.

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• We have great pleasure in stating that, in all probability, her Majesty will review the Volunteer Corps of the metropolis, and such localities as may render attendance...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY MORNING. As usual, in the House of Commons, on the motion for adjournment until Monday, a host of questions were put to Ministers. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, said that...

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There is reason to hope that in July next, will

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appear the first part of a very remarkable work, or series of works by Mr. Herbert Spencer. That gentleman has been for several years preparing for the task, and we now have...

MB. HOBBS'S GUN.

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196, Piccadilly, March 21 1860. Sin,—As you have very kindly noticed, on several occasionsmy patent portable cannon, I beg to make a statement on the subject, By the papers, I...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE. FRIDAY Arrramoom. The English Stock Market has undergone little or no variation this week, consols closing this afternoon within a fraction of the opening...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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A NEW VIEW OF BANKRUPTCY. WE hope that the comprehensive measure introduced by the Attorney-General will prove a step towards a final adjustment of the procedure affecting...

THE DOOMED DYNASTY OF NAPLES.

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TRE Government of Naples forces itself upon the attention of the world at intervals, when some atrocity greater than common breaks the surface of a treacherous calm, and always...

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THE TRUE SOURCE AND FUNCTION OF MILITIA. WITY is it

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that the Government has not given the faintest sign of any intention to deal with that important element of national de- fence—the Militia ? Are we to lose it, retain it as it...

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RUSSIAN AND OTHER RAILWAYS.

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A RATHER curious story, told by an eye-witness, is given in one of the last numbers of the Russian Gazette of St. Petersburg. Some weeks ago, at two o'clock one fine afternoon,...

THE HUMBOLDT CORRESPONDENCE.

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A curious volume of correspondence has brought forth un- questionably some interesting traits of one of the greatest men the century has seen,—Alexander von Humboldt; but also...

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Ititrro in t4t Mar.

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THEE WEST INDIA. QUESTION. IV. " It would all be well—say the familiars of New Broad Street,—if the plan- ters were but kind to the workpeople." They do not treat them...

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SHOTS A.ND SKIPS.

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Belfast, 13th .3farch, 1860. Slit—I see that Sir William Armstrong has succeeded in sending a missile through an iron plate of four inches and a half in thickness. I do not yet...

BOOKS.

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THE UNDERWORLD.. BYRON, in his grand and lurid inspiration, represents the first murderer, ere the commission of his crime, as conducted by the fallen Archangel, through the...

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HUNGARY'S PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS. * ITALY today, tomorrow Hungary. No

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one believes in the stabi- lity of the system pursued since 1850 by the incapable and incor- rigible house of Hapsburg ; no one doubts that Hungary will rise again to vindicate...

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), OBJECTIONS TO MR, DARWIN'S TZEORT OF THE ORIGIN _

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OF SPREIES. [The Archbishop of Dublin has received the following remarks, in answer to an inquiry he had made of a friend (eminent in the world of science) on the subject of...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Dr. Amedee Piehot's new work, THE LIFE AND LABOURS OF Srn enemata BELL makes its appearance in England in the guise of a wretched translation. It is not creditable to our...

LITERARY NEWS.

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" The Posthumous Papers of John Hunter, on Natural History, Physiology, Generation, Psychology, Pala3ontology, and Comparative Anatomy, edited, with Notes, by Professor Owen,...

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BIM) MUSICIANS AND MECHANICS.

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Our readers may remember that, on the first day of the year 1859, we drew their attention to an admirable Institution for enabling blind work- men and women to help themselves....

PARISIAN THEATRICALS.

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M. Theodore Barriere has favoured the Theitre Francais with a little one-act comedy,i entitled Le Feu au Couvent, which, in its general ten- dency, resembles la Joie de la...

Z4k 64tatrrs.

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Once more have we been plunged into an Arcadia of the eighteenth century, by a new piece which was brought out at the Lyceum on Mon- day, and is called the Abbe raudreuil. A...

' 311usir.

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The second concert of the Musical Society of London,—considering the lofty pretensions with which this large association commenced its career,—ought to have been the great...

• MR. coul - ER AND TILE BRITISH MUSEUM.

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Sir Frederick Madden has addressed the following letter to the Times, dated British Museum, March 19. "I should feel much obliged by the insertion of the present letter, in...

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lint Arts.

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WORKS OF FRENCH AND FLEMISH ARTISTS. The French exhibition bids fair to become established as firmly in Pall Mall as any of our own. The collection first shown to the public on...

PROGRESS OF THE MORE RAPHAEL.

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The exhibition of the Moore Raphael, the "Apollo and Marsyas," at Vienna attained ever increasing success while it lasted. In its arrange- ments, the Government most handsomely...

MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.

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[Published by Casa, BEALE, and Co.] Lurline ; an Opera in three acts. Written by Edward Fitsball ; composed by W. Vincent Wallace. The favourable opinion of this opera, which...

THE PORTLAND GALLERY.

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The "Institution of the Fine Arts" was rather a grand name to be assumed by a few free brushes not disposed to submit to the principle of selection adopted by the Academy...

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BIRTHS.

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On the 12th of March, in Mansfield Street, the Lady Click Browne, of a daughter. On the 13th, at 1, Campden Grove, Kensington, the Wife of William Charles Kent, Esq.,...

PRICES CURRENT.

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sit 945 shut shut shut shut 2181 22 22 2 dis. 3 per Cent Console Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents nimnitiea 1880 gn i in i t e oll l r e , s 9 s per Gent...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. MARCH 20.

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Bankrupts.-Jsmas Hamar REDSTONE, Cowes, Isle of Wight, fishmonger-Fin:- maim Wu.nis Miunnin, Westbourne Park Villas, boardingh000e-keeper-6E0E0z HIDSDALE, Gower Place, Easton...