26 AUGUST 1854

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Politically, the progress announced by the official documents which we

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publish in another page is even greater than the naval or military progress, and it is of a kind to lend new value and energy to every hostile step. We have now the text of the...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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-Com) we transfer ourselves to that chamber where, probably, the most intense amount of anxiety in all the world at present exists, -Com) we transfer ourselves to that chamber...

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The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the Province of Canter- bury was prorogued on Thursday, at the Jerusalem Chamber, by the Vicar-General, Dr. Twiss, under a...

The Board of Health is in action, and is taking

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steps to remove the causes of epidemic disease. A circular has been sent to the lo- cal authorities for publication, and extensively published ; giving directions how to survey...

i4t ',Protrium.

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The Hull election, details of which had not reached us last week, ter- minated in favour of the Liberal candidates. At the close of the poll on Friday the numbers were—Seymour,...

'At (gut.

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Tins has been a gay and busy week in the Isle of Wight. The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh arrived at Osborne on Monday, on a visit to the Queen : the Duke of Newcastle also arrived on...

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,Carttp. nit-rlirnint. --,,

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by the capture : of two -thensand Russiao., prisoners, was °far:" „tele- Tim Ikurre.—The final ceriquest of the Romemund forts,:acez i panied graphed to the public teat...

SCOTLAND.

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The election of Lord Haddo for Aberdeenshire, in the room of Admiral Gordon, took place on Tuesday. Lord Haddo was proposed by Sir J. D. Elphinstone ; who briefly stated that he...

IRELAND.

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A Roman Catholic Synod, which has been sitting for some time at - Tuam, was closed with great pomp and ceremonial on Sunday. Dr. APHale occupied the most conspicuous position,...

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OFFICIAL PILFERS: NOTES OP THE THREE POWERS.

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The notes, interchanged between France and Austria, and England and Austria, on the 8th August, referred to by Lord John Russell on the. last day of the session, have been...

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311istri1anutts.

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The Board of Health has issued a general circular to the public and to Boards of Guardians, giving some useful information on the alibied of the removal of nuisances, and some...

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A vacancy is created in the representation of Wigan, by

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the death of Mr. Ralph Anthony Thicknesse, on- Tuesday last, rather suddenly, at Harrowgate. It is reported that Mr. Wood, a son-in-law of Mr. Charles Hindley, will be the...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The telegraph affords little intelligence this morning, either from the Baltic or the Black Sea. "Hamburg, August 24.—We have telegraphic advices from Stockholm,...

The Massager de Bayonne publishes a note, communicated by authority,

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asserting that the visit of 31. de Persigny to Madrid is "entirely uncon- nected with polities." The troops which originally raised the standard of revolt under O'Don- nell...

Captain Penny's expedition to Davis's Straits, for the purpose of

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establish- ing a resident whale-fishery, has been successful. One of the ships, the Lady Franklin, arrived at Aberdeen on Thursday, with a cargo of oil worth 80001. The second...

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Tag POST-OFFICE. AND TER RAILWAYS.

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In the earlier part of last seed= numerous complaints were made of i r regularity in the postal deliveriei at Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead ? , North and South Shields, and...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A demand for money, which it is believed will be only temporary, has led to some sales of Government Securities; and early in the week the...

BIRTHS.

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On the 14th August, at Godstone, the Wife of the Rev. Arthur M. Hoare, Rector of Calbourne, of a son. On the 17th, at Wiseton Hall, Notts, the Wife of the Rev. Robert Sutton,...

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TO FIRE TILE TOWER GUNS. ,

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TIAE capture of liomersund was announced to the inhabitants of the French capital by the „firing of 19,1 09, no firing of guns in the b)gliali capital ;...

GARIBALDI TO KOSS17T1f.

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most European countries, at present; there is a party which ealls itself "the Patriotparty," and which hag some claim to the i title, since its principle s to assert the...

,TO_PICS OF THE DAY.

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ITTI-I;r (tie:fennel deaaeaticiti ofirwer. against Russia,, the primary obiegg ofEtirtipeaninterventionwas,to,ejeot4he invader feoni tho Psinbipalitiee ;aa JOjeat to be...

RUSSIA'S UNBLOCKADED PROVINCE.

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"'Russia does not appear to have formally withdrawn from the Conference at Vienna, but, to repeat an expression which is generally applied to the ease, she appears to 'have...

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NEW OFFICES OF STATE. - •

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THE Coalition Government is attacked for the comprehensiveness of its relations, and for its weakness, as if the two were the same thing ; whereas the weakness,' such as it is;...

ADULTERATION OF PARLIAMENT.

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AFTER , all, the last session of Parliament was not so barren in xesnlia ; and if the results were not exactly what the public ex- *fed, they were exactly what competent persons...

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THE CENSORSHIP OF WISEM.A_N Olt OF ASHBURTON.

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IT is curious to see the art with which members of the Ultra- montane Roman Catholic party employ upon Protestant minds the -rule of making the object justify the means. It is a...

THE EXCURSION-TRAIN FROM DOVER TO THE HOSPITAL.

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"Men proposes," we sometimes say, "but God disposes"; when we ought to say, "Man proposes, but neglects to perform." The frightful scene at Croydon on Monday afternoon resulted...

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fetus In Ot eititnr.

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THE WINDSOR C OURTS-MARTIA.L. 23d August l854. Sue—Although the attempt to stem the tide of popular feeling, when setting strongly in one direction, is seldom at the time...

PARTNERSHIP LIABILITY.

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Edinburgh, August 21, 1854. 8in-1 anz sorry that I should have " evaded " the drift of W. S.'s ergs. meats; -certainly I did not intend evasion. As stated by himself, that awn....

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BOOKS.

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FOOTE'S AFRICA AND WEE AMERICAN PL/.G. * This quain.t-looking title indicates the contents of the volume ex- actly. The book contains a geographical and historical sketch of...

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LORD lianoVs. /Lis - FURY OF ENGLAND..

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THE': seventh volume'olthe history of Eneland from the Peace Of :Utrecht to the close Of the American W as' completes an able work. In largeness of grasp and comprehension, in...

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AMERICAN NOTELS—FASHION AND FAllINEl

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THE SHADY SIDE. * THE decision that an undomiciled foreigner cannot convey a copy- right valid in this country, seems likely to work some change in the book-trade, and in a...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Booxs. The Earnest Student ; being Memorials of John Mackintosh. By the Reverend Norman Macleod, Minister of the Barony Parish, Glasgow. Fashion and Famine; or Contrasts in...

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THE ALRAMBRA COURT OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

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Here stands the fountain cool in the pallid grey. 'of its itarble, but'bet Ath .1;ont-, J N - . Ramsay, Gent.; - E...Idtclan,_ , Gent. , 19th -J. G. SnirtIC, ypt pouring its...

AIILITART .

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OFFICE op OnbssIven, Aug. 21. -Royal Regiment of:Artillery-Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieuts.-F. G. Bayley, vice Tyler, prosnoted,;, Harris. Vice Slnarl, promoted; 0. -Carr,...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices ) 1 Solari. , Moneta!, Tenthly. Wanes.. Thurs. Friday, 045 911 94 03i 1 ai 3 per Cent Consols 944 1 911 9.1i oil 94 941 as ' Ditto for Account 3...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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• - Tuesday, AvustV. • PARTNERSHIPS ,DISSOLTED.-Tully and Co. Rio Janeiro-Barnes and Seabrook, RodeSwell Road. SlePtley, naptha-reetifiers -Hays and Kelly, New Barford, Notting-...