4 APRIL 1857

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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By far the larger part of the election has now been effected. We have before us the greater number of the names of those who are to compose the new House of Commons, and the...

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THE METROPOLIS.

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LONDON CITE. The actual work of electing—the polling—went 011 in the City with considerable spirit on Saturday. But the contest wanted that touch of real rivalry which is...

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THE PROVINCES.

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[To facilitate reference, the alphabetical order of places is (ollowed, except in the Metropolis.) AYLESBURY. Mr. Layard has been ousted by Mr. Bernard, a Liberal Conservative....

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THE QUEEN continues to drive abroad with persevering regularity. Accompanied by Prince Albert and the Princess Royal, she went to the Haymarket Theatre on Monday. The younger...

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The Lord Mayor is making himself conspicuous, if not popular, by nocturnal perambulations over his domains. On Wednesday night, accompanied by Mr. Hallibiuton, (" Sam Slick,")...

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At the Birmingham Quarter-Sessions, on Monday, Mr. Recorder Hill delivered

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an elaborate charge to the Grand Jury, consisting of an exposition of the bill for amending the Ticket-of-leave Act, introduced last session, and a commentary on the changes it...

forrign ant cranial.

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Iffintf.—There are fresh reports of a " plot " against the life of the Emperor. Numbers of persons were arrested, early in the week, not only in Paris but in Lyons. Anew "secret...

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The members of the Cabinet, somewhat scattered by electioneering necessities, reassembled in London on Thursday and held a meeting. They were all present at Lord Palmerston's...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY Nome. More of the county contests terminated yesterday in the election of a 'Liberal where a Conservative had previously been returned. The elections up to last...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Withdrawals of gold from the Bank have been greatly on the increase ; for the payment of whick large parcels of silver continue almost daily...

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t4tictrts Ent 311usit.

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A "dramatic sketch," entitled Welcome, little Stranger, and representing the normal confrion produced in a quiet ménage by an accession to the family, has been produced at the...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S RETURN. THE accidents which have attended the return of Lord John Russell for the City of 'London are perhaps the germ rather than the fruit of a renewed...

THE CRY FOR REFORM.

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"REFORM " is a name used to express many different things ; and it is repeated at the present day with a variety of meanings calculated to occasion disappointment for those who...

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THE WELLINGTON EMIGRATION FUND.

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Tim Wellington Emigration Fund was announced in rather a special manner a few weeks back, and we have in vain awaited some further information about it. We saw that it was...

HONOURS FOR BRITISH DEPENDENCIES.

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NOT long since ' a deputation representing the commeroial interests of the City of London, headed by the Lord Mayor, and attended by men of every shade of opinion, waited upon...

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DISEASED MEAT.

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"A MURB.AIN among the cattle I " is an alarming announcement of the Daily News this week, and the subject is very effectively "improved" in a leading article. The manifesto is...

FRAUDS AND CHECKS.

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THE Times turns its thunder upon our Joint-Stock system, with a practical suggestion. "The management of our joint - stock establishments," says the leading journal of commerce...

THE ATRATO CANAL.

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A commissioN has been appointed by the United States to survey a tract of land in order to ascertain the practicability of forming a canal between the Pacific and Atlantic...

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RIOT AT KIDDERMINSTER.

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[mom A CORICFSPONDE.NT.] TEE disgraceful proceedings at Kidderminster last Saturday afford another illustration of the want of preparation in this country for the suppression...

Itttrrs fu tOt Chita THE DISSOLUTION AND THE ELECTION. Lanrionney,

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Cardiff, 30th March 1867. Sm—The present state of things supplies a very apt commentary on a subject which I have often discussed in your pages, namely, the relations between...

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TIIE DEFEAT OF THE MANCHESTER TARTY.

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Manchester, 31st March 1857. What is the moral of the general election ? Old politicians confess themselves at fault in looking over the returns, and a score of different...

THE ENGLISH POLICY IN ASIA.

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Beaumath, _March 17. Sin—I am led to Beek at your hands a favour, which you have on several previous occasions courteously granted me, by a sense of the extreme importance of...

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BLRT/113.

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On the 26th March, at Sutton Grange, St. Helen's, Lancashire, the Wife of W. Pilkington jun., Esq., of a son. On the 27th, in Lowndes Street, the Hon. Mrs. Ilenry Spencer Law,...

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PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 3. WAR OFFICE, Pall Mall, April 3.-Caralry-8th Regt. of Light Drags.-Capt. E. Phillips, from half-pay 8th Light Drags. to be Capt. Nice...

11t4t 3 1 ..autr.

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Anuraavrv, March I3.-Corps of Royal Marines-Capt. W. Cosmic to be Paymaster, vice Lawrence, dec. ADMIRALTY. March 16.-Corps of Royal Marines-First Lieut. F. L. Alexander to be...

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PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 31. Partnerships Dissoleed. - '1'. and H. Bingham, Liverpool, coth-brokers-Gribble and Fisher, Derby, ,uine-merchants-Griffith Brothers,...

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, limn, 3.

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Partnerahips Dissolved.—Linton and Wilson, Tichborne Street, Golden Square, confectioners—Noble and Tootal, New Inn, Strand, attorneys—Stevenson and Horner, Lincoln,...

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BOOKS.

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MRS. GASKELL'S LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE. * THE natural life of Charlotte Brontë was as uneventful as that of any young lady whose sole mission upon earth has been to "suckle...

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BINNING'S TWO YEARS' TRATEL IN CEYLON AND PERSIA. * MR. BINNING

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is a Madras official, who has devoted many years to the study of Mahometan languages and literature, and the character of the Mahometans. It was this taste probably that induced...

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BROOKE'S VISITS TO ENGLISH BATTLE-FIELDS OF THE WARS OF THE

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ROSES. * Tn - E period during the civil wars of the Roses is generally held to be one of the most obscure in English history, from the lack of • Visit* to .Pields of Battle in...

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DR. DAVY'S ANGLER IN THE LAKE DISTRICT. * THIS agreeable volume

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of dialogues on angling in . the Lake district also contains sketches of its varied scenery, allusions to the authors who have made that region so celebrated, and notices of the...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BOOKS. A History of England under the Norman Kings, or from the Battle of Hastings to the Accession of the House of Plantagenet: to which is prefixed an Epitome of the Early...

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tittrarg Itanings.

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NEW ANECDOTPS or Minna SHAR.—" The anecdotes related of Nadir Shah are beyond computation. I may be permitted to repeat one or two, which were lately told me by one whose...

lint Arts.

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PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. TICE Portrait Exhibition of Messrs. Dickinson, of which we spoke briefly the other week, suggests some speculations as to the reciprocal influences of...

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ANTIQUITIES OF KEETON.*

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The very handsome volume before us, published by subscription, supplies a detailed and extremely readable account of the archaeological researches carried on by British...