6 OCTOBER 1855

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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PERSliVEILANCa with the war appears to be the resolve on the Rus- sian side, and it must therefore continue the resolve on the side of the Allies. The Emperor Alexander has...

The public men who commonly find vent in Parliament have,

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as usual in vacation-time, been venting themselves here and there upon their local supporters; and the effusions sufficiently charac- terize the general state of public feeling....

Amid all the marchings and countermarchings of royal and official

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people on the Continent, it is impossible not to perceive, that no class, royal, diplomatic, military, or revolutionary, can control the course of events, or determine oven the...

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The financial position indicated by the Revenue-tables is , not brilliant;

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neither is it less satisfactory than it might have been expected. The tables , show an increase, on the quarter, of 1,9244241.; on the haifyear, of 2,929,699g.; on the year; of...

Vrnttuuts.

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The Chancellorof the Exchequer has been making - holiday in Wales, and enlightening his constituents on the war. Monday found- him pre- siding.over the. annual meeting of the...

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Tire Qtrwhe gave a ball on Friday last week to the tenants, gillies, and' gatekeepers of her estatmeand those of-the Duchess of Kent, and to the servant:a ofBalmoral end...

Q t. 311-ti tufu 1is.,.

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At a Common Hall held in the Guildhall on Saturday for the - pnrpeer of choosing two e,andidatertbr the office of - Lord Mayor, the choice of the Livery fell on Alderman...

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IRELAND,

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At a Privy Council held in Dublin Castle on Monday, it was resolved that Sunday next should be kept thronghont Ireland as a day of prayer and thanksgiving for the successes in...

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fortigu ad Colonial.

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FaexcE.—The chief incident in Paris news is a coup d'etat on the butchers. A regular decree has been issued by the Prefect of Police arranging the price of meat according to the...

SCOTLAND.

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A grand banquet, in honour of our triumphs in the Crimea, will be given at Glasgow next Friday - . Among those who are to take a leading part, are the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke...

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311ioulloanuo.

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The Gazette of Tuesday contained a list of promotions made in the Army, apparently in consequence of the taking of - Sebastopol. " Brevet : to be Field-Afarehale.—General...

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The Gazette of last night contains a despatch from General

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Simpson, enclosing lists of the names of those who are mentioned by Sir Colin Campbell, Lieutenant-General Markham, and Lieutenant-General Cod- rington, as distinguished at the...

The number of officers at home "on leave," while their

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regiments are in the Crimea, excites a daily increasing surprise. We hear of a regi- ment which has two depfite, one at home and the other at Malta, and it has four...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SAITTEDAY. 'The morning journals come laden with speeches from Lord Palmerston Sir Edward,Lytten ' and Sir Joseph Paxton ; the first perfect of its kind, t h e second very...

Prince Gortschakoff telegraphs from the Crimea l on the 3d October-

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" Yesterday the enemy effected a movement against our left flank, and then withdrew. Our advanced posts still occupy their former line. Nothing has yet been undertaken against...

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Paurstax TB:musicale.

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The Italian Opera opened for the season on Tuesday, with Mose in Egli& ; in which three new artists, MM. Angelini, Everardi, and Carrion, made a successful debilt. At the...

The second number of the new quarterly, the National Review,

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contains an article—" The Statesmen of the Day "—which settles the question touching the unaccountable aberration of Lord John Russell in the busi- ness of his Vienna mission...

Of Quarto.

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With nothing else to occupy their attention, the playgoers of London are at full liberty to direct their minds to the anticipation of the wondrous Egyptian drama, Nitocris, that...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The Bank of France have notified an increase in their rate of discount from 4 to 6 per cent, and have determined on limiting their...

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TOPICS OF THE DA.Y.

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THE NEW OPPOSITION. IF the announcement that there is to be no session of Parliament before Christmas is a disappointment to the promoters of a new Opposition, it will give...

THE BEVEN1JE.

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I. The following is an Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, in the undermentioned periods, ended September 30, 1855, compared with the corresponding...

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THE TRUE GUARANTEE.

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Ar a time when our advanced and popular politicians have re- solved, to their own satisfaction, that-the Crimea shall never again be Russian, it may be as well to remind them...

TAR, ii.R.MY FlIOXOTIONS..

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Tsar days ago, the British Army laboured-under a deplorable want of 7ield - .Maraha1s. There were two on the list, but neither of them had ever commanded an army ; they had, in...

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SCHOOLS FOR CfFFICERS.

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THE failure of the English at the Redaa is as natural a conse- quenee of our own actions as the fewness of the French at the Ma- lakoff was of theirs. Thaeontrast exhibited by...

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THE POPE IN IRELAND.

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Trim measure taken by the Roman Government for a " reforma- tion " of the clergy in Ireland cannot be appreciated if it be re- garded as an isolated act; and although we have no...

CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM OF EMIGRATION.

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THE Australian newspapers are rife with printed agitation on the subject of emigrants. They have for some time presented contra- dictory statements—that emigrants could not find...

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRUNKENNESS.

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Timex are degrees in drunkenness, and also varieties ; and phy- siology has been brought to bear upon the subject from a high quarter, in a manner that must tend greatly to the...

THE BANKRUPTCY OF THE WEEK.

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THERE ill something almost oldfashioned in the address of Messrs. De Lisle, Janvrin, and De Lisle, to their creditors. Few stop- pages at the first blush created so deep an...

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MR. B . RUNEL IND THE "NEW MACHINE—NOT. A SHIP."

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London, lat October 1855. Sin—A large mass of wrought iron, plates riveted together, and which may be either a ship for the sea or a building for the land, is perched on the...

tattrg to I4r eititur.

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PROYIBTUNS FOR OVR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA-. leeketh .EFoto, .Ambleside, 3d October SIR—The receipt-of a letter from the Crimea, . bearing date the 16th ul- timo, from "Camp,"...

LIMITATIONS- OF THE :ANTI-RUSSIAN QUESTION. Belfast, 19th September 185O. the.--I

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have read with great interest the letter of "E. A. F." in your number of the loth; but I feel quite at a leas to understand the connexion between his views on past-history and...

THE NEW COALITION.

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Manchester, 3d October 1855. Sin—The mask is thrown off at last. After a good deal of bush-fighting, in which the leaders of the Peace party have shown themselves to he very...

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ram ramens. ilannosn.•

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ACCOP.DING to-Mr. Robert. T-otnes, the shares of the Pananneliail- way, even when the road was about to open in. January l80, did. not receive so much attention from capitalists...

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IIIRDT t s SPORTING ADVENTURES. * THESE volumes contain an account of sundry

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sporting excursions made by Lieutenant Hardy in Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick, with descriptions of the country and scenery among which his excursions carried him. According...

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BLENHAM..

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Tam story of this novel is an exposition of the evils of Church-rates and other things that emanate from an Established Church, or from a high priestly idea of the power of...

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MORD NAPIER ON MODERN PAINTING AT NAPLES. * TIIE style of

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Gibbon is a favourite with diplomatists who pretend ; to any literary training : and for state papers the style has its 1 advantages. The balanced periods and measured march...

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PUBLICATIONS _IIICETITED. •

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Boom. A Visit to India, China, and Japan, in the year 1853. By Bayard Taylor, Author of "Life and Landscapes from Egypt," &e. .45iinplici4,e and _Fascination; or Guardians and...

BIRT138.

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On the 26th September, at Olton Hall, Warwickshire, the Wife of the Bev. B. t Bateman, of a son. On the 28th, in Cavendish Place, Brighton, the H011. Lady Dallas, of a...

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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEER ENDING SEPTEMBER 29.

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Premature Birth 27.1 Atrophy 30.7 Age 89.8 Sudden 21.3 Violence, Privation,Cold, and Intemperance 72.7 Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, ac. 1-8 .... Malformations 4.2...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR - OPPICS, Oct. 2.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of the following promotions in the Army, viz.— BREVET. To be Field-Marshals —Gen. Stapleton Viscount...

NAVAL GAZETTE.

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ADBIRLLTV, Sept. 28.—First Lieut. T. W. J. McDougal, Reserved Half-pay List of the Royal Marines, and now Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Capt. Unatt on reserved half-pay....

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Oct. 2. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. — Wilson and Mann, Ramsgate, school-proprietors - Brookes and Mason, Bilston, coal-masters—J. and F. Kipling, carpet-manufacturer s...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Salad. Monday. Tuesday Wedses. Thurs. Friday: I per Cent Consols Ditto for Account :0 8 1 88 1 881 581 Li 848 8 71 871 871 871 3 per...