8 MARCH 1856

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Miscellaneous.

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i1 . i Vt t a it r n fll . PRoTrr T.-Ten Peers, " Ciin orth 'C., Sundridge, (Granvillc, Stanley of \lderlhy, Lansdow-ne, Ilaroiro , I a1 animure, t;leiIlIg, Blreadaliane,...

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THE KARS BLUE BOOK.

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THE KARS BLUE BOOK. . The long-twowised 1 Papers rClatilnIg to Military Affitirs in Asiatic 'urkey nnld th!(fe D lef n md (' ipitullaltion of Kalrs " gare inOwv ulion the table...

RUSSIA ON THE AMOOR.

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RUSSIA ON THE AMOOR. Are liery, 11car Alresford, 23d Febryary 1856. siR-It i. iliot nialix months nice a distinguished Cabinet Minister threw discredit (onI the a"sertion that...

WOMAN'S RIGHTS.

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Vttrr5ls i ttljr E-itor. WV(JMA.-N'S RI(GHlTS. * " 1 )omnlum nimansit-lanai fec it." -Swl;-A5 at the question of " woman's rights,',' the leading points of the subject lie...

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AFTER THE PEACE.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. AFTER THE PEACE. IF English Ministries were sure of retaining their power till a well-founded experience of their ineaplacity were established in the mind...

THE HATTI-SCHERIFF.

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TILE IIATTI-SCIIERII'F. TiE new llatti-scheriff is a prophecy rather than a statute. It proclaims what will soneC day happen in Turkey; decrees it in the sense of an inevitable...

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[A letter received in England from M. Demetz, of Mettray, announces...]

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I A letter recived in England from M. Demetz, of Mettray, announces that he will shortly arrive in this country. Many who sa w him on his previous visit will be glad of this...

[A startling poisoning case has been brought to light at Burley, near Leeds:]

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__A startling poisoning case has been brought to light at Burley, near Leeds: Mr. William Dove, " a gentleman of independent means," appears from the story to have deliberately...

[We believe we may state with confidence, that his Holiness Pius IX...]

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I We believe we may state with eonfidence, that his Holiness Pius IX will not visit France, as reported; but a Roman Cardinal may come to Paris about the month of June, for...

[The business transacted in the House of Commons last night was of a...]

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POSTSCRIPT. SAT VRDlY. The business transacted in the House of Commons last night was of a varied character; the chief matters being the reading of the report from the Select...

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Debates and Proceedings in Parliament.

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I IDthotts nu? vrortrHugg iu vartiamfut. PRIN'CIPA(L BUSINEBS OF THE WEEK. | IousE oF LonDs. Monday, March 3. Judicial Statistics; Lord Broughami' IResolutions. Tuesday,...

[The publication of the correspondence respecting the defence of...]

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The pul)lication of the correspondence respecting the defence of I Xars casts a painful light on1 an ugly passage in the history of the war, of Turkey, and we must honestly...

[The Emperor of the French has opened the session of the...]

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The Emperor of the French has opened the session of the I Senate and Legislative Corps in one of those speeches that with him are strokes of state. While the Plenipotentiaries...

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[In theatrical circles, the destruction of Covent Garden Theatre-how-...]

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In theatrical gires, the destruction olf Covent Garden Theatre-ho-w- ever the event may be lamented on account of the indivi(hial l iss it has occasioned-is regarded as rather...

PARISIAN THEATRICALS.

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PARISIA-, Tii]:ATltl(',kI,,. - -- - . The metropolis of France is in Pdll aetivitv. on iTmudav last, Madame Grisi reappeare(d at thc Itulie n as') Se m raud ; and on...

[Messrs. Tom Taylor and Charles Reade's new drama, produced at the...]

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Xlp xljr?qfrm Mfessrs. Tom Tavlor and Charles Reade's news( drama. produced at tho Princess's on Monilday last, -with the title The FIirst Printer, is unqu,11lestionably the...

THE NIGHTINGALE FUND CONCERT.

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TIHE NIGHT'IINGALE FUNI) CONCE'RT. " The Nighting-ale " is going to w-arble next Tresday for the Nightingale Fund. The concert to be given by 'Madame Goldschmidt on this...

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WOMAN'S RIGHTS-THE NEW STARTLNG-POINT.

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WOMAN'S RIGHTS-THE NEW STARTLNG-POINT. I In a brief note at the foot of a letter, last week, we admitted that the question respecting the osition of women, in this country,...

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

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COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. BRITISH theatres have a habit of burning down. Mr. Anderson is said to have seen three theatres destroyed under his auspices; the theatre which has just...

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IRELAND.

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IRELAND. The several candidates mentioned as likely to contest the seat in Par- 1 liament for Sligo, vacated by Mr. Sadleir's suicide, were early in the i week reduced to...

Foreign and Colonial.

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)Fnrrigin nul~ fnolunial. ,f r a U r r.-The Emperor -opened the session of 1856 on Tuesday, by delivering the following speeeth to the imembers of the Senate and the...

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DODD'S FOOD OF LONDON.

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DODD'S FOOD OF LONDON.* To regularly supply the sustenance of more than two millions of people collceted togetlier into a comparatively small space, is a great feat. The feat...

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The Metropolis.

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,51,,- Jr ?Ilrtrqfl I i5. At a special Court of Common Council held on \Monday, it was rei solved to adopt a report from the Conisolilated Conmmittee ihostile to Sir George...

The Court.

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- zIj rC uitrt. O(NE of the chief incidentts of the Court new-sman's * hronilhc arises out of the burning of' Covent. Garden h'leatre! (On 1h'husiday, the 1i1wei and Princess...

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Provincial.

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45rnuinriat. The lHonourable G. 11. Heatheote, late Member for Boston, and the eldest son of Lord Aveland, has succeeded his father in the representation of lhutlandshire. Ile...

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REFORMATORY DISCIPLINE.

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REFORMATORY DISCIPLINE. BEFORE the subject of reformatory discipline can be taken entirely out of that experimental category from which Sir John Pakington wishes to remove it,...

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NEWMAN'S TRANSLATION OF HOMER'S ILIAD.

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NEWMAN'S TRANSLATION OF HOMER'S ILIAD.* EVERY mean is not a golden mean, and wisdom does not wholly consist in compromise. Mr. Rtuskin goes so far as to deny, in general,...

AN AUSTRALIAN SETTLER'S DIARY OF TRAVELS.

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BOOKS. AN AU!STRALIAN SETTLER'S DIARY OF TRAY)ELS.' Tiu: most interesting part of the Australian's journey from Svdnev to England, by way of Ceylon and the Isthmus of Suez, is...

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[OUR Ministers seem to have fairly settled down into that stage...]

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NEWS OF THE WEEK. OutR Ministers seem to have fairly settled down into that stage of elderly life in Cabinets, where concession becomes the confirmed habit. Whether thev are...