26 JANUARY 1861

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Simultaneously with the rumours of Hungarian insurrection, we have reports

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of vast armaments in France. A large addi- tion is to be made at once to the superior grades of the marine. The instruction of the troops is to terminate by the 1st of March....

The Government of Prussia evidently expects that the efforts of

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the peacemakers throughout Europe will be in vain. The King has announced to the Army his anticipation of a wa in which Prussia must conquer or be " annihilated ; " and thrOugh-...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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TEE event of the week has been the sudden change in the policy of the Court of Vienna. Up to Saturday night, it was under- stood that, in the midst of a reactionary Court, the...

Admiral Persano is at last free to act against Gaeta,

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and the fortress has for three days been exposed to a most destructive fire. The result, however, has not been equal to expectation. The fort is strong, and the King holds on...

Tales of distress still form the staple of our domestic

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intelli- gence. The Police courts have been almost exclusively occupied during the week with the relief of destitution. The flow of money to this end is still free, but there is...

The quiet which has fled from Europe has not taken

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refuge in Ame,ica. The intelligence from the United States, with one or two cheering items, on the whole increases the probability of im- mediate civil war. Five States have now...

The rapid and heavy fall in the value of all

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American Seen.- rides, consequent on the political agitation, has exercised a great and singular effect on our own Money Market. Hosts of private speculators, tempted by the...

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iljt Cunt.

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THE QUEEN gave audience on Tuesday to General von Bonin, who pre- sented letters from the King of Prussia ; to Count Bernstorff, the Prussian Ambassador ; and to Lord John...

311rtrapalto.

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The Police Magistrates have this week been engaged in winding up their labours as volunteer relieving officers. Vast sums have been sent to them, and continue to be sent. They...

The harvest of 1860 is pronounced by competent authority to

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be, on the whole, the most deficient gathered in for the past twenty-five years. The grain is wanting in bulk and weight, and the total loss is not less than 4,000,000 quarters....

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Vrunturial.

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The Conservatives of South Wilts have found a candidate for the seat vacated by Lord Herbert of Lea. No fewer than 1200 electors have signed a requisition to Lieutenant-Colonel...

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IRELAND.

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The Orangemen of Derry are incorrigible. Some time since, Mr. Robert Peel Dawson, one of the county Members, promised to deliver a lecture at the Derry Mechanics' Institute ;...

SCOTLAND.

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The Honourable Arthur Gordon, it is stated, will contest, in the Liberal interest, the county of Aberdeenshire. The Tories are very strong in that quarter, but Mr. Gordon is...

forrigu ant Culnial.

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Si a I 4. — The last ship of the French fleet quitted Gaeta on the 19th instant, and it is stated that Admiral Barbier de Tinan intercepted pro- visions sent from Rome for the...

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311isullaurns.

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Report names Sir Edward Colebrooke as the probable mover of the House of Commons' Address in answer to the Queen's Speech. The reply of Sir De Lacy Evans to the promoter of the...

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BIRTHS.

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On the 4th Dec. ' at Ahmednugger, Bombay, the Wife of Col. Chas. Cameron Shute, Enniskillen Dragoons, of a son. On the 17th instant, at 37, Belgrave Square, the Countess of...

From Italy we have several interesting telegraphic despatches.

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" Mole di Gaeta, January 23, evening.—The fire of the Sardinians is vigorously continued, and is slowly replied to by the batteries of Gaeta." " Naples, January 24, 10 pen. —...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY MORNING. A summary of the mail from China has been forwarded by telegraph, and published by the Government. " Foreign Office, January 25. " The following telegram...

We learn from a well-informed correspondent that King Francis II.

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consulted those members of the corps diplomatique who waited upon him at Gaeta as to the expediency of continuing the defence of that place. The representatives of Austria,...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCHANGE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. There has been an active demand for accommodation the whole of the week at 7 per cent ; inferior paper has not been easy of negotiation, even...

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THE AMERICAN BOURBON.

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Tire great fact in the intelligence from the United States is that, at last, Mr. Buchanan has a mind, or half a mind, of his own. Abandoned by the Cobbs, Floyds, and Thompsons,...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE ATTITUDE OF GERMANY. that the Tuileries is hungering for peace, anxious only for more exports, and fresh embankments for canals. But those who remember that to every...

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THE PROSPECTS OF THE SESSION.

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MEMBERS of Parliament with uncertain seats must be looking forward to the Session with unaccustomed equanimity. Never were there so few questions afoot on which they could come...

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THE INDIAN ARMY.

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Frrran orders for the " amalgamation" of the Indian Army have been despatched to India, and the details of the plan will probably be before Parliament in February. The scheme...

HOME VIEWS OF NEW ZEALAND POLITY.

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ArrnaT is the duty of Mr. Mothercountry to his large progeny of children—the British colonies ? Is he or is he not bound to de- fend them, when they get into scrapes, or are...

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a very large number of the women were married; there

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were 9348 marri women in the colony and 576 widows, the whole number of women above eighteen being but 12,015. The births in the year were 2272, or nearly one birth to every...

THE SUPPLY OF COTTON.

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IT is high time that this cotton question should be thoroughly discussed, if we intend to avoid a panic as dangerous and as ex- pensive as the wildest apprehension of maritime...

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BOOKS.

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BRAHMINS AND PARLAHS. * EARLY in 1858, it began to be apparent in Bengal that a social revolution was at hand. Prices and wages, which for thirty years had remained nearly...

AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SIRS. DELANY. * Mils. DELANY, née Mary

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Granville, was the eldest daughter of Bernard Granville, son of Bernard, the second surviving son of the celebrated Sir Bevil Granville, "who was killed on Lansdown in the year...

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THE COAI-FIELDS OF GREAT BRITAIN. *

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Ir was the belief of the late Dr. Buckland that the supply yielded by our coal-fields would be sensibly diminished in no very distant • The Coal-fields of Great Britain: their...

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FREE ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. * Tan views set forth

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in this treatise were first presented inciden- tally in a series of papers on " the Pathology of Inflammation and Fever," which Dr. Freke published in the _Dublin Medical Press...

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A TRAVELLER'S LIFE IN WESTERN AFRICA.* FBA:Nasal TRATASSOS VALDEZ, in

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presenting to the public an account of the Portuguese possessions on the coast of Western Africa, expresses a hope that his recorded observations may " add somewhat to the...

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TCHINOVNICKS.`

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THE word Teliinovnick will require no explanation to most of our readers ; but some may have heard but little of the creature. It is the Russian word for Government Civil...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Ashley Down, or living Faith in a Living God. By. W. Elfe Tayler. —This is a new account of the beginning and growth of the Orphan Houses at Ashley Down, near Bristol. It...

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Rinsir.

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Our great musical theatres are doing nothing at present. They have incurred great expense in getting up their pantomimes, and are trying to reimburse themselves by "running"...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS Segued. Monday. (ClosIngPrices.) Tuesday. rases. Awes. Friday. Sre r Cent C onsols 711 911 915 9111 91# 914 Ditto for Account 914 914 91i E4 911 915 3 per...

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANIJARY 22. Bankrupts.-Charles Watson, Great Yarmouth, grocer-John Risky, Lombard Street, City, dealer in shares-Thomas George Tomkins, Strand,...