6 AUGUST 1853

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Russia is makin g g reat pro g ress in her active war upon Turkey ; for such is the true state of the Eastern q uestion. The suspension of hostilities for the purpose of ne g...

over to duly-appointed lay officers, has beta, on account of

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" di ffi culties that deter those who q uite a g ree in its principles. Mr. Phinn's motion for a Committee to in q uire into the means of securing their ri g ht of habeas corpus...

The exposure of the intri g ues in Denmark has at last

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had the effect of callin g attention to the movements of Russia in that q uarter, covert as those movements may have been. There has indeed teen a disposition to make a fei g...

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rthatt5 net Ihurtthingo in Varliamtut.

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OP THE WEEK. Horse or LORDS. Monday, August 1. Baron de Bode's Case; Lord Lyndhurst's Motion, negatived by 16 to 6—Entails (Scotland) Bill,...

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Of Luna.

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Ties Quillen Prince Albert, and four of the children, left Osborne House at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning. The Royal .yacht steamed through the fleet at Spithead : yards were...

tr. ijr CA11111.

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- Her Majesty has again visited tire camp, and witnesed the evolutions - of the new body of troops at present assembled there. Nor has camp life been wanting in its ordinary...

3111truvulis.

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At a Special General Court of the East India Company, on Wednes- day, Mr. Russell Ellice, the Chairman, submitted a motion to the effect that the Court concurred with the Court...

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frimintto.

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Nottingham now possesses a " General Exchange and Commercial As- sociation." It was publicly opened on Wednesday, by the Mayor and Corporation ; speeches were made ; and there...

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IRELAND.

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At a recent meeting of the South Dublin Union, the Guardians passed resolutions expressing their intention to withdraw the Workhouse Schools from all connexion with the National...

Furrign 1I0

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Fitaxem.—The current reports lead to the belief that the Emjie1ord Empress will not make their intended journey to the Tyreneesillikstim- mer. . The preparations at the château...

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Viortllaututts.

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The Commissioners appointed to inquire into the corrupt practices at elections for the borough of Canterbury have issued a bulky report. They find, that direct money bribery was...

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The Italians in London are much distressed—those who are themselves

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in comparative ease, by the difficulty of finding sufficient help for: their p oorer brethren, who are numerous and very needy. For the most part T n Hans contrive to maintain...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCH EXORANGE, FRMAN AFTF.111300N. Under the influence of important questions political and financial, the English Stock Market has this week presented more excitement and...

It is now officially announced that the Queen will review

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the fleet at Spithead on Thursday next. The fleet will be very early under weigh ; stand out towards the Needles, and " engage the enemy." The Russian Princesses are expected to...

A. despatch from Jassy, dated July 25, states that a

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third corps d'armee i was expected to march in after the departure of Prince Gortachakoff's corps. From Copenhagen, dated July 30, the news is, that the. Russian Baltic fleet...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The second reading of the India Bill in the House of Lords last night, which passed without debate on the merits of the bill, was politically The second reading of...

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APPEAL TO THE SYMPATHIZERS WITH "UNCLE TOM."

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Newport, B. J., 13th July 1853. Sin—Will you allow me through the columns of your paper to make an appeal to the readers of "Uncle Tom's Cabin " ? There are thousands, even of...

trttrrg to tic cEbitnr.

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STAND AGAINST RUSSIAN ENCROACHMENT. Pindieo, 2d August 18.53. Six—I, in common with many of your readers, have been much pleased with the decided tone in which you have shown...

CO Quatro.

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According to the present aspect of theatrical affairs in London, there is reason to believe that the Germans at the St. James's, if their career has not been remarkably...

The English pantomimists generally are passing the non-pantomireis season at

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Paris. Mr. Flexmore and Mademoiselle Auriol, who figure in a divertissement at the Vaudeville, rival T. Matthews and Co. at the Porte St. Martin.

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THE SUNSHINE OF STATISTICS.

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All the statistics of Revenue, Board of Trade, and so forth, have continued to prove a constantly accelerating ratio of production amidst this decreasing population—an increase...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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RUSSIA WILLS IT. IF the slowness of our Government has given military advantages to that of Russia—if it has subjected Ministers to be severely cri- ticized and perhaps...

SCHOOLS OF DESIGN : CALICO PATTERNS.

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London, 27th July 1853. San—I did not last week reply to your remarks on any letter of the 14th, for I had hopes, perhaps faint hopes, that Mr. Redgrave, who quotes that...

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NEW 2ERA OF ST - WOW-NAVIGATION.

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Anoxia the peculiar characteristics of steam-navigation at the pre- sent moment, is the great uncertainty as to which will at no dis- tant date prove to be the principal route...

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A NEW ZEALAND GREY.

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Elton the New Zealand papers and letters received at the end of last week, it appears that the Governor has issued a proclama- tion,* arbitrarily altering the price of land....

A CHURCH BUGBEAR.

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Ie the Colonial Church Regulation Bill had been rejected on its merits as a measure, it would be necessary to suppose that Parlia- ment had not perused the document itself; but...

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HOW WARS ARE GOT UP IN INDIA.* MR. COBDEN has

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read with great attention two fasciculi of Parlia- mentary papers, put forth to the world with the usual studied dis- order and mutilations of the blue book tribe on Indian sub-...

ENGLISH REPUDIATION.

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WE do not see in the Times one of those small paragraphs in large type ' " authorized to state on the part of the Baron de Bode,, that he has received conscience-money from the...

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PRACTICABLE FORM OF NEGRO EMANCIPATION. THE appeal made by our

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American correspondent Miss Wormeley, whose name has before been favourably introduced to our readers as a writer of fiction, ought not to be without result. We agree with her...

BOOKS.

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MAURICE'S THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS. ° Mn. Matrarez has within the last ten years attracted to himself a considerable amount of interest from thoughtful religious men in England....

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LADY LOUISA TENISON'S CASTILE AND ANDALUCIA. * A RESIDENCE at Malaga,

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Granada, and Seville, for valetudinarian objects, with visits to Madrid and some of the old provincial capitals, form the leading topics of this volume. To these may be added...

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ROBINSON'S SUMMER'S-DAY DREAM.'

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"How softly springs the turf to meet the step ! And, as I pass, the flow'rets brush me by, And, shaking all their sorrows to the ground, Breathe salutation from their scented...

• The Lives of the Poets-Laureate. 'With an Introductory Essay

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on the Title and Office. By Wiltshire Stanton Austin junior, B.A., Exeter College, Oxon; and John Ralph, Id.A., Barrister-at-law. Published by Bentley. oondary poets who have...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BOMB. _Louis XVIL His Life—his Suffering—his Death. The Captivity of the Royal Family in the Temple. By A. De Beauchesne. Trans- lated and edited by W. Herat, Esq. Embellished...

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MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICE, Aug. 5.-91th Regt. of Foot—Major-Gen. W. Staveley, C.B. to be Col. vice Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Warre, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, July 29.— 12th Regt. of Light Drags.—Brevet...

NAVAL GAZETTE.

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Ansrmayrr, Aug. 1.—Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieut. H. Nason to be First Lieut. vice J. Wright, to half-pay. Aniunwrr. Aug. 2.—Corps of Royal Marines—Gent. Cadet C. B....

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING JULY 30. [Front

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the Official Return.] Zymotic Diseases Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the. Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and...

BIRTHS.

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On the 29th July, at Thorndon, the Lady Fetre, of a daughter. On the 29th, at the Mount, York, the Wife of Captain Richard Quin, R.N., of a daughter. On the 29th, in Endsteigh...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, August 2. PAETNERrssh6 DissoLvEn.-Reynolds and Furnell, Fenchurch Street, ship-brokers --Carr and Co. Berwick-upon-Tweed, timber-merchants-J. B. and S. Whitehall,...

PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Pained. tltooday. Tuanday.ilredna. Vows. Friday. 3 per Cent Consols 98 971 97 971 Ditto for Account so 971 971 971 971 97 971 3 per...