12 AUGUST 1854

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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INSTEAD of prolonging the session until the 15th instant, the day on which the Queen had first resolved to prorogue Parliament, her Majesty, considering the state of the grouse,...

Our review of the closed session last year contrasted the

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present Ministers with their predecessors ; this year it is in some respects our less happy task to contrast the present Ministers with them- selves. The session has been...

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In marking the close of the first act of the

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Spanish revolution of 1854, the prelude to the real' drama, we observed that the troubles of Espartero were but beginning ; and this week confirms our cal- culation. The...

Russia has announced the immediate evacuation of both the Danubian

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Principalities, Moldavia as well as Wallachia. Many motives might actuate Russia to such a course; but if she ex- pected to disarm the resolution of the Western Powers, she will...

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Ettiatt5 atilt Vrarratugo iu Vartiuunut.

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OP THE WEBS.. Hoes' or LORDS. Monday, August 7. Royal Assent to Married Women Bill, Convict Prisons (Ireland) Bill, Oxford University DA Admiralty Court...

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Alltropgio.

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A number of the friends and admirers of Mr. Hume waited upon bi n , at his residence, on Saturday last, to present Mrs. Hume with a portrai t of her husband, as an...

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THE chief incident in the record of the Court newsman is the voyage of her Majesty to the Channel Islands. On Tuesday morning, the Queen, Prince Albert, and the elder children,...

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(Of Vrnuitato.

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Major-General Thompson has issued a brief and pithy address to the ejectors of Hull, dated August 7. He will only come forward as the opponent of any nominee of the unseated...

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IRELAND.

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The annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society opened at Armagh on Wednesday. It was a very satisfactory exhibition. In the evening the Society had its banquet, with the Duke...

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Fnams.—The Emperor and Empress continue at Biarritz ; where, it is said, the Emperor intends to purchase land for the site of a house and gardens near the sea. Next week the...

SCOTLAND.

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A new writ having been issued for Aberdeenshire, to fill the vacancy caused by the naval appointment of Admiral Gordon, Lord Haddo, the eldest son of the Earl of Aberdeen, has...

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3tiortIlaurnm

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The health of the Metropolis continues to grow less satisfactory. In consequence of the progress of the cholera, the number of deaths last week, 1456, exceeded the calculated...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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The House of Common. met at three o'clock ; and its time was chiefly occupied in debates and divisions on motions for the issue of the sus- pended writs for the five peccant...

We understand that General Sir John Burgoyne left London last

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night for the East ; report says, for Sebastopol.—Morning Herald. Mr. Steele, of Derwent Bank, the new Member for Cockermoutli, in the room of the late Mr. Aglionby, took his...

Sudden Death of Lord Jocelyn.—This much respected nobleman died at

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an early hour this morning, at the residence of Lord and Lady Palmerston, from the effects of an unexpected attack of Asiatic cholera. He was aged but thirty-eight.- Last...

The dispute between the engine-drivers and firemen and the authorities

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of the North-Western Railway, respecting the contract-system, ripened yesterday into a general strike. The Rugby men first, then the Bir- mingham men, refused to work any...

The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the despatch of Count Nesselrode,

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dated June 29, in reply to the Austrian representation ; with a comment by M. Drouyn de Lhuys, to whom the document had been officiall y transmitted from Vienna. Neither throws...

At two o'clock this afternoon, the Queen arrived at the

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House of Lords, in the customary state, to prorogue the session of Parliament. It was not to be expected that the Royal Speech would make any important re- velation. Perhaps its...

MONEY MARKET. STOCK EXCHANGE, Pansy AFTERNOON.

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The recent reduction in the rate of discount by the Bank of England has not enhanced the value of Government Securities this week, nor alleviated a great pressure for money that...

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The Adelphi closed at the end of last week ;

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the Princess's closed last Wednesday ; the Olympic ended its season last night, though it remains open one evening more for the benefit of Mr. Emden, the acting manager. The...

PARLIAMENTARY STATISTICS : SESSION 1854.

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The second session of the Parliament of 1852 opened on Tuesday the 31st January, and closes on Saturday the 12th August. At the opening, hostilities with Russia were impending...

(Or Qtatrto.

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The close of the Royal Italian Opera this evening combines with the prorogation of Parliament to bring the "London season" to an end. The season, as regards public...

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MEASURES ARISING OUT OF THE RUSSIAN WAR.

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INVOLVING EXTRA. EXPENDITURE. Excess in the Estimates over those of the preceding year, for Army, Navy, and Ordnance (Voted in February) £2,257,236 Supplemental—Army (15,000...

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OXFORD REFORM BILL : A RETROSPECT AND A WARNING.

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THE Oxford Reform Bill, as finally settled by Parliament and approved by the Queen, is eminently the largest and most pro- gressive measure of a session singularly barren in...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE RECESS. How gladly Members rush forth from the close atmosphere of either House, tainted not more with noxious gases than with the noxious moral influences of every long...

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THE TAXING MACHINE.

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THE last effort of Ministers and Parliament to put the representa- tive system in better order has broken down, to such an extent that many earnest Reformers almost regret the...

THE LATE APPOINTMENTS AND SOME OTHERS. OF public men it

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may be said that their faults tell for more, in the general account, than their virtues. The present Govern- ment has made some excellent appointments, but it has also made some...

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BOOKS.

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RIDDLE'S HISTORY OF THE PAPA.CY. t Tun Reverend J. E. Riddle is known for a Latin-English Dic- tionary of considerable merit, a very useful Ecclesiastical Chrono- logy from the...

MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES.

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Wrio can determine to what grounds the war shall be limited ? Who can count the quarters of corn which this country shall pro- duce for its people this month; or the supply it...

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WELLINGTON'S MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS CONTRASTED WITH THOSE OF OTHER COMMANDERS.*

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THE broad principles of any art are probably always the same, how- ever they may differ in the modes and material means by whi c h they are exercised. In war, for example, a...

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NOVELS OF THE SEASON. * WHAT a musician would call the

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theme of The Brief Career, or the Jew's Daughter, is one of considerable importance. The idea of the novel is to trace the career of a young man of good-nature and kindly...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Boons. Turkey, Ancient and Modern ; a History of the Ottoman Empire from the period of its Establishment to the Present Time. With an Ap- pendix. By the Reverend R. W. Fraser,...

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THE ART 'UNION.

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The pictures chosen by the prize-holders of the Art Union for the year 1854 are now to be seen at the Gallery of the Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street. It is...

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THE NATIONAL GALLERY. The pictures bequeathed by Lord Colborne, and those bought at Mr. De Bammeville's sale, have recently been placed on the walls of the Na- tional Gallery....

ORIENTAL AND TURKISH MUSETTE.

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An exhibition of somewhat the same character as the Chinese collection which first gave name and fame to the building now called St. George's Gallery has been opened there this...

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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, August 8. PARTNERSHIPS Dissotvan.-Heal and Edmonds, Paulton, Somerselshire, drapers -Warder and Sannemann, Cheyne Walk, surgeons-Ridsdale and Myers. Lc , "...

BIRTHS.

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On the 1st August, at West Park, Elgin, the Hon. Mrs. Lewis Grant, of Grant, of a son. On the 3d, in Devonshire Place, the Lady of Sir John W. H. Anson, Bart., of a son. On the...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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WAR-OFFICE, Aug. 8.-Staff-W. C. Grant, Esq. to be Capt.-Commandant of the Mounted Staff Corps to be attached to the army now serving in Turkey, with the rank of Capt. in the...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) &stood. Mosday. Faraday. Wanes. nuts. Friday, 11 per Cent Consols 921 921 921 93 931 Ditto for Account .... 93 93 921 92 921 931...