15 JULY 1854

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If our Ministers are forced, like Russia, to continue their

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ad- vance backwards, by rendering their list of retractations as com- plete as their list of measures originally proposed, they are duly emulated by the Opposition in the same...

The military insurrection in Spain, starting under auspices of some

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promise, does not make any way. Queen Isabella remains securely in Madrid ; the rebgp, pursued by a body of troops under Vista-Hermosa, are slowly Marching into Andalusia,...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Tam aspect of affairs in connexion with the war has undergone an entire change : Russia, who was moving backwards from the Danube, has again made a movement to the South ;...

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Othatu net purrthiugn in VarlinimilL

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. House OF Loans. Monday, July 10. Royal Assent to the Customs-Duties and Excise-Duties (Sugar) Bills, Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation,...

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ght (End.

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THE QUEEN held a Court on Monday, at Buckingham Palace. Lord Howden, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain, had an audience of her Majesty on his return from...

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grtrupolio.

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The Compter in Giltspur Street is about to be taken down ; and the Governors of Christ's Hospital are desirous of purchasing the site for the erection of additional...

, 14r Vinuturto.

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The annual display of siege operations at Chatham tc ok place on Thursday, in the presence of Prince Albert. The various operations were performed under the superintendence of...

,fartigti Ref (iihruttl.

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FR/Lk:OZ.—For some time past a division of troops, 9300 strong, has been assemblieg at the camp eetablithed near Boulogne destined for ser- vice in the Blithe. They are to form...

IRELAND.

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The reports from Ireland concerning the crops are less alartniat thee usual ; but rumours of the appearance of the potato disease have found their way into some of the local...

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311int11gurnus.

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"3. 0." [Jacob Omnium ?] forwards an interesting letter to the Times "de revestiaria." He states that "the much-needed reform in the dress of the British Army is at last to take...

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PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Two Select Committees, one appointed to inquire into

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the mode in which Medical Relief is'now administered in the English Poor-law Unions, and the other to inquire into the expediency of continuing the Parliamentary grants to the...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The labours of the House of Commons in Committee on the Bribery Bill were resumed last night, and five hours were spent in debating the matters in connexion with the...

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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Among the Communications for which it is impossible to make room in our crowded columns, the Medical Department of the Army continues to occupy a prominent place : but we do not...

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Mr. Oliver Bradshawe, whose love of his subject makes him

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forget time and space, follows up our rapid indication of the character of Lord Pal- merston's diplomatic career by a supplemental bill of indictment. He urges us to extend the...

Several telegraphic despatches have been published this morning from various

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places. "Berlin, Friday, July 14. "Sir Charles Napier's fleet retired from Cronstadt on the 4th, on account of the cholera, and joined Admiral Corry's division in Baro Sound,...

The state of Parliamentary business for next week will convey

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some idea of the probable duration of the session. For Monday there are thirty-three orders of the day, and leave is to be asked to bring in six bills. Eleven bills stand for...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOOK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A considerable decline has occurred this week in Government Securities, commencing on Monday ; and although a slight rally occasionally...

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Quarts nut Muir.

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At the Olympic, a slight piece, called _Perfect Confidence, is the last novelty. A gentleman, played by Mr. Robson, fancies that he is totally free from all disposition to...

The last notable concert of the season—for the monster-concert, con-

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sisting of operatic commonplaces r given in Covent Garden Theatre yester- day, is hardly to be regarded in that light—was the performance by the Quartet Association, at Willis's...

TOPICS OF THE DIY.

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DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. SHOULD the war be brought to a premature conclusion by any ca- price of Austria and our more important and nearer ally, Ministers would be left in a...

DEATH OF MADAME SONTAG.

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Sontag is dead !—cut off in the midst of her laborious efforts to retrieve the fortunes of her husband ruined by the political convulsions of his country, and to provide for her...

The musical intelligence of this week amounts to very little.

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Grisi continues her round of "farewell" performances to crowded houses. Drury Lane, for want of means (owing to the absence of Formes and other things) to give German operas, on...

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PROMOTION IN THE ARMY.

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TUE principle of reverence for vested interests has been too strong to permit a thorough treatment of the system of promotion. The recommendations of the Commissioners will...

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

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THE cholera, which since the last transitory and perhaps premoni- tory visit to this country had suspended its operations here ap- pears now to be raging in broad tracts of the...

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REDEMPTION OF INDIAN LANDS.

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THE coexistence of great wealth in India with the extreme poverty of the multitude, and the unproductive state of the larger portion of the land, are circumstances which, in the...

NOTES AND QUERIES.

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THE glimpse of sunshine that we have had this week promises, we , trust not vainly, to supersede rather a curious problem, the solu- tion of which this country might have been...

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Irttrro ta tht aitnr.

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PARTNERSHIP LIABILITY. Camberwell, 6th July 1854. Sm—It is a prevalent opinion, that the only effectual check to and penalty for overtrading and wild speculation is the...

COLONIAL AND IMPERIAL RELATIONS.

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London, 6th July 1854. Sra—I am encouraged by your kind notice of my last letter to make some further observations on Mr. Howe's speech. His chief objects appear to be-1. to...

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BOOKS.

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GENERAL MACINTOS3I'S MILITARY TOUR IN TURKEY. MANNERS, anecdote, and travelling incidents, will be found in General Macintosh's Tour through the present seat of war both in...

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PATMORE'S FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCE. * OPJECTION has been raised to the

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publication of such books as this, on account of the violation of confidence involved in the de- scription of the social, personal, and it may be intellectual peculiari- ties of...

D. GRANVILLE ON SUDDEN DEATH. * "THE greatest is behind." It

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is Dr. Granville's opinion that sud- den death "has increased and is increasing." This view he attempts to maintain in the present volume, by elaborate inquiries into the facts...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Booss. Personal Narrative of Exploration and Incidents in Texas, New _Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary...

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NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.

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Messrs. Cocks and Co. have earned the thanks of the public for their popular editions of many of our standard oratorios, secular cantatas, and other works, in which choral...

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING JULY 8.

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[Prom the Official Return.] Ten Weeks of 1844-'33. Zymotle Diseases 2,254 .... Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 448 .... Tubercular Diseases...

BIRTHS.

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On the 5th July, at Thirkleby Park, Think, Lady Payne Gallwey, of a daughter. On the 6th, at Invery House, near Aberdeen, the Wife of Captain George RanifiaL R.N., H. H. S....

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MILITARY GAZETTE.

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OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, July 10.-Royal Regiment of Artillery-Brevet Major G. Gambier to be Lieut.-CoL vice Sandham, retired upon full-pay ; Second Capt. H. W. Patton to be Capt....

NAVAL GAZETTE.

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ADHIP.ALTY, July 5.-Corps of Royal Marines-Second Lieut. W. J. Christy to by First Lieut. vice G. B. Puddicombe. resigned. July 7. Corps of Royal Marines -Brevet Major A....

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Judy 11. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.-Lidgate and Munro, Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, carpenters-Norris and Campbell, Liverpool, watch-manufacturers -btead and Marsden,...

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! • P RAC II CURR E'N T. A:16 - 1-1

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BRITISH P 11 ND 8. (Closing Prices.) 1 Sallied. ',Monday. Tussday.i Wan,. non, 3 per Cent Console 1 921 ex d ' 921 ' ' 911 1. ' 90 911 Ditto for Account '931 cad.' 924 91j....