15 SEPTEMBER 1855

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A second attack has been made on the remote Russian

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post of Petropaulovski ; but this time the Allied fleet has found itself evaded instead of being repelled. The failure is perhaps far from being so bad as it looked, although it...

The life of the Emperor Napoleon has been threatened. It

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was known that the Emperor was to be at the Theatre Italien on Saturday evening; and as the carriages drew up, a young man standing at the entrance of the theatre tired a small...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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AFTER the perusal of the first page of last week's Spectator, our readers could scarcely have been surprised at the reopening of the bombardment of Sebastopol, though they may...

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WHEN the Queen had last year retired to Balmoral she received intel- ligence of the battle of the Alma. During her stay this year in the North, she was destined to receive the...

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London gave strong manifestation of its interest in the war on Monday night and Tuesday. Prepared by the announcement of the capture of the Malakoff, everybody was on the alert...

The war fixes its stamp on every act of life

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amongst us which comes publicly to view. Joy at the " glorious news" has been the universal expression of the national countenance. From Prince Albert lighting up the Highlands...

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THE ST. LEGER.

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Doncaster Races opened on Tuesday, with fine weather, but only an average attendance. The ground was hard, and led to much miscalcula- tion of results, but the sport on the...

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The intelligence of the fall of Sebastopol spread with electric speed through the country. The enthusiasm of the provincial towns surpassed that of the metropolitan city. Bells...

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TEE Cittam.—The bombardment of Sebastopol, briefly announced last week as having been begun on the 5th, led to a storming on the 8th, and on the 10th instant the Allies were in...

IRELAND.

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Prince Napoleon was expected at Cork towards the close of this week, and steps had been taken by the local authorities to invite him to a public dinner. The Commissioners...

SCOTLAND.

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Sir George Brown is a native of Elgin; and being on a visit to his brother at Linkwood, near that town, his admirers there thought it a fit- ting occasion for doing him honour....

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A Cabinet Council sat two hours on Monday afternoon at

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the Foreign Office. It was attended by Lord Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir William Molesworth, Lord Panmure,...

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The Emperor of the French, with much military display and

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ceremo. monis' observance, attended at the " Te Denm' at Notre Dame on Thursday. The streets were lined with National Guards. A grand military escort preceded and followed the...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The London Gazette of last night contained the following prompt tele- graphic address from the Queen to General Simpson, through the Minister of War. " War...

Lord and Lady Palmerston visited Melbourne on Thursday ; and

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the good folks of that town, apparently stanch admirers of the owner of Mel- bourne Hall, not only escorted him thither, but thought proper to present him with a congratulatory...

BIRTHS.

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On the 29th August, at Loch Alsh House, N. B., the Wife of Commander James Wood, RN., of a daughter. On the 7th September, at Tilgate Manor, Sussex, the Wife of Henry Hoyle...

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The Russian officers on parole at Lewes have lately been

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subject to insult- ing annoyances from low persons. One of these, John Sales, recently met Michelle Cerigo and M. Cochemoff, and, running round them once or twice, called out "...

The testimonial to Mr. Roebuck, commenced at Sheffield, is taking

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a wider range. The subscribers to the fund do not belong to one political party. Two letters published this morning show Lord Palmerston and Sir John Pakington in the list of...

The British Association opened its business in the sections yesterday,

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when several interesting papers were read : among others, by Sir David Brewster, on the "radiant spectrum " ; by Dr. Shaw, on African explo- rations; by Dr. Dickie, on the...

In sending the list of casualties to the newspapers, Lord

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Panmure men- tioned that mistakes had occurred in the list of wounded officers in the course of transmission by telegraph. An examination of the list, however, shows that these...

Telegraphic messages of some interest are published this morning.

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" Dantsie, _Friday, Sept. 14, 1 p. m.—The Driver has arrived. The French and English gun-boats are preparing to go home. The block-ships are expected to follow next Monday." "...

The Independante Beige publishes what purports to be an account

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of the substance of the last circular of Count Nesseirode to the Russian Minister at Vienna, dated so far back as the 16th June. The gist of it is that the Emperor of Russia...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCRANOR, FRIDAY AFTER/400g. The value of Government Securities is not always the index to public opinion on the fulfilment of some great event ; and a declining market...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE POSITION. ONE certain result of the achievement of last Saturday at Sebas- topol is, that the Allied army in the Crimea is released from the spell that has bound it up for...

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The reopening of Sadler's Wells, under the management of Mr. Phelps, made last Saturday an important day in the Pentonville year. The "legitimate" season is inaugurated by the...

PARISIAN Trazerracsm.

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The story of the Princess of Zell and Count Kanigsmark and the ac- cession of George the First to the throne of England form the subject of a three-act piece, by M. Michel...

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MONEY AND LABOUR.

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THE rise of discount at the Bank, as we remarked last week, is an index rather of the state of affairs in other countries than in our own ; and the additional rise this week...

MOTIVES OF ITALY.

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A MISTAKE which might induce the reader of the daily journals totally to misconceive the actual state of Italy would be to con- sider the present period of time separately from...

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RECENT COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.

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Pm appointment of Mr. Francis 'Nicks to be Governor of Bar- bados has been mentioned by a journal which supports the present Government, as only one in a series of appointments...

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THE INDIAN SERVICE EXAMINATION. Oxford, 13th September 1855. SIR—In your paper of last week you state, that " before a young man can enter the Indian Service, it would seem,...

EDUCATION AND IGNORANCE.

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10th September. Sia—In page 919 of the Spectator of the 8th September you quote certain facts with regard to education, or rather ignorance, and say that they prove " the...

THE SUNDAY MUSIC IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.

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SIR—I cannot think that "A Constant Reader" has been a constant at- tendant at the Kensington Gardens on a Sunday, or he would have known that the body of the programme always...

THE PATH ACROSS THE PARK.

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TirsuE is to be a bridge across the ornamental water in St. James's Park; but is it a great road bisecting the rustic retreat with a hideous highway, or is it only a footpath...

LITIGANT RAILWAYS.

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DIE litigation between the North Staffordshire and the London and North-Western Railway Companies exhibits in one of its many forms the monster Annexation, which has been eating...

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Stn—There is ignorance, if not cant, in the remarks of

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your correspondent "Fair Play " on the " little bandsman." The rest of the Sabbath is not wasted by those who have good wages and easy work to the same extent that it is by...

E. A. F., G. H., MR. BRIDGES ADAMS, AND THE

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SPECTATOR. Sin—My last letter headed "States and Nations" has provoked, as was perhaps to be expected, slime little controversy. You have yourself devoted an elaborate leading...

THE WANT OF A STRONG GOVERNMENT.

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Manchester , 11th September 1855. Slit—I am not at all surprised to find 'A Free-trading M.P." rather dis- satisfied at the way in which I have exposed the tactics of the...

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THE BRITISH- WEST INDIES, NO. MATE. AND

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RESOURCES OF JAMAICA. Haverstoelc Sill , 241 September 185,5. About half Jamaica consists of mountains, the elimate of which is more salubrious and healthy than that of Great...

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BOOKS.

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WHITELOCKE'S JOURNAL OP HIS EMBASSY TO SWEDEN. * ALTHOUGH conspicuous in his own day as a lawyer, a member of Parliament, and a politician, filling for a time the office of...

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HARD'S AD VENTURES ON THE MOSQUITO SHORE..

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AN air of romance in parts, the brilliant colouring of the descrip- tions, and the wild expeditions and wonderful escapes of the author, combine to throw a degree of doubt over...

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PROFESSOR POWELL'S PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS..

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THESE essays by the Oxford Savilian Professor exhibit profound and extensive scientific knowledge, a keen and sensible logic of the highest kind, a most extensive range of...

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MILITARY GAZETTE; WAR-OFFICE, Sept. 11.-87th Foot-Gen. J. Simpson to be

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Col. vice Gen. Viscount Gough, G.C.B. recently removed to the Royal Horse Guards. 91st Foot-Lieut.- Gen. Hon. C. Gore, C.B. to be Col. vice Gen. G. Gordon, dec. 96th...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BOOKS. Sakoontald, or the Lost Ring : an Indian Drama. Translated into Eng- lish Prose and Verse, from the Sanakiit of Kiliclima, by Monier Wil- liams, M.A., Professor of...

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NAVAL GAZETTE.

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ADMIRALTY, Sept. 4.-Brevet-Corps of Royal Marines-Capt. H. Kennedy having been allowed to retire on full-pay, under the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council, 13th...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.

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Tuesday, Sept. 11. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVE:D.-White and Briggs, York, grocers-Watson and Co. Darlington, stationers-E. and J. Wilkinson, Aberford, drapers-Chilie and True- love,...

PRICES CURRENT.

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• BRITISH IP U N D S. Sawa. (Closing Hensday. Prices.) Tuesday Wed., Theirs. Friday: It per Cent Consols 9900* 1 91} ool Sal Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced...